The Journal of Joe The Peacock. Yay.: The 15 year tattoo, part 7 (final)

8.01.2008:

The 15 year tattoo, part 7 (final)

9:45 PM

...Wow.

Seems like yesterday that I walked into A.B.T. Tattoo and met Todo, and this all started, but after 7 sessions, the sleeve is pretty much complete. There's still about 5 hours of touchup to do, but for all intents and purposes... This is it. (You can view the whole process in pictures here)

I am pleased to show you the completed vision. But first, the 7th sesson:

This shows the final bit of the smoke and landscape as the city of Neo-Tokyo explodes when Akira goes off.

And now, the full sleeve - a masterwork by the legendary Todo:

One day, I'll do a post on why this tattoo, what each of the pieces mean (both in the story and in my particular design) and whatnot, but for now, I'm beat.

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19 Comments:

lori h said...: Joe, this is an AMAZING work of art.; 8/01/2008 10:55 PM
ladydyani said...: Wow. That's pretty awesome.

Total hours?; 8/02/2008 10:05 AM
Anonymous said...: it's like a colorful pussy repellent.

kickass though.; 8/03/2008 10:02 PM
JtP said...: "Anonymous said...

it's like a colorful pussy repellent.

kickass though."

No more so than the wedding ring is :)

Also, ladydyani, about 37 hours so far. There's still a few hours of touchup to do.; 8/03/2008 10:04 PM
tyler said...: THAT is awesome. probably one of my favorite movies ever too. the process pics are incredible as well, seeing stuff i missed in the final design pics.

did you come up with the layout, or did you work with your tattooist, going over what you wanted? sorry if you covered this in an earlier post.; 8/03/2008 10:15 PM
Jon said...: waste of time; 8/03/2008 11:35 PM
TDZKBeburos said...: it's Akira!!!; 8/03/2008 11:57 PM
Anonymous said...: i bet it will look really cool in about 30 years. That dude is going to look like a walking bruise.; 8/04/2008 12:04 AM
Anonymous said...: decent tat... not the 'best' work I have seen but solid. Akira. Still, you don't really plan on getting laid much going forward, do you? Oh well, at least you can look in the mirror at your arm and wax it, so to speak.; 8/04/2008 9:43 AM
wheredo-ibelong said...: Hey Anonymous ?

Why must you make just degrading comments? Do they make you feel better?

And by the way... take an anatomy class.

and Joe? Kudos to you and your artist.; 8/06/2008 12:08 AM
Fat girl said...: Absolutely gorgeous - congrats to you!; 8/06/2008 5:48 PM
Bee said...: Hah, I fucking love this movie,
but would never be able to get a huge tattoo like that.. my boyfriend is getting a leg piece.; 8/04/2009 12:27 PM
Rosie said...: This tattoo is fuckin badass. Just incredible! Akira best anime movie alive!; 8/21/2009 2:45 AM
Giovanni said...: fucking awesome to see others keeping akira alive. i started my akira tattoo few months ago myself; 11/05/2009 7:08 AM
Giovanni said...: fucking awesome to see others keeping akira alive. i started my akira tattoo few months ago myself. continuing later this month!; 11/05/2009 7:09 AM
Wormhole said...: This Akira tat is simply stunning. I mean really, my jaw is still on the floor after looking at those pics... HUGE HUGE HUGE Akira fan (well moreso anime, never read the akira books, but i'm sure i have a few of them around here somewhere in my geeky fanboy dungeon..lol).
I'd like to know if you have an account on checkoutmyink.com, and if not you should def show off yer ink on there, and if you dont I'd like yer permission to post yer pics up on my page along with my anime tats? I'll obviously pay you homage and link yer page under the pics, I always use references, too many english and lit classes i suppose.. Anyway again Awesome ink!.
Animehead; 11/18/2009 2:14 AM
Giovanni said...: how do you post pics?; 12/26/2009 2:39 PM
Dues Ex Machina said...: This post has been removed by the author.; 12/26/2009 4:04 PM
Dues Ex Machina said...: http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/GRod611/albumid/5419636654710111185?alt=rss&kind=photo&authkey=Gv1sRgCOTV753Qu7PC3QE&hl=en_US; 12/26/2009 4:19 PM