Submitted by: Amanda Smeal via Submission Page
The genius behind this piece apparently has but one weakness: the feline front paws. Just can’t nail’em. Thankfully the savvy artist has creative methods for hiding his shortcomings.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work out as well as it did in the tattoo above, as this piece of flash from his shop demonstrates:
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“Be aware of the lion right next to the pot o’ gold, ’cause it’ll eat your face and feed the rest to its furry and feathered friends.” That’s just what my grandma used to tell me.
I see your grandma was fond of whiskey, too.
It was thoughtful of the tattoo artist to put a (partial) label on the pot of gold. Otherwise, we’d never have guessed it.
Then again, there could be another one on his chest labeled “Cabengo.”
I had to look that up. Brilliantly played, sir. And props once again to Jessica for the killer ‘shop work on the Detroit Lions logo. Thank you both for the early-morning laughs before I head off to bed.
i too had to look it up, and i was fascinated with what i found…always nice to do an internet search that may end in you seeing a leprechaun in a lion’s ass, and instead find something that may help you in jeopardy…it kinda made my day!
Can anyone tell what’s really going on here? If the guy is gay, I really want to know what the deal is with grape vines on the back. Of the previous two I saw, one also had a rainbow and another had some odd scene that made some of us think that an ad manager for Olive Garden lost their mind.
wow, that is a cluster fuck of lots o’ shit
Something about this reminds me of Werewolf Tranny Polio Jesus. The “artiste” hasn’t quite mastered cat tails either judging from that black cat.
Ha that’s funny. I didn’t even notice the tail (or lack thereof) until you said that.
It could be a manx cat? My dad used to have one, but what I had growing up was a half-manx cat, with some sort of weird stubby tail. Everyone thought that half his tail had been cut off. =/
If this were any other site, I would say maybe. But I’m guessing the tattooer is just bad at drawing tails.
i have a manx kitty… her name is Bobbie… and she has a nubby nub like that one. and about your comment about “if this were any other site”….. never rule out the possibility that this tattoo is an all inclusive memorial to the nub tailed cat, as well as Aslan, some roadkill raccoon, and a whole lot of other shit.
Yeesh, there’s so much going on in this tattoo, I didn’t even notice the black cat at first.
Yeah I thought of that, too, but couldn’t pin down a specific reason I did.
That lion is either really fat, or the artist didn’t realize that animals’ bellies usually slope upwards towards the back legs. He looks like a rectangle.
That being said, I’m seconding the “Thank you, artist, for labelling the pot o’ gold.” Though, I’d suggest that you should’ve labled it “Gold” as now everyone is going to think this lady is a stoner.
…. Though, that may explain the whole tattoo in general.
dude that is one fat ass lion! he also has a kind of “what the fuck am i doing here?” expression.
Naw, he looks like he just found out, that it was Lassie, who knocked up his mother.
Fat lion, yet also showing his ribs. ??
His mane doesn’t look too good, either.
My gosh the symbolisms here are making ny head hurt.
He likes wine.
He likes music.
His pet kitty maybe?
He’s gay AND lucky? (cuz that’s a big rainbow)
He likes Chronicles of Narnia?
He’s Irish?
For some reason the heron/egret(IDK) and racoon are making me think he’s from Florida?
The Owl and the flowers? My head hurts to much to even go there.
Now where’s my ‘lil friend Vicodin?
Wait, this is a man? I could’ve sworn this was a woman. Either that or this guy has shaved all of the hair off his body.
The broad back looks like a man to me. And I see hairless guys all the time. They are ususally of the metrosexual variety. I’m trying to see a woman, but I keep going back to man.
the shoulder v hip ratio looks manish.
i know women can achive a similar ratio through swimming etc but this body doesn’t look athletic enough so i concur: probably a guy.
maybe he fell in a vat of that hair removal cream?
I agree, this person looks manish but how many guys do the towel turban? And it’s pink. I’m gonna go chic on this one.
Not many guys do the towel turban, but I’ll bet the ones that do are more likely to get this kind of tattoo. I vote man.
LOL, true Elizabeth true.
this is a REALLY great point that made me laugh my ass off
That’s what was throwing me – the towel turban, plus the lack of neck hair. He may shave his head, too. I’m saying “he” because of the muscular structure of the back. Even in female body builders, their latissimus dorsi muscles are not as large, and this person isn’t like super buff.
that’s not latissimus dorsi.. it’s where HER bra cuts in…. evidently a female of the womanly variety. With no taste. and more money than she needs…that back piece must have cost her plenty… only there’s no charge for dignity…
the lack of leprechaun makes me suspicious.
