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Dark side of the snek

Dank snek of the moon

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Shine on Your Crazy Diamondback Rattle Snake

Don't step on moon!

Bloody hell, this was the first thing I thought of. Comforting to realize I'm not alone with this thought.

Dark side of the gay snek

Don’t worry I got your reference

what, that rainbows are associated with the gay community? CHILL sherlock.

Lol it’s a meme on vinyl circle jerk forums. Not really a big deal… Sounds like YOU need to chill, Watson

Great upgrade

The artists certainly has vision...

Potential names Armpit viper Psychedelic mamba Prismatic danger noodle — u/vverkv Dark side of the Snek — u/nine_inch_owls Rainboa - u/fishhead20

Rainboa See also: the very real Brazilian Rainbow Boa Constrictor

Oooooooh that's a really good one!

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/e40bmi/brazilian_rainbow_boa/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

I knew rainboa wasn't gonna be original. This damn website makes me think I'm not that clever.

Rainbow serpent .If you didn't know, the rainbow serpent is a creator deity and one of the most powerful gods in aboriginal mythology.

Very cool! Did not know that, thank you!

Your welcome! When I saw the tattoo, i thought you were going for a modern interpretation of aboriginal mythology and the dark skin side was the night sky. Very cool tattoo either way.

I had no idea, but very cool that it ended up resembling something out of aboriginal mythology!

If you're interested in learning more. Here is a video of the children's book version of the story being read with all of the illustrations. https://youtu.be/a9aQc0Ubjmg

Those last 2 really resonate with me.

I’m here to say that rainboa is a top choice …. Really rolls off the tongue

Could be the next level in Mario Kart. Rainboa Road. It's rainbow road by it's like drive in a pipe and it constantly rotates.

Really digging that one!

Snankse

Rainbow Road

Goorialla, the rainbow serpent. It's an Aboriginal/Australian dream time story!! Was my first thought when I saw this

Holy shit! That’s a great tattoo! The artists certainly has vision… it’s a tattoo that can be read like a painting.

Thank you! I brought in the concept and he absolutely executed!

Well sir, you are both very creative people. I haven’t even touched on the freehand part. It’s a perfect tattoo for all the reasons :)

It's not the first one he's done freehand for me, and I'm always so damn impressed at the result!

No shit!! Enjoy your gorgeous piece of art :)

Whats this kind of style called? Its so cool

This type of style is called “custom freehand” :) (I’m kidding, I have no idea)

Could be considered neo traditional or psychedelic

The original artist is @winstonthewhale. This is his art, not a style.

That's beautiful!! I wouldn't be able to stop myself staring at it

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Why are you assuming they did it to feel superior? They were not shitting on them, just pointing something out that it’s not clear at first glance. Some people consider shaky lines poor quality.

Not every shaky tattoo is the tattooers fault either. My back one ended up becoming a sketchy style bc my back muscles would not stop twitching

The original artist that this style was stolen from has better linework. Check out @winstonthewhale

Yeah I don’t understand how this got 18k upvotes lol, like yeah it’s a cool concept and the execution is decent but it’s not amazing by any means.

This is really sus out of context

Looks really similar to the very distinct style of an artist in Anaheim. [She does amazing neotraditional snakes](https://instagram.com/sketchbrooke_?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)

I knew this was the style of another artist I just couldn't remember her name, it looked so familiar

Here I was thinking it looked like [Winston the whale](https://www.instagram.com/p/B1j7PBcBhiq/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=). Love the bold color!

Winston is the originator. These are copycats. I'm happy to see someone else recognize his work.

I was about to say this dude looks like he copied [Deryk Webb's style](https://www.instagram.com/derykwebb/?hl=en)

That guy is awesome! Love the use of super bold color!

Was going to say this too. I've got a nice piece by Deryk myself!

Definitely!

Oh wow her work is beautiful!

Brooke is the bee's knees. Her snakes are very different though. More "smooth" or "fluid", rounder heads, softer color integration, etc.

Definitely, it just reminded me of her snakes a little bit. This is a very bold prismatic danger noodle

Prismatic danger noodle. Love it.

Great name for a band

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He was a reference!! I showed his page to my artist and said “something in this style” — absolutely love his psychedelic tattoos

I love the rainbow stomach of the snake

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Snayk

This is awsome!

I always love a piece with great color composition. The darkness of the snake really brings out the vibrant rainbow. This looks amazing!

A little shaky but still looks great imo

Could just say it looks great. Saying "a little shaky" is useless.

Is this subreddit supposed to be an echo chamber of positivity? I would not be happy with the work done on this tattoo if it were mine. The lines are shaky and the stars inside the black look very amateurish. The diamond is the best executed part of this tattoo. But hey, as long as OP likes it.

It’s my opinion, just like everybody else’s on here, you don’t need to like it.

Amazing work!

So beautiful! Love it

That is beautiful and amazing for free hand work

Love this and I don’t like snakes. It’s so cool!

That is so badass! Really nice work.

This is seriously so fun the color work is awesome everything really pops

Holy shit! You know cover ups and retouches are never this impressive and yours just blows it outta the water!

The alternating rainbow color reverses on the head as opposed to the rest of the body.

Oh wow good catch! My rainbow space snake makes no sense now!

The diamond is a good touch, iykyk

Iykyk

What a random moment... Omar did my Vegvisir months ago 🤭

Oh no way!! He’s awesome, had my entire sleeve done by him!

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Yeah a couple people have commented this! Super interesting and gives it a whole additional meaning now!

I ❤️🌈 This Pink Floyd inspired tattoo

This is dope

This is a gorgeous tattoo! Very nice design. Did you come up with the idea yourself?

