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.

This is harder on my eyes than Guitar Hero.

Sometimes I worry that people will get bored because I post work by a number of artists quite regularly, but then I realize that I don’t particularly care because I post what I like, not what I think will generate viewers… And I remember how mad I was when public schools started switching to “everyone should win a prize” instead of “the best people get the prizes” — so I again bring you some wonderful geometric work on Davy by Vincent Hocquet from Beautiful Freak Tattoo in St. Idesbald, Belgium.

I continue to greatly admire his skill.

Comments

49 responses to “This is harder on my eyes than Guitar Hero.”

  1. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    FUCK YEAH!

    I fell out of my chair.

  2. tim Avatar

    this is stunning!!!

  3. MrWill Avatar
    MrWill

    fucking hell thats just…..
    wow

  4. KittieLee Avatar

    I really love work like this, anyone know an artist in South Florida who can do something amazing like this? :] :]

  5. Vern Avatar

    Most unique sleeve ever.

  6. Giles Wallwork Avatar

    Xed has some serious competition there.

  7. Magician Avatar

    Beautiful !

  8. Leroy Avatar

    wow, thats good. 😀

  9. Frances Avatar

    I’m going to that shop in a few weeks probably.
    Proud to be Belgian 😀
    In the past, there already has been a ModBlog picture about a tattoo Vincent did. It was also very very beautiful !

  10. mark (Manbeast) Avatar
    mark (Manbeast)

    Now thats one very well planned tattoo and you can tell. One word…Jealous!!

  11. EternalLife Avatar

    Wow, that’s brilliant.

  12. Viking In LaFleche Avatar

    I love it. That rocks!!

  13. Trix4theRabbits Avatar
    Trix4theRabbits

    holy shit that’s amazing!

  14. Leigh Avatar

    Beautiful. In my opinion this should generate a lot of viewers because it is a very cool piece of artwork.

    I’ve always been a firm beliver that if you try to please everybody, you’ll end up bland and ignored. Major props Shannon!

  15. wickedgame6 Avatar

    I wish that I could see it up closer, but from this angle,etc. it looks interesting :]

  16. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar

    Love it. Totally love it.

  17. kuroneko711 Avatar

    Oh wow, thats amazing.

  18. stormy Avatar

    absolutely amazing

  19. emily Avatar
    emily

    i LOVE geometric tattoos like this. very… escher.

  20. Brian Avatar
    Brian

    Wow. Just wow. Great tat man.

  21. Ninha Avatar

    patterned sleeves are the best

  22. Sugar Avatar
    Sugar

    WOW! That’s gorgeous! I feel like playing Q-bert now too!

  23. Andy Avatar
    Andy

    Everyone’s already said it, but that sleeve is awesome!

  24. Ted Avatar
    Ted

    Wow. That’s all I can say. Wow.

  25. BIOHIZARD-999 Avatar

    LO MAS ENFERMO QUE HE VISTO EN TODA MI PERRA VIDA .

  26. NakedMeagan Avatar

    Oh my god that is incredible

  27. Penny Avatar

    That is so cool.

  28. CORPUS VILI Avatar
    CORPUS VILI

    OMFG!!! INCREDIBLE!!!! INCREDIBLE!!!! INCREDIBLE!!!! INCREDIBLE!!!!

  29. Dina Avatar

    Damn right it’s amazing.

  30. Annab Avatar
    Annab

    My god. He should be so incredibly proud to have that.

  31. Pommie Avatar
    Pommie

    To just come up with the idea from the beginning is just amazing, awesome sleeve!

  32. AmyL Avatar
    AmyL

    Holy shit! That is AWSOME!

  33. Bellboy Avatar
    Bellboy

    Dope ink..i’ll love a tattoo like tt if i dun have a japanese suit…i m jealous~hahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  34. aivi Avatar
    aivi

    Repetition: amazing.

    Proud of Belgium, even though strictly speaking I’m not belgian.

  35. lippi Avatar
    lippi

    OH GOD MY EYES.

    That is BAD ASS though.

  36. Ra^^ Avatar
    Ra^^

    it seems to be inspired by one of the Escher’s masterpieces if I’m not mistaken… well, anyway, it’s really cool

  37. smurf Avatar

    I am mighty impressed.

  38. twistedserenity Avatar
    twistedserenity

    O, I bet he paid a pretty penny for that!

  39. possessed Avatar

    Oh wow, that looks amazing. The detail’s so intense it looks like you would feel the shapes if you ran your hand over his arm!

  40. Brite Suicide Avatar
    Brite Suicide

    Woah that is some awesome work, Its so trippy!!!

  41. FNKYMNKY Avatar

    almost looks like its altered the tecture of his skin…

  42. incite Avatar
    incite

    I want this to be my superpower.

  43. Ayla Avatar
    Ayla

    Go Belgium!
    Beautiful… It’s obvious to see how much talent is involved in such masterpiece.

  44. av3ry Avatar
    av3ry

    Whoa, that’s intense.
    And trippy. My eyes went slightly crossed when I first looked 😛

  45. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    I was going to say that’s really ‘trippy’,but I notice the person above me already said that….fuck it – THAT’S TRIPPY!

  46. Morgan Avatar
    Morgan

    Très joli bras!!
    très inspiré par le “dotwork” à la LeHead.
    Bravo!

  47. MissDuveaux Avatar

    esher stuff is the best

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