Tattoos by Thomas Hooper
|Wow, wow, wow (or should that be ‘ow, ow, ow’?) There’s really no other way to sum up the tattoo work of English-born New York-based artist Thomas Hooper, who studied Drawing at The London Institute of Art & Design before moving to NYC to pursue his interest in stunningly creative and elaborate body art.
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BRITO said | 24 May, 2010
dope…so raw.
''Jesús ⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠ Estrada Gallegos said | 30 July, 2010
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leo said | 20 May, 2010
Love this article. as a big tattoo lover.
check out this free Tattoo magazine. It also can be downloaded in 3 languages ( English, Spanish and Portuguese )
http://www.tattooistart.com
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