Yeah! i wanted to keep the original Pink Floyd tattoo but fill out the space. I though it would be cool to have a snake interacting with the original design. And I wanted to use the color of the original for the belly of the snake. I had seen some snakes with black backs and stars on insta/pinterest and thought something like that would fit the idea perfectly! And the Diamond is there as a Pink Floyd reference (Syd Barret) "Shine on you crazy diamond"

What happen with the shadow under the snakes head? Did you get it removed?

The snake was drawn on in pink sharpie yesterday! The original tattoo was just the dark side of the moon art. The artist freehanded the snake on there with sharpie and then applied the ink!

I’m an idiot lmao I thought that was the old tattoo haha

Not an idiot, I had the same question!!

Mario Kart Rainbow Road

[I like your pride arm.](https://i.redd.it/tw0egutlez291.png)

Amazing!

Holy shit that is amazing. Reminds me of something I drew a while back

LOVE!

MAJESTICAL

Rainbow road! But on a snake.

Hate snakes, love that tattoo. That is one cool space snake

Rainicorn to Multichromicorn

This shit is beautiful omg

As long as you are happy with it.

I thought this was a leg at first. I was like “damn this guy has some hairy back knees”

Very distracted by that amount of armpit hair I assume

I really love this design, super awesome imo

This is gorgeous!

Wow!! Thank you so much for the awards! <3

Is this artist on insta? Can't seem to find. I love this.

https://instagram.com/omar_huntertattoo?igshid=NDRkN2NkYzU=

Omg I love that!!!

That is sick!

That's an amazing upgrade.

Love the rainbow snek!

That’s freaking beautiful 😍

Very cool, I really like that

Wow, this is beautiful!

Gasp! Beautiful! I love the designs on the snake.

That is so sick. I love pink Floyd, and would have never though of this

One of the best snake tattoos I've seen tbh Kinda miss mine after having it covered up, especially after seeing this

Totally awesome 👌

Oh my gosh I'm obsessed with this!

Absolutely amazing. Kudos

This is gorgeous

I’ve never seen this type of design for a snake before .. but WOW I am in love .

Came out great!

add a super mario

That little rainbow tongue is so cute

That’s sick!

I was wondering how he changed the tongue so drastically, but it looks like the head was expanded to cover up the original. Neat!

Haha no, the original was JUST the pink floyd piece... The snake was drawn on freehand in sharpie and then the ink was applied.

Ah, I was wondering why the snake was colored like that. I thought it was some weird style!

This is an outstanding job. Love the Dark Side of the Snake concept!

that a is really cool idea executed very well. i liiiiike it

good work. looks much improved. good call.

The diamond is a nice touch.

🖕Roger Waters

Team Gilmour all the way.

I'm not well informed on tattoos. Was the pink outside of the lines (like right by the head) just removed with a laser before starting the new design?

The pink is drawn on with sharpie -- That's the freehand bit. The original design was just the pink floyd art! Artist drew on the snek

Ooooh I see. That makes way more sense. It's pretty damn cool looking. He did a great job.

Great save , love the black tones

Shine on you crazy snake!

Cool 😎

Wow so good!

Very impressive, I love the name Rainboa someone else already suggested 😂 but I love puns and word mashups. I’m so impressed how sharp the white stars, moon etc are inside the black side of the snake! It’s definitely a piece to love!

ayyyy that's my city! looks fucking great!!

I love Pride!

Prismacoatl. 😊

I love it.

Lovely 😍 👌

Wow!!! That looks awesome!!

Killed it

Shine on you crazy Diamond 💎!

Wonderful art.

This is so amazing!

Absolutely beautiful

That’s fucking beautiful

Makes me think of Santana's dance of the rainbow serpent.

Holy shit

gimmie the gay snake

That triangle looks so proud in the second photo.

Looks like a cosmic snek to me u.u

The only thing that bothers me a bit is why is there a random line? And also the rainbow colors coming from the prism isn’t in the middle. Other than that I think it looks really cool

Have you seen the artwork from dark side of the moon?

Oh now I just looked at it and got it. Nvm. Now it’s just cool and nothings wrong lol

😂😂😂 thank you thank you 🙏🏻

jesus beforehand that tattoo was a tragedy for sure..

Haha if you’re referring to the pink snake, that was the freehand design drawn on by the artist in sharpie. The original was just the dark side of the moon art

Fortnite vibes

That doesn’t look like it’s gonna age/heal well.

That doesn’t look like it’s gonna age/heal well.

Not my style, but that’s really cool

I normally don't like tattoos but that one looks amazing

Bro, read the room

Lmao gay

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Especially since the "rainbow" has 6 colors 😬

its an awesome tattoo! my only pet peeve is calling this a freehand when theres a “stencil” on there. yeah he drew it freehand on your skin but he didnt use the machine without any previous guide.

That is not a thing.... A freehand tattoo is always done by sketching on the skin with sharpie first. If an artist goes straight on with the gun, that might be a red flag.

What is your definition of “free hand”?

Same as 99% of people. Artist freehands a design on skin with a sharpie. A "freehand" where the artist goes straight on with the machine is not industry norm and I would be pretty hesitant to ever do that.

Why include the term then if it’s nothing special and industry norm. Whenever I hear someone say they got a freehand tattoo I always get a chuckle out of it because it implies that there is something special about it that other peoples normal hand tattoos don’t have.

This is not the industry norm. It’s typically drawn on transfer paper and transferred to the skin.

Drawing on the skin is the industry norm for freehand tattoos. Industry norm for 98% tattoos is to use a printed stencil.

transgender snake