Friday May 2nd, 2008 @ 1:54 PM
I’m probably done (emphasis on “probably” — you know I never follow that “I’m not posting rule” when I say I will) until Monday, but before I go a quick science tattoo done at Exotix in Toronto. As well as BME’s huge “Geek Tattoos” section, I wanted to recommend the superb “Carl Zimmer’s Science Tattoo Emporium” blog, which has lots of science tattoos and their backstories and makes a great read.
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Thursday May 1st, 2008 @ 12:17 PM
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Monday April 14th, 2008 @ 7:28 PM
Gavin at Rubery Tattoo Studio in Birmingham, UK did this funny Lego Village People tattoo — “I just wanted something different and I love Lego…”
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Friday April 11th, 2008 @ 5:35 PM
This intense scarification project was done on Metal_Games by Jeffrey at Paradigm Bodyart in Arnheim. He describes the experience,
“Starting with the lines, the pain wasn’t half as bad as I’d expected. In fact, it was a breeze for the most part. It took Jeffrey, the artist, about twenty minutes to cut all the lines. A couple of deep breaths, and we went straight on to removing the skin. I wasn’t looking forward to that, but again, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Obviously, it was a lot more painful than the linework, but never unbearable. I was able to watch calmly as Jeffrey was working on it, although for the most part I just concentrated on the ceiling or the wall across from me. Some parts on the more sensitive parts of my leg had me clenching my jaw, and after about forty-five minutes I just wanted it to be over with. We were nearly done at that point however, and after another painful ten minutes it was all over.”
“Stopping the bleeding was a different matter though, and I lay there for a while until it stopped. After bandaging it, it felt like a large abrasion. So, back to Utrecht, where it turned out the bleeding had started again, but the next morning when I cleaned it for the first time, it had stopped. Cleaning it for the first time turned out to be pretty painful (duh), but the second time it was a lot better. Now all I have to do is to care for it according to Jeffreys advice, and I can’t wait to see how it’s gonna come out when it’s fully healed. All in all, it wasn’t the most fun experience I ever had, but I’m glad I went through with it. It looks so cool!”
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Wednesday April 9th, 2008 @ 12:51 PM
Anna writes with some pictures of her labret in which she wears a handmade talon. She drew up the basic template and then it was molded by Antro del Drago and mounted on the labret stud.
She’s also got a great back tattoo (seen below, which you can click on to zoom in for more detail), based on Escher’s 3D work, and a Lovecraftian creature based especially on the story “Hunter of the Dark” in which an entity is released by a non-euclidean solid. The tattoo was designed by a friend and then tattooed by Giancarlo Capra over three sessions. Slight changes were made to accommodate her anatomy and to give a bit more symmetry, and the Quenya word “Mother” was added as well (“thus making this the Escher-Lovecraft-Tolkien backpiece of utter nerdom.”)
If you’re wondering why, Anna explains,
“Whenever the argument of tattoos popped up in the conversation, I always told my mother I would get a sailor tattoo with ‘mum’ on it sooner or later as a tribute to her patience. Despite my love for pirates and octopi, I hate the whole anchors & hearts traditional style tattoos so it was always said in joke.
“Since I left home the ‘mother’ idea begun to sound less and less stupid… Distance and time have brought us closer than when we shared the same roof, to the point that rather than ‘harrumping’ and raising her eyes, she was so supportive with the whole tattoo thing that she offered to pay a whole session as a birthday/Christmas present… and it occurred to me that the giant geometrical egg-shape giving birth to inane creatures I was in the process of getting was a definitely better way of paying tribute to the one who brough me to life, so I surprised her by presenting a whole back tattoo dedicated to her for her birthday, a couple of months later!”
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Monday April 7th, 2008 @ 1:25 PM
I got a laugh out of this geeky 50s robot take on a Day of the Dead type skull, done by Step at 46 and 2 in Fargo, ND. See also Day of the Dead tattoos, Sugar Skull tattoos, and Dia De Los Muertos tattoos (I’m loving the new keyword galleries) for lots more in this style.
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Friday April 4th, 2008 @ 5:13 PM
If the previous post was too high on the new age factor and too low on the geek factor (since it had both), I’ll suggest you may prefer April’s Dalek tattoo, done by Rick at Inkognito in Kingstown… She works as a nanny — I wonder if this will help or hinder this work?
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Thursday March 13th, 2008 @ 8:55 PM
XML geeks may enjoy the philosophical nuances in this tattoo that Julie got herself as a present at Eternal Tattoo in Fresno, CA, for her 18th birthday.
