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NEW YORK - MEAT SLEEVE

The problem with most sleeves is even when the individual tattoos are great, putting them all together in one big jumble kills the effect. It's like having your five favorite songs all playing at the same time. If you want to avoid this visual cacophony, you have to make sure your tattoos all fit into some sort of overarching theme, preferably something you care really deeply about. That way when you're done showing somebody the Fuddruckers full-pounder on your forearm, their mind doesn't have to reset when you flip it over to the pepperoni hooker on the back. And when the whole thing is filled in years down the road, you can just glance down at the whole mess from your rocking chair and think, "Ah yes. Meats." (PS: Up next is the Black Flag logo made out of strips of bacon. How hard are you kicking yourself for not thinking of that?)