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expression of art through tattoos is an opportunity for many artists to
contribute, using designs I have created. I have been tattooed by
artists from all over the world. From their artwork I am reminded of my
travels and friendships — both current and past. I would like
to
acknowlegde their contribution to my bodysuit on this page. |
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| Matt
Gone
(New
Orleans, LA)
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I have performed over 20 tattoo sessions on
myself, including the genitals and surrounding area. |
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Sailor
Cam Cook
(Tacoma,
WA)
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Facial checkers repair, redo, and completion. Body
suit final touch ups. |
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Terry
Tweed
Deluxe
Tatoo
(Portland,
OR)
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Old style telephone on left shoulder
June 2006
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Don Deaton
Sea Tramp Tattoo
(Portland, OR)
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Rose Tattoo on right calf.
July 2007
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Mary
Jane Haake
Dermigraphics
LLC.
(Portland, OR)
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Eyelid and lipliner cosmetic tattooing. Cat tatoo on right knee.
Mary Jane Haake is responsible for the final touch ups and completion of my facial and head tattoos.
June 2006
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Dave
Lum
Tattooing
by Dave Lum
(Salem, OR)
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Ear tattooing.
October/November 2006
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| French
Thomas
Into
You Tattoo
(London,
England)
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Tribal symbol hat on woman on lower left leg.
September 30, 2005
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| [Name
ommitted by request]
(London,
England)
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First attempt at facial tattooing. Responsible for
first 5 facial tattoo sessions. Facial tattoos completed by other
artists. |
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| Mara
(London,England)
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Played tic-tac-toe with me on my right knee. Now
one won.
October 2, 2005
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| Ben
Wauhhhh
Deluxe
Tattoo
(Chicago,
IL)
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Ben was at the London Tattoo Expo. He tattooed my
left knee at the expo. That is my Hurricane Katrina Souvenir.
October 9,2005
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| Paul
Jefferies
Smiling Buddha
Tattoo
(Calgary, AB, Canada)
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Paul tattooed the words "Your Name" on my inner
left thigh at the London Tattoo Expo.
October 9,2005
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| Yugen
Yugen
Tatoo
(Veneendaal, Holland)
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Traded
tattoo of checkers from me on his foot for an "Om" symbol in white ink
from him on my neck. Also done at the London Tattoo Expo.
October 9, 2005
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| Crock
Worldwide
Traveller
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Tattooed by navel with Samoan hand tools at the
Londo Tattoo Expo.
October 10, 2005
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| Roy
Boy Cooper
(Gary,
IN)
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Rib tear, right calf. Clown, right shin. |
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| Debra
Cooper
(Gary,
IN)
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Assisted Roy Boy with color. |
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| Pete
Califucci [RIP]
(Chicago,
IL)
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Applied my first tattoo on my arm at the Tattoo
Factory in Chicago. It is now covered by a turtle. |
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| Sailor
Moses [RIP]
(Biloxi,
MS)
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Sailor redid the
back tattoo, outlined the lower back and buttocks plaid, did the huge
Phoenix tails on my legs, as well as most of the leg checkers. He took
a half-assed attempt at a bodysuit and transformed it into what it is
today.
Between
1995-1997 Sailor
and I spent nine sessions together. I would work the night shift until
4AM and get to the Greyhound station around 6:30. I rode the bus from
7:30 until 10:30, had something to eat, then spent the next 8 hours
getting tattooed. Moses would then drop me off just minutes before the
return bus left the station.
The
Phoenix tails are a
memorial to my dead grandparents. I handed Moses the uncashed estate
check as payment. We once did five sessions in two months. I was never
stronger.
Moses
has passed on.
Sailor Cam Cook finished some of his work, and Richard Stell did a
Phoenix on my neck in his memory 5 days after he died.
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| Sailor
Cam Cook
(Seattle,
WA)
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When Moses
retired due to a terminal illness, Cam took completed most of his work,
with Moses' blessings. Moses helped Cam apprentice 17 years before at Goldfield's Tattoo in San
Francisco.
Cam did ten sessions in 8 weeks for $3,000 in the
summer of 1997. He
completed Moses' work on my back and buttocks, including the asscrack.
He also did minor work on the left wrist and did the anchor/noose on
the left anchor. Although the work was finished before Moses died, he
never had the opportunity to see it. Shit!
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| Dennis
Dwyer
(Tuscon,
AZ)
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Dennis did
the original artwork on my chest and back (since redone), buttocks
spirals, and torso graphics. He also did the Mammoth on my left side.
He did at least 50 sessions on the bodysuit over a four year period for
roughly $10,000.
The colors
available today for tattooing are much more vibrant than those Dennis
had, so about 70% of his work has been touched up by other artists (for
about $12,000!).
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| Gina
Dwyer
(Tuscon,
AZ)
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I did not care for her work, so her tattoos have
been covered. |
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| Randy
Muller
Eye
Candy
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Randy is my
favorite artist, having done over 40 sessions on the bodysuit. He has
worked on my head (excluding the Phoenix on my neck), hands and did the
crying gril on the right outer knee. He also redid the chest and right
arm.
On
the right is a picture of me with Randy.
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Craig Jones
Freaky
Tiki Tattoo
(Kenner,
LA)
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Craig is
my guardian in New Orleans. He got me my job and believed in my project
from the start. I couldn't have done the last 9 years without his
friendship.
