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What Might Have Been Lost

Written by

Jordan Ginsberg


I’ll admit that I’m not always a fan of the hoary old ripping-through-the-skin tattoo, but, as we all saw earlier in the week, Paco Dietz at Graven Image Tattoo is, if nothing else, quite adept at turning the grotesque into something rather attractive. Really, between hideous creatures and painstakingly accurate renderings of internal organs and muscle tissue and such, this Dietz fella is going places.

(Tattoo by Paco Dietz at Graven Image Tattoo in Mountain View, California.)

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42 responses to “What Might Have Been Lost”

  1. swoon Avatar
    swoon

    oh WOW, that’s one of the best werewolf tattoos i’ve ever seen.

  2. swoon Avatar
    swoon

    oh WOW, that’s one of the best werewolf tattoos i’ve ever seen.

  3. swoon Avatar
    swoon

    oh WOW, that’s one of the best werewolf tattoos i’ve ever seen.

  4. max Avatar
    max

    swoon, you’re right… it is one of the best werewolf tattoos i’ve seen. amazing! mmmm guts

  5. max Avatar
    max

    swoon, you’re right… it is one of the best werewolf tattoos i’ve seen. amazing! mmmm guts

  6. max Avatar
    max

    swoon, you’re right… it is one of the best werewolf tattoos i’ve seen. amazing! mmmm guts

  7. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Wow that is amazingly well done!!
    And I’m not usually into your typical monster/gore/ripping flesh tattoos.

  8. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Wow that is amazingly well done!!
    And I’m not usually into your typical monster/gore/ripping flesh tattoos.

  9. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Wow that is amazingly well done!!
    And I’m not usually into your typical monster/gore/ripping flesh tattoos.

  10. kate Avatar
    kate

    I think bon iver had a different sort of wolf in mind.

  11. kate Avatar
    kate

    I think bon iver had a different sort of wolf in mind.

  12. kate Avatar
    kate

    I think bon iver had a different sort of wolf in mind.

  13. Shaolin Fox Avatar
    Shaolin Fox

    Usually not a fan of ‘skin rips’, but this is pretty stellar.

  14. Shaolin Fox Avatar
    Shaolin Fox

    Usually not a fan of ‘skin rips’, but this is pretty stellar.

  15. Shaolin Fox Avatar
    Shaolin Fox

    Usually not a fan of ‘skin rips’, but this is pretty stellar.

  16. Vern Avatar
    Vern

    Anything with werewolves, you can count me in.

  17. Vern Avatar
    Vern

    Anything with werewolves, you can count me in.

  18. Vern Avatar
    Vern

    Anything with werewolves, you can count me in.

  19. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    A werewolf? The face says otherwise. Looks like a Lynx or a Serval. Very original, though, I absolutely love it! (And I’m not the biggest fan of skin-rip tattoos).

  20. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    A werewolf? The face says otherwise. Looks like a Lynx or a Serval. Very original, though, I absolutely love it! (And I’m not the biggest fan of skin-rip tattoos).

  21. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    A werewolf? The face says otherwise. Looks like a Lynx or a Serval. Very original, though, I absolutely love it! (And I’m not the biggest fan of skin-rip tattoos).

  22. trailerparkjesus Avatar
    trailerparkjesus

    the tattoo is awesome, however, is it just me, or does it look like their are a set of balls squeezing their way out of the skin right but the wolf’s knee?

  23. trailerparkjesus Avatar
    trailerparkjesus

    the tattoo is awesome, however, is it just me, or does it look like their are a set of balls squeezing their way out of the skin right but the wolf’s knee?

  24. trailerparkjesus Avatar
    trailerparkjesus

    the tattoo is awesome, however, is it just me, or does it look like their are a set of balls squeezing their way out of the skin right but the wolf’s knee?

  25. Aylin Avatar
    Aylin

    That is so badass.

  26. Aylin Avatar
    Aylin

    That is so badass.

  27. Aylin Avatar
    Aylin

    That is so badass.

  28. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar
    Viking’s Valkyrie

    Holy damn! That is amazing…

  29. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar
    Viking’s Valkyrie

    Holy damn! That is amazing…

  30. Viking's Valkyrie Avatar
    Viking’s Valkyrie

    Holy damn! That is amazing…

  31. scotty Avatar
    scotty

    woah thats pretty sick

  32. scotty Avatar
    scotty

    woah thats pretty sick

  33. scotty Avatar
    scotty

    woah thats pretty sick

  34. livelife Avatar
    livelife

    LOVE the torn skin tattoos!!!

  35. livelife Avatar
    livelife

    LOVE the torn skin tattoos!!!

  36. livelife Avatar
    livelife

    LOVE the torn skin tattoos!!!

  37. tachito Avatar
    tachito

    by far, one of the greatest tatus i ever seen, excellent!

  38. tachito Avatar
    tachito

    by far, one of the greatest tatus i ever seen, excellent!

  39. tachito Avatar
    tachito

    by far, one of the greatest tatus i ever seen, excellent!

  40. Spyke Avatar
    Spyke

    And people wonder why I like men that remind me of werewolves…

  41. Spyke Avatar
    Spyke

    And people wonder why I like men that remind me of werewolves…

  42. Spyke Avatar
    Spyke

    And people wonder why I like men that remind me of werewolves…

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