A human skull opens to reveal a gramophone in this vintage style tattoo by Otto D’Ambra. The gramophone was a device used for playing music from records that was popularly used in the early 20th century to bring the magic of music into the home. Human skulls are a symbol of not just death and mortality, but humanity in general. By giving the skull a gramophone instead of a brain, D’Ambra is making a comment about the link between man’s musical creativity and the state of mankind.
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Vintage Sketch-style Tattoos by Otto D’Ambra
Ottorino D’Ambra was born on 3 December 1978 in Milan, Italy. A creative child, Otto finished school and studied set design at Accademia di Brera (Academy of Fine Arts). D’Ambra worked as a set designer and interior designer for several years but didn’t limit himself to these modes of design; instead he has branched out into […]