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.

Mike Tyson, Inverted.

As I understand the rules of copying tattoos, if a white guy wants to copy a black guy’s blackwork tattoo, he has to do it in white ink, right? Ah, St. Petersburgh, I love your rejection of the Berne Convention. Copy or not, I do like the tattoo a lot.

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Comments

26 responses to “Mike Tyson, Inverted.”

  1. Richard Avatar

    woah thats really stunning, it looks so good.

  2. Nmfeaux Avatar
    Nmfeaux

    I kinda want to lick him…..is that wrong?

  3. Stu the twatt Avatar
    Stu the twatt

    It proaly isnt but i swear thats photo shopped the tatto just doesnt seem to follow the contours of his face

  4. ear muncher Avatar
    ear muncher

    i want to bite his ear off!

  5. original_sly Avatar
    original_sly

    I definitely want to see another pic of that tattoo because I can’t shake the feeling that it doesn’t look real at all. It reeks of photoshop.

  6. Shannon Avatar

    There’s an original in the St. Petersburg convention update in if not tomorrow’s update, the next one. It’s definitely real.

  7. MissSio Avatar
    MissSio

    it’s a bad angle/lighting, I can barely see it on my machine, just the very tips… what I can see looks awesome though!

  8. if6was9 Avatar
    if6was9

    So, there are “rules” about copying. I knew it! How quickly we forget…Shannon.

  9. nope Avatar
    nope

    i’m so embarrassed – when you said mike tyson, i immediately began scanning his ear for some sort of bizarre cut out or something. i guess that goes to show how subtle it is – at least in this photo.

  10. Frester Avatar

    I thought that it was John Joyce for a second!

  11. Scrappies Avatar
    Scrappies

    It looks B.A. on him. In fact, he could probably take mike himself

  12. Locolily Avatar
    Locolily

    This guy is hot fo sho!!

  13. Nebel Avatar
    Nebel

    @9, I was looking at his ear at first too 😛 Not really into tribals, but the guy’s cute 😀

  14. shanz. Avatar
    shanz.

    i think it looks better on this guy, actually. like when whitney houston covered dolly parton’s ‘i will always love you.’

  15. doki-doki Avatar
    doki-doki

    I’d hit it

  16. Leo Avatar
    Leo

    I have to agree, even to the naked eye this reeks of Photoshop. I took it into Photoshop and used the eyedropper. The tattoo is the same color throughout, but his face shows a range of colors (some of it in shadow, some reddish, some white, etc.) So it was painted on, no question. Busted.

  17. mazzy Avatar
    mazzy

    imho, it looks like one of the sunburn designs you sometimes see…you know the kind where they cover a portion of their skin and let the rest sunburn? i think there was a guy who did the 300 logo on his back a few months ago. but, that is just me.

  18. Sgt.Reznor Avatar
    Sgt.Reznor

    yeah, that’s very obviously photo-shopped

  19. b4youreyes Avatar

    I hate to say, but I think this is fake. Some of the tips are just too bright, it doesnt follow the lighting on his face. Especially the one underneath his eye.

  20. b4youreyes Avatar

    And I just noticed its not exactly the same as Tysons. Look at the bottom swirl, theres an extra point that Tysons doesnt have

  21. b4youreyes Avatar

    …nevermind… im wrong

  22. wormz Avatar
    wormz

    How bout this http://www.bmeink.com/A80125/high/nowp-dragon.jpg .. Kinda neat how it goes on top of the shirt.

  23. Han Avatar
    Han

    This is so awesome. I love it!

  24. b4youreyes Avatar

    wormz: haha nice. there seems to be a lot of fakes recently. In my opinion anyways. the ‘lust’ “scarification” (I think it was actually welts.. the inverted mike tyson, the dragon.

    what i dont get about the dragon is if they took the time to edit it that much why not erase it over the shirt?

  25. Stacey Spectre Avatar
    Stacey Spectre

    HELLO FROM RUSSIA, DUDES.
    I know this man, this is my very good friend, his name is Kirill and his tattooe IS REAL.
    It’s not a fake….
    Delete slashes and enjoy.
    This is another photo of him…
    http :// cs114. vkontakte. ru/ u16850/ 11030690 /x_7f70ff5a . jpg

  26. GeneralJoy Avatar
    GeneralJoy

    Nice!

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