You’ve read our previous posts about Dan Smith’s straight edge book, With the Light of Truth, but you’ve never seen this video.

If you’re not familiar with the book, read more about it here and buy yourself a copy of it here.

If I said ‘this tattoo ain’t nothin’ to fuck with‘ would that be too corny?

Tattoo by: John DeWeese at Irish Ink in Indianapolis, IN

While I’m not straight egde, I’m very excited to get my hands on a copy of With the Light of Truth. For those of you who are unsure what exactly this book is, here’s the description from the website:

A collection of Straight Edge related tattoos and art and profiles of some of the best tattoo artists in the world.

The book is now available for $50, while I know that’s a lot money – you can clearly see it’s done right. If you need more convincing, check out this list of artists involved in the book:

DJ ROSE, GREZ, ADRIAN MONAHAN, SHANE B, MATT BAGWELL, DEAN PARKIN, CHAD SONER, DAN SMITH, RANDY HALL, SIMON ERL, STEVE BYRNE, KEVIN BYERS, CHRIS STUART, MANEKO, RON FOX, DAVE QUIGGLE, FRANK CARTER, TERRY JACKS, MARK JACKSON, SOAP, MIKE TOMMYROT, PHILLIP SZLOSEK, MITCH LOVE, STEVIE EDGE, ERICH FOSTER, BEAU BRADY, JASON FRANK, JIM SYLVIA, JAVIER RODRIGUEZ, PATRICK HANEY, ERIC MICHAEL SCHAUFFELE, NICO ACOSTA, AXEL RIO, IAN WHITE, JESSE GABRIEL, JASON ANTHONY, PAUL NYCZ, JUSTIN JARRELL, MATT KERLEY, JOHN RAFTERY, SANTU ALTAMIRANO, JOHN DEWEESE, NATE CLICK, DUSTY NEAL, OLLIE, LARS LUNDQUIST, KC LANGE, MARINA INOUE, RODRIGO BOTERO, BRAD STEVENS, ALEX FRANKLIN, ANNIE WALKER, ADAM SAGE, GASTON FUNES, NICK LUIT, MIKE LUSSIER, CHAZ OTTO

I haven’t had the best luck with entries this week. I mistakenly spotted some bio-mech in Chloe Vanessa’s flower tattoo, and then I made an improper ‘Gone with the Wind’ reference about this love portrait. With that being said, I’m 110% confident in declaring this tattoo a gramophone.

Hopefully that redeems me a little bit?

Tattoo by: John DeWeese at The Great American Tattoo Company in Indianapolis, IN