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[Bassfever]

Here is a couple shots. Sorry for the poor quality. I just took them at work

[597]

This is my tattoo. The picture isn't that great thought since its a little hard to take a picture of your back, not to mention its a reflection of the tatoo. The tattoo is between my sholder blades and is about 6"x3". Its a celtic cross with my Fraternity incorporated into the tatoo (Lambda Chi Alpha). I got it about a year and a half ago, though I wanted a cross tattoo for about three years and then I finnally got one. It has greek lettering around the cross which translates to english as "naught without labor". I'm thinking about getting some other tattoos but I haven't decided yet if I really want them or not. I'll see if I can get a better picture later so you won't see a reflection and so you can see the detail.

[SideWinder]

I have two...

The first one I got while I was at Air Force Tech School in Biloxi, Mississippi. I was always interested in the phoenix myth, so that's what I got. Due to some unfortunate coloring, the original phoenix looked more like an eagle with it's ass on fire. I decided to have it redone a few years ago and now it looks like this:




When I decided to have the original phoenix redone, I decided to have a SideWinder rattlesnake put on my upper right arm. The snake completely wrapes my arm. I decided on a Sidewinder rattlesnake because that is the name I used while in the Air Force to identify myself to Tech Controllers at other Air Force installations while troubleshooting. Some folks used the proper phonetic alphabet and some folks didnt. I was one of the ones that didnt. Here it is:




I was in the chair non-stop, with the exception of a single smoke break for the artist, while the phoenix was being redone and while the snake was being applied. I found out why they call the back inside of the arm "bitch meat".....

[SideWinder]

Well, crap. That post didnt work out the way I wanted it too! I didnt know they were going to come out as thumbnails!

[chefchris]

I found out why they call the back inside of the arm "bitch meat".....

tell me about it.

[heftysmokes]

Here's my two latest-

The octopus, on my right shoulder, is about 7 hours total-a four hour sitting and then 3 more just to do the head and some touchup on the outline




And here's what is my favorite. The footprints on my left calf are from my son's birth certificate. The artist who did this really did an awesome job replicating all the little wrinkles and crevices from the original.

[chefchris]

here's the inside of my arm. finally got a camera in here so i snapped a quick shot.

[chefchris]

Alright Alright. I just woke up. Ok, here's some pictures from my session last night. It's based around 1 Corinthians 13.

Session took about 2 1/2 hours. After this heals in about 2 weeks, I'll go back and start on the shading and coloring.














And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.










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[chefchris]

Alright, I've had 2 sessions since my last post. Still not done, but we don't lack much. I had a 2 hour sitting yesterday and we colored in the banners and added the stars and the verse. The stars stand out a good bit right now, but they will settle into the background just like the ones surrounding my sparrow. So far I've had 9 hours of work on this piece.










ya, this one was fun.

sorry about the shine, it's the A&D ointment. Been tipping my tattoo artist with cigars too, he likes em.