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.

Staying Power

This huge chestpiece is on Kurt and is by Josh Baker of Hot Rod Tattoo, Atlantic City, NJ.

Comments

36 responses to “Staying Power”

  1. calvin&hobbes Avatar
    calvin&hobbes

    Even though I am not a huge fan of lettering tattoos, I think it looks great!

  2. Vegas Avatar

    im not too huge on lettering either. unless its short and powerful and has some kind of design to it. not like a paragraph or something.

  3. deadite_666 Avatar

    I love paragraph tattoos ^_^

  4. Viking In LaFleche Avatar

    Wow!!! You had to be to sit through that. Looks great!!!

  5. Marie Avatar
    Marie

    perfect

  6. esmeray Avatar
    esmeray

    I like it.

  7. DTM Avatar
    DTM

    wow

  8. Warren Hiller Avatar

    damn now that’s some BOLD ass font

  9. lauren Avatar
  10. Melf Avatar
    Melf

    That’s excellent.

  11. sintronbot Avatar

    wonderful. it assaults you with its message.

  12. Miley. Avatar
    Miley.

    The boldness, I like.
    Does it have a meaning?

  13. Helen Avatar
    Helen

    The boldness is fucking great ^_^

  14. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar
    Viking’s Valkyrie

    Really gets the point across! Very nice.

  15. ren Avatar
    ren

    i love that.

  16. ImmureME Avatar

    I agree totally with #11. I absolutely LOVE this.

  17. JonnyRock Avatar

    As a fan of lettering tats (and one who has one in the same spot), let me say that is badass!

  18. Pedro Avatar

    Reminds me of GTA 😀

  19. jake Avatar

    fucking epic

  20. Julia Avatar
    Julia

    Love this.
    Fucking gorgeous.

  21. Telyn Avatar

    That’s great! Love it.

  22. nyne Avatar
  23. oggo Avatar
    oggo

    the symmetry makes it so beautiful

  24. Amber Avatar
    Amber

    I don’t dig the font, but it’s at least well-executed and I DO agree with the message.

  25. bold Avatar

    the first thing i thought was, thank god it’s spelled correctly!

  26. kurt Avatar

    thank you for all the rad comments!

  27. Dan Avatar

    that’s fucking golden.

  28. AmiiMetalFace Avatar

    To Bold: I now know how to spell ‘persistent’. I thought it was with an ‘a’ at the end.
    CUUUUTE tat. 🙂

  29. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar

    bold – Haha, me too!

  30. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    This seems like it would be a really fun tattoo to color in with markers because the lines are so thick 😀

  31. Grant Avatar
    Grant

    Does anyone know what kind of font that is? I like it a lot.

  32. kurt fowles Avatar

    The font name is KILLGREW. All the letters are in lower-case. I’m pretty sure you can google it and get it at dafont.org? Or .com, whichever it is.

  33. kurt fowles Avatar

    The font name is KILLGREW

  34. TheLegendHimself Avatar

    love and hate.

    seems like a waste of good space, better on your stomach son !

  35. Jason Avatar

    fuck no, the placement is awesome, seriously cool font too, the bolder the better!

  36. Jason Avatar

    oh the font is actually called KILLIGREW

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