Penny's Metal Collage

Penny made me feel old.<br /><br />And I mean no disrespect to her. She was more than cooperative when I stopped and asked her about the unique and colorful tattoo that graces her upper left arm.<br /><br />However, I was working at a technical disadvantage (borrowed camera) and like many who have met me have observed, I don't necessarily ooze hipness.<br /><br />Nonetheless, Penny indulged my photographic fumblings and I was able to capture this image, which is a fairly decent photo of her ink:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7AndFo8FF0lf3J7jr17hNPc-953KGrlJJyyuozT3-L87BJmjbUXx5vD2kYqeC-K94SNp4LcWZBPHEq2ckTRTVIhz3W_j6VlZx3_EBpjbAenfEAekhjNsFOj0znsf-oZecs8KegTO/s1600/Penny+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7AndFo8FF0lf3J7jr17hNPc-953KGrlJJyyuozT3-L87BJmjbUXx5vD2kYqeC-K94SNp4LcWZBPHEq2ckTRTVIhz3W_j6VlZx3_EBpjbAenfEAekhjNsFOj0znsf-oZecs8KegTO/s640/Penny+Collage.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br />This piece is based on a collage of pictures Penny took at a handful of metal shows.<br /><br />"Which bands?" I asked, hoping to find a common ground with this younger person. I cut my teeth on early American metal (I still cherish my vinyl pressing of <a href="http://www.metallica.com/">Metallica's</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_%27Em_All"><i>Kill 'Em All</i></a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaforce_Records">Megaforce</a> records), but then again, that was the '80s. Penny uttered names I had heard (yay me!) but alas, couldn't put in their necessary classifications.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dethklok">Deathklok</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Bodom">Children of Bodom</a>. <a href="http://www.amonamarth.com/">Amon Amarth</a>.<br /><br />What can I say? I'm an ancient 43.<br /><br />Alas, Penny was a good sport and her tattoo post has just as much to do with my feeling older as it does with her ink. Sorry, Penny.<br /><br />The work she credited to an artist named Adal, who transformed her pictures into this collage on flesh in two sessions and about five hours, all told. <br /><br />Thanks to Penny for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Penny's Metal Collage

Penny made me feel old. And I mean no disrespect to her. She was more than cooperative when I stopped and asked her about the unique and col...

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