As big a skull as possible

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Richard lives in Redcar in the northeast of England and decided he wanted the biggest skull he could get on his back.  He persuaded Alex, who is a good friend and an apprentice tattooist, to draw up the design, which he did by taking images from the internet and then photo-shopping them and adding a brush stroke effect.

His arm is influenced by the great American artist Roy Lichtenstein.

Richard was at Tattoo Freeze with his tattooed fiancée Lindsay.  He's a builder and although he's in Redcar now  is originally from London. 








After his back is finished he plans a full leg of Old Skool.

His work is done by Gothika Tattoo, whose website is currently under construction. 

http://www.gothikatattoosredcar.co.uk/

They are a really friendly bunch.



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