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Tuesday February 26th, 2008 @ 3:17 PM
I really like this at home strike branding that Roo and No_Pants did on Allana using an Allen Key and a stove, because to most it will just look like random scars, but for math geeks… recognize the sequence?
Click through for a healing shot..
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Monday February 25th, 2008 @ 2:10 PM
Mr. Lobes geeky ass cheek tattoos were done by Brad at Atomic Zombie in Edmonton, Alberta. I don’t know if he’s planning on pounding more color into them, but I hope so, even though they look great as is. Click to zoom and de-crop for a better view of both the tattoos and his ass.
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Thursday February 14th, 2008 @ 1:33 PM
I wasn’t really going to post any Valentine’s Day themed stuff (although I could bore everyone with long stories of how I found love in a tattoo studio I suppose), but I thought this Pac-Man / Ms. Pac-Man tattoo was just so charming that I had to post it today:
Oh yeah, and…
Actually, I think maybe I will put together a Valentine’s Day entry after all… check back later for an entry dedicated to “The Curse”.
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Wednesday February 13th, 2008 @ 11:48 AM
Argh! Due to some bureaucratic bungle I’ve got to go downtown and do a driver’s license renewal this afternoon (loving the snow though — I got to winch out my neighbor’s car this morning with my truck), but I’ll make some real posts when I return.
Anyway, neither of these tattoos was identified as being a “geek” tattoo but I think that they both will be. The one on the left, Nick’s pirate ship, was done by Big Dave of Lost Art in Ogden, Utah — it’s got to be a Pirate Bay fan tattoo, no? And the one on the right, by Kim in Singapore? Don’t tell me that’s not forever going to be recognized as Goatse inspired!
Speaking of Goatse, I have some awesome ass-themed pictures to post this afternoon, so steel yourself now.
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Friday January 25th, 2008 @ 8:53 PM
Filed under: Geek
If there’s one thing I like on a programmer more than a scraggly beard, it’s got to be a geeky tattoo. I’ll leave this code tattoo’s function as an in joke, but it was done by Brandon at High Priestess Piercing and Tattoo in Corvallis, Oregon.
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Thursday January 24th, 2008 @ 6:34 PM
Filed under: Geek
Ever feel like you’ve got nothing to say, and no where to go?
(Tattoo by Sarah at Intro in Brighton, UK.)
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Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 @ 7:12 AM
Ah, an entry for math majors to fill their fantasies with… Elizabeth got this great start on her fibonacci sequence tattoo with a 3/4″ and 1 1/4″ band, representing 3 and 5 in the sequence (so she’s 2/5 done). Jeff at Oddball in Portland, OR is doing the tattoo for her.
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Monday January 21st, 2008 @ 8:57 PM
Now that’s a hilariously geeky tattoo! Crystal got her Duck Hunt tattoo done by Chris at Chicago Tattoo Company in Winter Park, FL.
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Sunday September 23rd, 2007 @ 7:11 PM
Wow, that’s one of the more socially intense Geek Tattoos that I’ve seen! It’s on Arre in Norrkping, Sweden.
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Sunday September 23rd, 2007 @ 2:11 PM
Nathan’s funny tattoo is by Matt at Evolved Body Art in Columbus, Ohio… Guess we know he doesn’t use DVORAK!
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Sunday September 23rd, 2007 @ 12:11 PM
This e=mc2 skin removal scarification was done by Daniel Kicinski at Shaman’s Den in Binghamton, NY.
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Friday September 14th, 2007 @ 10:16 AM
I love it! I’m actually surprised I’ve not seen this concept before — it would make for a great large scale geek tattoo. This one was done by Jibo at Diamond Tattoo and Piercings in Renton, done in version one colors.
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Thursday September 13th, 2007 @ 12:18 PM
JuanKi got this “Ctrl+Z” geek tattoo in white ink on his wrist by Fabian Fonseca at Body Art in Bogota, Columbia [CTRL+Z] Colombia (fresh in this photo of course). I’ve got white ink lettering my wrists as well and it holds up very nicely by the way.
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Tuesday August 14th, 2007 @ 2:10 PM
Awww… Geek love sought… Could you be the lesser than sign? Tiff got this half of a geek tattoo and is still “waiting to stumble upon the right canvas for the other half”. Tattoo by Paul Goss at Eternal Ink in Sheffield, UK.
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Saturday August 11th, 2007 @ 10:55 AM
It’s no Pacman ass-maze, but I still like this nerdy Pacman foot tattoo by Julien at Deluxe Tattoo Studio in Reim, France.
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