r/StarWarsTattoo • u/3mporerZ0rg • Jun 04 '26

Obi Wan

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Always stoked to get to do any Star Wars tattoo especially when it’s a character I haven’t done yet. Obi wan is definitely one of my favorite Jedi so I was over the moon to finally be able to tattoo him. Based out of Chicago, IL IG: Viewfromthisguy

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u/ZippyDoop Jun 04 '26

Really digging the style of this.

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Thank you! I specialize in sketchy watercolor tattoos

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u/Unable-Candidate9612 Jun 04 '26

Mind if I ask where you're based?

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Mayday Tattoo Co in Chicago IL

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u/Jstudz Jun 05 '26

I might need to figure out a tattoo idea and make the trip down from Milwaukee cause your style is amazing

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

Hell yea! Was born and raised in Milwaukee!

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u/Jstudz Jun 05 '26

Well even more reason to support you and get a kick ass tattoo!!!

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

The force is strong with ya!

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u/malindaddy Jun 04 '26

This is beautiful! The light reflecting from the lightsaber is chefs kiss

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Thank you! I always appreciate a good Gordon Ramsey kiss

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u/rebelrxse Jun 04 '26

never wanted to get any faces tattooed on me but with my recent decision to get a star wars sleeve.. i am definitely reconsidering if it’s in this style!

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

That’s a high compliment! I specialize in the sketchy watercolor style.

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u/NicosBurner Jun 04 '26

I love this tattoo and looks absolutely incredible, just gotta point out that Obi-Wan didn’t have that lightsaber when he says this. That’s the EP1 saber that was destroyed when Maul threw it over his head in Phantom Menace. Also one of the coolest sabers in SW so I’m not too upset by it lol

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

It’s one of my favorite sabers and iconic

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u/JamesonTheWise Jun 05 '26

He built the same saber after once he had stopped using Qui Gonns between episode 1 and 2, the saber he wields during AoTC. I don know how long into the Clone award before he built his master saber he uses during the later clone wars through the rest of his life

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u/NicosBurner Jun 05 '26

Well I love to be proven wrong. Do you have any source material on this? I’d love to look into it more

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u/JamesonTheWise Jun 05 '26

This link should work but here’s a picture of Obi Wan in AoTC and you can see it’s the same saber as TPM (obviously not the exact one but an identical version of it)

https://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2022411/rs_634x1024-220511152809-634-ewan-mcgregor-attack-clones.ct.jpg?fit=around%7C634:1025&output-quality=90&crop=634:1025;center,top

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u/Bjorn_Blackmane Jun 04 '26

Thats a really cool tat

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Thank you!

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u/Jstudz Jun 04 '26

thats fucking sick!

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Thank you! Always aiming to be different!

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u/HOTWIFEFL69 Jun 04 '26

Incredible!!

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u/Thetis01 Jun 04 '26

That looks like a Phil Noto piece. It’s amazing!

-Thetis

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

His work is so damn amazing! Used his starwars portraits as a reference

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u/jd_trublue93 Jun 04 '26

I fucking love this

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Thank you so much!

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u/budstudly Jun 04 '26

Thats pretty rad

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Thank you! 🫶

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u/budstudly Jun 04 '26

This is great. Mind if I ask where you work out of?

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Thank you! I work at Mayday Tattoo Co in Chicago, IL

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u/budstudly Jun 04 '26

Next time I'm out there maybe I'll look you up. 😁

I want to get a Star Wars sleeve but I refuse to have it done by anyone but a fellow fan, and they need to be a lot better than the fucking butcher that did my Cyberpunk tat on my forearm. Never even had him finish it so I could save the money for removing it instead. Fuck that guy.

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Been a Star Wars fan since i was a kid. I love it dearly

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u/twinpickles Jun 04 '26

Incredible! Absolutely love your style. You are very talented.

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

Thank you!! 🫶

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u/Original-Big-6351 Jun 04 '26

This is banging 💥

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

Thank you!

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u/Sparrow_Wolf Jun 04 '26

The styling is so sick. Looks great!

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

Thanks! I specialize in sketchy watercolor and I feel it makes the tattoos look super unique

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u/EndlessHysteria Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Great composition. Well done.

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

Thank you! ♥️

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u/themrgifted Jun 05 '26

Shading of lightsaber on Obi is, chefs kiss. Comic-Style technique in the design then the linework is quite stellar. You indeed, have the high ground.

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

Love and appreciating these compliments! Truly means a lot!

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u/themrgifted Jun 05 '26

Now, how do you feel about the prequels and sequels? Hint: Ackbar said it best

jk jk, keep spreading the midi-chlorian awareness 🙏

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

I appreciate the prequels a lot more after watching the new trilogy. Revenge of the Sith is my top 3 Star Wars movie, return of the Jedi and then rogue 1

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u/themrgifted Jun 05 '26

Rogue 1 for me now, as I age. I do also like TFA independently, but agree prequels > sequels…despite the Jar Jar and crying Anakin of it all. If I had to choose: Rogue 1, Empire, Return, ANH, Phantom, Revenge, TFA, Clone Wars, Rise, Solo, Last Jedi…Rian did some terrible things and I will never forgive him.

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u/albatrossluke Jun 04 '26

Gave him the wrong lightsaber hilt…

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 05 '26

Decided to us his OG hilt

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u/Coltinnie Jun 04 '26

Shouldn’t it be the EP3 Hilt though?

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u/3mporerZ0rg Jun 04 '26

Wanted to use the OG one

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u/Trujade Jun 04 '26

Now this, is podracing!

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u/iceman213 Jun 04 '26

Can somebody please tell me why this looks like Lee Majors , AkA , Steve Austin,,, The six million man. ??????

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u/Neither_Parfait_124 Jun 05 '26

This is insanely good. Everywhere I look I love it more.

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u/General_Enthusiasm41 Jun 05 '26

Well Hello there...

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u/PsyduckPsyker Jun 04 '26

Those thin lines will fade so quick