My TMNT Tattoo
 

Ahhhhhhhh. I finally went and did a thing I've been wanting for awhile.

Last summer I commissioned a piece of art from Michael Dooney for this exact purpose. Mark Bode happens to live and do tattoo work in the Bay Area, which is just two hours north of where I live. I was finally able to arrange to get up there today and get it done. WOOT!

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So, it's on the back of my right shoulder. Picture was taken pretty immediately after Mark was done, so it's irritated and a bit bloody. I'm super happy with how it turned out!

That is so awesome!! The fact that is a commission piece that gives it a personal feel makes it all the more great! He did a great job on those spinning knunchucks!

It looks awesome - neat story too. Congrats.

That's awesome. You literally have one of the coolest tattoos on Earth!

That is freaking gorgeous!
Thank you so much for sharing!

Congrats Rose, looks great, gutsy decision

That is so awesome!

Love how you got a TMNT artist to tattoo it - had no idea Mark Bode also done tattoos.

Very nice.

I've got tattoos all over and have often thought about getting, like, a custom A.C. Farley Turtle tattoo... but then I've thought about it more, and... you know, maybe 20 years from now, maybe TMNT will have become even more of a joke at large than it is now and maybe I decide I'd just like to wash my hands of it entirely. Plus it would be endlessly annoying having to explain things to people asking, "Oops! Your tattoo artist made a mistake. Why does Leonardo have a red bandanna?"

Ugh... Talk about a backhanded compliment.

Yeah… you're kinda a broken record when it comes to your issues with commercialism, Andrew. We get it.

Thank you to everyone else for the relevant comments. :)

Hahaha. I bought a selfie stick today for the sole purpose of taking a new picture. But it worked!

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This is day 5. Skin is still doing some healing, but in terms of how it looks I think it's pretty well settled. Woot!

The colours look a lot more vibrant in this photo - it's really nice.

Looks great! Love the spinning chucks :D

Makes me wanna get one...

Whoa! That turned out so great. And extra-special because it's based on your own commission. Very cool. :tsmile:

That tattoo is a thing of dreams. It's beautiful! It makes me want to go get my tattoo too (but money is not permitting right now).