This great tattoo (with still lots to do) is about six years old in this photo, done by Cat Spencer at Show Me Tattoo in St. Robert, Missouri… My singular objection is that I think nipples should be tattooed over in chestpieces like this. That said, I don’t think the nipples are tattooed in my chestpiece, so who am I to talk…
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i quite like how they have used the nipples as the eyes… very cool…
almost as good as hte monkey’s arswhole bellybutton picture that was on i-am-bored
ross – the nipples aren’t the eyes…
I was just gonna say, at first glance I thought the nipples were the eyes and it looked weird. But then I looked properly! It’s a great tattoo, but I do think the nipples are distracting.
If ever there was a good case for nipple removal……
It looks like the lion has rosy cheeks 🙂
I would definitely say that the nipples are distracting, and I am a big fan of nipples in general so that’s a hard thing to type.
I don’t think I would have even noticed the nipples had they not been mentioned, now they’re all I can see when I look at it.
Hehehe.
The nipples are his cheeks!
I agree, while it’s an interesting stylistic approach, I think it would look a bit nicer with tattooed nipples. That said, they did a great job on it.
I have half of my chest tattooed right now and I don’t have my nipple tattooed. The artist suggested an idea of putting negative space flames coming off my nipple. I thought it was a good idea and we did it. My nipple look like it is on fire.
I saw his page yesterday and was wondering if that was Cat’s work!
The nipples are mildly distracting, but it’s a great piece either way.
thats really impressive 😛 but yeah the nipples need to go lol
I agree on the nipple removal. I think that this tattoo would have looked much better on the back, simply because the nipples take away from it. The lion is a beautiful tattoo though. I would be in awe just looking at this guys chest.
Shannon… you don’t think your own are tattooed? Peek under your shirt and remove all doubt?
yea, the nipples should definitely be tattooed over…
ives, I think he means that he didn’t finish his chestpiece and doesn’t think they are going to be tattooed
hahaha, im BLIND. wooda been damn cool if they were.
the nipples are too distracting. if this guy lifted up his shirt my initial reaction would be nice nipples.. HEY, nice tattoo. i’d definitely have them tattooed over.
I say… cut the nipples out and tattoo over the areola. 😀 Seriously though, this is a wonderful looking big piece!
I agree on the nipples as well. I prefer the nipples to be eyes. If it was all moved down a bit, they could be the eyes and the navel could be its mouth.
^ that’s the tackiest thing i’ve ever visualized.
not to be too critical, it’s a very nice tattoo, but yeah the nipples stand out more because they are so colourful in contrast to the black ink.
Wait, what do you mean you don’t think the nipples are tattooed in your chestpiece? Can’t you just … look?
It’s a good piece of tattooing, and I agree about having the nipples tattooed. I had mine done about 25 years ago and occasionally have them re-done. They’ll probably be reworked to fit in with the total chest rework I’m having done at the moment. So, if the nipples get in the way of a good piece, get some colour in them. Go for it lad!
By the way Shannon, you could let us have a gander at your own chest, and let us know for sure if yours are done or not. lol.
scotsjerry – I’ve been posting some procedural photos on my zentastic.com blog and IAM…. I’ll post the tattoo here when it’s done.
Cat is a great artist. iam: Patrick has another great piece by him if anyone cares to take a look.