A Donald Trump fan has got a tattoo of the moment the former US president punched the air after his shocking assassination attempt.
Tim lease,a tattoo artist, was stunned when a man walked in to his studio and asked to be inked with the now famous image of the bloodied Trump roaring “fight” at a rally in pennsylvania over the weekend.
But the 41-year old says he “never says never
The tattoo took three hours to create and cost it owner about $700.
This client i have tattooed before walked into the tattoo shop moments after tue shooting;Tim, from orlando, Florida said; i had recently started an America themed sleeve on him.
Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump gestures as he is surrounded by US secret service agents as he leaves the stage at a campaign rally,we were sitting on the couch in my studio.
The iconic photo lit up the screen,he turned to me and said” That would be a badass tattoo. So i said ” Hell yeah bro,lets do that sh*t right now.
A few short hours later i had finish and posted it online,i knew was going to go viral.
I thought it might be fun since then i have been praised, criticised and everything in between. Tim said he is’personally not involved in tue political process and described himself as a well educated conspiracy theorist.
He said: i made this tattoo purely out of a kind of his historical pop culture fun,ironic energy. I just love tattooing a lot,i have been an artist in my enture life,music and fine art.
So it has been interesting to have an experience like this,the post on instagram,has gathered over 900 likes and tons of comments.As he turns out;other people have had same idea,including one man who visited Ryan Angel,a tattooist from connecticut US.
He was rushed offstage by secret service members.
Max said: Thats wild,the cutt is really cutting.
Heliana added:Great job super bad taste,,you gotta to do what the clients wants.
Chase wrote: The bloods not even dry and dudes got a tattoo already;Legrant commented: Much respect,dude turn around time for hight impact.
Shino said:Unfollowed immediately!! Don’t care how much i enjoyed your work,this is tacky af,and it’s political af, in a ver VERY bad way..
Ed added:Anything for clout i guess,someone else wrote:Not the line work fascist.
As it turns out,other people have had the same idea including one man who visited Ryan Angel..
Sharing a video of his version of the historical moment,said well the guy who got the art is also my tattoo artist believe it or not.
He came to the studio that night and had no idea that Trumph got shot.
Once i showed him he was like,”Damn that would be a fire tact and i was like let do it.
We knew it would go viral;so we did it;posted it and it blew up’.The video shared to instagram,shows the tattoo on his mate’s arm.
As it pans around you can see Trumph’s injured face his fist held high and an American flag in the background.
The post gathered over 51,200 views as well as 1,100 likes and hundreds of comments.
Naz said: This is ginuinely the dumbest tattoo i have seen thus far.
Eddie added: Tattoo artist that actually agree tattoo political stuff on their clients can’t be trusted.Like those who have nazi tattoos who would ever tattoo them,it’s weird and a bit concerning..
