A tattoo artist from Stowmarket, Suffolk is aiming to tattoo all 151 original Pokémon on fans and customers to raise money for the Blue Cross animal welfare charity.
William Langford, who owns Zen Tattoo Art, has been a tattoo artist for 12 years and loved Pokémon as a kid, BBC News reports. Langford wanted to "spend the year doing something good for people/animals" and, as a result, decided to start tattooing the first 151 Pokémon and donating the money from those tattoos to charity.
"I’m aware many animals got rehomed or given away during the lockdowns and it always happens around Christmas time too", Langford says on why he chose Blue Cross. He was inspired to focus this challenge around the original 151 Pokemon after the reveal that Ash Ketchum's time in the anime was coming to an end.
And what a fabulous cause, too. It certainly helps that the tattoos look really darn good — we're thinking about popping for a drive over to Suffolk. You can check of all of the designs over on Langford's Instagram page, but here are a couple that we really like so far:
At the time of writing this, Langford has booked or completed at least 18 of the 151 palm-sized Pokémon inks, and he's aiming to raise £4,000 for Blue Cross by the end of the year. Customers can choose their own design as long as it includes one of the original Pokémon from Pokémon Red & Blue and Yellow.
To find out more about the work Blue Cross undertakes, head over to their website. And if you live near Suffolk, head on over to Zen Tattoo Art and consider getting a perfectly-inked 'mon.
What do you think of these Pokémon tattoos? Which Pokémon would you choose to get inked? Let us know in the comments.
[source bbc.co.uk]
Comments (16)
Nice cause, however the last think I'd ink on my body are videogame characters.
Ink 'em all, WHAT ?! 😯
Good on him, but I am just that old that never got into Pokemon.
I would love a Trubbish tattoo if it was done well
Cool cool. I'm always for animal charity moreso than human ones since those pups and whatnot can't exactly earn their own cash to afford the medicines they may need.
@theModestMouse There are moreso humans who can't afford it either.
I'd love a more horror graphic version of gengar as a tattoo.
@Vexx234 Tattoos are funny things. I'm not opposed to them at all, but I've just also never come up with anything I'd permanently want placed on my body. But if I ever thought of something, it would probably be video-game related.
@FantasiaWHT Well here's an idea.
Get a tattoo of you getting a tattoo of you giving a tattoo to someone of a video game character.
Nintendo's lawyers are foaming at the mouth lol
Not for me since I'm not a big fan of tatoos especially on myself but still, it's a great idea!
I have a Mewtwo tattoo. I don't plan on getting the other 150 though!
I have an Eevee tattoo lol. It’s the only Pokémon tattoo I’m getting t though.
@kepsux what are they gonna do? Take Thier limbs off? 😂😂
A friend of mine here in Albuquerque has been doing the same thing for a while! However, in order to get a tattoo of an evolution, the previous one has to be tattooed on someone first to ‘unlock’ it. Thinking about a Charizard to compliment my Mewtwo, but someone has to get a Charmeleon first. 😬
Suffolk? if I recall I was in a place called Bury St Edmunds when I was over in the U.K on Holiday a while ago. I just briefly stopped over in it for a bite to eat but I'm pretty sure that was in Suffolk too.
Tap here to load 16 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...