It’s been on our “Tattoos We’d Like To See” list for awhile, and I’ve kept an eye out for it, but it was @heathervescent who hooked us up with a lead via her post on Geeks Gone Wild (With Tattoo Guns). So far all I have is the image you see above that was included in a post on 30 Awesomely Bad Unicorn Tattoos. It’s definitely in a state of half-finished since the unicorn is just an outline, but it may be finished now since I don’t kow when the photo was taken. If anyone has any info on the owner, please contact me! @geekytattoos or admin@geekytattoos.com.
Posted in Internet Memes, Tattoos.
Tagged with leg, unknown owner.
Unfortunately Helen didn’t turn 18 soon enough to make it into the Star Trek tattoo roundup, but I’m happy she still sent in her awesome Vulcan inspired hand tattoo. On her 18th birthday she went over to Body Art in Ayr, Scotland to get her first tattoo, showing her love for Star Trek, and more specifically Spock! Not many people get palm tattoos, let alone as their first tattoo, as they can be very painful and difficult to keep. Here’s hoping Helen’s tattoo “lives long and prospers”.
Happy Birthday Helen!
Posted in Movies, TV, Tattoos.
Tagged with hand, palm, Star Trek.
Susan sends in her Rorschach wrist tattoo from Watchmen. She says he is her favorite fiction character and this is her favorite tattoo! She also recommends: Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test. Now if only they made ink that would shift and change!
Andy sends in his Pac-Man tattoo that he got “to represent me and girlfriend and to remind me of the time (and money) I spent at this Ms. Pac Man machine in Portland, OR.” I love the big bold strokes and simple color!
Butch Smith also sent in his awesomely old school Transformers tattoo. It’s the Ravage toy from his childhood. Ravage is a jaguar that’s normally depicted as a cassette tape or a mini-cassette (as in Butch’s tattoo and the original toy). But to stay up to date with the times, the next version of the Ravage toy is going to be a USB stick! Butch got his tattoo done by Justin Clark of Living Canvas in Hot Springs National Park, AR.
Got some geeky tattoos? Send them in to admin@geekytattoos.com! Please make sure you send in large size, good quality photos of them. We’re getting a lot of great submissions, but unfortunately nobody wants to see a blurry tattoo! Also, make sure you include your story, tattoo artist, etc. so we can share that too!
Posted in Comics, Reader Tattoos, Tattoos, Video Games.
Tagged with Justin Clark, Living Canvas, pac-man, Transformers, Watchmen, wrist.
Rikki is rocking this simple, yet iconic Guitar Hero button tattoo. What better way to practice than to have the buttons tattooed on yourself? Tattoo was by Leah at A Touch of Color in Hamden, CT.
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Posted in Tattoos, Video Games.
Tagged with A Touch of Color, arm, Guitar Hero.
With the release of the new Star Trek movie (which I hear is awesome) there has been a lot of buzz about the series. But for some people the love of Star Trek never fades in and out and is a large part of their life. Here are some tattoos on people that have pledged their love for Star Trek in ink:
Posted in Movies, TV, Tattoos.
Tagged with arm, back, Borg, calf, chest, Klingon, leg, portraits, Romulan, Star Trek, USS Enterprise, William Shatner.
Kris Phillips, a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, writes in to share his two geeky tattoos. The first is a drawing of Wittgenstein’s duck-rabbit from Philosophical Investigations. The second is an ancient Greek typewriter spelling out “Philosophia” in Greek.
Gabriel Caffrey, a photography geek, sent in his series of four aperture rings on his back that symbolize his love for photography, the act of composition and catching the “Decisive Moment”. While they aren’t technically mathematically precise (c’mon it’s skin!) they range from about f/2.8 - f/11mm. Idexa Stern of Black and Blue Tattoo both designed and inked these for Gabriel.
And finally Loyd sends in his Green Lantern tattoo. He says he’s going to pair it up with a Blue Lantern tattoo sometime this summer.
Posted in Comics, Reader Tattoos, Tattoos.
Tagged with arm, back, chest, Green Lantern, photography, typewriter, wrist.
