Knuckle Tattoos

Month: August 2007

  • GAME OVER

    GAME OVER

    Atari Matt sent these in via the MySpaces:

    I’ve been into atari 2600 and video games since I was a kid. I’m 35 now.

    Been doing music using ataris for a few years now. have been fixing up and restoring arcade and pinball machines for 7-8 years. I’ve got LOTS of tattoos and always wanted my knuckles…you know how you always think up what would be cool…one day about 6 months ago it hit me!

    GAME OVER…nothing more perfect for me, plus its tough too!

    I’d been sweating getting them done…carreer enders and all…but a really good friend of mine that has tattooed for years and did my first tattoos just moved back to texas from Albuquerque and stayed with us for a couple of weeks…basically between him and my wife and friends I didn’t have a choice but to get them done!

    The carreer ender part is also all part of a sub-concious plan. I’ve always ended up in nice desk jobs and really like the one I’m at now, but I can’t see sitting at a desk for the rest of my life. Now if this job ends I have really cut off the “office proffessional” avenue and will have to make different choices the next time around

  • BABY GIRL

    BABY GIRL

    Tiffany L. sends us these knuckles and the story below:

    I got my knuckles tattooed on Aug. 28, 2007. I got “baby girl” because I had a dog that I called baby girl who was like a child to me who passed, also because my dad always calls me baby girl, and has since I was little. I got them done at Underground Artworks in Edwardsville, IL by Eric Beard.

  • WHITE BOY

    WHITE BOY

    Here is a set from Matt T. this is what he has to say:

    People ask me is it a racist thing? so i say look at me! what am i? im a white boy! so thats why i have them because its what i am…

  • YOUR NAME

    YOUR NAME

    These knuckles come via Greg C. and this what he has to say for himself:

    i have been tattooing for 19 years, coast to coast. my knuckles were done by scott wilgeroth when i worked with him at artistic bodyworks in cocoa beach fla. they rule!

  • GLAM GIRL

    GLAM GIRL

    Finishing our week out, here are knuckles from Miss Chaos of Miss Chaos Photography, and here is her story:

    I am a photographer and make up artist from Palm Desert, CA. I was in Arcadia visiting my best friend who is also my tattoo artist and we worked on a big piece for my arm. After she finished it I brought up maybe tattooing my knuckles the next time I was down. That turned into “fuck it, let’s do ’em now”. After throwing ideas at each other we both finally agreed on Glam Girl, because of me being a makeup artist.

    The End.

  • MARY BILL

    MARY BILL

    Catherine C. sends us this set of knuckles and a note:

    Bill is my brother and Mary is my sister (done in their favorite colors). Done 8-16-2007 by Cindy Vega at NoKaOi Tiki Tattoo in South Philadelphia.

  • ARROGANT

    ARROGANT

    Alex M. sends us these knuckles with a note:

    I got ARROGANT cause it fits, not a lot of people have it (that I know of) and its 8 letters…

  • DOLL FACE

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    I got these an age ago, but they fell through the cracks. Sorry it took so long Jeremy. Here is what he had to say:

    my names jeremy, and the knuckles were done by Brian Mullen at Art Freek in Providence. i chose doll face in rememberance of an old friend.

  • ROCK STAR

    ROCK STAR

    These knuckles also come from Exile Tattoo in Iowa City:

    To be a TRUE rock star, I believe you have to NOT want to be a rockstar! 1997 by Hank at HARDCORE TATTOO in Cedar Rapids Iowa on Stingray from Exile Tattoo in Iowa City.

  • WAFFLES!

    Hell yes! Waffles!

    Bil from Focus Body Piercing in Iowa City had these beauties tattooed by Rev. Matt Cooper. He sure does like breakfast time:

    For reasons I have long since forgotten, I decided that PANCAKES would be a great idea for a fat man’s knuckles. I guess anyone’s knuckles would do. But, after serious thought, I decided that waffles would beat pancakes up in a fist fight.

    I love this one, but I have to guess that the “after serious thought” part might be an exaggeration…