Following up on the casheye tattoos, BIOHAZARD had these eyelid tattoos done by Dave Gilbert at Marked For Life Tattoos in Warren, MI.
Tag: Tattoos
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Betty Boop Tattoo
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Candy got this skeletal Betty Boop tattoo done by Kris Roberts at Shipwreck Tattoo in Corpus Christi, Texas. She explains,
I grew to love Betty Boop as a child and now that I’m older, I have a passion for animation because of her creator, Max Fleischer. I wanted to commemorate Betty as she represents not only loves of mine, but also female history as well as the history of animation. I did not want to just get a straight up portrait of Betty because her image has been strewed over the years. Modern Betty has a stereotype of Harley Davidson and Playboy which I didn’t want to portray on my body.
I was browsing the internet one day and came across the online portfolio of artist Michael Paulus who had drafted skeletons for a bunch of cartoon characters, including Betty. I thought his designers were soooo clever! As soon as I saw his Betty, I knew it was the perfect imagery. I emailed him asking for permission, which he granted!
I took these images to my tattoo artist and asked him to come up with something “neo-traditional” and 1930s themed and to have Betty’s skull decorated dia de los muertos style (to celebrate her death*). Kris came up with this amazing composition and the rest is history! One thing that I think is really amazing is that when Kris drew up the design, he put a sacred jaw on her forehead because he noticed that she did not have a jaw. It was funny because when Micheal e-mailed me granting permission for the tattoo, he included this little tidbit: “You might have noticed that I omitted the lower jaw of Betty. Was never sure if she indeed have a jaw, although she does obviously talk!”
Funny how that worked out!
* Betty’s death = her censorship. ‘America’ forced her to move into a small apartment with a small pet dog and lengthened her skirt. Betty was no longer free to be the independent sexy women she once was. Weveral of her cartoons were banned as well.
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Bomber Mechanic Pinup
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This great tattoo by Johnny Thief (check out the interview) won “Best of Day” in the Savannah HD Haunted Coast Run tattoo contest.
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Butcher’s Diagram Tattoo
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As much as it’s going to make the butcher’s job easier thanks to the tattoo by Keegan Lam (Halifax, Nova Scotia), I think he’s going to have to put some more meat on his bones if he wants to find himself on the post-apocalyptic menu.
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Family Resemblance?
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Adelleda just got her first tattoo, a portrait of her grandmother done by Craig Fenrick at Immaculate Concept in Calgary, Alberta.
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