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One Hour Tattoo – Rhys Gordon

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Rachel

As someone who spends most of their time behind a computer, I don’t get a chance very often to meet tattooers from various ends of the earth. I’ve decided to get a series of tattoos that I’m calling the “One Hour Tattoo” and I hope to make time lapse videos of all of them. The first tattoo I’ve had done is by Rhys Gordon at InnerVision Tattoo in Sydney, Australia. He drew the skull and cross bones while we were chatting for his interview, which we some how managed not to do! He came out a couple days later to visit with us while we were working in Melbourne and I interviewed him there. I’ll wait to tell you more about Rhys when we post his interview for BMEtv.

rhysDue to weird inconsistencies with the “Auto-Play”, I’ve moved the video to behind the jump. Click the image to go to the post to watch the video or click more.

Hope you enjoy the video! Don’t forget that you can make your own videos and upload them to the new video sections on BMEzine.com

Comments

11 responses to “One Hour Tattoo – Rhys Gordon”

  1. Hannah Avatar
    Hannah

    :O Awesomeeeeee!

  2. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    Score. Figured out how to turn off the auto-play!

  3. j Avatar
    j

    what format of video ? can see on linux firefox

  4. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    That was really cool. I should try that next time I see Shane.

  5. valy Avatar
    valy

    nice tattoo..simple but nice ^^

    can anybody tell me the name of the song in the video?i’ve heard it before…but i can’t remember where..thanks!

  6. rachel Avatar
    rachel

    its heartbeats by jose gonzalez. Credits are in the video at the end.

  7. valy Avatar
    valy

    thanks! forgot the rule *lurk more*…didn’t saw the final credits…

  8. bbbb5 Avatar
    bbbb5

    that’s pretty cool but i got really dizzy watching this because his hands were moving so fast.

  9. Dan Avatar
    Dan

    woo! I’ve had those guys do one of my sleeves! They’re a terrific studio – I can’t recommend them enough.

    I must say, I’m digging all this Aussie-love lately 🙂

  10. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    I am definitely loving Australia. You guys have it pretty damn good here. If I could, I think I’d stay for a while! We’ve already extended our stay here by a week since we’ve chosen it for our “holiday week” where we take a break from traveling. We were going to do it in Phuket but we decided that we really liked the Bondi beach area!

  11. aeryn Avatar
    aeryn

    the knife’s version of the song is better 😛

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