tattoo champion 2011: April 2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Mike does Gil

Mike DeVries does a wonderful Gil Elvgren pin-up

Mike does Gil

Mike DeVries does a wonderful Gil Elvgren pin-up

Feelin' Blue

Hannah Aitchison can make even the undead look hot.

Feelin' Blue

Hannah Aitchison can make even the undead look hot.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Skunk-ina-Rip

This tat stinks ! (Now I'm the one using bad puns)

Skull, Snake and a Sword

This happens when you want to have a radical, bad-ass tattoo a little bit too much.

You Don't Know Jack

Almost a pun. Jack Sparrow looks like a Smurf ...

The worst of the worst (NSFW reader submission)

This tattoo is so bad and so NSFW that I can’t show it above the jump.
Alex wrote to me, and said “the bet was high card draw best 2 out of 3 winner got to pick, but had to pay for the losers tattoo.”
Click to find out what the winner picked for him, but remember, it’s graphic.

My Hoots Not In It

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Phat Neck

More lovely work from Tim Hendricks, especially the spiderweb detail.

Phat Neck

More lovely work from Tim Hendricks, especially the spiderweb detail.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Everyone’s Talking About the Miley Cyrus Topless Vanity Fair Scandal

If you are living in this world you have already seen all those topless (covered with a white sheet) photos of Miley Cyrus and the discussion it is creating online. Is it legal? Is it appropriate? And so on…
Here’s the summary of events…

Miley Cyrus Topless for Vanity Fair Sneak Peek
Miley Cyrus Embarrassed Over Topless Vanity Fair Photos
Miley Cyrus and Her Dad Pics: Creepier than the Topless Photos?

I still think this is something that is just not explainable… Where were Miley’s parents? Probably drowning on money, they couldn’t see at that time it was a bad idea…
Jamie Lee Curtis speaks out and it’s clear she blames the parents for exposing their kids… and in this situation she is right!

When these young people get all dressed up for award show red-carpet events don’t we all comment how beautiful, stunning and grown-up they look in their strapless/backless dresses and heels and tousled hair? None of this is new. None of this should be news. But it is news because it is a business. It is all Business. It is called Show Business. Show Abyss-ness! I call it Show-OFF Business. You throw a child onto the jaws of a business and they will get eaten.
I know how Miley feels. I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless “scandal” and the subsequent parodies, but I am an adult woman. I protected myself during the shoot and I can take the heat. I only wish that her guardians had protected her.

Michelle William Confesses She Saw Heath Ledger’s Ghost

Heath Ledger’s former fiancee, Michelle Williams, claims she is being haunted by the tragic actor’s ghost and that it helped her grieve.

Williams told friends that Heath, who died aged 28 of an accidental drug overdose in January, had twice visited her as a “shadowy apparition”.
The first time, she was woken at night after hearing furniture move. In another “visitation”, she said the ‘Brokeback Mountain’ star apologized to her for not being there to help raise their two-year-old daughter, Matilda.

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The Hoot Is Deceitful Above All Things

Kirk Sheppard

Be Still My Beating Hoot

Maximo Lutz

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Bad Angel

Just because it's your back it does not mean that you can hire someone who should have finished his / hers art career at etch-a-sketch. And what's with the head ? Half a brain ?

Carmen Electra Big Black Diamond Engagement Ring

Carmen Electra is engaged to her boyfriend Rob Patterson, her rep has confirmed. This will be the third marriage for the actress-model, who was previously married to rocker Dave Navarro and, briefly, to NBA star Dennis Rodman.

“He told friends three days ago that he got engaged,” a source said. “The ring is a black diamond set in white diamonds.”
"This relationship is different than the others," she says. ""It's so special. We both feel it's an important thing right now, and we want to keep everything special, so we're keeping everything secret for now."
Patterson popped the question over the weekend. "It was my birthday, and we were celebrating in Las Vegas together, so [The engagement] was my birthday present," she said.
"It was just the two of us and it was really romantic, he asked me while we were alone in our hotel room." Did he get down on one knee? "I'm not saying, but it was really romantic," she said.
As for the ring, I wouldn’t say a black diamond is romantic but it’s certainly different. I love that stone… just not for an engagement ring…

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Weekend Gossip Links: Baby Bumps, Milfs & Lame TV Shows

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Ashlee Simpson Doesn’t Confess or Deny Pregnancy! (Photos)

Ashlee Simpson continues to use the pregnancy rumors to promote her new album Bittersweet World. Yeah, it’s convenient but I can’t believe people will be so dumb to buy her album just because she’s pregnant…
Publicity is publicity; it doesn’t matter where it comes from! Ashlee, who was a guest on Ellen DeGeneres show continued with cryptic answers about pregnancy.

Ellen: So I can’t let you sit here and not ask you the question, the elephant in the room: Now, are you or are you not pregnant?

Ashlee: Well, that has been going on for quite a while. That is definitely something that I choose personally not to discuss except for the fact that maybe… do I look like I had 10 cheeseburgers or something…because I don’t think I do (Ashlee stands up.)

Ellen: No. You don’t look pregnant at all but everybody is saying you are. Let me just ask you this … I think it’s a personal thing but you’ve got to promise me that you’re not going to keep this answer up as long as this woman did (picture of Jennifer Lopez) Don’t do that…

Ashlee: No (laughing) I’m not. I swear.

Ellen: At some point let us in on it.

Ashlee: I promise you that. I give you my pinky on that.

Ellen: Is it a boy or a girl?

Ashlee: Ah … you’re funny (laughing).

Ah ah, we are not laughing!! Ok, I'm over it!! Ashlee is not pregnant! She is just stupid, dumb and engaged! Damn what a bad combination… let’s hope she doesn’t go quick on spreading those genes!!

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Jennifer Lopez Will Continue to Cash In On her Piggy Banks

This is like the worst timing ever to start a reality show but we can see Jennifer Lopez is desperate. Her latest album was a flop, no one really likes her music or movies and her biggest check so far was the 6 million dollar offered to just photograph her newborn twin, Max and Emme.
Jennifer didn’t have to do anything! It was as easy as popping out the twins and cash in on their photos! Easy money!!
Lopez has signed on to star in an unscripted series for TLC following the stylish actress-singer-dancer-businesswoman as she juggles her career with mommy duty.
"Jennifer is unbelievably passionate about life and will be an incredible role model for our audience," TLC President

Angela Shapiro-Mathes said. Lopez will also serve as coexecutive producer but still no premiere date was announced.
Lopez said: "I'm looking forward to sharing this exciting journey together." Jennifer is soo happy she hears Ca-Ching, Ca-Ching, Ca-Ching!!
In its press materials, the Discovery Networks-owned TLC promises that the series, which is currently in preproduction, will "deliver a slice of [Lopez’s] life that audiences have never seen before, as she takes on her career and launches a new fragrance while trying to juggle her new responsibilities as a first-time mom."