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Don’t cry, mousey.

Written by

Jen Savage

The tear just looks so real. Poor little mouse. Credits go out to Urge II Tattoo and Dragon FX, both in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Comments

20 responses to “Don’t cry, mousey.”

  1. h3llc4t Avatar
    h3llc4t

    Aww, poor mousie! Don’t be sad!
    This is lovely. I have a small collection of rodent tattoos myself, and I really like this one. I’d love to hear the story behind it.

  2. hatekill Avatar
    hatekill

    this is so cute!!

  3. bry Avatar
    bry

    I really like it! Would also love to know the story behind it.

  4. Stisher Avatar
    Stisher

    Very nice tattoo very realistic. Loved it =D

  5. ian mckown Avatar
    ian mckown

    not realistic in the slightest.

  6. piercedpussykat Avatar
    piercedpussykat

    Awww its so cute!

  7. SaraBeth Avatar
    SaraBeth

    Waaaay cuter than a real mouse, if you ask me. I likey. Good work.

  8. CoryVictorious Avatar
    CoryVictorious

    It reminds me of NCIS, Duckey says some old irish/scottish (no idea…) toast “may a mouse never leave your girnel with a teardrop in his eye’”

  9. Lily Avatar
    Lily

    I wonder what the rest of the sleeve’s theme is to have a sad lil mousey on the top of his hand. I really like it though.

  10. blackroses Avatar
    blackroses

    i like that tear.
    why am i now thinking of watership down???

  11. cat Avatar
    cat

    loveee the style of this

  12. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    I meant the tear looked real not the mouse. The mouse is cartoonish and very cute.

    And blackroses, for some reason it made me think of Watership Down too… Weird.

    I would love to find out the story behind this tattoo and I’m hoping that the wearer sees this and shares.

  13. Ru Avatar
    Ru

    I’ve never seen blue teardrops.
    Just sayin’ 😉

  14. tallish_noodles Avatar
    tallish_noodles

    Awwwwe… Makes me sad!!!
    I love love love love LOVE LOVE LOVE LVOE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the blue tears amongst a sea of black ink. It looks incredible.
    Nice evocative tattoo!

  15. Blackandblue Avatar
    Blackandblue

    Wow, Modblog is getting worse by the day.
    What happened to only posting amazing tattoo taken with quality and precision and writing something half decent about it.

  16. aleks Avatar
    aleks

    so nice i love rats

  17. anthony Avatar
    anthony

    @Blackandblue-there’s a lotttttttt of subjectivity in your requests.

    PS- lighten up. we’re dealing with blogging, not missiles.

  18. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    Redwall?

  19. gandy Avatar
    gandy

    blackandblue.

    you know if you dont like whats being posted you can, you know, go away.

    i quite like it, sure its not a carbon copy of a mouse, but you know what it is when you look at it so its not bad.

  20. kate Avatar
    kate

    I wasn’t thinking watershipdown I was thinking secret of nihm lol but still epic I agreee such a small detail can make a whole piece, theres such beauty in that simple contrast

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