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.

I wear my muscles on my sleeves

Fredl of Art & Soul in Mannheim, Germany is the artist credited for the work below. This is probably one of the more extensive “skin rip” tattoos that I’ve seen. While anatomy tattoos aren’t very common, the few people sporting larger pieces tend to have them extremely detailed. I’d be interested to know if he worked off of any specific resource material or came up with the design based on the wearers own muscle tone and flow. It seems to work pretty well. There’s a little implanty goodness if you go ahead and click through.

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Comments

26 responses to “I wear my muscles on my sleeves”

  1. ZaLe Avatar
    ZaLe

    Nice work!

  2. KT Avatar
    KT

    Oolala! :]

  3. ben Avatar

    that star looks so ugly and disgusting but nice tatttoo

  4. -light- Avatar
    -light-

    Great tattoo, but the star is out of place.

  5. chick Avatar
    chick

    eh, not really feeling it. ..

  6. liz Avatar
    liz

    what do you mean the star is out of place? its not your body, and if he wants to have that star right there then whatever its not up to you to judge.

  7. varevinc Avatar

    would be nice to make some sort of bodysuit out of this …

  8. Emma Avatar
    Emma

    I actually think the star looks really well done.
    Love this 🙂

  9. Sham Avatar

    From what I see in picture #1, I guess people in that place kind of like caffeine.

  10. gandy Avatar
    gandy

    ben, last time i looked it was his arm not yours, i think the star implant is awsome, sometimes things that “dont go” work the best.

  11. yupp Avatar
    yupp

    dont like this at all

  12. ben Avatar

    i don’t like the star 😛 but its just my opinion you should respect that 😛
    i dont like it XD but still cool 😉 i mean the star and the tattoo

  13. thomas is dead Avatar
    thomas is dead

    this is a bad ass tattoo, and the start dont really go with it but its ok, it still looks good

  14. Ru Avatar

    yeah, im a fan of the star.

  15. Ru Avatar

    #5. Because they took a picture in front of a soda machine, in what appears to be a convenience store?! So dumb.

  16. jon Avatar
    jon

    mr1982.bmezine.com has some similar work. Wow, I remembered the username, it’s been ages since I saw that page

  17. Ganesh Avatar
    Ganesh

    calm down y’all. don’t we all come to site to see a wide variety of body modifications, and judge them?

  18. Sgian Dubh Avatar
    Sgian Dubh

    This is awesome ink. I love it. Well done!!

  19. arcadetoken Avatar

    i wonder if the star was there before or after the tattoo? it would be nice to see the arm complete

  20. Aimeeeee~ Avatar
    Aimeeeee~

    The star is a random addition, certainly not what I’d expected to see on his arm when implants were mentioned. The tattoo is really impressive, it sits really well on his arm too, I’d like to see a tat like this on a really built up arm.

  21. nae Avatar

    I want to know more about the piercing on his throat…

    I’m mildly bummed that he didn’t have his star implant tattooed over but that’s just because I’m dying to talk to someone who’s had an implant tattooed over.

  22. SeeeingRed Avatar

    Hmm, not my thing really.

  23. MoonChild Avatar
    MoonChild

    Nice!:)

  24. 5kem5 Avatar
    5kem5

    ive had an implant tattooed over,its pretty grim!

  25. antipinkpunk Avatar
    antipinkpunk

    where was this when i was studying the muscular system in anatomy?

  26. fred the celtic design Avatar

    Tattoos speak a language of your heart. They bring out your emotions and lifestyle . You can use your tattoo designs as a style of expression. Many people use tattoos to speak diverse things, always their personality. Some also use them to express love and emotions.

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