Thread: Straight razor tattoo

none here, but i have quite a few that are sittin waitin to be finished, just lined in, or lined and shaded. ill be postin pics when i get my next one started

-micah

I'm in the same boat. I've got a few that are halfway there, all large pieces that are in the works.

I've got the one of the "missle babies" from H.R.Giger's "baby gun". It's about 6" tall on the back of my calf. I suppose that's kind of biomechanical. For anyone that doesn't know, H/R.Giger is an amazing artist who single handedly designed the Alien movies aliens and alien den. He also did most of the set design work on "Dune". Really creepy stuff sometimes.

Come on guys, I am dying for some pictures !!

Even though this comment isn't on the razor tat but my next one I plan to get is a large phoenix black and grey on my waist going upward on my ribs.

If you are interested in what I have so far check out my myspace site
http://myspace.com/opiy
just click the pics link under my picture.

Depeding on what the Navy's rules are on tattoos I plan to get covered in them at some point.

Originally Posted by SharkHat

Wow, this thread is going drastically wrong. So, here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.

Even though I missed this a long way back this is hilarious !

Originally Posted by EnGarde

Absoulutely - I was not knocking it either. Its just that tribal has been so overdone inthe tattoo world. Every college kid and junior tuff guy has a tribal tattoo peeking beneath his sleeve. When I look at a good tattoo I look at the linework, shading, originality, new spin on and old idea - whatever. I love any good tattoo work. I find that tribal designs generally bore me very quickly as they don't have an apparent meaning or representation. I don't even thing my tattoo artist will do tribal...

Wanna see some good work... check this out (look at Marcus's and John's portfolios)

http://www.marcuskuhn.com/tattoos.php

You pretty much nailed the reason why I don't like tribal work. Its way to common really. They also tend to look alike. I am big into realism. Black and Grey style. I also love some of the Japanese style tattoos. My tattoos tend to have some sort of meaning to me that a tribal piece IMO can not do. I almost got a tribal piece on my back when I was researching my first one and I and so happy that I got the wizard tat. I have a phoenix and possibly a japanese style dragon I want to get done at some point. Might get a Navy anchor also after I have been in for a little while.

The Navy now has gotten alot more strickt on the rules for having tattoos. The 2 that I have now they took pictures of and had to get the approved. I had to fill out 2 different papers saying where I got them, when, how big they are, and that they have no emotional meaning to me. While I am in DEP, I have to sign a paper saying I haven't gotten any new tats. LOL and think of the old times where sailors where KNOWN for getting tattooed and drinking.

BTW this is the portfolio of the guys work that did my ink.
http://aerochildtattoos.com/tshirt_ad_pg.htm Artist name is Kele