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.

Cartoon Loch Ness Monster Tattoo

This left-and-right foot crossing loch ness monster tattoo was done by Clayton James in Electric Oni in Petaluma, Calfornia… I could swear I recognize the drawing but I can’t place it, if someone wants to add that to the comments.

Comments

50 responses to “Cartoon Loch Ness Monster Tattoo”

  1. John F Corsair Avatar
    John F Corsair

    Looks like one of The Family Ness to me, classic cartoon that in no way stereotyped the Scottish

  2. Simon998 Avatar

    Its Nessy from The Family-Ness!

    Old-School-cool!

  3. penski Avatar

    I’m so getting a “The Family Ness” tattoo!

    *n

  4. penski Avatar

    via google images

    AND!!!!!!!!!

    Penny Crayon and Jimbo And The Jetset.

    *less than three* cartoons of my childhood…

    *n

    (penny crayon…can draw anything she wishes…from cats and dgs and motorbike and plates of chips and fishes…lalala I can’t remember the rest of the theme tune…)

  5. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    Yep, Family Ness. I loved that cartoon, and Jimbo 🙂

  6. miake Avatar
    miake

    having some big tome nessy flash backs!!

    You can knock it,
    You can rock it,
    You can go to Timbuktu,
    But you’ll never find a Nessy in the zoo.
    You may see an Anaconda, or Giraffe and Kangaroo
    But you’ll never see a Nessy in a zoo…..

  7. carly Avatar
    carly

    Awww, The Family Ness! Awesome.

  8. penski Avatar

    british cartoons of the eighties themes sleeve, anyone?

    count duckula?
    jimbo?
    penny crayon?
    family ness?
    superted? (incidently, I have this on dvd…and its nowhere near as good as I remember. although spotty and the bad-guy skeleton are probably responsible for me turning out so camp…)
    dangermouse? (penski = penfold…furry face and specs :/)

    *n (child of ’84!)

  9. penski Avatar

    And!!!

    I know someone with a Supergran tattoo.

    “stand back superman, iceman, spiderman, batman and robin too! you wanna cause a ruckus with B A Baracus? well I’ve got a match for you. she makes ‘em look like a bunch of fairies, *somethingsomethingsomething* every night and day! so hang about! look out! for supergraaaaaaan!*

    *n

  10. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    does she/he have no toes??

  11. dazy Avatar
    dazy

    I love it!

  12. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    Awww

  13. feathers Avatar
    feathers

    Family Ness!!!!!!! wow, that brings back some memories..

  14. OestreBunny Avatar

    It’s not Family Ness, they were all green 🙂

  15. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    Yes! Petaluma Represent! 🙂

  16. mmmaybebaby Avatar

    Are the toes just curled under, or were they amputated? If so, it looks really clean and natural.

  17. JenO33 Avatar

    I wish we had the same cartoons in France, I don’t know any of those like usual sniff.

  18. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    OestreBunny – It’s definitely inspired by The Family Ness, you can tell by the notes ‘dripping’ from the mouth.

    mmmaybebaby – They’re probably just tucked away.

  19. severed Avatar

    only on modblog is the first assumption about toes hidden from view that they are amputated. i love it.

  20. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    I’d never heard of Family Ness before (Hey, I’m from Texas :p) so I googled it…Eyewit Ness…Clever Ness…lol…It’s adorable!

  21. ladytwiglet Avatar

    my nickname at school was penny crayon, coz i had glasses, the same hair and a strong northern england accent like sue pollard 🙁

    oh, great tatt BTW 😉

  22. gillian gamine Avatar

    as a child of the 90′s and a USA resident i don’t get anything in this blog post! but i still love the idea.

  23. oldfolksmashers Avatar
    oldfolksmashers

    PETALUMA SUX. LOL OMG I HATE PETALUMA LOL. nor eally, Clayton rocks. he does my tattoos good number one lucky go go awesome USA! and he rides my old bike! and i fixed his other bike! yay lucky okay american soldier!!

  24. goomy Avatar

    so cute and well thought of!
    one of my favorite tattoos so far

  25. Chrissie (Australia) Avatar
    Chrissie (Australia)

    I love the little hat!!

  26. an0nymous_vamp1re Avatar

    Roo (#18) Those aren’t notes hanging from its mouth, that’s seaweed as far as I can tell.

    I think they used a character very similar to this on Rocky and Bullwinkle.

  27. eatyourbiscuit Avatar
    eatyourbiscuit

    as an avid family ness viewer as a kid i can definately say that is not family ness (or musical notes either) but where ever it came from it has a charm of its own 😛

  28. NeutronLIAR Avatar

    Haha this is mint, I used to watch The Family Ness and Penny Crayon ^____^

  29. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Love it!

  30. blackberry Avatar
    blackberry

    @ no. 9 – it’s ‘I spy Spiderman’ not ‘iceman’!

  31. red*razors Avatar
    red*razors

    all the other 80s kids should go to retrojunk if they haven’t already! ulysses 31 was a particular favourite of mine. they used to show superted as gaeilge here in ireland and everything.
    one of the club nights i go to often plays the theme from captain planet 🙂

  32. penski Avatar

    blackberry – thanks for that 🙂

    I was trying to remember it from nearly 20 years ago :/ I did okay though…

    *n

  33. juDe Avatar

    so fucking lovely

  34. asparagus Avatar
    asparagus

    i love family ness, growing up in scotland I was spoon fed it.
    and this is not a family ness tattoo, they are all dragon shaped and kinda fat.

    awesome tattoo though – made me smile:)

  35. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar
    Viking’s Valkyrie

    *giggle snort* I love it!

  36. veronica Avatar

    it’s not from family ness.
    and it’s bothering me now because i KNNNOOOOW i’ve seen it somewhere.

    to be honest, i think it was in a book & not on tv.

  37. anonymous Avatar
    anonymous

    “one of the club nights i go to often plays the theme from captain planet :)”

    haha, that is amazing, a group of my friends went as captain planet and all the “planeteers” for halloween last year!

  38. sexymuntas Avatar
    sexymuntas

    omg, thats so old skol! AMAZING!
    :O i cant believe id forgotten about Penny Crayon…beaut
    tht is def the loch ness from the kids programme, also AMAZING! lol
    love the tat
    xx

  39. Olivia Avatar
    Olivia

    Holy crap, that is SO cool! XD

  40. penski Avatar

    I like the ‘next’ and ‘previous’ subheadings for this entry…

    «« And now,    “My cunt” »»

    *n

  41. Winch Avatar
    Winch

    I was so thinking about getting a ‘Count Duckula’ Tattoo… “Nannyyyy!!!!…”

  42. penski Avatar

    oi’ll geddit!

    *n

  43. Giles Wallwork Avatar

    Jen033 – “I wish we had the same cartoons in France,”

    You had one of the best “Once upon a time….MAN”

  44. penski Avatar

    was Marsupilami french or belgian?

    *n

  45. coldclimate Avatar
    coldclimate

    http://www.familyness.co.uk/

    for all you old school cartoon kids.

  46. Winch Avatar
    Winch

    #43…”When I said come THROUGH the door, nanny, I didn’t mean… oh, never mind…”

  47. vi Avatar

    What a wonderfully sweet tattoo. =)

  48. Tracey Avatar
    Tracey

    Family ness I haven’t thought about that program in years!!! I always wanted a thistle whistle!!! Cool Tat by the way! 🙂

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