I like both of these two tattoos quite a lot. I’m down with demonic visions and skulls eating snakes and pinups and all, but sometimes it’s nice to see a sweet tattoo. On the left is FIVE!, done by Cedre at Diving Swallow in Oakland, CA — in the style of The Monster at the End of this Book (starring lovable, furry old Grover from Sesame Street). The tattoo on the right is by King Ron at Halo Tattoo in Liverpool, New York and represents a boy looking back on his childhood and remembering the neighborhood.

I am a giant fan of the tattoo concept that Crumbs (want to learn how he got his name?) is working on. It’s a mix of very simple heavy geometric blackwork and solid color work with hearts and other primary shapes… Some time sooner rather than later I have to do a nice long interview with him for BME I think. Anyway, the work in this photo is by Lee Jonas at Alan’s Tattoo and Body Piercing in Moreton, England.

I really love tattooed nipples… Stars, tribal, solid filled, flowers, whatever — I like them all. Here’s an example by Luis Botas at Kaustika in Mexico City (watch the studio scrapbook later this week for some great photos of their shop).