Michael Phelps' Death Stare Is Now A Seriously Intimidating Tattoo

Michael Phelps ’ terrifying game face meme will live on after Rio 2016 , in the form of this intense tattoo.

Ricky Fung found the sight of the American swimmer staring down his rivals before the 200-meter butterfly semifinal so inspiring, the tattoo parlor owner had the astonishingly realistic image  inked onto his right calf Thursday.

“I wasn’t even a big Phelps fan before this , and I’m not really a swim fan,” he told ESPN. “But just seeing him go out and win the way he has has been inspiring to me.” 

Fung enlisted Livia Tsang , his resident tattoo artist at Chronic Ink  parlor in Toronto, Canada, for the painstaking three-hour job.

“He sent me the photo after Phelps won his 21st gold medal and I knew we had to do it before the Olympics were over, just so we could be included in the fun,” Tsang told Global News.

“Aside from it being a funny photo, my boss actually has a lot of admiration for Phelps’ work ethic and dedication to his sport,” she added, saying that it represented “perseverance and focus.”

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