This great portrait of Diego Armando Maradona (an Argentinian soccer player) was tattooed by Alex de Pase in Grado, Italy (previously: jester tattoo).
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49 responses to “El Pibe de Oro”
EX, please. EX-football (soccer) player.
Anyone remember “un poco con la cabeza de Maradona y otro poco con la mano de Dios“?
but kudos for the execution of the tattoo…
Woah. That’s amazing.
I hate portrait tattoos, but that is amazing work
Holy crap, that looks like a photo.
Oh. Wow.
Well done.
I usually hate portrait tattoos too, but that is amazing.
I love the way he works the person’s skin color INTO the tattoo itself. The shading is amazing. There are no harsh lines, but blending instead.
The details are crisp, and the highlights realistic.
Plus, the portrait doesn’t look like a disembodied floating head. I love the hair coming out of the classic oval frame
Awesome enough to warrant me coming out of lurking. ^__^
WOW!! This looks like an oil painting! If this guy ever comes stateside, post a notice!
yeah i’m not too fond of portraits either. i was on the phone with someone and was like “oh muh gud.” it just pops out at you. wow. good stuff…
So vivid and realistic! Great work!
I’m not into the subject matter, but as everyone else seems to have said – that’s one amazingly executed tattoo.
maradona? blaaah!
PELÉ!
Wow o___o
holy shit!
For once, a portrait that looks more real than a photograph. I love it.
Wow, that is insanely good.
I love how the use of white ink makes his (the subject’s) skin look as sweaty as it probably was when the original picture was taken.
O_O
absolutely amazing!
holy shit. this is amazing.
that looks so real, it’s creeping me out.
Absolutely freaking amazing!
What a reminder of the differences between North American culture and a lot of the rest of the world, that it should be necessary to explain who Maradona is! 😀
yea 15 the white ink really makes the tattoo.
Nicely inked.
He is still a cheating hand-balling bastard though !!! 8-D
this is mind blowing. looks like a real picture of a hand balling cheater
ohhhh i like how he’s only known for being that guy who hand balled a goal.
oh my, thats some truly amazing work!!
Like Rosie said, who Maradona is shouldn’t really need explanation. Hes not a soccer player, he’s THE soccer player.
There’s a reason he’s called god you now 🙂
I just checked the artists site out. What amazing work this tattoo above is incredible, I think maybe the best I have seen.
God doesn’t cheat Reedee……. *sobs*
wow, i also hate portrait tattoos but… my god… it’s so fucking realistic!!!
GO ARGENTINAAAAA ^^
its like… oil paint…. omg, that is wonderful.
wow… looks like the real thing lol
#1 Ex or not the guy made huge impression in argentinian football down here he has great significance no matter what…
The portrait is very VERY well done!
Great portrait
aguante Diegote!
omg. that’s an amazing portrait .. it looks so amazingly realistic
the sweat is amazing, when I scrolled by I had to go back to figure out why there was a picture of an unmodified guy screaming. Very nice
ARGENTINA PRIDE
That is an amazing tattoo – it looks so much more real than most portrait tattoos out there.
I am very, very impressed.
That is a very well executed tattoo on the artist’s part. Very realistic.
Holy crap. They even got right down to the shaved mustache semi-stubble. Creepy, but amazing.
excellent portrait. The best I’ve ever seen. Wow. I keep going back and looking at it, almost in disbelief. I cannot believe it is so lifelike.
wow. that is freaking amazing.
is the signature Maradona’s?
I mean obviously he didn’t sign on the body, but I find the signature to be the most interesting part of the tattoo — at first I thought it was the artist’s but I looked at it again and that didn’t make any sense. Very cool tatoo.
greatest tattoo i have ever seen, I would travel the world for a tattoo like that.
amazing
that is one of the most realistic portraits i have ever seen :o!