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Tag: Tattoos

  • Sailboat Tattoo

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    Shannon Larratt

    I really like this tattoo on e_. It’s relaxing to look at. Part of me thinks I may have even posted about it here before before (disclaimer I may have made before: I am an amnesiac a la Memento and a pothead a la Cheech and Chong). Done by Gavi Snider at Mutiny Tattoo in Bellingham, WA.


    Gaff Cutter, Circa 1908

  • Guns

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    Shannon Larratt

    You’ll see more of his portfolio in one of the next updates — this is by Mykie Rice at Infinity Ink Tattoos in St. Catharines, but I also thought her navel was kind of cool. Because 99.9% of the navel’s I’ve seen in my life are pierced, I don’t see many outies!

  • Dude, there’s a cooter on your skull!

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    Shannon Larratt

    Remember the Cockilus? Well, Urea is real pissed at his tattoo artist because he thinks the cracks in the forehead are too suggestive. Sheesh! A bucheta pretendida! Tattoo by Rafael at Urea in Joao Pessoa, Brasil.

  • “No Regrets”

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    Shannon Larratt

    You know, I’ve been seeing more guys with facial tattoos and beards, and I really think the combination improves each. This facial tattoo is by Mike Gutowski at Divine Machine Tattoo in Buffalo, NY.

  • Hand tribal tattoo

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    Shannon Larratt

    I recently shared another great blackwork tattoo by Patrick at Worldsend Tattoo, but I just loved this traditional hand tattoo he did that I wanted to share it as well.

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