These knuckles come straight out of my hometown, Austin, TX on the hands of Adam H. Here is the reason behind them:

I picked good and evil, because i consider myself a little bit of both, i didn’t want my wedding ring to be on my evil hand, but i decided fuck it, its just a tattoo right?
I also discovered i could make “god” and “devil” out of the letters, and i thought that was badass too.

They were applied by Mike Iacono from the Pirate Galley Tattoo Shop in sunny Round Rock, TX.

Artist Michael Todoran of Las Vegas, NV sends us this set of knuckle tattoos. Check the link at the end to see his art work. It is really great stuff. Looks like his HARD WORK is paying off. Here is what he has to say about his knuckles:

Tattoo by: Brian (Owner of Mastermind)

Shop:
Mastermind Tattoo
3111 S Valley View Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89102

Significance:
I am a descendent from a Romanian father and Yugoslavian mother. Both of them were raised in the ‘old country’ in Europe, and both of them are from hard working farmer stock.

Born and raised in Los Angeles I was fortunate enough to not have to work as hard as my family just to survive.

When I finally was on my own I joined the Coast Guard. First, doing two years of Search and Rescue on the Oregon Coast, and then two years working on a Buoy Tender in Hawaii. Both jobs required a tremendous amount of work, and by willing to commit to that I was able to advance and get to work on all the cool jobs.

When I was done with my enlistment, I used my G.I. bill to get an art degree at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) and that is where I really applied a hard work ethic. I spent countless all nighters’ working on my drawings, and honing my skills. The work got noticed by my professors, and it made it that much easier to work with them on a more personal level.

Often, I have felt that I am not as naturally talented as I would have liked but I heard the saying a long time ago, “Hard work beats talent, if talent doesn’t work hard” I’ve proven this several times over.

So, as a professional artist, curator, and future architect I decided to remind myself of how I got where I am, and what I need to do to get where I’m going.

“HARDWORK”

http://www.michaeltodoran.com/lvsk8_ii.html

All the way from across the sea come this set of knuckle tattoos:

hi, I’m from The Netherlands and I got this tattoo in Amsterdam by Inkcrowd tattoos.
The reason behind the tattoo is simple, in real live you got some giving to do and so now and then some taking. that’s how I’m living to, I treat people the way the treat me !
greetings, Marcel Van Broekhuijsen
The Netherlands ( Europe)

This is Nicole Williams a learning leader Adviser at the Northwest Hair academy in Everett, Wa:

My name is Nicole Williams. These are my knuckle tattoos. It literally means “to love now” in Tibetan. I am a Tibetan Buddhist and I wanted the writing to match the Tibetan I have tattooed on my chest. I got this one to remind me to live in the moment because anything could happen and that I should love life and everyone around me now because they may not be there later.

Elisabeth B. from Cortland, IL sends us these knuckles. Check out her stuff on etsy, listed under 13 stitches:

These tattoos were done by Kristie Lundgren at Proton Tattoo Studio in Cortland, IL. I got them done on Feb. 8th and they are still healing. I’d wanted my knuckles tattooed for a long time, and I am so glad I finally did it! I chose Amor Fati (Latin for “love of fate”) because I strongly identify with the concept of accepting one’s destiny and viewing all things that happen in your life as ultimately good.

Here is a set from Maikel Leenders:

the story behind it that here it kinda controversial to have tattoo’s on knuckles our other visable places so that’s why i ask them whith my tattoo sick boy? our not?

and also cuz im an borderliner u know the phychosomatic diseace so it means two things to me

i embrace who i am and ask people to think about all their pre-judgements

Rich S. sends us these knuckles:

I got this tattoo after serving a year in jail for drunk driving. I got hard luck because of the situation and the circumstances pertain to my incarceration. Life’s a bitch and I have HARD LUCK.

I had just got out of jail and it was the first time i had drank in a few months so it just seemed appropiate. Ya know i drove down the wrong road at the wrong time. I have always said too that i have had hard luck. I always seem to learn the hard way so i guess it just fit for me.