Jen writes in with her awesome old school Centipede tattoo:

This was always one of my favorite arcade games! I’ve always loved the artwork on the side of the console….it just made sense to get a tribute to my days at The Space Station (arcade) back in Baltimore. I’ve always wanted to own one of these machines…so until then, I can enjoy the artwork!

Tattoo was done by Lee B, the owner of Liberty Tattoo in College Station, TX.

Eric, an IT director, got this binary tattoo in something other than the typical black. Would you be surprised to find out it says “All men and women are created equal”? This is awesome and I think one of the first geeky pride tattoos I’ve posted on here. Thanks for sharing Eric!

(Let me also use this space to mention one of my friend’s geeky and gay side-projects: GayGeeks.org)

Victoria calls out Silveira:

I noticed you already have a forkbomb tattoo on your website but mine is better haha! His won’t work, you need the proper spacing else it won’t execute.

I’ve had this for a few years now and it’s definitely the geekiest thing I have. I’m a programmer in England and I thought the ideas that Jaromil has discussed regarding it as art were interesting. The photo is from just after it was done, I hope this is okay, it looked better then anyway.

SAMSUNG

Dan sent in a photo of his Link tattoo that he got done by James Maxwell at Lance Keller Studios in Michigan. I got tired of turning my laptop upside down to look at it, so Link’s defying gravity for your viewing pleasure.

Cody writes:

My name is Cody and I stumbled on your site when I was looking for ideas for nerd tattoos. I got the Konami code tattoo because video games have always been a big factor in my life and I’m going to school to be in the video game industry. It was done at Heaven or Hell Tattoos in Fairfield CA by Daniel Peaches (or just Peaches). I just recently added the Dr Manhattan tattoo to my collection because the quote “If I am going to have a symbol, it shall be one I respect” has always stuck with me. Plus it is one of my favorite comics so for me it was only natural. I got that one done at Tatt Magic also in Fairfield by Angel. I’m really excited to get more in the future and keep adding to the collection.

Wow, Paul Devine’s Mario half sleeve has turned out beautifully. Quite possibly one of the best geeky sleeves I’ve posted on here so far. And it will be a hard one to beat. Love love love the pixelation on the chest, all the lines are crisp, and the colors and shading are amazing.

The amazing work was done by Laura Kennedy at Timeless Tattoo Glasgow.

Some more pictures (also previously posted in progress):

Alex writes:

My name is Alex and this is the latest tattoo I have gotten. It’s my fourth one, and so far my favorite one. I always loved carbon atoms, probably because they make up most of everyone I love, and I wanted something to show my love of science. I added the element of the cats eye nebula because of my want for a more original visual that would help the colors pop out far more. I got the tattoo done at Energy Tattoo by Derek Harrison.

Adam Pritchard writes

I’m a distance runner and also live in the mountains. In January I broke my femur (quick German lesson: femur is “Oberschenkenknochen”) in HALF while snowboarding. It almost took my passion of running away from me! Fortunately, a caring surgeon implanted a 2 foot long Titanium rod into my femur that helped it fuse together and gave me my running back!

Where my geekiness comes in is that I realized that Titanium’s periodic number is 22 and I broke the femur at age 22! So, yesterday I got this minimalist period symbol for Titanium stamped on my quad! Titanium has the lowest weight to strength ratio of all the metals so it’s light and strong, just like I try to run my races!

Would it surprise you to know that Adam works at Salt Lake Running Company? Yeah, he’s pretty serious about this running thing, it’s not just a periodic thing.

Sometimes people send in geeky tattoos that I’m embarrassed to admit go beyond my level of nerdery. Yes, I have to consult wikipedia every now and then to see what the hell they’ve gotten inked on their skin. But this time I totally know what Pat is talking about when he sent in his circle of fifths tattoo!

You may ask, “Ed, how do you know that? You don’t play any instruments!” You would be correct, however my wife plays the accordion, a most wonderfully geeky instrument, and she’s explained this circle of fifths thing to me since the buttons on an accordion are arranged in previously mentioned circle. Booyeah! Oh, and if she wasn’t awesome enough already, she’s learned to play the Star Trek intro on the accordion.

But enough about her, here’s the info Pat sent in along with his tattoo:

Name: Pat
Artist/shop: JayDee at Artistic Skin Design in Noblesville, IN
Why I got the tattoo: I’m an aspiring musician with several music-related tattoos already, but decided to get my circle of fifths tattoo to show my appreciation of music theory. The circle of fifths is essentially the backbone of all tonally-structured music, whether or not it is a pun that it is along MY backbone is for me to know and the rest of the world to guess.
Twitter: @patplaysbass
Band website: www.thegoodnightfields.com

“Is that dopamine on your leg or are you just… happy?”

The owner of the geeky chemistry tattoo, Chelsey, explains:

This tattoo is of two very important molecules in your body: dopamine and serotonin.  Dopamine is on the top and serotonin is on the bottom.  Dopamine is mostly in your brain and when it is increased, it makes you happy.  Serotonin also makes you happy but is found mostly in your gut.  I like this tattoo because it perfect portrays a cross between hard science and philosophy (hence the combatting molecules of mind and body, comparing that with Descartes’ mind/body dualism). I am a psychology major with a minor in biology and chemistry.