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While searching through my emails to find something to write mean things about, I found this little gem from IAM:Skarekrow. It’s a humorous twist on the much overdone oldschool swallow. This piece won first prize for best small tattoo at the Swedish Tattoo Convention. I can see why.
Tattoo by John Lind at House of Pain in Norrtälje, Sweden.
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Brian Froud and Amy Brown fairies get submitted to BME’s fairy tattoo gallery on a pretty regular basis, but of all the fairy tattoos that I see, one stands out as being done more than any other. I don’t know the original source of the design, and maybe someone reading this can tell me, but this simplified fairy just keeps getting done over and over and over — so much so that I’m beginning to think it’s the mark of some sisterhood cult that, being a dude, no one is willing to tell me about.
PS. Personally I like my fairies perverted or at least nude.
Update: Question answered!
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From the popular BME “geek tattoo gallery“…
Highbrow Geek
(Turing Machine)
Lowbrow Geek
(Tetris Block Bracelet)
Definitely not a Geek
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In regards to the previous entry’s first tattoo…
Hey Shannon,
Just a quick note on the "super emo" tattoo — Im 90% sure that Rob Dobi designed a shirt identical to that. It doesnt seem to be on his site anymore (if it ever was) so I cant be sure but Im fairly certain that is where this person got the idea. In fact, Im pretty sure that on this site (how to dress emo) created by Rob Dobi used to have the cutout heart shirt... http://www.dobi.nu/emo/boys.htm I know that the difference between someones tattoo and a t-shirt is huge I just thought it worth mentioning for whatever reason. Robs work is amazing and well worth checking out regardless.
All the best,
Matt
Someone tell me again why copyright is even an issue?
Update: Matt was right; here’s a shot from Dobi’s page that another reader found:
I still like the tattoo, but cancel any of my commentary about it being an original design unfortunately…
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Sorry I haven’t updated much in the past few days. We’ve had a guest down here in La Paz so Rachel and I have been busier than usual, and Jordan’s internet connection is out… Anyway, I’ll start off with a cut-out heart tattoo that I really like even though it’s pretty over the top emo, and which I have no doubt will start being copied a day or two after this entry goes up.
For the record, this original (?) piece is by Ron Aytes of Three D Oils and Ink in Valparaiso, Indiana. Here’s another one I like, this one by Brett Osborne (IAM:bretticus) of Pure Body Arts in Brooklyn…
Live to Squeak, Squeak to Live
I get tattoo pictures of snakes daily, and every time I get one I think how much better of a tattoo it would be if there were some ladders thrown in. Well, thanks again to Brett (see above), my wish was answered.
Next, on IAM:nuclearsummer, vagina monsters go to war with a flying penis… tattoo courtesy of Dave Knight at Tattoo Mania in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As far as I can tell the penis monster is winning, but war is a sticky thing and penises tend to blow up unexpectedly, so the outcum is anyone’s guess.
How about an assortment of Volkswagen tattoos? VW pride!
Yes, the last one is on his nutsack.
Finally, this slogan tattoo wouldn’t even make me look twice if I saw it on the street here in Mexico, or even in the US. However, this piece actually hails all the way from Planet Tattoo in Kiev, Ukraine, by Dmitry Mitsik… I suppose Latin Spirit is everywhere?
