Have Ye Tippled Drink More Fine

By Jordan Ginsberg • Jun 12th, 2009 • Category: ModBlog


After last night’s beautiful, colorful sleeve post, we took a (very scientific!) vote and decided, hey, how about another one? We’ve featured Terry Ribera’s work before, and it is almost singularly gorgeous, and this under-the-sea piece is really no exception. An underground tree, a giant crab and a little boy riding a mermaid who’s looking into a pearl/crystal ball? Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop huffing paint.

(Sleeve by Terry Ribera while splitting his time between Avalon Tattoo II in San Diego and Dare Devil Tattoo in New York City.)

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7 Responses »

  1. jenn on June 12th, 2009 at 4:15 pm:

    wow! Think and you shall receive! I was just thinking about getting a mermaid sleeve and how I would want it to look. And BOOM. Modblog. *thinks about adorable indie boys…* ….Well it was worth a try.

  2. alouicious on June 12th, 2009 at 5:15 pm:

    yeah, thinking about adorable indie boys didn’t work for me either. bummer! this beautiful sleeve is a welcome compromise, though….

  3. david on June 12th, 2009 at 5:41 pm:

    you forgot about the praying mantis! just another amazing aspect, great sleeve!!

  4. Beth on June 12th, 2009 at 6:34 pm:

    Airplane! Gorgeous work.

  5. Kalinkina on June 13th, 2009 at 3:56 pm:

    How does this not have more comments?? As it’s amazing!

  6. Shaolin Fox on July 11th, 2009 at 5:19 pm:

    For some reason, it’s always disheartening when such stellar work receives so few comments.

  7. Terry Ribera on July 15th, 2009 at 11:08 am:

    Thanks everybody.

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