Sun Tattoo

• Sylvain
  October 4th, 2007 at 2:52 am

  What a wonderful way to develop a skin cancer !

• Judy
  October 4th, 2007 at 3:21 am

  Awesome! I want one for a small sized tattoo.

• Chris
  October 4th, 2007 at 5:49 am

  rrrrraw… sexy

• Alexa
  October 4th, 2007 at 7:14 am

  is this real? how come the design is different from the sun tattoo??? im confuse..

• Kyle
  October 4th, 2007 at 8:26 am

  The “tattoo” isn’t the same as the design.

• Stuart
  October 4th, 2007 at 8:34 am

  Yay for skin cancer!

  oh, Sylvain beat me to it : )

• Phil Evans
  October 4th, 2007 at 9:08 am

  Saw similar idea in Gran Canaria recently - but they guy painted a black sun-proof paint every day over the same design on his body. Each night he washed it off to go out.
  After several weeks sunbathing he had then had a tattoo in reverse i.e. a pale area amongst dark skin.
  He had chosen a design like the baby Alien from the film stretched across his torso and round his neck.
  Eye-catching and creepy !!

• Adam Stanhope
  October 4th, 2007 at 9:51 am

  Did you get a photo, Phil?

• Vonskippy
  October 4th, 2007 at 2:02 pm

  Designer Skin Cancer - Art ROCKS!

• Ali S.
  October 4th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

  I agree with Alexia and Kyle. The tan “tattoo” does look a bit off from what the cut of the robe looks like.

• Espy
  October 4th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

  *SIGH*

  This is such a bad idea on so many levels. I actually have permanent tan lines on my back from a bad (accidental) burn a few years ago.

  Tan lines aren’t always temporary.

• Adam Stanhope
  October 4th, 2007 at 4:58 pm

  Here’s what I think is happening in the photos…

  The garment itself is just an idea. Check out her website - she has a number of creative ideas, most of which aren’t practical.

  She made the garment on the left and either tried it and realized that it was too difficult to really pull off. The picture on the left is of her naked and untanned with the floral pattern Photoshopped onto it.

• Nicholas Dollak
  October 4th, 2007 at 6:52 pm

  A mesh underlayer would help the stencil keep its shape. However, I’m writing to say this kind of startled me when I saw it at first. It reminds me of a description or photograph I saw of a woman who survived the bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki. The flash from the blast gave her “sunburn,” but she was wearing a floral-print kimono and its design was burned onto her skin. Maybe this idea might enjoy some popularity where Ms. Wang lives; but I doubt it would fly in Japan.

• Adam Stanhope
  October 4th, 2007 at 11:37 pm

  She is in Taiwan. Taiwan has its own problems.

• Jacki
  October 5th, 2007 at 11:25 pm

  Hehe…stencil and dark arms. ‘

  Shouldn’t it be long sleeved?

• manda
  May 2nd, 2008 at 3:41 pm

  did anyone ever hear of “spray tan”?

• JargonMember
  May 11th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

  this is givin me ideas. maybe shading in around an outline, using different factors of sunblock, covering the lighter areas with a heavier lotion, possibly without the T-Shirt. this may help prevent bad burns??

• Amy Manzi
  June 12th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

  These have been available @ http://www.tantoosusa.com for a long time and, they are inexpensiv. Only around $5.00US

  I have been using them for a long time You can choose from their 1000’s of images or you can choose your own also

  Amy

• yo
  July 26th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

  that’s so photoshop dude! the design isn’t even the same! LOL

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