He did the crowd scene on both my legs, all
the outline people in red and The Scream
on my left inner thigh. He also did the blue outline man with the devil
inside him on my right inner thight, and the hopscotch game on my right
inner crotch.
He did a piece of
shit shaped like England on my left forearm, too. I have 12 pieces of
shit from various artists there, including "A jury of my 'pee-ers.'" He
also tattooed a hot dog chasing a donut on my inner left knee.
Craig is one of those people whose verdict on
me I appreciate.
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| Tony
Edwards
(Tuscon,
AZ)
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Tony did the lettering and math wristbands. A good
friend back then and a clean artist. |
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| Richard
Stell
(Dallas,
TX)
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Richard did the Phoenix on my neck, the star
wristbands, and the asshole in my armpit. BADASS! |
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| Henri
Montegut
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Tattooed the fire in my crotch area. |
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| Lyle
Tuttle
Lyle Tuttle Tattooing
(San
Francisco, CA)
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Signed the bodysuit when he finished. |
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| Walt
Clark
Freaky
Tiki Tattooing
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Shitstorm with golden showers. |
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| Sweet
Ass Ann
Freaky
Tiki Tattooing
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Casper the Ghost on left hamstring. |
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| Mike
McDowell
(Tuscon,
AZ)
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Performed minor touch-ups on some existing tattoos. |
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| Ernie
Gosnell
Luck
Devil Tattoos
(Seattle,
WA)
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Swallow shit. |
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| Lynn
Gosnell
Lucky
Devil Tattoos
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Mardi Gras shit. |
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| The
Enigma
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Puzzle shit. |
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| Katzen
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Puzzle shit. |
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| Alan
(Germany)
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Black outline model on left leg. |
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| Michelle
(Germany)
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Lipstick print on right hamstring. |
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| Dave
(England)
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Pablo Picasso's Don Quixote on left leg. |
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| Jack
(Belgium)
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Jester on left shin. |
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| Andre
Green
(New
Orleans, LA)
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"Venganza" graffiti on left bicep. |
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| Jaime
(New
Orleans, LA)
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High heel shit on left forearm. |
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| Mike
Volentine
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Alien woman inside left knee. |
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| Scott
Harrison
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Christmas shit. |
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| Eric
Booth
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Maze shit. |
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| Steve
Hayworth
HTC
Precision Piercing
(New
Orleans, LA)
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HTC Phoenix. Heart brand chest. |
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| Trevor
Marshall
Oceanic
Tatau
(California)
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Sun design in groin area. |
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| Pat
Fish
(Santa
Barbara, CA)
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Fish shit. (since redone) |
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| Annette
LaRue
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Winnie the Pooh shit. |
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| Kyle
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Kyle is a bounty hunter who did a prison tattoo:
the walking middle finger on my right calf. |
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| Tommy
2-Thumbs
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Finished the leg checkers and did the Morton Spice
Girl on my right hamstring. This was my 200th tattoo session. |
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| Mike
Z.
Deadeye Tattoo
(Luling,
LA)
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Mike Zeriengue (or Mike Z.)
re-did my stomach sprial in the summer of 2002. (Dennis Dwyer did the
original in 1990.) Mike also did the maze work and checkered my right
foot, redid the left foot checkers, redid the left hip graphic, and
finished the asscrack tattoo. He is in charge of the final touch up of
all the solid black checkers in my bodysuit.
On the right is a picture of Mike Z. doing
some touch-up work on my back.
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| Gil
Monte
Tattoomania
(Beaumont, TX)
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Skull on lower abdomen. |
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| Ryan
(Chalmette,
LA)
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Trophy Lady on right hamstring. |
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| Don
Davis
Tatoo-A-Go-Go
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Upside down / right side up tattoo on inner right
thigh near knee. |
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| Mike
Gil
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Rose on right foot. |
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| Jordan
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Image of Eddie from Iron Maiden on left shin. |
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| Jimmie
the Saint
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Shark on left foot. |
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| Lisa
Gross
(Biloxi,
MS)
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Wonder Woman in left crotch area. |
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| Necro
Mike
(Lake
Lure, NC)
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Checkered sitting man. |
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| Rick
Reeves
(Bay
St. Louis, MS)
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Reaper on left leg. |
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| Mark
the Shark
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Kilroy above left knee. |
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| Bob
Love
(Austin,
TX)
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Guy with hammer on left shin. |
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| Sage
Inkablink
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Pointing man on left knee. |
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| Meesha
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Pregnant girl in checkered dress on right calf. |
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| Captain
Don Leslie
[sword
swallower]
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Signature on left ankle. |
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| Tony
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Child's drawing of blue girl on inner left knee. |
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| Jeremy
"Motherfuck" Justice
Eye
Candy
(New
Orleans, LA)
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Jeremey is
known as the prettiest man in New Orleans. He did the girl lifing skirt
on left innercalf. Also retouched leg checkers. |
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| Gang
Tattoo |
Age 14. Now covered. |
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| Matt
Green
(Biloxi,
MS)
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Green middle finger character with crtuch on left
inner calf. |
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| Al
Benidetti
Julie
Moon Designs
(New Hampshire)
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Fleur de Lis on right calf. |
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also have a hidden
tattoo of done by a girlfriend, another by an ex-lover (but not a
girlfirend), and a hidden friendship tattoo by someone who has passed
away. |