Ivan's Sleeve: Doom, Zombies, and The Joker

<div>Last month I met Ivan in Penn Station, and I took a bunch of photos of his right arm, fully-sleeved. There's a lot going on here, so let's take a look:</div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7TEalSdzrNHpGSZUWRRPq3PZVrwZYfHc0AWZTmgMyC2mzr1QGWTSP11izd7brQtIMC3rrSCfDxWKbeimNhZRqAlZmriyTbZ4Qt1diGKCKAPNDmj-KO2bpKPdVqTlrRQnqXMBZmGWtKc/s1600/521+full+sleeve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7TEalSdzrNHpGSZUWRRPq3PZVrwZYfHc0AWZTmgMyC2mzr1QGWTSP11izd7brQtIMC3rrSCfDxWKbeimNhZRqAlZmriyTbZ4Qt1diGKCKAPNDmj-KO2bpKPdVqTlrRQnqXMBZmGWtKc/s640/521+full+sleeve.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div></div><div><br />And the inner part of the sleeve:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfiNGCaS2wkOQrLyFZ_pDG2Ywz0gAZTS9JoP3tADGui30KGLSju8lbrnqZpW9m108m9kP7nSoOU1iwG5x0AlgbArlwIb8oUE9oUdpuYkw-yDBVrC_dI6mcf0urCQfrpgrQWOVEs8NG24/s1600/521+Inner+Sleeve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfiNGCaS2wkOQrLyFZ_pDG2Ywz0gAZTS9JoP3tADGui30KGLSju8lbrnqZpW9m108m9kP7nSoOU1iwG5x0AlgbArlwIb8oUE9oUdpuYkw-yDBVrC_dI6mcf0urCQfrpgrQWOVEs8NG24/s640/521+Inner+Sleeve.jpg" width="206" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ivan's tattoo artist is Larry Davis at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/explicittattoo1">Explicit Tattoo</a> in Suffern, New York He also credits Adrienne Levy with the design of the cat on his wrist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ivan explains a little bit about his ink:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvlq_jo7cvU-PnixVpgfGd8D8QD7cBl1oOdWKbDabxhgAnLnDLnsN7WXudy9a1BbUCgS1fSp3qkVgufKtYWzcH-lNusFL_qI95LPqe2zv0Ttcb0AKw6BgdS9XWAV33vprz2pCFMZYtBM/s1600/521+Top+Zombie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvlq_jo7cvU-PnixVpgfGd8D8QD7cBl1oOdWKbDabxhgAnLnDLnsN7WXudy9a1BbUCgS1fSp3qkVgufKtYWzcH-lNusFL_qI95LPqe2zv0Ttcb0AKw6BgdS9XWAV33vprz2pCFMZYtBM/s640/521+Top+Zombie.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div></div><div><blockquote>"The zombie on my shoulder is an original that Larry drew from his imagination. The face with the ragged teeth on my bicep is from the video game Doom. </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PGdbH53VaKeFIoLsUTqTzM2wFhCS6kav-R0CYAD539kxRbZn1pNWJ5NaMB__BKE-y44482sjCZfVyxLF9D-GUuwW58n80F8fMTKmZCMwdhj8qz93vYvoIwyxLVdiePy5gHdvWgLKXj0/s1600/521+Inner+Sleeve+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PGdbH53VaKeFIoLsUTqTzM2wFhCS6kav-R0CYAD539kxRbZn1pNWJ5NaMB__BKE-y44482sjCZfVyxLF9D-GUuwW58n80F8fMTKmZCMwdhj8qz93vYvoIwyxLVdiePy5gHdvWgLKXj0/s320/521+Inner+Sleeve+detail.jpg" width="224" /></a></div></div><div></div><blockquote>As for the totem pole-esque image on my forearm, the middle and upper pieces were drawn by the artist Matt Simonetti.</blockquote><blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WzTR00_D5Zyp2BP6GLWIWlswbmlgbaXxtNJSM47VJrmMxWOuS538YjFMRa1oOdPipnKUyPkh1EhCc9GjMX2JyQFrp28jGgUu-7oBQ7kkzxa7d8MlZPy_g0VQCAHE-UJ5WMUfm3LU2rw/s1600/521+Bottom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WzTR00_D5Zyp2BP6GLWIWlswbmlgbaXxtNJSM47VJrmMxWOuS538YjFMRa1oOdPipnKUyPkh1EhCc9GjMX2JyQFrp28jGgUu-7oBQ7kkzxa7d8MlZPy_g0VQCAHE-UJ5WMUfm3LU2rw/s640/521+Bottom.jpg" width="270" /></a></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div>The lower piece was drawn by Micki Fever. Larry did the tattooing, as is true for all my tattoos." </div></blockquote><div>Ivan also has this segment of his sleeve which is noteworthy:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJu4Spm82-UNck9YEplqI7tkregpkdpJL10uk8VZJVoq6nay4fgefyOH6iJGi8kugZR0OE5N74n1OePYSweq1hdKDoCRyMujWFQ0JZifSVUROWSpte61wOAPUEpp7bTtygyrzY2J2Jem8/s1600/521+Joker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJu4Spm82-UNck9YEplqI7tkregpkdpJL10uk8VZJVoq6nay4fgefyOH6iJGi8kugZR0OE5N74n1OePYSweq1hdKDoCRyMujWFQ0JZifSVUROWSpte61wOAPUEpp7bTtygyrzY2J2Jem8/s640/521+Joker.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br />Ivan explained that this tattoo of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_%28comics%29">The Joker</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn">Harley Quinn</a> is based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HarleyqLG.jpg">this illustration</a> by the artist <a href="http://www.alexrossart.com/">Alex Ross</a>, which appeared on the cover of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1563897733/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1563897733%22%3EBatman:%20Harley%20Quinn%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=1563897733&camp=217145&creative=399349%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E">Batman: Harley Quinn</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=1563897733" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><br />Thanks to Ivan for sharing his cool tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. 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