This is a Sling Shot Tattoo from Gogol Bordello Gypsy Punk’s album, Underdog World Strike. Volker’s girlfriend was getting a tattoo. Volker wanted to get a tattoo and thought this design would be cool. This is a band that Volker likes a lot.
Leg Sleeve Tattoo. The artist, Erick Lee Volker, was coming up with ideas to put on their leg. They went with a mohawk skull, circuit board, and bomb. Take a detailed look at the bomb. The explosion is only on one side of it. The reason for this is when they got to other side, it hurt too much to continue! The leg sleeve took over fifteen hours, broken into 3 sessions. Volker had always loved leg sleeves. Volker wanted to do full arm sleeves as well, but working in IT, it didn’t seem like a good idea. Volker can get away with the leg sleeve.
This is a shoulder Viking Tattoo. The artist is Vanis Orr. Volker likes to tell people they got the tattoo in honer of their grandfather who was a viking. It is in honer of him raping and pillaging through out Europe in the early 1000s. The tattoo is a Viking Skull wearing a helmet with one broken horn, and a snake going through eye. The waves are Japanese style. Mix of Japanese and traditional style. Then there was a troll for added Viking energy.
This was Volker’s first tattoo. Volker wanted to get something non offensive and kind of cool. They did it on their 18th birthday. They got the tattoo at Red Dragon in Richmond, VA. Volker somewhat regrets this dragon. Thinks it looks kind of lame now, and it has a weird tail. Not strong regret. Volker might cover it up, or give it a top hat and golden tooth.
Life in Russian Cyrillic. Volker thought it looked cool. Volker studied Russian in college and wanted to get tattoo in Cyrillic. Hates to admit it, but stole the idea from Russian band called Teraconnie. It was on one of the band members wrist, and Volker liked the way it was written. Volker took to tattoo idea to the artist, Vanis. In a friend’s apartment helping move, there was a weight bench. Vanis created the tattoo on the weight bench, with a friend’s pit bull kept coming up and licking Volker during the tattooing.
This used to be an anti-swastika tattoo. The problem was that it wasn’t clear that it was anti swastika. The red line through the swastika could look a little like flesh. The tattoo could have looked like holding swastika close to heart. Volker had to get it covered up. The artist Erick did this artwork. The star covers up the previous tattoo very nicely. As an FYI, the stars are also not connected to Russian mafia.
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