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Something a bit different for this set of contributions - the artist's work appearing on human canvasses for a change! Since receiving our first set of tattoo pictures, others have submitted their own, highly personal body art for the rest of the Floyd community to enjoy. If you are reading this, and have one or more Floyd tattoos, do please let us know - and don't forget the photos to prove it!
As with the other pictures in the gallery, please click the thumbnails for the full image.
DATE LATEST TATTOOS ADDED: January 24th, 2012
The following, rather intricate tattoo is worn by Luke Thompson. Luke tells us that the artist is Jose Carlos from Terceira, Azores, Portugal.
The following tattoo comes from our friend, Sami Virtanen, who lives in Finland. He told us: "I was so impressed by Roger's The Wall shows that I had to get a new tattoo!" The tattoo can be found on his arm...
This tattoo is worn proudly on the arm of Ted from the UK...
The following tattoo comes courtesy of Mathew Williams:
Matt said: "This is my first tattoo, at the age of 20. It combines The Wall with The Dark Side of the Moon album cover breaking through it. I've loved and will forever love and support my favourite band Pink Floyd. I got it done by Ami Williams at State of Art in Swansea."
The following, very striking tattoo comes courtesy of the forearm of Katie Osborne:
She told us: "I got Comfortably Numb on my forearm because it is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs and I feel that it defines me well."
A nice, simple, but effective design!
The following has been submitted by Tracy Rose, who wanted to share her tattoo "for others' viewing pleasures, as I enjoyed theirs!" The excellent, and finely detailed design was done by Pennsylvania ink artist Justin Bolonski, formerly from Wizard's World Of Tattoos. He was able to open his own shop and now runs Integrity Tattoo.
Tracy's choice of tattoo was inspired by her love of a particular track. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond is my all time favorite song (you can see the lyrics within the tattoo) and I love the diving man. I hope the world enjoys some good art."
Pink Floyd fan Paul Szczypka was spotted by our friend Mark Cunningham while he was at a community event, and Mark was taken by the incredible tattoos that Paul was sporting.
We asked Paul about the tattoos - why he had them, how long they took, and where he got them done: "Glad you liked the tatts. The reason for having them done is quite simple really - I am a life-long Floyd fan, I bought Dark Side Of The Moon when it was released aged 11 and never looked back. I've seen them on every tour since The Wall through to Live 8, including David and Roger's solo tours.
"The choice of albums was a mainly down to what would fit in with the basic Wall design; originally it was just an upper sleeve but extended onto my chest and back. They took about 35/40 hours altogether. I need one more on my chest and back, but haven't decided what yet.
"I have to mention the artist and studio: Iain Parry at Shamanics Tattoos in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex."
The tattoo below is a wonderful example of how effective some nice, detailed black ink artwork can be. Adorning Charles Gray's back is the adaptation of the Shine On boxset design, bringing in the iconic Wall hammers, the DSOTM prism, and an eyeball from PULSE:
Turning now to Ernie Tedesco's back, we find a fine example of a highly imaginative, and boldly coloured, montage of classic Floyd imagery. This must've taken some time to complete!
The tattoo artist's name is Brian Donovan, from Davidian Tattoo in PA, USA. More details at Davidiantattoo.com.
Floyd fan Liz Scinta from Buffalo, NY sent us the following. "My tat isn't a big one like the others you've received so far, but out of my 5 tats, this one is by far my favorite. It's of 'Pink' from the wall. It was a birthday present from my boyfriend who is also a huge Floyd fan. Was done by Cat at Strange Brew which is in Buffalo, NY. I had taken the design from one of the pictures that was in the guitar tab book we have for The Wall."
Thanks Liz - it's a nice, different Floyd tattoo, that works well.
The following is a really nicely done, Wish You Were Here themed tattoo that belongs on the arm of Derek G:
The following is a Wall-themed tattoo, that Noel had done on his shoulder/at the top of his right arm:
BD visitor Harry has been in touch; he's had a tremendous number of tattoos done, and it's well worth going over to his website which is www.iloverogerwaters.com.
If YOU have one or more Floyd tattoos, we'd love to see them! Please contact us via the normal email address.
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