I’m pretty sure I’ve featured more knockoffs of his work than originals done by him, so let me share this great dotwork backpiece (riding over top of a healed spiral branding) by Daniel DiMattia at Calypso Tattoo. His shop is in Belgium, but in December and early January he’ll be touring in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Haha — I didn’t know that Bic from Burning Monk (see also: oldschool surface piercing and matching finger piercings) had a sef-portrait tattooed on his belly until I saw this picture from Efix shot at the 2006 Montreal Art and Tattoo show. I think it takes a certain sense of humor to get yourself tattooed on yourself…
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…And a healed “HATE ME” as well, by Paulo “Sheetos” Vitor at Caos Body Art in Barra Bonita/SP, Brasil. I wonder if this will generate a similar response to Michelle’s tattoos? Because it is highly unlikely that it will, I wonder why not — personally I think they’re both perfectly fine to get, but I do think they’re in the same general territory…
Another permanent injury tattoo: it may not hurt as much, but it bleeds forever… Done by Merski at Fashion Tattoo in Bucharest, Romania.
Not really, but the first thing I thought of when I saw it was Syler chopping people’s heads open and taking their brains… This permanent brain exposure was actually done by Justin B at Wizard’s World of Tattoos in Stowe, PA, who is presumeably not a telekenetic supervillian (but I am not sure so don’t quote me on that when he eats your brain).
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Ashley‘s monroe, done by Rob at Southern Steel, Pikeville, Kentucky.
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What wonderful photos! Care of Verno, Holy Mackerel/Visual Addiction in St. Paul, MN.
