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Tag: Tattoos

  • Can you tell what it is yet?

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    RooRaaah Crumbs

    Ever since I was little I joked about getting my birthmarks numbered–that I was one big connect-the-dots tattoo that made a “me”.

    This tattoo is part of “The Stalking and Murdering of a Childhood Giraffe Project” (full explanation of the art project is HERE.) It’s an extremely visible invisible tattoo and Dave C. Wallin (Tattoo Culture, Williamsburg, NY – more) did an AMAZING job considering how small the numbers had to be. Pretty sure I’m not the first person in the universe to come up with this idea (ROO: Nope, you may have been the first though!), but I’ve yet to see another connect-the-dots tattoo.

    The design was based on a really geometric giraffe drawing I once saw (if anyone can find the name of the original artist I would be super appreciative!), but I modified it to have spots and be even more box-like. I love this tattoo so much.. which makes it hard to walk down the street without staring at my own calf.

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    If you’re wondering what the scrapes on her leg are from, she fell off a step tool and caught it on a printing press on the way down. Bless.

    DivX download link for BME members: Extreme2 or Full members

    Photos by dollomite and many thanks to Brandon for the red-hot tip!

  • The Black Army

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    By Ricardo Posseti of ATE O FIM TATTOO, São Paulo, Brazil.

    See more in “Tribal and Blackwork Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • I’M HERE WITH THE SAVIOUR!

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    RooRaaah Crumbs

    And a pair of furry dice..

    By Lucco, Squamificio Tattoo, Parma, Northern Italy.

    See more in “Religious and Mythological Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • Banana Beer.

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    Sweet bananas by Daniel Novais, Rio de Janeiro.

    Beer love by Joy Rumore (more), Twelve 28 Tattoo, Brooklyn, New York.

    See more in “Hearts and Love Tattoos“ and “Cartoon Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • Feel the love!

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    RooRaaah Crumbs

    Ask her first though, it’s only polite..

    Chest and hip-piece by Brady, Empora Tattoo (autoplayer), Nashville, TN.

    For no particular reason I thought I’d mention this, this, this and this, just fo’ fun, yo.

    See more in “Lettering Tattoos“ (Tattoos) AND Old School Tattoos

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