-Da New Ink

As promised, here's my new ink. Got both these done by Randy Miller at Platinum, so that adds to the collection of outstanding artists with their work on my body. Not that I'm much of a tat collector, not as much as a lot of folks who will go around the world for a particular artist. The way I roll is more along the lines of "Wherever I am, there must be a good artist nearby, so find them, design with 'em and get 'em to poke me a couple thousand times." Randy Miller at Platinum fit that bill perfectly. He's done a few of the Bucs players and his demo stuff was very impressive, so I let him poke me repeatidly for 2.5 hours. Here's the result:

This one represents Bukido. If you don't know what it means you can always ask somebody.

This one has a lot going on, so pay attention or you'll get lost. I incorporated the Strider wings and saber along the edges and in the middle. The reason I did this is because I trust my Strider with my life, carry it with me, even when I'm showering and have absolute faith that, if I need to use it, it'll perform every time without fail. In the center is a spade and skull. I have various weapons mixed into the tat to represent training, preparedness and a willingness to use said training and preparedness. Under the body of the tat is the greek phrase "Molon Labe." Which is both a tribute to Leonidas' inextinguishable fighting spirit and willingness to die for what he believed in as well as a mindset I try to internalize everyday. When challenged in my life, rather than curling into a ball, sucking my thumb, and crying myself to sleep, I'd rather scream "Come and get it!"