Work In Progress (Pt. 1)

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So with the help of Tony Touch, I am getting an awesome Nerd sleeve worked on whenever I go visit Toledo. We decided to roll with an evolution of cameras at first, then more nerdy references above.

Tony got the idea from another artist to do a stop-motion video where it looks like the tattoo does itself. I brought in a single alienbee and softbox, plus my handy new remote, and we got to it.

Hopefully we'll do this for the entire arm. I'd love to have that kind of record of progress on this :)

Since everyone is asking, some things about the tattoo:
-The actual time of the sitting was 4 hours
-This video is comprised out of 1054 shots
-"ROZWÓJ" is Polish for "development"
-The numbers on the film canister reflect the date I took my first serious photograph
-Yes, the film is 35mm, but it's not going into any of the cameras, just wrapping around. I'm well aware that it looks odd having it next to medium format cameras, but it will make sense when the rest of the sleeve is completed. :)

Song: Helen of Troy by Telefon Tel Aviv

5d Mark ii
24-70mm f2.8
Final Cut Pro

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kaarins.com says:

hooooolllllyyyyy crap. freaking amazing
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

[Revivalist Photography] says:

this is literally the sweetest thing i've ever seen! i'm super jealous. i've been researching tlr's all day to see which i should get since i've really been interested in getting into medium format and then i saw the thumbnail in my contacts and i was like no way!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Eat a Crayon Photography says:

that's AWESOME!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

hbescan says:

This is sick!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

alyssa•susan says:

holy shit
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

loganzhunt says:

The game.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

-JulioGonzalez- says:

epic.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Lossless Pixel says:

Very hot
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Evan Dell Photography says:

ummmmmm looks goooooddd i hate havin white highlights put in my artists always have to lay im in like 8 times cause i bleed so much =/
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

MKB. says:

:o

it's beautiful
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

The Bex says:

That is AMAZING! :)
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

ladycigarettes says:

:D !
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Michael Afonso says:

thats a really cool idea. the whole sleeve and the whole recording process. original. hopefully someone wont do take the same idea. hmmm looks like someone already has with your business card. stay original. =]
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

crystalchroma says:

god this rocks!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Gino LoCascio says:

..... wow. Not only are the tattoos amazing but this video is perfect. Great Job.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

phiZzL3 says:

amazing.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dabe Alan says:

Thanks everyone :) I can't wait to keep getting more done.

@Logan: Argh!!
@Evan Dell: I'm feeling the highlights right now so much :( ugh
@Michael: Hah, you're noticing the business card thievery too?
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

randy hernz says:

dude that is so sick. cant wait to see more.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

ryanschmidt says:

whoa... almost makes me wanna get tony touched all over my arms.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Erick_Zarate says:

O.O wow thats amazing!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Evan Dell Photography says:

haha aquaphor does the trick just make sure to wrap your arm with saran wrap or you'll break out bad
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

derekm2007 says:

UMM ookay i dont know what to even say!!!!

FUCKING AMZING!!!!!!!!!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

triciadavidge says:

that is going to be an amazing sleeve.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

lexidoodleellis says:

Dude. this is so incredibly sick.

I dont think I could ever get a tattoo or anything because I have a fear of needles, but I love how you captured the process in stop motion! that was awesome to watch!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Thorpeland says:

Now THIS was a cool idea. Lots of work, but well worth it! Great tat too.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

nickbrewerphoto.com says:

coolest thing i've seen since kelly and zac hooked back up at jesse's dad's hotel wedding.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

nickbrewerphoto.com says:

oh, and i love the song too.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

3byOne Media www.3byONE.com says:

dude WTF the sweetest thing Iv ever ever ever seen amazing!! totally beats my camera
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

www.abstraktvisionz.com says:

wow
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

ryanschmidt says:

I digg it, do you? digg.com/arts_culture/Stop_Motion_Tattoo
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

tomschaefer says:

Dude yes.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

tomschaefer says:

^supposed to be in all caps
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

((Sean Lee)) says:

looks reallll good (and sort of painful :x
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Kellie Sides says:

That ink is looking niiiice. Way cool stop motion, too.
How many pictures total was that?
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Aaron Van Dike | www.aaronvandike.com | says:

I hate your fucking guts.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Michael Afonso says:

o-O
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

frank215 says:

Wow...that was fun lmao
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

NewRegrets says:

Excellent!!!!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Tony Touch says:

Thanks to all as well... By the end of this shoot, i saw white orbs every time i blinked... 'soft' box my ass....
how many total pictures dabe?
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

rohicks says:

This is ill.

I hope you edit the whole sleeve into one big movie. So damn cool.
Love that tats and that sleeve will rock!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

michelle annette says:

um this is friggen amazing
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Sketchy! says:

boner
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Bradley Krafthefer says:

Wow. Incredible.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

samuelbradley says:

siiiick man. I've been trying to think of a camera theme for my next tattoo. They're so dammed expensive though
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

laurenlemon says:

!!!!!

