Winged beetle tattoo

Brazil-based tattoo artist Menace turned the crook of a client’s arm into a fluttering beetle. In one arm position, the cleverly-placed black ink design appears as a beetle at rest with its exoskeleton sealed off. When extended, the client’s inked arm reveals a beetle with its delicate wings outstretched and its striped abdomen exposed. The dynamic design was created at the recent Expo Tattoo Floripa on the Brazilian island of Santa Catarina. More

“6 wings” “2 heads” “6 legs” linocuts from my exhibition “7 maa ja mere taga” 2019 now listed in my store here

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Male Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas). The wings are shown in the open position.