Celebrity Ink - David Beckham

Guardian Angel upper centre back.

Winged crucifix on back of neck.

Jesus on lower right ribs taken from the painting The Man Of Sorrows by Matthew R Brooks.

Angel on right shoulder with text, "in the face of adversity" - a memorial to his grandfather.

Sons names, Romeo, Cruz and Brooklyn on back.

VII Roman numerals for the number 7 jersey he wore at Man. United.

"Victoria" on inner left forearm in Hindi.

Left forearm comprising 10 roses, an image of wife, Victoria as a topless angel surrounded by stars.

“Ut Amem Et Foveam” which translates to “so that I love and cherish on inner left forearm

"Pray for me" on right inner wrist

Left upper arm, Renaissance image of a Cupid carrying his wife Psyche to Heaven.

Full sleeve on right arm, religiously themed featuring cherubs, crucifix, a Templar Knight clouds, number 23 (LA Galaxy jersey number).

"Let them hate as long as they fear" on right outer forearm.

Chinese proverb on ribs, translating to "Death and life have determined appointments. Riches and honour depend upon heaven."

Hebrew quote from the Song of Solomon 6.3 "I am my love’s and my love is mine, who browses among the lilies" on left forearm.

Latin phrase on left forearm "Perfectio in Spiritu" meaning "spiritual perfection."

Hebrew phrase, "My son, do not forget my teaching but keep my commands in your heart." on left arm.

"I think everybody's got a way of expressing their feelings, and mine is through my tattoos."

"The idea to get tattooed came to me a little while after Brooklyn was born. I was talking to Mel B and her then-husband, Jimmy Gulzar, and the subject of tattoos came up. I ended up going to this Dutch guy who'd done all of Jimmy's. I'd finally realized what I wanted a tattoo to represent. Mine are all about the people in my life, my wife and sons, who I want with me always. When you see me, you see the tattoos. You see an expression of how I feel about Victoria and the boys. They're part of me." 

"I don't plan on having a tattoo, it's just sometimes I wake up and I think, you know, I've got an idea of an image I would like on me.

"Some people love tattoos, some people don't. It's just something that I have always found can kind of express how I'm feeling, or the thoughts that I have or memories...most of my tattoos are memories and things that mean things to me...there's not one tattoo that I've got on me that doesn't mean something."

Most of David Beckham's work done by Louis Malloy most recent chest piece by Matt Mahoney.

A Drop of John

Name: John (HYDNSK)

Age: 23

Tell me about yourself:

I'm a security guard at the moment and I work on high rise buildings
I like tattoos...obviously
Love my sport
Love kicking back
Partying
People who get the same tattoos irritate me and that is why I have my tattooist, because I know that she won't do the same work and you cant get better than her.

How many tattoos do you have:

I currently have 3 tattoos, 1 is still not finished

Age when you got your first tattoo:
Hmm good question I think I was 20 / 21

Do you have a favourite tattoo
Favourite tatt would have to be my sleeve at the moment.

Any more tattoos planned? What? Where?:
Yer i got more planned, still need to finish the sleeve off and I have another tatt in mind, its a phrase most likely placed horizontally across the side of my ribs 

Favourite style of tattooing…background?:

Don't really have a favourite style, i just like tattoos in general

Any other modifications?

At the moment I have 3 piercings; 2 in my left ear and 1 in my tongue.

What is your tattoo story?:
I always wanted a tattoo but didn't know what to get so I sat down and started looking at different tattoos and put one together I liked it so I got it. I'm sure that many people can relate to this, while I was getting my first tattoo I was thinking of the next one so once again I starting looking for fonts, found one I liked put it together and got that about a year later. Then I started looking at sleeve tattoos, it took me nearly a whole year to put that together once I did, I started saving and got my sleeve done...I like to think about what I'm going to get and then I think again and keep thinking till I'm 100% sure about it, that way it means a lot more to me.

My first tatt was the cross on my back, I always wanted a cross but also wanted a rosary, I had different ideas about where to put them so I thought "why not make them one" an idea that I hadn't seen before and that's when I came up with somthing different by attaching the rosary to the side of the cross instead of around it.

My second tatt goes the top of my back, shoulder to shoulder. It is my last name as well as my grandfathers name, my grandfather passed away many years ago but he was a legend and loved by many so that helped me decided on this tatt.

My third tatt is my sleeve, I wasn't sure what to get but I wanted to stick to a religious theme so I found a few photos and went to my tattoist. We sat down brainstormed and we put the tatt together. I loved it, she loved doing it and it took us about 12 hours all up. By the end of it we were both happy she did a great job and I now have an amazing sleeve...


Sleeve by Teniele Sadd at Korpus Tattoo