As you may or may not know, I love tattoos. I have six of them right now and plan to do many more under the right circumstances. Every single one of my tattoos have a meaning to them. They have a purpose. I didn't just get them just because I thought they were cool. They all mean something special to me. I am going to post some pictures of some tattoos that I have, that other people have and that I love.
The top one, Amanda got for me. The bottom one, I got for her. Now, you have to understand that I have ALWAYS been 100% dead set against getting her name tattooed anywhere on me. Call me superstitious, call me stupid. What ever you want. But I've been completely against it. I believed it to be a curse. However, I will say that this is my favorite tattoo that I have on me. Period. It is a beautiful work of art that has my best friend's and lover's name on it. What's not for me to love? Now I will tell you that this was also the most painful tattoo that I have as well. I was in some serious pain while getting this done. It was worth it to me though. What convinced me to get it done was that after 17 years together, and all the misery and bull shit that I put my wife through, she deserved this. She had rightfully earned this tattoo. I have no regrets about getting it. Like I said, this is my favorite tattoo that I have.
This one is my Lacrae 1-1-Six tat. Lacrae is one of my favorite Christian musicians. He is a rapper. I normally cannot stand rap music. In fact, I pretty much hate it, but this guy is the truth. He is on fire for Christ. You can hear his passion for the Lord and for spreading the gospel in his music and lyrics. I got this tattoo the day after seeing him in concert. The red continuous R's stand for "Resurrect, Rebuild and Rehabilitate in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". The 1-1-Six is for Romans 1:16 which says; "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes. First to the Jews, then to the Gentile.
My first ever tattoo. Well, the name was anyway. I got this tattoo not long after Hayden was born. After 14 years, it had faded immensely. I had Inky outline the name and re-color it as well as add the bull. Hayden is a Taurus after all. It only seemed fitting.
This was my second tattoo. It is hard to see, because again, it is fading. But it is a white tiger with Cullen's name underneath it. I really want to get this one refinished as soon as possible. I just have to come up with the money.
Aahhh...my Homer tattoo. This was my very first tribute tat. I had this one done for my best friend who lost his battle with cancer in January of 2010. He and I had a lot of good times together when we were younger. However, like most friends from high school do, we lost touch once we graduated. Yes, his name is Brad, but I always called him Homer. Sitting in his kitchen one night with him and his mother, I had to laugh when the two of them began bickering. Like most teenage boys do, Bradley kept antagonizing his mother. She got fed up with this and yelled his full name; BRADLEY HOMER LITTELL! I stopped dead in my tracks and looked straight at her. "What did you say?" I asked her. Brad began begging his mom not to repeat it. "Bradley Homer Littell" she told me. I nearly fell out of the kitchen chair I was laughing so hard. From that day forward I never called him Brad. He would always be Homer to me. As rabid Indiana Hoosier fans, I felt that a tattoo of Homer Simpson dressed in IU gear was a very fitting tribute to my brother. I love you Homer. Philippians 1:3 brother. I thank my God every time I remember you.
On his birthday of this year, I stopped by to see him. If you look up and to the right of his headstone, you'll see a small Homer Simpson action figure. I had to put that there.
This was Amanda's third tattoo. However, unfortunately, it is her second tribute tattoo. Mom passed away January 2, 2011 at 1:11pm. She lost her battle with breast cancer. This is one of my favorite tattoos that I've seen. Not because the quality of work is the best I've ever seen, or because of the colors, or because of who it's on. It's one of my favorites because of who it's for. Sherry was a very special lady and I love and miss her very much.
This is obviously my Superman/Batman tat. I have loved these two characters since I was a little kid. I can remember my Nonnie had a red bath towel that I would pin around my neck and run around the house pretending I was Superman. And of course, who doesn't love Batman?!?!
This is one that was done on my brother's daughter. It is her tattoo for him. He loves wolves very much, so she got this one for him. I love the color and the look and feel of the ink. It looks very much like a real wolf. Even though this isn't my tattoo, I just had to post it because of how awesome the work is!
Of course, the big lump of coal on the left in this picture is me. The guy on the right is Inky...I mean Dustin. He is the guy who has done all of the tattoos above with the exception of my tattoo for Cullen. Although I really would like for him to touch that one up. I currently have him working on a design for a new one for me. Naturally once it's finished I will post it on Facebook and most likely here too. I hope you've enjoyed!
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