NFT Tattoos: The Intersection of Digital Art and Body Art Quiz

Since at least 2017, communities have rallied around NFT projects across the entire space, as seen with the explosion in popularity the CryptoPunks community and others enjoyed IRL, in the form of in-person community meetups and events.

But for others, projects have inspired so much love in some members’ hearts that they’ve decided to represent their favorite NFTs IRL permanently — with tattoos.

Considering the recent rise of NFTs existing in our physical world, it’s no surprise that enthusiasts have taken to using NFTs they own, or simply just like a lot, in a profoundly personal way.

After all, what could be a more personal and lasting way of showing your love for a specific project than having it burned into your skin? It only lasts forever, much like the NFT itself.

In solidarity with a community-wide rally to raise the rektguy NFT collection to a 1 ETH floor price on NFT marketplace leader OpenSea last December 2022, project Co-Founder OSF made good on a promise to get a tattoo of his iconic creation upon meeting the goal.

As of writing, the collection is sitting at a floor price of 1.65 ETH on OpenSea.

With even higher milestones on the horizon for the PFP NFT project, it may only be a matter of time until OSF and other brave members of the rektguy community get inked once again.

Gunna’s iconic Bored Ape tattoo

Taking part in the massive NFT bull run of late 2021, rapper Gunna purchased a Bored ApeYacht Club NFT for more than $300,000 in December 2021, according to a video published on the four-time Grammy nominee’s official Instagram account.

Invisible Friends community reveals their tattoos

As a show of appreciation for the collection’s simple, clean, and tasteful art style, numerous members of the Invisible Friends community have proudly shared with the world their permanent pieces of body art.

Goblintown tattoos galore

With permission from Truth Labs Co-Founder GR≡Y, longtime Goblintown supporters Aging Death proudly shared their matching Goblin tattoos with the rest of the community in September 2022.

Madlad gets Larva Lads tat

With its massive success, CryptoPunks has enjoyed as one of the space’s true OGs, a deluge of projects have followed in its wake taking inspiration from the original collection of generative PFP NFTs.

Larva Lads is no different. A play on CryptoPunks creators Larva Labs and their all-important creation, Larva Lads is a collection of 5,000 pixelated larva NFTs.

Tattoos are a permanent form of body art that can be imbued with meaning thanks to the blockchain

Since tattoos represent a massive commitment on the “tattooee’s” end, much of what gives these tattoos meaning is bound to the blockchain

Tattoos are a welcome departure from the increasingly transient nature of our world, and they can be imbued with a great deal of meaning thanks to the blockchain

This meaning is often tied to the tattoos' owners, who can track the history and evolution of their tattoos through the blockchain

As blockchain technology continues to evolve, tattoos may soon become even more meaningful and permanent than they are today.