Bradley nowell forearm tattoos

From the About section of OpieOrtiz.com:

"Opie Ortiz is the man responsible for creating the large "Sublime" tattoo (which also serves as the Sublime album cover and primary band logo) stretched across Bradley Nowell's back.

"I wanted to tattoo my friend's and thought of the places it would hurt the most," says the 27 year old Ortiz. "So I told Brad to get it on his stomach, really big. But he was too chubby and tattooing through fat is hard, so i conned him into getting it on his back - it was easy and he was stoked.

We were drinking beers and he didn't seem to mind." Ortiz also created the "Brad memorial piece" tattoos for Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh, which depicts an old mic stand and a winged guitar with Brad's name on it.

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These identical pieces can be found on Eric's right arm, and covering Bud's back. For their album covers, Sublime has relied on Ortiz's inspired artwork. The glowing sun on the cover of 40oz's to freedom, for instance was originally an airbrush