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Butterfly tattoo

Dasha Zhukova's Garage magazine's debut issue features tattoos designed by Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, John Baldessari, Raymond Pettibon, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Richard Prince, Dr. Lakra and Paul McCarthy. Hirst's butterfly tattoo stars on one of the covers, obscured by a removable sticker. You can see the alternate covers here. Via.

Illustration roundup

Noelle Stevenson's hipster Lord of the Rings continues.

Time travelling pirate by Dan Matutina available as a print.

Avengers and Fantastic Four by Bobby Rubio. The paintings on the wall are by his children.

Coffee stains by Rebekie Bennington for Threadless's tattoo design challenge (voting's closed).

Athena by Gustav Klimt via Emily Hughes, who offers her own interpretation here.

Map of Portland by Edward Juan on sale here.

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Link roundup

1. Really interesting article about how hit songs are manufactured and how much it costs to do so (the amount spent on promoting the song (bribery) is by far the largest amount). Via.

2. Tron Legacy 8 bit Extended Version.

3. Tattoo with a QR code that becomes animated when viewed through a smartphone. It'll be more impressive when the tattoo is invisible unless viewed through a smartphone.

Illustration roundup

NBA player Andrei Kirilenko's tattoo. Via.

Samus by Tom Waterhouse. Via.

Cumulus by Jason Bennion and Christian Nauck for this contest.

The Enchantress and Frog Thor.

Lady Gaga fashion concept by Mike Keefe - - one of several posted here. Via.

*Buy Frog Thor toys at eBay.

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Link roundup

1. LA Times:

Gang tattoo leads to a murder conviction
Inked on the chest of a Pico Rivera gang member was the detailed scene of a liquor store slaying that had stumped an L.A. County sheriff's investigator for more than four years. It leads to a jailhouse confession from Anthony Garcia — and a first-degree murder conviction.

Via.

2. Animated gif featuring Jesse Venture and Old Painless from Predator.

3. A claim that Jim Shooter's blog is filled with lies.

*Buy Tattoo of Death (Choose Your Own Adventure #22) at Amazon.

All Portal, all the time (t-shirt and tattoo edition)

Portal-themed t-shirt and temporary tattoo by Ian Leno. You can preorder it here, it'll be tomorrow's Tee Fury t-shirt, and Ian's giving away a few tattoos, as described here.

In other Portal news, Kotaku apparently got scammed into promoting a band when the band sent them an email claiming to be part of the Portal ARG. The post originally linked to the band's website and encouraged downloading the band's song at iTunes, but they scrubbed the post to largely eliminate any mention of the scam.

*Portal 2 is $35 at Amazon.