Work in Progress (Pt 1) - Stop Motion Camera Tattoo

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So after a long-while of me trying to hog traffic over to my flickr account, I decided to finally post my tattoo stop-motion video to youtube. The tattoo is taking longer than anticipated to finish so I've decided to post it up here for more people to see while I get work done on it.

From my flickr that day:

So with the help of Tony Touch, I am getting an awesome Nerd sleeve worked on whenever I go visit Toledo. We decided to roll with an evolution of cameras at first, then more nerdy references above.

Tony got the idea from another artist to do a stop-motion video where it looks like the tattoo does itself. I brought in a single alienbee and softbox, plus my handy new remote, and we got to it.

Hopefully we'll do this for the entire arm. I'd love to have that kind of record of progress on this :)

Since everyone is asking, some things about the tattoo:
-The actual time of the sitting was 4 hours
-This video is comprised out of 1054 shots
-"ROZWÓJ" is Polish for "development"
-The numbers on the film canister reflect the date I took my first serious photograph
-Yes, the film is 35mm, but it's not going into any of the cameras, just wrapping around. I'm well aware that it looks odd having it next to medium format cameras, but it will make sense when the rest of the sleeve is completed. :)

Song: Helen of Troy by Telefon Tel Aviv

5d Mark ii
24-70mm f2.8
Final Cut Pro
www.flickr.com/bearandyeti

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[ExtraStrongGeneral]

you can have one tattoo that covers your whole body.....

[G Seec]

tattoos.. Too mainstream. i use stickers

[HimuraBattosai101]

Lol, you're right that no one should judge whatever you do... but to say that only God can is hilarious.

[hxckeltyn]

Fucking amazing man! I have 8bit hearts across my ankle\m/

[konosef]

clik and pain..

[yaksportfish]

looks good

[kadiahall11]

Thats one heck of a tat

[John Smith]

who are you to judge when a body becomes ruined? unless you are god then you have no place to put such an ignorant judgement on this

[tito1894]

This is not only directed towards you, but every ignorant reply I've gotten.

When I initially wrote the comment that has 75 upvotes, I was thinking about the average tattoo size. There is little to no data available on this subject, therefore I derive tattoo sizes from my personal experience, and can tell you that almost nobody gets a tattoo a millimeter wide, or one tattoo covering the whole body.

I'll make sure to make a key next time just for those special people who need it.

[John Smith]

so by your logic if i get 7 one millimetre tattoos on the bottom of my foot ive ruined my entire body? you must be a genius...or a fucking idiot with no clue about anything

[NinkaPanda]

ughh,, Why did you tattoo that on your body? It looks like some hipster crap that One Direction would have done.

[didy7178]

That is such a generalization, it depends on the actual tattoo and how well it is done.