Jaw dropped the entire time. Amazing art, all around.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

ad2graph says:

Nice!! Looking forward to the rest man!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

ianisalways says:

this is awesome man. i liked the
pointer-finger-lead-in at around
nineteen seconds remaining haha.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dabe Alan says:

:) Thanks everyone, really appreciate it. Now I guess we HAVE to keep things going for the whole sleeve.

The final number of frames on this session was 1054.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dylan Devine says:

That's fucking awesome. I think that's the first time I've ever heard of a stop motion of a tatoo being done
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Bryan Cook says:

Dorkrooooooooooom crew up in here

Cool tattoo, even better time lapse idea.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Tinho J. Sousa says:

amazing guy, I found amazing
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Paul Marcinkowski says:

"ROZWÓJ" polish ?
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dabe Alan says:

@Paul : Polish for 'Develop', glad you caught that
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Reversed Memory Photography says:

Dave!
That's frickin' sweet! I want to see it!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

-Alii Jones says:

wow. that looks so awesome.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Silver Raidla says:

how long did he make that tattoo in real life? really great!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dabe Alan says:

@Silver : The session was about 4 hours
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Cindy Bows says:

I have no words. Everyone pretty much said it all.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

DavianLetter says:

Dabe is AWESOME. Nice work
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

gemcitykitty says:

That is REALLY cool. I love this concept. Just amazing.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Brian Folchetti says:

This is honestly one of the coolest things I have ever seen in my life. You, sir, are the man.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Jordan Green says:

haha love it!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

staydazzled says:

Holy. Wow. This. Is. FANTASTICLE! ^.^
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

morgan yarborough(splitcityandsea) says:

goodness, this is amazing :D
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Just Some Kid says:

that shit is legit
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

sonya ann. says:

i agree with aaron.
: )
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

touchpuppet says:

Why do you have a roll of 35mm film next to a medium format camera?
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dabe Alan says:

@oko: There is going to be 35mm film turning into digital all the way up the arm. If I were to be specific per camera the whole thing wouldn't flow as nice
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

touchpuppet says:

Ok just making sure you aren't crazy =)
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Danny Seidman says:

I just came across this on Reddit. This is some awesome work.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

jędrek says:

rozwój means 'development', 'rozwijać' would be develop (which means something different than 'wywoływać', which would mean to develop film)
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

stu_dio says:

thats awesome!!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dabe Alan says:

@jedrek: I may have used the inproper form as I'm not expert, but I was going for 'develop' as a positive movement forward or progression with life, a play if you will on the double meaning of development like film which you would assume because it is on a camera.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

MissD13 says:

That is seriously bad ass.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

geekchickrys says:

i so want my yaschica electro 35 and savoy and polaroid land cam for a geek film tattoo...lol big fan of cult cams!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Zlatko Unger says:

Bloody awesome!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

walelia says:

CRAZY! Very cool. :D
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

powerbooktrance says:

this is the hotness!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

aar0on says:

Cool video.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

gaganvishwakarma says:

Nice one!!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

gabuzecs says:

Hey dude,love the tattoo,but you put the wrong film next to it.A medium-format camera doesnt accept a 35mm cannister.Oops!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dabe Alan says:

Thanks everyone :)

@gabuzecs: read about 10 comments above for the explanation on the film
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

gabuzecs says:

Right! that doesnt make a lot of sense but whatever.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

agentkramer says:

Totally absolutely rad tattoo - can't wait to see the evolution into a complete sleeve. The vid is nice as well. Thanks for sharing this.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

analoca says:

wow! amazing tattoo!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Adam Kay BayBay says:

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! THATS AWESOME!!!!! SO U WERE SHOOTING IN RAW RIGHT WITH LIKE 20MB+ A PIC TIMES 1054... so like 20+gb damnnn man... then you did batch processing in light room and took it into photoshop for a curves adjustment... then final cut pro to make the movie,, that had to take a lot of time dude! and a lot of space on the good old hard drive!!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Moofluffen says:

Awesome time lapse! The tattoo looks sick too.

edit: What song is that?
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Dabe Alan says:

@Adam: Shot in large jpeg and didn't post process, straight off camera. I didn't want to modify the color of the tattoo at all. Still though, the sequence together at high res was like 6gb alone.

@gabuzecs: There will be 35mm throughout the whole piece, think of it more as a background than actual subject of the tattoo. It's supposed to be the single roll from the canister at the base. I didn't like the idea of switching film types throughout the whole thing.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

www.gageyoung.com says:

Job well done man!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

zitez. says:

amazing !
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

IceBone says:

Want!

Want that in my life!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

nicolettesara says:

this is AMAZING. i'm in complete awe.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

anewplague says:

This is so rad.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Alexlock says:

Oh Dang this is pretty much amazing
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

lizzconley says:

well, that's officially the best thing i've seen all day.
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

giovaniktorz says:

maravilha de video, muito bom, bela tatto! mesmo impressionante! =O
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Tucker Leary says:

this is sick, you made the notcot front page too.

www.notcot.org/
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

wiieb says:

I'm inspired, this is awesome!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

VoodooDahl says:

Very cool!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

[ derek ] says:

wow dude this is the coolest thing i've looked at. did you map out the design on the tat? really sick either way..
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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