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Chris Burnett chanelling the Joker, perhaps. Previously featured here.
And finally for today, a wicked rib-piece done by realistic king Cecil Porter.
Classic old school, wonderfully crisp, from a new tattooist to the blog, Shakey Pete. You can also find an excellent owl he did on Owl Tattoos.
Sunflower tattoo designs, though not common, can be quite striking and rich with meaning. The sunflower, because it blooms only when hottest and then turns its “face” toward the sun, has long been associated with the sun and sun worship.One of the oldest sunflower legends is the Greek myth of a young maiden, Clytie, who yearned for the sun god Helios. Day after day she would stand and gaze upon
To be honest, most of the tattoos uploaded to Check Out My Ink are, to put it mildly, shit. But I had a look through the pinup category and picked out a selection of the best....
I'm a huge fan of the second pic, wonder who that's by?
Now that is one freaky angel tattoo. Asia definitely has some of the coolest set of tattoos I’ve ever seen.Asia Argento tattooAsia Argento Tattoo
Another classic Mike De Masi Piece, he of the pink lady in the 'submit your tattoo' pic on the right.
Anon reader submission, done at Ed Hardy's Tattoo City, San Francisco.
This Snake vs. Scorpion tattoo has been in the works for quite some time. My client is French and has been touring around Vietnam for some months. My first tattoo for him was a black and grey demon face on his chest. He came back to get this custom design.
He wanted to the sake to wrap around his arm. After trying to place the stencil on his arm (and failing several times) I managed to convince him that wrapping was not the best solution. We proceeded to place the stencil of the scorpion and the snakes head from my drawing then I freehanded the rest of the snake.
After all that, we were only able to get the outlines done. He came back later to start fill in but we couldn't get finish the scorpion let alone the snake. He then went off to travel, Hanoi, Ha Long bay and gods know where else.
Well, he came back and we were able to knock out the rest of it over the last couple of days.
You'll notice that the scorpion's head and left claw are darker, that's because we finished them this session. He wasn't able able to finish the scorpion in one sitting because it's on his shoulder blade which is a tender spot, and my machine may have been hitting a little hard that day.