It’s the lion I tells ya, the lion!
Maybe the lion ate him.
I totally support this theory!
Someone needs to get that lion a cracker…or a kitten, he looks very malnourished.
Some of the music notes are backwards. How can people just get a tattoo of music notes and not make sure they’re all going the correct way first? That just puts the icing on top of the idiot cake, really.
Well, the staff does kind of wind around and loop about, like a roll of TP that got away and bounced down the stairs .. Or maybe it’s a P.D.Q. Bach composition .. (Take a look at the lowest two postcards on this page — http://www.schickele.com/shoppe/postcards.htm)
Yeah, I saw that the staff wound around, which is where some backwards notes are, and that’s fine, but then there are some that are not and it just drives me nuts, lol. I guess that’s what I get for being a music major XP
I’ve seen a number of scores that were written that way, especially by someone in a big hurry. Oddly, I can follow those easier than notation written the traditional way.
I’ve also seen scores written that way (reallllyyyyyy old ones, like those of Wagner. I think the Liebestod of “Tristan und Isolde” was written like that, if I’m not mistaking what my theory teacher showed us in class one day). It’s funny that you can follow it easier than the traditional way, haha. It drives me insane! X:
For some reason, I’m reminded of Napoleon Dynamite and his liger drawings.
I see that. Which is I think why I stranglely like it. Napoleon has balls for embracing his love of fairtale animals and nunchucks. Why not go for it? Wouldn’t be my choice of tatoos, but hey.. gotta hand it to him.
Remember when you got a box of new crayons? The square 48 or if it was your birthday, the mother lode of 64 sticks of waxy goodness and how there was this craving to “try out” each one on the first day? It’s like that.
Come now–you can’t bring up heraldry without translating this magnificent scene into heraldic blazon.
hmm i think all the creatures of Narnia found a pot of gold, seang a jumbled song of notes and horribleness, and then went to th olive garden. thats the story i choose to see here. (that owl is judging the shite out of all of us by the way)
I want this on my van or in my basement, seriously.
But I sooooo think this is a guy. It could be someone else’s pink towel to hold up his long centaur-like locks that would logically accompany this tattoo.
this reminds me of how otto said rock music should be about mythical things and the position of smoke as it relates to water…i think you’re right. this guy shaves his neck and a 1 inch trench between his hairdo and his neck line, keeps it up at work, and unfurls it when he wants to RAWK!
At least he/she got the grape leaves right! (Unlike a certain bikini-area tattoo we all saw a little ways back.)
People like that are lucky that tattoo removal methods exist.
This made me throw up in my granny purse a little!
What are the chances that the musical notation is “Never Gonna Give You Up”?
Niiiiiiice!
But where is the Lucky Leprechaun???
1. My theory is that this is the cover of the one solo album he did after leaving the King Crimson cover band.
2. I am also a fan of the labeling of the POT of gold.
3. I think this does it, you are going to have to make a seperate Olive Garden site.
The rainbow is wrong. When you fold a curve… oh nevermind. They did a lovely job on other parts of it though.
The word in the “pot of gold” says “poto” …
Here, in Chile (South America by the way), “poto” means “ass”
Nice detail
Also … as Kelsie saids …. the rainbow is …..weird … maybe the guy who make the tatoo never saw a rainbow before …
Amazing, with how bad the lion is, how good the egret is. 2 different artists? Nervous breakdown? Or, an explanation for the entire tattoo, multiple personality disorder!
Pretty sure this was done on a women.. and pretty sure it was a family thing that he drew for his wife…
The tattooist has obviously never seen a lion. Why has the black cat got no tail, and what does the music say, I am a lazy ass who cant be bothered with this tattoo?
this isn’t ugly…
it’s freaking epic.
my new banner/family crest thingy!
OK I have to leave my 1st comment.
He walked in and wanted characters from his favourite movie but couldn’t recall the name of the movie but knew it had a lion. Hence.
The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe.
Lion King.
Wizard of Oz.
There might be more lion movies in there but I have a headache from looking at this and must now move on.
You too can live in paradise on earth…