Sugar Skull

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Here's another tattoo, this time a sugar skull, from the Flickrstream of Opacity; it's licensed by Creative Commons.

Swamp Thing, Dead Lady

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These gorgeous tattoos come from the Flickrstream of Sfllaw and is licensed by Creative Commons.

Looks like Swamp Thing on the left and maybe a dead zombie gypsy on the right? Anyway, enjoy!

Beetlejuice

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This tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of BlindInsect and is licensed by Creative Commons.

This tattoo was inked by artist Keeth Cherrington from Atomic Zombie Tattoo out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Beetlejuice is the title character from another amazing Tim Burton film; it wouldn't be Halloween without showing him some respect. My most favorite quote from the movie goes like this: Adam, a recently deceased man, has just asked Beetlejuice about his qualifications as far as getting rid of the living people who have moved into his house. Ya see, Beetlejuice is a "bioexorcist" who works to scare off the living so the ghosts don't have to put up with them. And Beetlejuice says:

Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?

Spider Fairy

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This ooky fairy comes from the Flickrstream of Opacity and is licensed under Creative Commons.

Just another dark goddess type to mark the season! I'm kinda thinkin' this might be based an original painting so if someone knows anything about it be sure to speak up.

Sad Zombie Lady

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This sad zombie lady comes from the Flickrstream of tattoo artist Trev Poulson who works out of Loyalty Tattoos of Clearfield, Utah and is licensed by Creative Commons. If Trev's work looks familiar that's because his work has been featured here before in the form of the gorgeous Headless Lady.

Jack Skellington Ink

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This killer Jack Skellington tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of Vgsgeek and is licensed by Creative Commons.

For those of you who don't know, and I pity you, Jack Skellington is the big man about Halloween town in the film The Nightmare Before Christmas by that master of weirdness, Tim Burton. In it, Jack discovers Christmas town and wants to bring his own scary flair to the joyful holiday. He has good intentions but ends up scaring the holy hell out of people before being shot down and landing in a graveyard. I know he's probably a metaphor for something really deep but I just like him for his adorable creepiness.

The Fool and His Skeleton

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The tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of Ste3ve and is licensed under Creative Commons. It was inked by Martin Roberson of Lucky Stars Tattoos, San Jose, California.

The card image comes from Wikimedia Commons and is a recolored version of the classic Rider Waite Smith Tarot card, the original images of which are now public domain.

The idea is an original concept of the owner that includes the normally fleshed Fool as a skeleton in honor of The Day of the Dead festival. The Fool is one of the trump cards that make up the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck. I think this is a fascinating reinterpretation of the Tarot and while The Day of the Dead, and Tarot, aren't strictly pagan I couldn't resist sharing this tattoo!

Oops! Did I Do That?

I learned a hard lesson this morning: never moderate comments when teetering on the edge of sleep. Overnight there was a comment made about the Ahura Mazda tattoo featured here in April. I guess I got a little punchy and accidentally rejected it even though I read it and wanted to publish it. And, since I moderate through the Blogger Dashboard and not email, it's apparently gone forever. So, if the commenter could post their comment again I'd be much obliged. Thanks a heap; I look forward to discussing the tattoo with you!