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Title: Forearm Inspiration!
Post by: artswork99 on July 10, 2009, 07:21:16 AM

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/67178.jpg)

Title: Forearm Inspiration!
Post by: olieoliver on July 10, 2009, 07:24:10 AM

Nice artwork artswork!

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Post by: sonicus on July 10, 2009, 07:52:20 AM

I like that! Nice  work !

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Post by: benson_murrensun on July 10, 2009, 08:00:53 AM

Nice ink!

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Post by: artswork99 on July 10, 2009, 08:32:08 AM

Thanks!  I am on my third tattoo and must say it is addicting.

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Post by: olieoliver on July 10, 2009, 08:37:10 AM

I hear ya Art, I have a couple of small ones! (http://www3.alembic.com/img/OliesTattoo.jpg)
 

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Post by: benson_murrensun on July 10, 2009, 09:43:33 AM

I have several as well. I am in the tribal design-mode; my body seems to absorb the color red, so I am sticking with black ink these days. Years ago I had the reaper from the cover of Blues For Allah tatooed on my forearm. Within 45 days all the red was gone. I had it redone, but the red went away again...

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Post by: artswork99 on July 10, 2009, 10:28:27 AM

Nice Olie.  
Ben, I didn't know that could occur. So far so good with the ones I've got (3 1/2 years).    
I'm planning the next one now.

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Post by: lbpesq on July 10, 2009, 11:00:38 AM

Hey Olie, what song is that?
 
Bill, tgo

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Post by: olieoliver on July 10, 2009, 11:21:30 AM

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) Bill. I wrote out the score and the artist did the work.  
 
This tattoo was the inspiration for the inlays on the Alpha Omega bass.
 
OO
TCO

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Post by: benson_murrensun on July 10, 2009, 11:21:55 AM

Art,
 
Some people have that issue and some don't. That particular tat is almost 30 years old. Some of the colors have remained, but some, the red in particular, have disappeared.

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Post by: mike1762 on July 10, 2009, 03:34:06 PM

My Tattoo represents my 2 passions: Music and Medicine. The bass is my Alembic SC. The neck of the bass stands in for the Rod of Asclepius. The banner contains a line from the Hippocratic Oath: May I Enjoy My Life and Practice My Art which (I think) applies to both medicine and music.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/67207.jpg)

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Post by: artswork99 on July 10, 2009, 03:56:34 PM

Very nice Mike!  Really like the bass clef background.  Great inspiration!

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Post by: olieoliver on July 10, 2009, 04:29:55 PM

Very nice indeed Mike.  
 
Both of mine represent something I am very passionate about.  
This is on my left arm.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/67211.jpg)
 
OO

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Post by: artswork99 on July 10, 2009, 05:18:46 PM

Yea man!

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Post by: olieoliver on July 10, 2009, 05:28:47 PM

The color is misleading I use a phone cam. I' see if I can get a good shot so you can see the detail.
 
Art, I have actually been toying around with the ideal of incorporating the Alembic logo into one of mine.
 
Yours in cool.

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Post by: cozmik_cowboy on July 10, 2009, 07:17:06 PM

Art, yours is one of the very few tats I've seen that actually uses white ink instead of just leaving it naked.  Very nice!
 
Peter

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Post by: lbpesq on July 10, 2009, 07:21:12 PM

I believe in henna.  No pain!  lol
 
Bill, tgo

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Post by: olieoliver on July 10, 2009, 07:59:43 PM

I hear you Peter, the one of mine in the link above has some white inked used THREE times on the Dive flag and it still looks like skin. The whit doesn't tke too well on me. Of course I spend a lot of time in the sun.
 
Bill, roll up some pain reliever and sit back in the chair. ;)
 
OO

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Post by: artswork99 on July 10, 2009, 11:16:04 PM

I like the outcome so the pain is easy to overlook and block out.  
 
The white turned out really nice on this - as it's healing it's becoming only a bit more opaque - but still definitely white.  I went for the straight up logo for inspiration.  Years ago I placed the Hyak logo on me as well (prior to owning an Alembic) but it is on my upper right chest where I really can't enjoy it myself.  This one was totally for me to enjoy and be inspired by - easily seen at any time ;)

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Post by: dela217 on July 11, 2009, 05:50:03 AM

Show us the other one Art!

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Post by: artswork99 on July 11, 2009, 06:26:42 AM

Thanks for all the nice comments and sharing of your own inspirational tattoos.    
 
By request here is the Hyak ;)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/67216.jpg)

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Post by: dela217 on July 11, 2009, 02:12:25 PM

Cool!  I couldn't get a tattoo.  I am a big chicken.

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Post by: artswork99 on July 11, 2009, 05:31:50 PM

Some kind of logo billboard I guess ;)  I'm already planning for the next one and I don't think this one will be logo driven.

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Post by: white_cloud on July 12, 2009, 02:50:57 AM

I have a huge tattoo that covers my left arm and runs straight over my shoulder, covers my chest  and ends at my nipple - a Koi fish conquering the dragons gate waterfall and subsequently becoming a golden dragon.
 
It comes from chinese budhist legend ......fifteen hours of pain. For anyone here who hasnt had a tattoo on the pec let me tell you it is one of the most painful parts of the body to have tattooed - but it was worth it!
 
John.

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Post by: artswork99 on July 12, 2009, 06:47:13 AM

Sounds like a good one John! I've heard that the top of the foot is also a good and painful place.

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Post by: dannobasso on July 12, 2009, 07:13:44 AM

I'm waiting for when No Tattoo will be the New Tattoo.

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Post by: artswork99 on July 12, 2009, 07:47:46 AM

I've only used one artist thus far and I'm enjoying the canvas I've given to his pallette and skills.

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Post by: peoplechipper on July 20, 2009, 01:25:00 AM

I don't have any tattoos myself, though I have one I'd like to have done if I ever get it translated...a personal affirmation/declaration into arabic; just 'cause arabic writing is cool and I've been there; could be a problem at borders though...
The Alembic logo is cool! nice work! now we'll all get our Alembics tattooed on ourselves,which will be extra painful if ya sell one!
Tony

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Post by: keurosix on July 20, 2009, 06:15:17 PM

OK Olie, I'll bite: Please explain the significance of your left arm tat. Looks like something out of Revelation! By the way, are you a diver too? I'm a PADI Divemaster - underwater photography one of my hobbies.
Kris

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Post by: olieoliver on July 21, 2009, 06:29:43 AM

Correct on both accounts Kris. The left arm was inspired by Revelation 1:12-16.  
 
And yes sir I am a diver. I was certified through Nase about 10 years ago. I only get to dive about 3 or 4 times a year but I love it.