This is the second question in a series of two questions related to
brand religion.

I'm looking for cases/examples of brands, which for some consumers has
turned into almost a religious belief. Take Apple, Harley Davison or
Manchester United as an example. All three brands have extremely
devoted fans, some even wearing tattoos. My second questions is:

2. Examples of consumers having tattooed a brand name into their body
due to this devotion (All brand cases are accepted except Apple and
Jones soda cases). Each example should include the name of the person,
the brand name and include a link to a picture of the person with the
brand tattoo.

Good luck,

Martin

Hi Martin,
   
I performed numerous searches but only came up with a handful. I was
expecting to find more, but these are all the ones I found:
  
"CM Punk" - PEPSI logo on left arm
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4124406&a=30821467&p=64570114&f=0
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/View?u=4124406&a=30729659&p=63800025&Sequence=0&res=high
   
"Stephen" from Florida - PEPSI logo on arm
http://www.jlthepepsiman.com/pepsi/pictures2.html
  
"James Nelson" - CIHost.com logo on back of head
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/2096838/detail.html
   
"Mark Foster" - British swimmer has tattoo of the Olympic rings (under
the flower) on left side of chest
http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo/celeb-foster.htm
mberphotos1.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=590
   
"David Winkleman" - 93.5 KORB logo on his forehead
http://www.histar.com/djs/jeff_jer/starchive/2002-05/images/tattooed.jpg
"David Winkleman" & "Richard Goddard, Jr." - 93.5 KORB logo on their foreheads
http://www.kconline.com/deckers/0303.html#03033
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Here are a few more, though I was unable to get the names of the people:
  
COKE tattoo
http://groups.msn.com/CocaColaClassics/memberphotos1.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=590
  
BUDWEISER tattoo
http://images.google.com/images?q=tattoo+body&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N
 (see 2nd picture, top left)

FERRARI tattoo on right ankle
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020916/sports.htm
(see picture on right)

HARLEY-DAVIDSON tattoos
http://www.powerpassion.nl/tattoo/pics.html
  
MICROSOFT WINDOWS logo "tattooed" on female body!
http://www.cheekies.com/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Microsoft&image=Windows_Tattoo.jpg&img=40&tt=img
(I am sure this isn't real, but I thought I'd include it just for fun!)
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I hope this helps you! - If you have any questions, feel free to ask
for clarification before rating answer.
  
Best wishes,
jackburton-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by lindstrom-ga on 12 Dec 2003 14:22 PST

Hello there,
Thanks for your effort on this. Just a quick question - I can't find
the following illustration - can you help me please?

BUDWEISER tattoo
http://images.google.com/images?q=tattoo+body&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=20&sa=N
 (see 2nd picture, top left)

All the best,

martin

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Clarification of Answer by jackburton-ga on 12 Dec 2003 15:06 PST

....of course, Martin. Sorry this wasn't clear, and thank you for
requesting a "Clarification".
   
You can view the picture of the Budweiser tattoo here:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=tambeertat.jpg
(I've tried to access the main website, though it no longer seems to
be in service so I hope this link is sufficient)
  
regards,
jackburton-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by lindstrom-ga on 12 Dec 2003 15:28 PST

Hi again,
Thanks for the clarification - unfortantly both links are broken -
would you happen to know any alternative links?

Also if you are able to identify any aditional high resolution
brand-tattoo pictures please email me and I'll set up an aditional
request enabling me to pay you US$ 10 per picture.

Thanks for your help,

All the best,

martin

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Clarification of Answer by jackburton-ga on 12 Dec 2003 16:15 PST

Yes, both the links are broken unfortunately as the site is no longer
up and running. I have found a link to the tattooist's website, but no
viewable picture of the Budweiser tattoo.
  
I will try and find additional high resolution brand-tattoo pictures,
and will let you know.

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Clarification of Answer by jackburton-ga on 13 Dec 2003 06:33 PST

Hi Martin!
  
I managed to find another link showing the "Budweiser" tattoo, and some others!
  
BUDWEISER tattoo
http://www.johnsontat.com/other_artists/TAMMY_TATTOO/tambeertat.jpg
Main page
http://www.johnsontat.com/other_artists/TAMMY_TATTOO/tammy_tattoo.htm
  
"Paul Nichols" - HARLEY-DAVIDSON tattoo on head
http://www.literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/activities/tattoo2.html
Article on Paul Nichols
http://www.literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/activities/tattoo.html
   
"Dylan Baker" - BLACK STAR BEER "yahoo-in' cowboy" company logo
(winner of the Black Star Beer Tattoo Contest) 
http://www.blackstarbeer.com/site/new/harley6.htm
Main page
http://www.blackstarbeer.com/site/new/harley.htm
Article about the contest
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/1999/03/shaykin.html
  
16 pictures of people with BEDFORD CYCLES tattoos
http://community.webshots.com/album/58321453preHUF

Various pictures of CAMPAGNOLO (Cycling Components) tattoos
http://www.campyonly.com/tattooed.html
  
"Dan Worther" - BLOCKBUSTER tatto on forehead
"Sam Muledeer" - MARLBORO tattoo on forehead
"Andy Cooper" - CAT tattoo on forehead
"Sal Mancusi" - RAID tattoo on forehead
"Arthur White" - INTEL INSIDE tattoo on forehead
"P.W. Salinger" - FLEET tattoo on forehead
"Wendy Wells" - PORK tattoo on forehead
http://www.therag.com/Issue8/TWH/forefront1.htm
  
"Jerry Stacks" - LAUNDROMAT tattoo on forehead
http://www.therag.com/Issue8/TWH/forejerrys.htm
     
I hope you are happy with what I found!
  
regards,
JACKBURTON-GA

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Clarification of Answer by jackburton-ga on 27 Dec 2003 13:20 PST

Thought this might be of interest too...
   
The 9 "Lord of the Rings" actors (except for Rhys-Davies who sent a
stunt double) who formed the "Fellowship of the Ring" all got an
Elvish tattoo (designed by LoTR illustrator Alan Lee) meaning "The
Nine".
  
Sean Austin ("The Nine" tattoo on right ankle)
http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo/celeb-astin.htm
  
Orlando Bloom ("The Nine" tattoo on right wrist)
http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo/celeb-bloom.htm
  
Elijah Wood  ("The Nine" tattoo on his lower stomach)
http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo/celeb-wood.htm

You've done a very good job - what you came up with was great -
however some of the stuff (in particular the advertising stuff) was
not 100% apropiate as these tattoo's are not permanent - I'm looking
for people obsessed with brands not alternative advertising
techniques.

Thanks for your great help,

martin

I also came across this disturbing advertisement:
  
"Get paid up to £800 or $1270 for having a unique, non-permanent
advertisement tattooed on your body using Timed Tattoo Technology ?.
We have customers desparate for human advertising space. This is good
news for you because it means the payouts are continually increasing."
http://tadoos.port5.com/index.html

I saw something about this recently in the last two issues of either
Entrepreneur magazine or Inc. magazine.  It talked about branding on
people and showed a picture of a guy who had the likeness of tire
tread shaved into his head for a tire manufacturer.

Hi ebguy-ga and jackburton-ga,
Thanks for your feedback. Interesting stuff but not 100% what I'm
looking for. You see what I'm looking for is stories of people who a
are so obsessed with brands that they go so far to tattoo the logos on
their body's. What' you came up with was more a new "format" of "very
alternative" advertising.

Anyway other tattoo suggestions with high res. pictures are always
welcome for payment.

Good luck,

martin