I don’t even know where to start with Peter’s amazing leg sleeve. I guess I’ll let him explain in his own words:

I got my first Star Wars tattoo 11 years ago in the form of the Mandalorian logo on my back. Since then I have sleeved my whole left leg with Star Wars and other movie / comic related images. I started with the Crow piece on my thigh, that was done by 2 different artist (I don’t know the names of either, the bird was done by an artist in Birmingham UK and the mask by a guy in South Australia). I then added the Saint of Killers (from the Preacher comics) and Han Solo and The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood in For a Few Dollars More). These were all done by Danny at Studio 81 Manchester (UK). I decided to divide the tattoos up with the thick border to give it a comic book feel.

Once my thigh was complete I moved onto my Boba Fett calf piece. This was designed and tattooed by Bara at True Love Tattoo in Madrid. This piece also won 2 place in the Star Wars tattoo competition at Celebration 4 in Los Angeles.

To complete the Sleeve I added the Batman and John Constantine (from Hellblazer comics) piece around my knee. Also done by Bara.

The Jedi’s Ruin rib piece is based on Darth Talon from the Star Wars Legacy comics, and was designed around the classic mans ruin tattoo. Also done by Bara.

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Moe shares the story of how his TMNT crest came to be:

So I’m sitting around with my iPod on shuffle one night, just hanging out, when Partners in Kryme-Turtle Power comes on.

In case you forgot, that’s the awesome Ninja Turtles rap song from the first movie.

Suddenly, it occurs to me…I need a TMNT tattoo. Now.

I pick up my cell phone and text my artist (Austin West at Divinity Tattoo in Scottsdale, Arizona) and tell her what I’m thinking about, which was the Ninja Turtle masks in a legband.

What she came up with instead is 1000 times better. 2 months later and here we are.

I feel like maybe I post a lot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tattoos. I don’t think this is a problem.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Darth Vader and light sabers is the new skull and crossbones. Angelica sent in a photo of he dedication to this “misunderstood character” (her words not mine). She says she’s always had a deep love for Star Wars and Darth Vader, so she had Paully at Tatts By Zapp tattoo the infamous Vader on her shoulder.

Dan’s spoon is too big!

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Brad’s “Hack the Planet” tattoo is just plain awesome. I don’t know what else to say about it, well other than that I’m grateful we don’t have to go around hunting in trash cans for floppy disks anymore. I’m not sure which shows my age more, remembering the movie Hackers or remembering the days where we used floppy disks.

For extra bonus points Brad also included his Super Mario Brothers inspired tattoos:

It’s no doubt that Jacob and Julee are Battlestar Galactica fans as they have the same matching tattoos that Starbuck and Anders have in the new series. This lovely blackwork was done at Raven Wolf Tattoo. A closer shot:

Kitty Stryker writes in to share another xkcd tattoo. This time it’s the adorable (and potentially dangerous if the biologists’s succeed) cuttlefish from this strip.

If you’re a geek like me, then you’re probably drooling familiar with the Star Wars Burlesque show that happened in LA back in January. Well Bryce Nadeau (of Kustom Kulture Tattoo) saw the photos too and persuaded his friend Kevin Squire to let him tattoo the above image of Courtney Cruz on him. Awesome. The original photo is by Shannon Cottrell for L.A. Weekly and Bryce did a wonderful job translating it to ink and skin.

If you missed Devil’s Playground’s first “Star Warz” burlesque show, you’ve got a second chance for the encore performance on March 12th, at the Henry Fonda Theater. Tickets can be purchased here. If only I was in LA that weekend…

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Photos by Bryce Nadeau and Shannon Cottrell

I get a lot of Star Trek tattoos submitted, but most of the time it’s the Star Fleet insignia or the Enterprise. It’s always nice to get something a little bit different and Anna delivers this time. She sent in a picture of her two shoulder blade tattoos that she designed. One side is Klingon; the phrase “Qapla’ batlha je” translates to “Success and Honor”. The other side has the Academy’s motto: “From the stars, knowledge”.

The funny part is that she took these to her tattoo artist who didn’t know anything about Star Trek! *gasp* Could someone please go educate Sara at OC Tattoo on this important part of geek culture? Thanks.

Brett writes in:

So I have a very big obsession with Microsoft, and more with Windows. I had always wanted a tattoo but, at first, didn’t know what to get or where to get it. Finally I figured the Windows flag would be perfect for me since I’m such a fanboy. For about a year or 2 I told everybody my idea, and most people thought it was stupid.

Well finally, 1 person told me it was an awesome idea: my current girlfriend. We work at the help desk at LSU and I was training her one day and told her my tattoo idea and she LOVED it. The next week, I didn’t tell anybody and got it. I then updated Loopt and said “At Deja Vu” (Deja Vu was the tattoo parlor) and my girlfriend called me immediately when she saw that and freaked out. It was great.

Oh, and the cake is from a Windows 7 party I hosted at my house when it launched.

Not only did he get an incredibly geeky tattoo, he also checked in with Loopt, a location sharing service, for extra geeky points! Personally I’m a Dodgeball Foursquare fan, but I won’t hold that against him.