A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Ouch, my eyes!!!!

I feel so sorry for Vincent Hocquet at Beautiful Freak Tattoo in St. Idesbald, Belgium. I am 100% sure that my eyes would just fall right out of my head if I had to do this tattoo! In any case, Nico got a great geometric tattoo out of it (and it makes people think of Q-Bert!).

Comments

53 responses to “Ouch, my eyes!!!!”

  1. veganvampire Avatar
    veganvampire

    Wow

  2. kitsch Avatar
    kitsch

    That’s beautiful.

  3. goomy Avatar

    Oh wow, look at those circles

  4. Kmerathetra Avatar
    Kmerathetra

    Stunning.

  5. Snow White Avatar

    HOLY mother of god I think its just cos of how tired Iam but that pic looked liek it was moving!

    Very HOT design! I reallly reallly like it

  6. Miguel Young Avatar

    very nice, indeed

  7. sebastian Avatar
    sebastian

    absolutely gorgeous.

  8. Sofie Avatar
    Sofie

    stunningly beautiful!

  9. Toser Avatar
    Toser

    gorgeous tattoo – and fabulous placement…i love it.

  10. demonsex Avatar
    demonsex

    wow…. psycadelik!!! it should be ok to go to a RAVE party with Goa music:D

  11. Pol Avatar
    Pol

    amazing. love the placement

  12. iris Avatar
    iris

    that is unbeleivable! a very powerfull tattoo and the placement is perfect. someday i will get something like that

  13. lippi Avatar
    lippi

    Damn, that’s awesome. And dizzying.

  14. Faye Avatar

    I find it fucking awesome..
    wauw..

  15. IC2163 Avatar

    Damn.

    Best tattoo design i´ve ever seen! Awesome!

  16. IC2163 Avatar

    how many hours did it take?

  17. Toni Avatar
    Toni

    My head hurts just looking at it. A lot of respect to the artist

  18. cameron Avatar

    what a pain in the ass that must have been to tattoo.

  19. xmixxtapesx Avatar
    xmixxtapesx

    pretty much amazing.

  20. passion2piercings Avatar
    passion2piercings

    very cool. i wonder how long it took to complete?

  21. antares Avatar
    antares

    That’s incredible. I’m in complete awe!!!

  22. Daderain Avatar
    Daderain

    this is amazing. this is why tattooists are called artists 🙂

  23. Pastille Avatar
    Pastille

    Seems like belgians are at the top!…made me so proud of my country!

  24. leebee Avatar
    leebee

    obviously a very talented artist
    someone put this piece in a contest!

  25. t-Bone Avatar
    t-Bone

    This tattoo hands down is the most creative and detailed design I have ever seen. The artist that did this tat should get as much props as he diserves.

  26. Isis pt Avatar

    thats impressive!

  27. Jimmy Landby Avatar

    Amazing, and something that you don’t see every day.

  28. johnthescon Avatar
    johnthescon

    Looks like french Thomas’s work, very nice.

  29. johnthescon Avatar
    johnthescon

    It doent look quite finished yet to me. I would love to see this go over the shoulder and down the arms just a little.

  30. cas Avatar
    cas

    fuck me jesus, i’m in love..

  31. stretcher Avatar
    stretcher

    applause, superb

  32. Malice Alice Avatar

    Oh, wow. That’s absolutely amazing.

  33. s a g e Avatar
    s a g e

    Gosh, it’s like one of those optical illusions!
    =)

    sehr nett, ich mag.

  34. Yom Avatar
    Yom

    No way! This is blowing my miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind!

  35. quotidianlight Avatar
    quotidianlight

    That is not only amazing but it is beautifully elegant as well.

  36. kumquat Avatar

    that’s an amazing piece of work he has there.

  37. Mary Avatar
    Mary

    That is… GORGEOUS. It’s by far, the best tattoo I’ve ever seen– it looks like three different designs in one (the background, flower, and circles).
    I really would want to see it continued further on the shoulders, though. Gorgeous.

  38. phuq Avatar
    phuq

    all tattoos should be optical illusions 🙂

  39. Rob in Australia Avatar
    Rob in Australia

    Agreed with many above comments – That is my favourite tattoo I’ve ever seen, and i’d get something very similar if I could afford it, and find an artist I trusted to do it.

  40. Jay Avatar
  41. Chaq Avatar
    Chaq

    Totally awesome tattoo
    perfectly perfect

  42. Empress Avatar
    Empress

    That really is 3D what an awesome piece of work.

  43. vi Avatar

    That is an an amazing piece of art… wow.

  44. hellonightmare Avatar

    fuckin amazing. I draw shit like that all the time haha

  45. worthlesswords Avatar

    Wow… that’s just… wow.
    That must’ve taken so long.

  46. Sassie_L Avatar

    Amazing!

    And this has to be the first time I have read a comments section where they were all positive. And deservedly so 🙂

  47. Steph-knee Avatar
    Steph-knee

    This is just fucking inredible… An amazing piece and an enormously talented artist right here!

  48. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    Awesome tattoo, but the Q-Bert reference just tickles me! 🙂

  49. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar

    Ho Lee Shite.

    That is amazing.

    Stunning. Breathtaking. Dizzying.

    Just amazing. I would be so proud to wear art like that and even more so if I were the artist.

  50. marc Avatar

    fucking great – i love this shit…

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