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STOP PRESS!!
November 2005 ViKKi and I are on the cover of the UK'z biggest
selling tattoo magazine, SKiN DEEP - issue # 127! Not only
that but there is a 6 page article in the mag featuring a
massive interview a loadz of photoz!
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THE
HiSTORY OF MY SLEEVE & OTHER TATTZ
i've not worked out how many
hourz the sleeve has
taken but i would guesstimate at 25-30 so far. started the
sleeve december '03 will be finished august '04 with vizitz
pretty much every two weekz! all new art on the sleeve
inked by ade from eternal tattooz from sick ideaz we conjured up
through various sessionz!
once it is
finished, i will talk you through the story of the whole sleeve
(it basically reprezentz my journey through life of the last 2
or 3 yearz). the writing that runz from my armpit, across
my inner bicep and down my tricep readz:
one day
soon my time will come
live by the sword and die by the gun
death or glory - there's no other way
so i'll keep on trying 'til my dying day
which are my
fave lyrixx i've ever written from our song, beaten
road.
we will also
hold a "guess the amount of skullz" competition!
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CLiCK on any
of the partz of the 3 picturez above and to the sidez to see a
close-up of that section of my sleeve
note: these pixx
were taken august 15th 2004. i'd had a session a couple of
days earlier so there is still a bit of scabbing and
swelling. got about 2 hours of work left until the sleeve
is complete, so check back soon for a revised tour!
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HERE'Z HOW iT ALL BEGAN |
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fuck
you / fuck me
i have these tattooed down the outer partz of each
forearm. i got these done yearz ago before it
became a bit hip to have stuff tattooed on your
forearmz. not seen anyone with this yet though!
basically i got these to help me out when pissed or just
too fucking lazy to talk. only problem is, i
forget which fucking arm has what on and seem to spend
half my life propozitioning twatz in capz instead of
telling them to fuck off!! oh well.. my mum
was so damn proud of me when i got these. the
"fuck you" side is now part of my sleeve and
has been coloured in the same as my fingerz.
original
tattz by tony @ tony's tattooz,reigate
reworking by ade @ eternal tattooz, dorking |
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SPiT
LiKE THiS
me, vikki and stevie all got nearly identical
SLTattz on the same day, as documented on our
video. this is now part of my sleeve and has had a
few changes made. the head scarf has been coloured
with some red, the hair has been made much longer and
the blue has been extended
tattoo
designed by zion
inked by ade @ eternal tattooz, dorking |
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chick
& pirate / flames, rip, heart
the chick was something i found on the 'net and
loved, so had it inked. her butt wiggles if i
wiggle my fingerz! the pirate skull was some flash
i liked (i love piratez and skullz!). the heart on
my left arm reprezentz heartbreak and new beginningz,
the flame was passion and the rip was for my nan.
now, of course, this whole arm has been sleeved.
the heart has been changed into a demon and the other 2
tattz have been re-coloured. i now have a
skeleton'z hand coming from the flamez, lotz of skullz,
stormy skiez and stormy waterz - all of these representz
death and the movement of time. the rip for my nan
is now on the back of the new skeleton hand and the hand
is gripping some lightning, which is for my hero - my
grandad. the cat face that is now on my hand and
part of my sleeve is the face of one of the true lovez
in my life, my cat merlin who died in 2003
original
tattz by tony @ tony's tattooz,reigate
apart from chick by ian @ nu skool tattz, ewell
reworking by ade @ eternal tattooz, dorking |
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pussywhipped
/ barbed skull
'pussywhipped' is one of my tunez. found some
old fashioned flash and adapted it to my needz.
will be part of a sleeve one day. the barbed skull
has nearly all gone, engulfed in my sleeve! it is
now part of a big pirate flag and has an anchor bottom
on it. the only bitz that remain are the skull and
some of the barbed wire. the skull has also now
been gold plated
original
tattz by tony @ tony's tattooz,reigate
reworking by ade @ eternal tattooz, dorking |
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flaming
hearz / not dead yet
the flaming heartz is something me and vikki got
shortly after getting together. herz are slightly
different and on her tit. i drew the short straw
as mine is on my neck! the black heart is me, the
pink one her. the 'not dead yet' tatt has my name
in (natch) and 'not dead yet' is also one of my tunez
that we play at every show. vikki has a near
identical tatt but with her name instead of mine
tattooz
designed by zion
inked by tony @ tony's tattooz, reigate |
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real
/ fake
i go into great detail about the meaning behind
these tattz somewhere else on this site. the short
version is, in this shitty business we call muzic, there
are a lot of bullshitterz, so the 'fake' hand is for
them. the 'real' hand is for people like us who
live what they preach and do what they say |
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