Marc Johns

Rain cloud tattoo - Holly from Sydney

Wonderful. This is Holly from Sydney, with a tattoo based on my rain cloud drawing (see Holly's post on Tumblr about it). Thanks so much for sending this along, Holly! You are terrific.

See more tattoos. If you've been tattooed with one of my drawings, don't be shy, let me know! Email me at marcjohns [at] gmail [dot] com.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

From my original blog post about this drawing:

So why a rain cloud, you may ask? Tattoos often depict "bad" things, like skulls, daggers, snakes, and such. so I decided to do my own innocuous version of "bad" -- bad weather.

Check out other tattoos: rabbit (Allie), kite (Chiara), ampersand (Luis), bubble (Shi Ying), boom box (Mitch), scribble (Luciana), cubic zirconia with antlers (Sharon), rabbit (Maja), boom box (Anniken), three-in-one (Alex), boom box (Gozde).

Boom box tattoo - Gözde from Turkey

Fantastic. This is Gözde's leg from Turkey, with a tattoo of my "stop the bad music" boom box drawing. Thanks so much for sending this along, Gözde! You are awesome.

See more tattoos. If you've been tattooed with one of my drawings, don't be shy, let me know! Email me at marcjohns [at] gmail [dot] com.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

Check out other tattoos: rabbit (Allie), kite (Chiara), ampersand (Luis), bubble (Shi Ying), boom box (Mitch), scribble (Luciana), cubic zirconia with antlers (Sharon), rabbit (Maja), boom box (Anniken), three-in-one (Alex).

Three drawings in one tattoo - Alex from Brighton

Holy crap! This is Alex from Brighton, England, with a tattoo of a mashup of three (count them - three!) of my drawings. Crazy! (The wood framed border and the characters holding it up are not mine.) Here are the original three pieces:

See more tattoos. If you've been tattooed with one of my drawings, by all means let me know! Email me at marcjohns [at] gmail [dot] com.

Thanks so much for sending this, Alex! This is amazing.

Check out other tattoos: rabbit (Allie), kite (Chiara), ampersand (Luis), bubble (Shi Ying), boom box (Mitch), scribble (Luciana), cubic zirconia with antlers (Sharon), rabbit (Maja), boom box (Anniken), bearded fish (Tiffany).

Bearded fish tattoo - Tiffany from Kentucky

Terrific! This is Tiffany from Louisville, Kentucky, with a fantastic tattoo of one of my bearded fish drawings, beautifully tattooed by Matt Brown. Thanks so much for sending this, Tiffany! You are truly awesome. (by the way, she has some fun things for sale on Etsy.)

See more tattoos. If you've been tattooed with one of my drawings, let me know! Email me at marcjohns [at] gmail [dot] com.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

Check out other tattoos: rabbit (Allie), kite (Chiara), ampersand (Luis), bubble (Shi Ying), boom box (Mitch), scribble (Luciana), cubic zirconia with antlers (Sharon), rabbit (Maja), boom box (Anniken).

Boom box tattoo - Anniken from Norway

So awesome. This is Anniken's arm from Norway, with a tattoo of one of my boom box drawings. I love drawing boom boxes, and if you've been following my work for a while, it's kind of obvious. Thanks so much for sending this along, Anniken! You are terrific.

See more tattoos. If you've been tattooed with one of my drawings, let me know! Email me at marcjohns [at] gmail [dot] com.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

Check out other tattoos: rabbit (Allie), kite (Chiara), ampersand (Luis), bubble (Shi Ying), boom box (Mitch), scribble (Luciana), cubic zirconia with antlers (Sharon), rabbit (Maja).

Rabbit tattoo - Maja from Sweden

Terrific. This is Maja's arm from Sweden, with a tattoo of one of my drawings. The tattoo artist made my rabbit look better than the original. She's planning on getting the globe from the same drawing on her other arm. I can't wait to see it. Thank you so much for sharing this Maja! I am super honoured. You are awesome.

See more tattoos. If you've been tattooed with one of my drawings, let me know! Email me at marcjohns [at] gmail [dot] com.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

Check out other tattoos: rabbit, kite, ampersand, bubble, boom box, scribble, cubic zirconia with antlers.

cubic zirconia with antlers tattoo

Nice. This is Sharon's arm. She is from Sweden. She came across this drawing on my blog, and apparently couldn't get it out of her head, so now it's on her arm. Holy crap. Love it. And I really like the shiny enhancements made to it. Thank you so much for sending this, Sharon! You are wonderful.

See more tattoos. If you've been tattooed with one of my drawings, let me know! Email me at marcjohns [at] gmail [dot] com.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

Check out other tattoos: rabbit, kite, ampersand, bubble, boom box, scribble.

scribble tattoo

Fantastic. I love this! This is Luciana from Brazil. She sent me this picture of her tattoo, which is inspired by 'world famous drawing', a post-it note artwork I did a couple of years ago (see below). The scribble is a reoccurring element in my drawings, one whose meaning is ever-changing for me. If I were to have a personal logo, it would likely be a scribble, because it can mean anything, everything, or nothing at all.
Thank you so much for sharing, Luciana! You are awesome.

Here is the original drawing that the tattoo is based on:

Check out other tattoos of my drawings: rabbit, kite, ampersand, bubble, boom box, talk less scribble more.

(If you have a tattoo of one of my drawings, please let me know!)

talk less scribble more tattoo

Awesome. This is Jules' arm. She's from Australia. She sent me a super excited email, with this picture of one of my drawings tattooed on her forearm, right after getting it done. Fantastic! I've seen my drawings tattooed before, yet I will never cease to be completely floored when someone commits one of my drawings to flesh. Thank you so much for sharing, Jules! You are terrific.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

Check out other tattoos of my drawings: rabbit, kite, ampersand, bubble, boom box.

Boom box tattoo

Holy crap. Fantastic. This is Mitch's arm. He emailed me this photo a little while ago. I am so honoured and thrilled to have someone commit one of my drawings to skin. 'Stop the bad music'—it's a worthy Call To Action, I think! Thank you so much for sharing this, Mitch. You are awesome.

Here is the original artwork that the tattoo is based on:

Other tattoos: rabbit, kite, ampersand, bubble