I suspect that by now nat_the_brat is very irritated by people telling her how much they love her robot tattoo, since in fact it’s an Inuit design. This was done for her by Kris Love at Love Ink in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
This tattoo is by Eric Rieth at Seventh Son Tattoo in San Francisco, CA. I’ve also got more photos of video game tattoos and other geeky-stuff (send in yours to BME please!).
PS. There’s a few misfilings in the geek tattoo section because I hadn’t properly explained it to Phil; those will be fixed soon.
Some of you may be saying to yourselves, “I’m kind of pissed off that Shannon hasn’t bothered to post on ModBlog in a few days,” as if it’s actually an obligation that I have. In this case, as in all others, I will allow the prophet Bender to speak for me.
“Guys, where are we?” … If you know what this tattoo is all about, you may watch too much TV, but at least you watch good TV. Tattoo self-done in grey ink by Julie in Leic, UK.
I was thinking about how popular biohazard symbol tattoos are in this community (1, 2, 3, 4). I assume that’s because biological contamination is especially important and life threatening to people involved in invasive body art, more so than it just being some sort of badass symbol…? Anyway, when I got sent the tattoo pictured in this entry (by Nick Whybrow at Tattoo Inc in Colchester UK) I was reminded how rare nuclear symbol tattoos are — I think in almost eleven years of running BME I have received only two, whereas I’ve seen hundreds and hundreds of biohazard images. I have seen nuclear subs and nuclear families and even the Springfield nuclear plant, but the symbol itself, hardly ever…
PS. Got one and want to prove me wrong? Submit it at [email protected]!
 How? I haven’t decided yet if this is a corny joke, mildly offensive, or maybe both? Tattoo by Joe Alhof at Trader Bob’s in St. Louis. |
And, finally, no comment at all on the tattoo below. I don’t know where this tattoo was done, so all I can tell you is that the 19th hole is located in New Jersey. Not surprised?
You know what the best part of these übercute toe-smiley tattoos done by Stacy from Electric Graffitti in Muscatine, Iowa are? They’re on a kickboxer!
Check out Cybermike’s UV facial circuitry, which in theory only shows up when he’s under a blacklight. I say “in theory” as a warning to those considering a stealth tattoo on public skin — depending on the way you scar (tattoos do leave slight scars) the tattoo may be visible (and any contamination of the ink, even from the stencil, could make the tattoo daylight visible as well). Still, very cool:
1. Rebeccastar‘s boyfriend finally matches his monkey.
2. Intel Inside |
3. Barbell Inside Yuck! |
At this point in the web’s history, niche tattoo sites are not that uncommon — dragons, firefighters and more firefighters, tattoos based on the art of Amy Brown and more… There’s a new one I’d like to mention, care of Ryan over at Dinosaur Comics, and that’s the Webcomics in Tattoo Form gallery site. It’s still just getting started, but check it out by clicking below.
