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.

Let’s Talk About Text, Baby!

#Let’s talk about all the good things you want tattooed on your (pause…) body#

Everyone likes words don’t they! I’ve got a couple of favourites myself: Slippery is one them, bulbous is pretty high up on the list too, as are artichoke, crumbs, flaccid, tubular, shazam (is a word) and shuffle to name but a few..

I could go on but I really shouldn’t, I can’t afford to get too excited at my ripe old age and none of them appear in the following set of photos anyway.

Life is ace!
These are Paul‘s fingers by Gary of Positive Vibrations (rather appropriately), Portugal.

Next is a “titty-tatt” on the beautifully cursed and happily curved Stacy, by Manuel, Tattooed Planet, Tempe, AZ.

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Logan adds – “Listening to MC Hammer makes for awesome tattoos!

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The last in this series isn’t strictly text, ok it’s not text at all but I though it was quite cute.

Whilst James was employed as an EMT he managed to smuggle his wife into the hospital he was working at, perform an EKG on her, secrete the graph paper in a hollowed out Ohmeda 4700 OxyCap Pulse Oximeter Monitor (he’d planned this months in advance, obviously) then vanish like a pair of wrinkly ninjas before anybody noticed..

Me and my heart went boom, boom titty boom titty boom titty boom, when I found you!

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106 responses to “Let’s Talk About Text, Baby!”

  1. notanotherxerox Avatar
    notanotherxerox

    CITIZENBLUE- “speak, remebering that we were never meant to survive.” is a line in a poem by audre lorde. I love that line so much!

  2. notanotherxerox Avatar
    notanotherxerox

    CITIZENBLUE- “speak, remebering that we were never meant to survive.” is a line in a poem by audre lorde. I love that line so much!

  3. stacy Avatar
    stacy

    while browsing for ideas for my next lettering tattoo i came across this post… and am now compelled to give my input even though the thread is really old 😛

    its not about what band sings the song… its about what that lyric represents for me personally. and ya it was meant to have a somewhat tongue in cheek/negative connotation.

    thanks for the kind words though… yes they are real and yes some of the tattoo is “underneath” depending on positioning but the first word or so peeks out of swim suits/bras/etc.

    oh and good catch to the grammar guy… i keep meaning to have one put in but no one ever calls me out on it… so that combined with fact that i cant easily see the tattoo on my body tends to cause it to slip my mind…. guess i better get on it! ha

  4. stacy Avatar
    stacy

    while browsing for ideas for my next lettering tattoo i came across this post… and am now compelled to give my input even though the thread is really old 😛

    its not about what band sings the song… its about what that lyric represents for me personally. and ya it was meant to have a somewhat tongue in cheek/negative connotation.

    thanks for the kind words though… yes they are real and yes some of the tattoo is “underneath” depending on positioning but the first word or so peeks out of swim suits/bras/etc.

    oh and good catch to the grammar guy… i keep meaning to have one put in but no one ever calls me out on it… so that combined with fact that i cant easily see the tattoo on my body tends to cause it to slip my mind…. guess i better get on it! ha

  5. Alan Avatar
    Alan

    I now know a geek badge I can get, the Aperture Science Logo as demonstrated in the MC Hammer photo.

  6. Alan Avatar
    Alan

    I now know a geek badge I can get, the Aperture Science Logo as demonstrated in the MC Hammer photo.

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