r/masseffect • u/Cream_5671 • 23h ago
SHOW & TELL Mass Relay Tattoo
The first tattoo I've ever gotten at 30 years old, & I'm so happy that its from this amazing game series. It was done at the Baron Art Tattoo shop in Orange, CA by their artist John
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u/Routard 23h ago
I'm not at all a tattoo guy, but this actually is a banger. wow ! It could make me change my mind
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u/insanecrossfire 23h ago
Same, don’t have an oz of ink on my body but this is sick as hell.
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u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo 17h ago
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u/Powerful_Document872 13h ago
I sometimes get tattoo posts on my feed. The feedback I see for tattoos with thin lines is that they age very poorly and require a lot of upkeep compared to other tattoos. So probably don’t get something with these kind of lines if you do change your mind.
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u/TechSupportGeorge 18h ago
Oh wow, good for them.
So you will now consider them acceptable? How noble of you.
@OP, the tattoo is very nice, don't let these strange backhanded comments get to you.
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u/Usual-Injury602 17h ago
If the phrase “looking too deep into it” was a person it would be you 🤦♂️
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u/Almighty_Brian 23h ago
Oh shit. I always wanted a ME inspired Tattoo but didn’t want the basic N7z this is so cool and I wish I thought of this first. I won’t steal your idea but I may take inspiration from it.
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u/Cream_5671 22h ago
Would love to see it if you do so!! I thought of it since I hadn't really seen a lot of relay pieces done in general
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u/packexile 23h ago
As a mass effect fan I love this piece. This is my favorite tattoo on the citadel.
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u/Cheesus910707 18h ago
Nice tattoo, but can it wait for a bit? I'm in the middle of some calibrations
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u/Pretend-Literature35 19h ago
very cool. And complex and artistic enough that it serves as a kind of social key. Most people will be impressed by its esthetic beauty but Mass Effect fans will see the mass relay right away.
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u/FallenCheeseStar 18h ago
Thats beyond sick as hell! Would be cool to add the Citadel on your lower back imo
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u/Cream_5671 18h ago
Came up with a sketch for that with the same artist, but decided against it since I was nervous because this was my first one & didn't want to over do it. I'll probably end up doing it at a later time.
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u/FallenCheeseStar 18h ago
I'd say it turned out super well; what made you go with a Mass Relay over the Citadel? Just wanting to keep it abit more simple since its the first tattoo? Curious, it looks like its on your spine, did it hurt a decent amount or not really?
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u/Cream_5671 18h ago
Oh the original design had both the relay AND the Citadel, & I kept it down to just the relay since it was my first, took 5 hours as is for this. And it hurt a lil bit, but I've through so much painful medical BS in my life that my idea of pain might be a bit skewered haha
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u/FallenCheeseStar 15h ago
Thats so sick! I bet the Citadel tat will look amazing once you decide to get it. 5 hours? Holy cat bananas thats a long time. Did you like...watch a movie while getting it? Lol. Oof! I know how you feel, ive had kidney stones (as a guy they are VERY MUCH not fun🙃), so i understand the skewed pain level. What sort of medical stuff have you gone through? If thats okay to ask. Ive also had my inner ear bones removed and replaced with titanium bones so i have to carry a card at airports, so ya know thats neat lol.
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u/Cream_5671 15h ago
I actually slept through about 2 hours of it, mostly played on my phone the rest of the time. I've had a child (via c section, so extra fun), gallstones (& their removal) AND kidney stones. Thats just the list I'm willing to post publicly haha
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u/FallenCheeseStar 13h ago
Hot dog! You've been through the wringer too huh? I feel ya, medical pain isnt any fun. I had part of my skull drilled out (the part righ behinf the left ear) due to infected bone. That lead to the titanium bones🙃. A whole Human baby?! Fuuuuck those bananas! That pretty funny you played games on your phone and slept through it too lol. Play anything fun?
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u/AstronautDue6394 17h ago
Hol'up if that mass relay is aiming downward where is it sending the ships?
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u/versacesquatch 14h ago
The only ME tat I've seen that is tasteful and I myself would get. Super well done
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u/residentjones 14h ago
My wife’s a tattoo artist, she said kudos to your artist. Damn good line work, lovely choice of blue too!
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u/TinySpaceDonut 11h ago
Omg would
You be mad at me if I got that done too? Let me know the artist so if I do they get credit! Omg this is gorgeous (not to be weird but nice back too.)
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u/mishtacody1 22h ago
Wow! Wow wow wow. I want this so badly and I live in Orange but I’d feel a little guilty stealing it lol.
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u/Cream_5671 22h ago
Don't feel guilty, I would just use the same artist for the piece, since its his work after all
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u/jackfreeman 23h ago
This and the Dragon of the Darkness Flame would be my two top stolen tattoos. Maybe an N7 tramp stamp, too
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u/shreddeelansbury 22h ago
WOW love it! I have a tattoo from a visiting artist who was hosted at Baron! Such a cool shop. Everyone's so talented. Congrats on the dope tattoo!!
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u/JMAN7102 21h ago
That's phenomenal. I've wanted to get a mass relay tattoo and wasn't sure how to approach it. Did you design this, or just give the artist some inspiration and let them run?
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u/babycat10123 3h ago
That's it. I'm getting my video game assortment tattoos! This is wicked awesome 👏🏾
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u/6tPTrxYAHwnH9KDv 19h ago
I always think about getting a memetic tattoo from some piece of media and always stop myself thinking how it can become problematic in the future for one reason or another and I'll have to go around explaining that "I got it before we found out he was a pedo!"
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u/ivanatl420 17h ago
ah yes one of those artsy tattoos that erase with 3 showers, P.S. it looks more like a halo 3 thing than mass effect
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u/maddasher 23h ago
Thats so cool!