Adam Levine's new inking is complete. The Maroon 5 singer, 42, who's renowned for his array of body art, unveiled the finished result on Instagram.
Running the length of his leg, it depicts waves crashing on a beach, the artists using only black and the colour of Adam's skin to craft the slick artwork.
Created by Nathan Kostechko,, the process took three days to complete - with day three, the shading, the most painful. And despite the longevity of the process, Adam's most elaborate tattoo took a staggering six months to complete.
Starting out with a bare back, after half a year it was covered by a spread-winged angel-mermaid hybrid cradling a skull. "Tattoos wind up being this strange road map or narrative over the years," he told
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