Skin Lit #2: Where words meet ink meet flesh

by Aaron Geiger | 26th January 2012

Photo by Andrezza Richter, from Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

"And the tree was happy." From "The Giving Tree," by Shel Silverstein. Photo by Deanna Zandt, from Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

Photo by Timoni West. The quote is from the theory of relativity / NYTimes headline. "This is a complicated nod towards Douglas Adams' "Don't Panice." From Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

Photo by Ivory Elephant Photography. From Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

"Rachel McKibben's hands." Photo by Kiersten Chou. From Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

"Matilda." Photo by kawaface. From Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

Photo by Love Nugget. From Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

Photo by ladyfroufrousparklesparkle. From Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

. “Be who you are and say what you feel because those you mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind." —Dr. Seuss. Photo by Steve Rhodes, from Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

Photo by Pixel Pro Photography South Africa, from Flicrk. Licensed under Creative Commons content.

Skin Lit: Where words meet ink meet flesh

  • http://deannazandt.com Deanna Zandt

    Love this! Thanks for using my photo (and I’ll let the subject know, too, hee).

  • Aaron

    Thanks for generating content in the Creative Commons section. If you ever have more material like this, feel free to share it with us!

  • http://marshaldcarper.com Marshal

    These are some cool tattoos. Unfortunately, text-heavy tattoos don’t always age well, especially if the text is small.

  • http://codgertations.blogspot.com codger47

    Tattoos used to be on sailors, tough guys, and convicts, and people who wanted you to know how literate they were would speak well. Now literate kids are sporting tattoos and speaking like sailors, tough guys, and convicts.

  • Aaron

    To Marshal: That’s actually a great point. A good book will definitely outlast a fine-print tattoo. They can’t be touched up well, either, can they?

    To codger47: There’s a neat picture book out on Russian jailhouse tattoos.