Lee's Tattoos

Tattoo work done by Chuck Eldridge of Tattoo Archive
Berkeley, Califonia. Designs by Lee Thompson-Herbert.

back of neck bronze mirror
Back of Lee's Neck.
Design based on bronze mirror
in the British Museum.
LaTene Era bronze mirror.

calf
Lee's calf.
Original design by
Lee Thompson-Herbert
Center detail of calf tattoo.
Original sketch.

Memorial tattoo for Terry O'Neal,
late Fool of Berkeley Morris.

forearm elbow
Lee's Forearm.
The only photo I have of Terry
in his Fool's kit, unless I figure
out how to do video transfer from
VHS tape. But he's wearing The Hat.
Detail of left elbow.
Yes, that's really white tattoo ink.

lioness lioness face
Unfinished work on left shoulder.
Lioness based on a design found in irish manuscript.
Original outline art for the Lioness Detail of lioness' face

kittens
The Lioness' cubs.
Original design.
Original sketch for the Lioness' cubs.

A (blurry) photo of my
very first tattoo. We used
all those colors to make sure
I wasn't going to have an
allergic reaction to the pigments
before I had a large piece done.
Orignal sketch. If you've seen
my Not-Quite-A-Blog, you may recognize
the image.