Artist Phillip Spearman of Inkworks Tattoo in Artesia, CA completed this detailed North American B-25J Mitchell tattoo recently on a client. The difficult location of the tattoo, on the arm, makes the straight lines of the bomber hard to photograph, so excuse the bent lines… but otherwise the detail is great!
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We received a great original tattoo design from a fan last week that we just had post here! The tattoo is a tribute to his favorite aircraft, the Boeing 747-400, and the city that Boeing built — Seattle, WA. He combined the outline of the 747 with the familiar Seattle landmark, the Space Needle. If you look closely, you’ll see the Boeing logo in the tribal fill work too!
The tattoo was executed by Thomas Wade of Fenix Tattoo in Seattle, WA.
The wearer works in aviation, so he keeps the tattoo covered at work, but is working on other aviation-related tattoo work — so stay tuned!
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This fantastic black and gray tattoo of Amelia Earhart and her Lockheed 10A Electra was sent to us this week by the wearer, a licensed pilot in Washington who chose the powerful design after searching for artwork to use in an aviation-themed piece. The tattoo was done by artist Collin Delgado of Baraka Naga Art Company in Seattle, WA. The tattoo took ten hours over three sessions to complete.
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Rounding out the blitz of B-17 Flying Fortress tattoos this week is this forearm piece by noted New York City tattoo artist Anil Gupta of Inkline Studio NYC on Manhattan. Gupta is well known for his highly detailed tattoo art and exact replica miniature tattoo renderings of famous pieces of art. Gupta also takes pride in his photography, so a visit to his website is highly recommended!
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This old school-style tattoo of an aviatrix was expertly completed by Walter McDonald of Lifetime of Sol Tattoo in Denver, Colorado. It’s fairly common to see classic images of aviators in tattoo work, but fairly rare to see a woman’s head used — a refreshing change!
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Some vintage WWII-fighter action going on with this fantastic ribpiece of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt from Jason Jones of Kaleidoscope Ink in Springfield, MO.
And with a placement like that, lots of respect to the wearer too! Ouch!
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