Drew Olanoff is quickly become the most frequently posted geeky tattoo enthusiast on this site! I posted about his microphone and RSS tattoos already, plus there was that whole “donate to Make-A-Wish and I’ll tattoo your Twitter name” episode. Not satisfied with that, he’s back again, this time with some Zelda style hearts on his arm. But there’s also a story behind this one too. Drew writes:
I took a new job in LA with a company called GOGII. My going away party was Friday night. My friend Sandra from NYC and Rachel from Philly flew ALL the way to San Francisco to congratulate me. Surprised the hell out of me. The front desk at my complex buzzed and said I had packages, I walked out half asleep and they jumped up from behind the desk and I nearly had a heart attack.
Most amazing friends ever. So we got tattoos.
Ricket at Cold Steel America is of course responsible for these. Turns out this was Rachel’s first tattoo as well. What better way to get inked for the first time than with a geeky tattoo? Good luck in LA Drew, I’m sure we’ll see you back in SF next time you get an itch for a tattoo.
Posted in Tattoos, Video Games.
Tagged with arm, Cold Steel, Drew Olanoff, ribs, Ricket, Zelda.
The Harry Potter books have been one of the most popular series in recent years and have had a variety of impacts on readers of all ages. Molly McIsaac felt like the Harry Potter books defined times in her life and got a tattoo to recognize that. She writes in:
I was raised with the Harry Potter books. When they first came out, my mother read the first one to my little brother and I. As they continued to come out, I found that certain defining times in my life corresponded with the launch of the books. I have so many happy memories of dressing up and letting loose at the book launches. A week before the 7th and final book came out, I was feeling quite melancholy. Harry Potter was the one thing from my childhood that had prevented me from growing up completely - I hung onto it like a life line. And yet, here was “the end” rearing its ugly head at me. And it wasn’t a good feeling. So to commemorate that literal final page in my childhood and my neverending love for Harry Potter, I went and got my first tattoo - a golden snitch.
Great mix of geek with personal meaning Molly!
Posted in Books, Tattoos.
Tagged with Harry Potter, Molly McIsaac, snitch, wrist.
Another dip into the mailbox and another batch of tattoos sent in by readers!
Megan sends us a picture of her “proper Oxford quotation mark” tattoos that she got on a recent trip to a Writing Center conference. She says she’s a big fan of punctuation and even has a semi-colon on her lower arm. I hope I got all my punctuation correct in this post!
I’m not sure if Zack’s Whataburger tattoo classifies as geeky or not, but still felt like sharing it since it gave me a chuckle. His inspiration was the message found on the back of Whataburger fry boxes and drink cups. He writes:
To me it is great on a few levels as A) Its from a piece of Trash, B) It is a great piece of pop culture, C) I believe in the body as a vessel for the soul and when I’m done… cremate me and D) Its my final joke as I love the idea that one day i’ll be on a slab in some Mortician’s place and they will see it, laugh, and say “Hey Hank, ya gotta come see this!”
Tattoo done January 2009 at the Velvet Grip on Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood
Knives sent in his 1-up mushroom tattoo that he got done by Arad in Tel-Aviv at the B-Street shop.
And Thomas, who is going to school for “Game and Simulation Programming”, sent in his pair of game related tattoos: Halo and Quake logos. He says he got these to show his dedication to his career and his family.
That’s it for the reader round-up for today. If you’ve got a Geeky Tattoo, send it in to admin@geekytattoos.com with your story!
Posted in Reader Tattoos, Tattoos, Video Games.
Tagged with Arad, arm, B-Street, calf, Halo, leg, Quake, quotes, shoulder, Velvet Grip, Whataburger.
Alyssa sent in a bunch of photos of her geeky tattoos to share with everyone. She’s definitely got a thing for Zelda as her upper thigh/hip piece consists of official art from SNES, a sprite from the original NES game, and official art from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. In addition to her leg piece, she also has a life meter on her chest and a triforce on the back of her neck. But my personal favorites are not the Zelda tattoos she sports, but rather the pinball flippers on her lower back with buttons on her side. She calls them her “interactive tramp stamp”. As if all those tattoos weren’t enough to earn a post on GeekyTattoos, she also sent me photos of her tattoos with her dressed up as Slave Leia for extra bonus geek points. *swoon*
Some photos are (c) BlankLogo Photography, who you should go check out if you like hot girls and cosplay.
Posted in Tattoos, Video Games.
Tagged with hip, leg, lower back, pinball, sexy, tamp stamp, Zelda.
