It’s black though with age it does look a lot more dark blue overall then it does black anymore. Yeah I could see the waste of canvas part. With having no design or anything. But it’s something that just kinda popped into my head one day and I decided to go with it.

I’ve actually ran into a few more people who’ve done something similar. None are solid though, all of theirs at least have some of pattern or design, even if it is a very small part, that they leave bare skin to show through.

Most anti-climatic thread? Ouch.

The only people I’ve met with anything like it that assign it specific meaning are modern primitives. But you’d have to ask someone into that sub-culture more about it to get a good answer.

Let me elaborate. I have negotiated a much better rate for my tattoos because I’m a big, noticeable, freak. You can trot out all the pretty tattoos you’d like, but in the end, freaks also work. It will make more sense when I get the rest of the pics up, but go with your imagination for now.

My left arm is the solid black you see. My right arm is just a regular old sleeve. I have a gigantic backpiece from small of the back to the base of my rear hairline in progress.

But even better, ever seen star trek deep space nine? A character named dax has “spots” running down both the side of her body. So I had those done. Its not always the “wow” factor of the work. People want to walk up and talk to me. Ask me questions. Tattoos start conversations normally. But mine will draw attention even at a convention, not because of their technical skill, but because of the “hoky shit” factor.

So sorry to dissapoint but my function is to draw attention, start conversations, make introductions, hand out cards, yadda yadda.