These great tattoos come to us from Rick Lohm of Scarab Body Arts in Syracuse, New York, and, if you’re anything like me, your mind probably went to the same place: With a blood-spitting gorilla acting as the referee, who wins in a death-match, alligator in a teacup or giraffe in a jar? The answer? America.
Well, in celebration of today’s special edition of “Follow-Up Tuesday,” here we refer again to a post from yesterday: this one, full of murderous lady-hating sharks, which maybe sends a bad message to sea creatures! This one, above—a friendly hammerhead scene being worn by eequalsmc2—is much more positive, on the whole. Also: hammerhead shark tears contain swine flu antidote. The more you know.
(Tattoo by Jesse Neese at Nuclear Ink in Omaha, Nebraska.)
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Hey, ModBloggers! All this hubbub over the dreaded Mexican Pig Virus or whatever got you down? No need to worry. It’s summer! Just go out for a nice leisurely swim in the ocean, where you will almost surely be devoured by a murderous shark before the dreaded swine plague ever even enters your body. Don’t say your old pal ModBlog never gave you any good advice, folks.
(Tattoo on Rob by Greg at Distinctive Arts in Palatine, Illinois.)
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Oh. my. God.
Nobody move. You hear me? Nobody move.
OK, actually, somebody should move and call or text message God or the marines or whatever you do in a situation like this. What situation? Oh, nothing, just that we here at BME have apparently stumbled upon the source of the goddamned swine flu that is the newest pandemic that is going to find and murder every last one of us. Do not be taken in by its seductive prowess, people. Remember: Everybody is at risk, even if the pig is wearing a dental dam. Be safe out there.
(Tattoo by Tom Ingram at Black Hole Tattoos in Portland, Oregon.)
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Good afternoon, folks! Here we have a fine submission from dynamo Cleen Rock One in old Las Vegas, Nevada. It appears to be some sort of murderous mutant tiger-shark, which, of course, is right in my wheelhouse. Keep it up, fella.
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Last week, we saw Deluxe Tattoo‘s Tim Biedron’s grisly barnyard zombie torture porn romp, but this time around, things are a little more wholesome. Continuing our recent trend of righteous wildlife tattoos, here are a bunch of happy forest critters having a wholesome tea party! Hey, cute. Many more shots, after the jump.
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This outstanding, twisted rendering of some damned undead fellas just cold tearin’ apart a defenseless farm sow was tattooed by Tim Biedron at Deluxe Tattoo in windy Chicago. The images were entitled, “Poor Cashew,” but I can’t tell if this is an original piece or an adaptation of something else—if anyone knows, please fill us in. Otherwise, just enjoy this glorious grotesqueness for what it is. A few more shots, after the jump.
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A few people mentioned in the comments for yesterday’s tiger post that they weren’t big on animal tattoos, but that that one had turned them into believers. Well, apparently Sean Karn at Fuzion Ink in Norfolk, Virginia, wasn’t satisfied with converting just a few of you, so he’s shared this wildlife sleeve, which is really just pages from National Geographic that he glued to a client’s arm is one of the nicest pieces I’ve probably ever seen. Also, that morose water buffalo on top looks like it could use a hug.
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Ha, oh look, here’s a fine example of your common “tramp-stamp” tattoo! Note the flash tribal and poorly shaded Pisces symbol, all encased in…OK, I’m going to stop joking about this before that thing comes to life and bites the shit out of me. This excellent set of tiger eyes comes to us from Sean Karn at Fuzion Ink in Norfolk, Virginia.
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So, in honor of everyone’s favorite holiday, Passover, which is just chock full of all sorts of fun plagues, here we have a frog (that probably fell from the heavens) using a fancy umbrella to cover itself from the raining blood! Wait, was that a plague or a Slayer song? Either way.
(Tattoo by Dan Smith at High Voltage Tattoo in Hollywood, California.)
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