Hey folks, Harry here with the contest with no losers - but one big winner. I got 43 submissions in this contest - and it seems that everyone that took part loved the excuse to take part. Most of the tattoos - weren't particularly geeky though. Folks were getting stuff like - a star of David, a chinese character, tribal markings... mostly stuff that they felt really was the tattoo they had wanted to get. And good on them. They finally got that tattoo they wanted. Not that our winner didn't get the tattoo he wanted, cuz his left arm attests to the fact that this new tattoo was just... a matter of time. In the geek category of tattoos - I got the hippo from Fantasia, the Phoenix Insignia from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, the bat symbol... that sort of thing. But the winner - He won because frankly I love the design, the fact that the left arm symbolized that he wanted this from the beginning - and just... it's the geekiest and the coolest that got submitted. So the winner hails from the land of Cheeseheads and Snowy football. Here be the winner:

In the interest of not distracting the artist (who is also my sister) during the session, I was unable to provide of a shot of me in the chair getting the tattoo, opting instead for progression shots.

BEFORE: Just as the title states. Any convenient EXIF viewer will reveal that the image was created at 11:03 PM on August 16th. The EXIF will also list Adobe Photoshop as the creator program; it was *only* used to retrieve and crop the image. On a related note, I am one furry SOB.





STENCIL: Again, just as the title states.





OUTLINE: This not being my first tattoo, I can testify that the experience is comparable to an extended catscratch.





DONE: The filling-in part isn't quite as painful as the outlining, since the artist is using a shader. This photo was taken upon completion, approximately 10:15 PM.





LEFT ARM: Finally, for your pleasure, a bonus shot of the Predator's companion tattoo on my left arm.

And now the essentials:

Josh Gilbert

Congrats Josh... Not only do you have a badass tattoo - but you have a Sideshow Collectible!