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How much do you love your practitioner?

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Shannon Larratt

I know I’ve seen an Emilio Gonzalez tattoo in the past, and now a tattoo of Steve Truitt‘s visage (whose work has been heavily featured on ModBlog!) just got tattooed on _Stigmata_, a regular customer and friend. Tattoo by Alex Pinto at Stay Gold Tattoo in Albuquerque, NM.

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15 responses to “How much do you love your practitioner?”

  1. B Avatar
    B

    I like his shirt.

  2. MistahG Avatar
    MistahG

    Now this is a quality tattoo. Strong imagery and quality artwork.

    Nice work

  3. Bruce Potts Avatar
    Bruce Potts

    Wow! Jon a living memorial to Steve!!! Beautifully Done!

  4. stainless Avatar
    stainless

    Haha, awesome, Jon’s tattoo is hilarious. I love it.

  5. nickythegreek Avatar
    nickythegreek

    absurd tattoo! nice work jon

  6. cas Avatar
    cas

    dedication. nice.

  7. Bastian Avatar
    Bastian

    I KNEW this would end up here! Congratulations!

  8. Rachael Avatar
    Rachael

    I love his shirt.
    The tattoo is pretty wicked too.

  9. _Stigmata_ Avatar
    _Stigmata_

    hahaha now when will someone be gettin my face tattooed on them.

  10. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    Damn is he in love with steve or what?

  11. hekatesgal Avatar
    hekatesgal

    I think its interesting that he had his face tattooed before having his calf done.

  12. _Stigmata_ Avatar
    _Stigmata_

    I had my face tattooed long before most my other ink. Just kinda worked out that way.When i started most of my ink was visible

  13. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    thats one awesome portrait,great work,i like his facial work also… especially the forehead area

  14. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    he needs to ink that scalp up next

  15. Empress Avatar
    Empress

    Nice ink.
    *waves ello stiggy 🙂

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