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Party The Baby Off

Written by

Jordan Ginsberg


Good afternoon, ModBloggers! Hoo boy, summer took a while, but now it has arrived with all of its trademark scrotum-droopening hellishness. Hooray. In honor of this terrible inferno, here is a pretty fantastic sleeve based on the myth of Icarus, one of the all-time great stories about what a dumb asshole the sun can be. I’ll fly as close to you as I damn-well please, you intergalactic bully. More shots, after the jump.

(Tattoo by Frank La Natra at Eternal Ink in Davie, Florida.)

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Comments

29 responses to “Party The Baby Off”

  1. chad Avatar
    chad

    nice package

  2. Jaime Avatar
    Jaime

    Icarus looks like the Beowulf actor guy. Beautiful tattoo though.

  3. DuckieVamp Avatar
    DuckieVamp

    Oh my goddddd! I LOVE it. The end bit make it extra perfect!!

  4. Xenobiologista Avatar
    Xenobiologista

    How do you say “Fall down, go boom” in classical Greek?

  5. Lowell Avatar
    Lowell

    The piece itself looks great, I really like it. However, looking at Daedalus up at the top, all I can envision is him bellowing “TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!”

  6. Diva Avatar
    Diva

    THIS ISN’T SPARTA!

  7. Banana Bread Avatar
    Banana Bread

    I love the way this tattoo is done! Especially the heavy lines. It looks great 🙂

  8. OwlEyes Avatar
    OwlEyes

    I love. Absolutely great coloring.

  9. mmmaybebaby Avatar
    mmmaybebaby

    Just beautiful. I love everything about this piece.

  10. Smelsie Avatar
    Smelsie

    The colours and the tattoo itself look amazing but I couldn’t help but notice Icarus looks abit like the guy from 300. THIS IS SPARTA

  11. Smelsie Avatar
    Smelsie

    Oh wait it’s Daedalus…=/

  12. Mik Avatar
    Mik

    Dude, that looks like Leonidas from 300

  13. ward. Avatar
    ward.

    5,6,10 beat me to it, what’s the white arrow for though?

  14. sublimerotica Avatar
    sublimerotica

    Unghh the colors are gorgeous.

  15. Artie Avatar
    Artie

    Beautiful, but it kinda looks like “I will louch the sun”

  16. bob Avatar
    bob

    Ward- i beliee the white arrow is actually the tower in the labarynth that they jumped out of

  17. carl Avatar
    carl

    incredible tattoo + thrice lyrics = what a way to start the day!

  18. SHREDDIE Avatar
    SHREDDIE

    the white arrow is a tower, we’re finishing it in december, we still have to finish Daedalus’s wings, banners, and the tower. AND ITS NOT LEONIDAS, lmao, we decided to give him a beard so you could distinguish between father and son (on the forearm)

  19. Bunson Avatar
    Bunson

    fycknig tight!

  20. Aviram Avatar
    Aviram

    Can’t see the toes.
    overall, killer piece.

  21. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    I’m in ove with this tattoo. Beautiful.

  22. Caitlin Avatar
    Caitlin

    fan-freakin-tastic. this is so nice.

  23. Saara Avatar
    Saara

    The colours are amazing.

  24. Marc Avatar
    Marc

    sick!

  25. coolerthanjohnetu Avatar
    coolerthanjohnetu

    what is the full text?

  26. -LEO- Avatar
    -LEO-

    Agree with #15
    Missing the lower part of the text, though =/

  27. Jolearra Avatar
    Jolearra

    i want an icarus tattoo so bad. this is very nice.

  28. SHREDDIE Avatar
    SHREDDIE

    it says “i will touch the sun, or i will die trying”

  29. bxb Avatar
    bxb

    The full text is “I will touch the sun or I will die trying”, it’s from The Melting Point of Wax by Thrice

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