One of the highlights of STLV for me this year. Got a NX-01 assignment patch tattoo at Count’s Tattoo (at the Rio) in honor of my late grandfather who passed in 2025.
EDIT: Included the year.
NX-01 Assignment Patch Tattoo
One of the highlights of STLV for me this year. Got a NX-01 assignment patch tattoo at Count’s Tattoo (at the Rio) in honor of my late grandfather who passed in 2025.
EDIT: Included the year.
12 Comments
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 32d
Wow, that's really sweet.
Who's the artist?
hopesdead@startrek.website · 4 pts · 32d
I don’t have a last name. I think it was Shane.
Kirk@startrek.website · 1 pts · 32d
I know it's not what you're asking but I think Okuda did the original design
hopesdead@startrek.website · 2 pts · 32d
Really? He did that? OMG. If I had seen him (not sure he was here with Denise this year) and known that, I would have shown him.
Kirk@startrek.website · 2 pts · 32d
https://www.thespacereview.com/article/1215/2
This listicle says it was Wendy Drapanas but there's no further explanation.
RunningInRVA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 32d
Was your grandfather a Star Trek fan or somehow related to the show?
hopesdead@startrek.website · 5 pts · 32d
He was a fan. I remember how excited he was when he’d heard about ENT, telling me “it is set in the time before Kirk” (insert heavy Filipino accent). I grew up wanting to watch Trek because he was. We watched every ENT episode together. As the first series I was old enough to follow long with and understand the stories, it holds a tremendous impact on my childhood.
crimson_iris@piefed.social · 2 pts · 32d
There are probably those who would say it's cringe, but it means something to you, and that's all that matters. Nice tattoo.
hopesdead@startrek.website · 5 pts · 32d
Everyone at the con loved it. Not a single negative comment. There was a separate space set up in the convention hall for flash art that worked for Creation (or they are a regular vendor) but I didn’t know about them. Lots got tats there. I wanted it specifically at Count’s plus this was a custom.
Kirk@startrek.website · 3 pts · 32d
lmao why on Earth would you phrase it like that?!?! Just say nice tattoo!
hopesdead@startrek.website · 3 pts · 32d
There are a sizable number of people who will dismiss anything ENT.
Kirk@startrek.website · 1 pts · 32d
There are sizeable number of people who don't like all kinds of things but I don't make it a habit of pointing it out when I see someone with those things permanently etched onto their skin.