Death Star/TIE-fighter ear tattoo

Tattoo artist Jacob Walsh got this fabulous bit of space-battle tattooed on his ear: "I have the severed hand of Luke, still clutching to his lightsaber on my right arm. It needs a bit more work but I'd say it's about 90% completed."

Let's Hear It For This Cool Star Wars Ear Tattoo (via Geekologie)

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vetnoir

OK, I tried to resist….
It’s a Tie fighter not an X-wing
- rhinny
  
  ^ yep, that’s why I signed in as well. Am relieved to have been beat to the nerd-pedantry.
OCNCTY

And I signed in just to post this

http://yourtattoosucks.com/random/tattoo-location-diagram/
Cory Doctorow

Mea maxima culpa. I plead jetlag, having crossed nine timezones over 30 hours yesterday, and risen at 2:30AM this morning to blog.
Scuba SM

Yeah, signed in for the same reason as the first two people. I’m actually surprised there’s not more posts on it.
irksome

Think before you ink.
endymion

Pretty cool. Too bad it’s Return of the Jedi…

(Remember, before the three prequels, when Star Wars and Empire were basically awesome, and Jedi just wasn’t? Hard to remember those days. The prequels were the best thing that could possibly have happened to Jedi’s place in history.)
danwarning

I know a fellow who got a peace symbol tattooed on his ear many many years ago and the ear being made of what it is, turned it into a big old black blob fairly quickly.

Not a great place for ink.
TEKNA2007

That looks … inflamed.

Great shooting, kid, don’t let it go to your … head.

OK, I tried to resist….

None can resist the powah of the dark side…
benher

All fresh tattoos have a bit of surrounding redness… I would be more worried about the design staying fresh and crisp due to the difference between the skin of the ear and, say, the skin of one’s arm.

The ideas are always fun, but when it comes to tattooing certain areas of the body, one can only hope for so much.
- jackie31337
  
  That’s what I was wondering too. Ears seem like an unusual place for a tattoo. I think this is the first example I’ve ever seen.
felsby

what an absolutely lame display of diminished self-control and ditto taste.
- Itsumishi
  
  Thank you Internet Pissing Parade! You’re always there just when I expect you.
  - felsby
    
    Sorry, I was unaware of the clause demanding comments to contain nothing but displays of awe.
    - Itsumishi
      
      No worries, glad I could help keep you in the loop!
Anonymous

Why does that man have a cufflink and a mouse-eaten wheel of cheese tattoo onto his ear?