Andy's Watership Down Sleeve

I met Andy back in September in Penn Station and he shared this incredible sleeve:

 

When I asked him about the inspiration behind this incredible work, he indicated the rabbit, which is based on his pet Fiver:

I immediately recognized the name as one of the characters in Richard Adam's wonderful novel, Watership Down.

He basically wanted something that was nature-based and gave the artist, Keller at Classic Tattoos in Pinellas Park, Florida, free reign on the design, allowing him to pretty much free-form the sleeve.

 

The collage at the top of the post consists of my shots in Penn Station, but the detailed photos are based on the pictures Andy generously sent me after the fact. These detailed photos show the brilliant colors and exquisite detail that Keller put into the tattoo, which Andy estimates represents about 18-20 hours of work.

Thanks again to Andy for sharing this amazing sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!

Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style 牡丹散らしscatter peonies

本日一件のみ。

牡丹散らし。

スウェーデンから通っていただきました。

完成おめでとう！！

私もすごく嬉しいです。

ほんとうに有難う御座いました。

ヨーロッパに行くときは連絡します！！

Only one today.

scatter pionies.

customer from Stockholm Sweden.

Congratulation for complete!.

you are real guy!

Thank you very much.

When I go to Europe, I will call you.

Take care.

see you again.

Único hoy. esparza el pionies. cliente de Estocolmo Suecia. 

¡Felicitación para completo!. es el tipo real! 

Muchas gracias. 

Cuando voy a Europa, lo llamaré. 

Tenga cuidado. véalo de nuevo.

  

James Shares a Tattoo, Inspired by The Walking Dead

I met James, along with his two friends (whose tattoos were shared here and here) as they were headed to Comic Con in New York last month.

James shared this, one of his five tattoos:

This tattoo is the an interpretation of a scene from The Walking Dead.

The tattoo was done by Scottso at Matt's Tribal Dragon Tattoo in Bethpage, New York. Here's a fresh shot from when the tattoo was first completed:

Photo by Scottso, from his MySpace page.

Thanks to James for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style 牡丹散らしscatter peonies

本日二件目。
牡丹散らし。

This is second case today.
scatter peonies.

Éste es segundo caso hoy. esparza las peonías.

Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style 額

本日一件目。
額。

This is first case today.
GAKU.


Esto es embale hoy primero.
GAKU.

Tim's Bleeding Rose

I mentioned in my last post that I met three guys on their way to New York Comic Con when they stopped and shared their tattoos.

Below we have Tim's contribution, one of his nine tattoos:

 

This piece, on his forearm, is a bleeding rose.

It was tattooed by Christopher Wilkie at Peter Tat-2 in West Hempstead, New York.

Tim added that the yellow highlights in the tattoo are a subtle tribute to Hulk Hogan.

Thanks to Tim for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style 牡丹散らしscatter peonies

本日二件目。

牡丹散らし。

手彫り。

This is second case today.

Scatter peonies.

Tebori 'Hand poke' style.

Éste es segundo caso hoy.

Esparza las peonías.

Tebori 'el golpe de la Mano' el estilo.