float like a butterfly sting like a beeeeeeeeeeeeee
my arm looked like this last night after the first 2 hours.
yesterday was way more interesting than i could of imagined.
the door to the apartment flew open at about 10am. in rushed an excited adam. he�d cut his finger and would get to come to my tattoo sitting with me. im like what are you excited about you HURT yourself tough guy.
the first thing he did yesterday when he got to work was slice his finger open. he went down to first aid, they bandaged it, he went back up to work but it split back open. he had it bandaged up again and they sent him home.
i sent him to the clinic.
lucky guy got 3 freezing needles a tetanus shot and 5 stitches.
talk about an incredible man, no wonder i love him so much he slices open his finger and is excited because he gets to sit and watch me be a tough guy.
this drawing although rad, obviously does not do the tattoo justice. the colors in the butterfly will be completely different than shown here. they are going to be much darker to set off the cat even more and the eyes will of course be blue. the skull will still be a shade of pink. also there are no �rays�.
obviously this is incredibly hard to scan. i hope to get a photo for you soon. the butterfly comes up to the top of my shoulder and onto the back of my arm the rest of the cat is also on the arm back. the butterfly (you can sort of see the wings coming off the scull), some back ground, some shading and some more color is going into the cat. there is likely about an hour and a half left on it. (the lines on the tattoo are all perfectly straight the scanner distorts them)
this tattoo has a story that i would love to share with you all but it will have to wait for another post! i hope this does for now!
November 3rd, 2005 at 10:55 am
1. duct tape around the clean bandage worked every time i was cut in ten years as a chef. never even left a scar/
2. you would never be able to send me to a “clinic”
3. totally fucking hot tat, YO
November 3rd, 2005 at 11:01 am
he does the duct tape thing A LOT he is always duck taped he has had some pretty bad cuts that have not needed stiches so i could tell he was ‘considering’ not going to have it looked at…i just gave have him the extra nudge.
thanks man!! can’t wait till i get a photo to tie me over till i get it finished!
November 3rd, 2005 at 11:43 am
mean cat.
cool tat.
you’re where it’s at.
November 3rd, 2005 at 12:52 pm
your tatt is amazing! I love it and I can’t wait to hear the story behind it one day!
November 3rd, 2005 at 1:08 pm
Woo! super-awesome-rad tattoo Greep. You’re one tough girl. was it totally painful? i found the skull and the butterfly bit the most thought-provoking. Is it about re-birth? Well I’ll wait to hear the whole story when you fill us in on the story behind it all!
November 3rd, 2005 at 1:11 pm
fucking.AWESOMERAD!
November 3rd, 2005 at 1:58 pm
i must suggest electrical tape as well… that is quite the popular look around my job site. one of my favourite carpenters has had a cut on his finger for the last few weeks and every other day it’s a new colour… pretty sweet, trust me.
November 3rd, 2005 at 6:09 pm
p.s. i’m going to go pipe shopping with a friend of mine. josh doesn’t know about this. i think i’ll keep it from him because he doesn’t approve of such behavior. i can’t help it though. I LOVE GLASS SHOPS!
November 3rd, 2005 at 6:43 pm
that thing is huge!!
November 3rd, 2005 at 7:03 pm
i know too much……
all i can say is this–thats one freaky lookin gator.
float like a butterfinger, stink like a tree
November 3rd, 2005 at 11:18 pm
Well, we already spoke, but i’m saying it again - i’m jealous. and you know that you’re not an adult yet, when you’re going “maybe I could work in fast food for the rest of my life, cuz i’ll never get office work again if i copy you and finally get my half sleeve done” and then, I look at all of the condiments in my fridge and decide to spend the $$$ on food.
I prefer being skinny and inked, but what can you do? - i’m too close to grown up, now, to turn back.
congrats and adieu, my one-armed (one-inked) friend.
November 3rd, 2005 at 11:18 pm
Cool tatt. Looks even better than how you were describing it!
November 3rd, 2005 at 11:25 pm
you really went all-in this time, cool.
with a tatt as original as you are, the best kind, I can’t imagine just picking something off a wall.
rayray
November 3rd, 2005 at 11:46 pm
You’re so cool, Corinna. I’m going to have to get a tattoo because I lost a bet. I always thought tats looked cool on other people.
November 4th, 2005 at 12:52 am
That is so sweet dude!!
that is one of the best tats EVER!
Acronym Basketball Cooler: You are the toughest man in the world! I’ve booked you and Mike Tyson in the Safeway car-park for 14:30 on sat i reckon you’ll take him (But don’t make it look too easy, i got me some F-olding money on this one!) Oh and wear gloves this time……
Fact of the Day:”Lemmy Kilminster of Motorhead fame used to be a roadie for Jimi Hendrix”—-Fact me till i fart!
November 4th, 2005 at 3:27 am
Hey Greep…That’z a pretty kewl tat. Quite impressive.
November 4th, 2005 at 4:11 am
hmmm, I appear to be the only going against the stream here. I’m not really fond of the design you picked, but of course, as long as you’re happy, that’s all that matters.
November 4th, 2005 at 6:48 am
so fucking cool, Cor.
November 4th, 2005 at 8:36 am
dude, i totally respect and appreciate your honesty! but don’t write off the possibility that you may like it once you see the whole thing not like ONLY 10% of it and hear the back story AND see it when it is done and i can actually get a photo of it. also i didn’t pick the design i designed it myself and had it drawn.
November 4th, 2005 at 9:28 am
i like it a lot. can’t wait for the back story and photo.
November 4th, 2005 at 10:22 am
So how did I miss this post?!?
I really DO like it… the tattoo is coming out really good!
The lines look solid, the coloring is great, I can’t wait to see how the colored part at the tail sets it all off… the little bit of concentrated color always adds a totally cool effect!
Good job!
November 4th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! That is the BEST tat ever! I envy you. I’m doin’ it right now.
November 5th, 2005 at 6:32 am
send me a pic of the whole tat ok?
November 5th, 2005 at 8:32 am
OHMIGOD! i DO NOT hate it. i adore it. good lord, if i had half the guts and taste and creativity to sport something that awesomerad, i would certainly post more pictures. it’s fantastic, gus.
November 6th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
i am so fucking itchy right now it is turning me into the biggest bitchiest cunt on earth, with fangs a poison tongue and PMS to boot!
yesterday i put vaseline on it so you jerks can actually see it because it is getting SUPER scaly. and scanning it rea
November 8th, 2005 at 2:21 pm
nice one cor. Tattoos are not my thing but I don’t mind them on other people as long as they’re not lame tats, and your tatoo is so not lame, it’s awesome
Not as provocative as the nipple tatoos but still awesome 