One More from Michael: An Otomo Design That Reminds Him of a Love Lost

Michael, whose Calvin tattoo was featured in the previous post here, also shared this cool piece from his right arm:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SlBr346STRhdnlyuI4Y5H_tDxXm7RFYfPpHofD6koGGldMCswXgruqqmmUYn-PyEr3W491cp1cfOCO9a1IaZn_PBRkv8MiDnHF_ekYiqr7TDbNBojek9YxPZD6IuLeXgpxroPv0JXX4/s1600/otomo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SlBr346STRhdnlyuI4Y5H_tDxXm7RFYfPpHofD6koGGldMCswXgruqqmmUYn-PyEr3W491cp1cfOCO9a1IaZn_PBRkv8MiDnHF_ekYiqr7TDbNBojek9YxPZD6IuLeXgpxroPv0JXX4/s400/otomo.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> Michael explained the origin of this design:<br /> <blockquote><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8758670674405268" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"The artist is Katsuhiro Otomo, the legendary Japanese animator, who did Akira [a popular <i>manga</i> series]. I’ve been in love with him since I was a kid. He came out with another movie called <i>Steamboy</i> that I was super excited about … I got the deluxe set … with the sketchbook in it and I’ve fallen in love with [this girl] … I loved her from the beginning but then I was dating a girl and I fucked it all up and she, well, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and I just wanted to … she’s almost adorable as this and I wanted to put that in memory and not be a fool and, well, she’s still mad at me.</span>"</blockquote><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Michael added that they still talk and he's holding out hope that forgiveness and reconciliation are still a possibility.<br /> <br /> The tattoo was inked by Ariel Salgado at Millenium Tattoo in Newburgh, New York. Ariel, Michael said, has done most of his tattoos.<br /> <br /> Thanks (again) to Michael for sharing his work with us here on Tattoosday!

One More from Michael: An Otomo Design That Reminds Him of a Love Lost

Michael, whose Calvin tattoo was featured in the previous post here, also shared this cool piece from his right arm: Michael explained th...

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