Eyes Turned Skyward

By Jordan Ginsberg • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: ModBlog


I really like Cliff’s variation on the hoary old wing tattoo — to be honest, I’m surprised we don’t see this placement more often. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Vincent Hocquet’s stippling technique is so impressive, either. A couple of close-ups, after the jump.

(Tattoos by Vincent Hocquet at Beautiful Freak Tattoo in St.-Idesbald, Belgium.)

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47 Responses »

  1. Hetty on February 13th, 2009 at 6:04 pm:

    Wow, another very gorgeous man! You’re doing very good today Modblog!

  2. Jarvis on February 13th, 2009 at 6:12 pm:

    Id imagen you’ve not seen this placement before is the fact of a lot of tattooist wouldn’t actually tattoo some thing like this as it goes down on to the hands with out him having any other type of easily visible coverage.

    All that a side it is one hell of a cool piece.

  3. Sathka on February 13th, 2009 at 6:12 pm:

    Beautiful piece. Love the placement.

  4. Ron on February 13th, 2009 at 6:17 pm:

    Beautiful tattoo and the dot work makes it even better

  5. Darah on February 13th, 2009 at 6:24 pm:

    Beautiful, both the subject and the tattoo. The symmetry is amazing,

  6. ElloSara on February 13th, 2009 at 6:26 pm:

    That’s amazing. I’m in love.

  7. Vern on February 13th, 2009 at 6:30 pm:

    That’s so fucking cool

  8. KT on February 13th, 2009 at 6:36 pm:

    Absolutely stunning work, I love it.

  9. zeru on February 13th, 2009 at 6:54 pm:

    awesome

  10. vini on February 13th, 2009 at 7:00 pm:

    i allready saw this a while ago ^^

  11. GabyMJunkie on February 13th, 2009 at 7:18 pm:

    Completely gorgeous both the man and the tattoo

  12. jonny on February 13th, 2009 at 7:59 pm:

    woo symmetry!

  13. javiera on February 13th, 2009 at 8:20 pm:

    yeah baby!! gorgeous ink & a gorgeous face. yummmy!!!!!!

  14. Tw3ak on February 13th, 2009 at 8:28 pm:

    wow. i absolutely love this idea. im really against copying ideas, but i reallly want something like that now. i just dont know if i can bring myself to it.

  15. T. Ang3l on February 13th, 2009 at 9:19 pm:

    I really love work like this!

  16. Brittney on February 13th, 2009 at 9:19 pm:

    WOW!
    — this is absolutely STUNNING!

  17. VOMIT on February 13th, 2009 at 9:45 pm:

    Woah!!! that is beautiful!!!

  18. Jessorz on February 13th, 2009 at 9:56 pm:

    i cant say anything that hasnt already been said. love it.

  19. & on February 13th, 2009 at 10:26 pm:

    Whenever he hugs people he’ll give them wings. That was a deep statement. lol. Its all I can think of though. Beautiful tattoo.

  20. person on February 13th, 2009 at 10:28 pm:

    he looks so friendly with such lovely mods..

  21. Jon P on February 14th, 2009 at 12:29 am:

    Now THAT’S something I could’ve mistake for Swastika Freakshop’s work

  22. nickles on February 14th, 2009 at 12:34 am:

    so badass!!!! i love this!!

  23. robyn on February 14th, 2009 at 2:27 am:

    i think im in love

  24. The sky conspires to swallow me. on February 14th, 2009 at 4:18 am:

    This is amazing.

  25. Lil Miss Strange on February 14th, 2009 at 4:44 am:

    adorable!

  26. Faye Wouterson on February 14th, 2009 at 7:31 am:

    Jeej for symmetry, good job Vince!

  27. chris on February 14th, 2009 at 8:53 am:

    thats amazing! i love dotwork. i thought it was the freakshop work too. great quality, perfect placement. so good!

  28. r4v3n on February 14th, 2009 at 8:54 am:

    awesome, straight up. reminds me of john constantine’s tattoos.

  29. BettyAtlas on February 14th, 2009 at 9:28 am:

    I haven’t thought of using ’stunning’ for a tattoo in a while, but this one deserves it.

  30. mariess on February 14th, 2009 at 10:17 am:

    this guy should be forever happy everytime he loos at his arms

  31. smoof on February 14th, 2009 at 10:37 am:

    This is crazy beautiful!! I keep coming back to this page to see those pictures!!! ^^

  32. Lydon on February 14th, 2009 at 10:47 am:

    The guy with the wings (Cliff) is one of my best friends, and he is one of the nicest people on the face of the earth. Always artistic, always thinking, and always, always one helluva guy.

  33. Sarah on February 14th, 2009 at 5:20 pm:

    Stunning from a distance, even more so with the close ups. Really nice work.

  34. steven on February 14th, 2009 at 7:43 pm:

    i really like the tattoo and the dotwork.

    but they arent symmetrical…the stentils must have sit slightly different on one of his arms.

    other than that it looks amazing.

  35. Sez on February 14th, 2009 at 7:53 pm:

    Once. Just once. He needs to flap his arms like a chicken. Come oooonnnnnnn.

  36. Simple on February 14th, 2009 at 10:05 pm:

    the tattoo design is superb. I liked it…..Q

  37. Natja on February 14th, 2009 at 10:18 pm:

    What a sexy man. Sign me up!!!!!!!

  38. Amber on February 15th, 2009 at 11:33 am:

    Gorgeous! I want to see more stipple tattoos and wings on places that aren’t the back.

  39. catharsis on February 15th, 2009 at 4:05 pm:

    Beautiful piece, beautiful boy.

  40. Leilani Rose on February 15th, 2009 at 6:50 pm:

    Absolutely stunning. I cant help but think of Iron Man when I look at the main pic, just because of the pose Im sure

  41. Prism on February 15th, 2009 at 7:41 pm:

    Very cool tattoos. He has no hair on his arms… strange.

  42. bertany on February 15th, 2009 at 11:34 pm:

    Stunning. The placement, technique, & design are all original & beautiful.

  43. danai on February 16th, 2009 at 8:55 am:

    beautifull work.
    stunning.

  44. postblue_ on February 17th, 2009 at 8:21 am:

    very very nice! love it!

  45. fnkymnky on February 17th, 2009 at 8:41 am:

    I just wanted to add one more wow to the list…

  46. Ozarka on February 23rd, 2009 at 6:03 pm:

    That’s awesome. I’m so glad that’s the only thing on his arms. There’s nothing to distract from the awesomeness of this.

  47. Erin on June 14th, 2009 at 8:30 pm:

    That’s a beautiful tattoo. It’s absolutely gorgeous- I love it.

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