Marooned

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


I really like this approach to your everyday pirate ship by Shawn Carrier at The Ink Spot in Ottawa, Ontario. Wait, now that America (and by extension, the world) is under attack by actual pirates, all the time, is being a fan of the old school “Argh, matey!” pirates somehow uncouth? Should it be? This is a debate that needs to happen. What say you, ModBloggers?

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35 Responses »

  1. Brian Birde-mann on May 13th, 2009 at 1:48 pm:

    fucking amaaaaaaaaazing

  2. CaveatEmptor on May 13th, 2009 at 1:50 pm:

    That is absolutely beautiful.

  3. Nik on May 13th, 2009 at 1:53 pm:

    wo0Oow!!!!!!

    very nice tattoo

  4. xvanceyx on May 13th, 2009 at 1:55 pm:

    So amazing it’s not even funny.

  5. The Darthside on May 13th, 2009 at 2:35 pm:

    I wanna get a tatto of a current day pirate ship now.

  6. The Lizardman on May 13th, 2009 at 3:01 pm:

    I dig it.

  7. 86Balian on May 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm:

    wow this look fucking great

  8. pinkrilo on May 13th, 2009 at 3:44 pm:

    Eerily beautiful.

  9. Darah on May 13th, 2009 at 4:27 pm:

    There appears to be a frowny face in the top mast, right below the pirate flag. Beautiful piece.

  10. torbs on May 13th, 2009 at 4:32 pm:

    IT’S THE BLACK PEARL!! :D

  11. bastian on May 13th, 2009 at 4:33 pm:

    @ #5: “modern day” pirates use small zodiac-type boats with large outboard motors. Pirate flags and eye patches? A thing of the glorified past. Nothing glamorous there at all any more!

  12. OwlEyes on May 13th, 2009 at 4:45 pm:

    yeah i definitely see The Black Pearl

    this is great. i love the “shadowy” approach as apposed to uber-detailed

  13. kbi the crowing on May 13th, 2009 at 5:22 pm:

    wow the brown really makes it look great
    i love this piece

  14. hairy_testicles on May 13th, 2009 at 7:58 pm:

    badass!!

  15. jenn on May 13th, 2009 at 9:34 pm:

    i absolutely love it
    it’s different in a VERY good way

  16. Piraterie on May 13th, 2009 at 10:40 pm:

    It made me smile a little, even though real pirates would never sail with such horrid sails.

  17. Mike on May 13th, 2009 at 10:50 pm:

    Ha. I know who that is! It looks awesome

  18. Chopstixx on May 13th, 2009 at 11:10 pm:

    The declining number of pirates is a direct cause of global warming!

  19. Militant Mitten on May 13th, 2009 at 11:27 pm:

    holy Sh!t,this is amazing.i want.

  20. Marc on May 14th, 2009 at 3:17 am:

    the artisit must be sick!

  21. Justin Routte on May 14th, 2009 at 3:35 am:

    kinda funny, I just bought my first house, and it has a flagpole, with a beautiful american flag up top…….i proposed, jokingly that we add a jolly roger underneath it…… to my suprise my wife was actually into it…… so old scully has been put on order…….. and will go up as soon as we close.

    but now that i think of it our new neighbor across the street is from east africa ( i dont know the country of origin ) i wonder how he will take it ? i guess we shall see…..

  22. Will on May 14th, 2009 at 4:21 am:

    Magnificent! It reminds me of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which I totally love.

  23. Jadiecakes on May 14th, 2009 at 5:39 am:

    finally something on modblog thats well thought out and applied magnificently, i like it alot……

  24. Beatrice on May 14th, 2009 at 8:21 am:

    Doesn´t it look a bit like the piratebay logo?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_bay

  25. Jessorz on May 14th, 2009 at 8:44 am:

    those somali pirates are wannabes.

    wonderful tattoo!!

  26. Eva from Germany on May 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am:

    Absolutely amazing!

  27. aivi on May 14th, 2009 at 11:29 am:

    My jaw literally dropped for a few seconds when I saw this. Such an amazing and refreshing new approach on an classic subject. I like.

  28. London on May 14th, 2009 at 11:49 am:

    my eyes easily doubled in size when i first saw this. its absolutely stunning.

  29. molly on May 14th, 2009 at 12:39 pm:

    wooww this is amazing, it almost looks like they were born with it…like a birth mark

  30. Goldust on May 14th, 2009 at 3:06 pm:

    Wowww!!!! True! Piece of art! I want to have smth like this too…

  31. javiera on May 14th, 2009 at 5:00 pm:

    sooooooo nice!

  32. Amandagee on May 15th, 2009 at 12:45 am:

    diffrent, i like.

  33. Shawn on May 15th, 2009 at 5:42 am:

    Thanks for all the great comments! Was an interesting piece to do.

  34. John on May 17th, 2009 at 5:59 pm:

    Kinda looks like this:

    http://www.enclothe.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=1&idproduct=101

  35. BME: Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification News » ModBlog » Tossed Upon Cloudy Seas on August 27th, 2009 at 4:12 pm:

    [...] makes a fine addition to our ModBlog Pantheon of Pirate Ships, sharing space with the likes of this handsome fella here. We, of course, are just fans of the artwork. BME takes no political position on pirates, piracy, [...]

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