Tattoo Teacher

• Wednesday October 11, 2006 in: Body Art Tag(s):

  Technorati Tags: Bruce Potts, Tattoos, tattoo artist, body art

  Getting tattoos is not exactly the most comfortable thing in the world. Whether you like it or not, engaging a tattoo artist to do your body art will always be a painful proposition, what with the repeated jabs of needles done all throughout the procedure. This is why people who get tattoos are often perceived to be really tough. Think Dennis Rodman and you'll get an idea.

  But as far as toughness in the face of tattoos goes, Rodman has nothing on this University of New Mexico teacher whose thing for tattoos led him to have his entire head covered with intricate tattoo designs. Next to Bruce Potts, Rodman, with all his tattoos and piercings, would seem like a schoolgirl. See his photo to see why.

  But unlike the troublemaking former NBA rebounding champion, Potts, a public speaking teacher, doesn't have any attitude problems. He may look like he eats people like Rodman for dinner, but is actually a very cool guy.

  "I have had very few negative reactions," he said. "People have been amazingly supportive."

  Potts said he hasn't had trouble getting a job, because success is all about how one presents him or herself and doesn't solely depend on appearance.

  He said he doesn't worry about people not taking him seriously as a teacher, because he has more than two decades of teaching experience. [Daily Lobo]

  Judging by the way his tattoos look, you could just imagine how getting them really must have hurt. But he went on with it anyway, and now bears ink on his face that is largely inspired by designs from tribes in Fiji and Samoa. He says he feels a strong connection to the South Pacific, which explains the tattoo design on his head.

  Now where else can you find a teacher this cool?