Tattoo picture

[redbird]

Here's the coelacanth, cut-tagged for your convenience

Coelacanth tattoo Coelacanth tattoo by Craig Cooley, photographed right after completion (1 October 2005)

Comments

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Wow! That is so cool!

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Fishy!

[treadpath.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Can you divulge the location?

[redbird]

Sure. That's my left flank and abdomen, above the waist.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Trés cool! What's the size?

[redbird]

She's about eight inches from nose to tail.

Re: Tattoo picture

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

nice!

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

It looks so three-dimensional.

[redbird]

I'm very pleased with how that came out.

[lcohen]

yes exactly!

pretty!

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's really cool. Do we call you Bluefish now, instead of Redbird?

MKK

[ckd]

One fish, two fish, redbird, bluefish!

Very, very nicely done.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

That's terrific! Very nice shading.

[misia.livejournal.com]

It looks fabulous, so nicely done! Congratulations on a lovely piece.

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's so beautifully done! It looks so alive- most of the textbook drawings are so flat. I particularly like the shading around the head and gills- very 3D! It was a good idea to add the orange.

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

An amazingly good combination of looking real and looking pretty, with what is after all not really a very pretty fish!

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

It's lovely!

Say, where do you get your work done?

[redbird]

I get it from Craig Cooley. He used to have his own studio, as Abstract Tribal Tattoo (Googling on that will get you his contact info). He's currently working out of Porcupine Tattoo, 157 Rivington (F to Delancey, then slightly north and east), but said he's going to be moving to Brooklyn in November.

[nnaloh.livejournal.com]

Wow. What amazing detail! It's beeyootifull!

[nolly.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[fimbrethil.livejournal.com]

That's a beautiful piece of work. Wear it in good health.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

That's really incredible and beautiful!

[liv]

You have a pretty coelacanth on your body, that's so cool! I'm deeply impressed.

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Nifty!

[ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com]

Gee, that's wonderful!

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely gorgeous.

[janetmk.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Wow! Even better than it looked on paper!

[baldanders.livejournal.com]

That is one of the coolest tattoos I have ever seen.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Wow!

If I was less of a wuss then...

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

I don't know that much about tattoos. Wil it always be this vivid and detailed, or do modern tattoos still fade and smudge as they heal?

Either way, congratulations on getting something done that obviously means a lot to you. Is the timing (a change to your body close to Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur, to begin the year) coincidental or intended?

[redbird]

It won't be quite this vivid once it's healed, but it will be close to it: fading is not inherent, with decent care, a combination of not scratching while it's healing, and protecting it from the sun.

Not a new year's thing, no.

The timing had to do with finding the right image; having a bit of money again; and working around planned travel.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Very nice work.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[athenais.livejournal.com]

That is truly beautiful.

from Kathryn Cramer

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not one to praise tattoos, but that one's really nice.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, I wandered over from 'Making Light' to see. (Nice fish!)

Do you know the Shriekback song "Coelocanth" from about 20 years ago now? (Shriekback was a spin off from The Gang of Four)

I'm so suggestible that just seeing your picture will have the song playing in my head for the next couple of days.

Bob Oldendorf