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Even if you're not a sports person, you've likely seen what is perhaps the most famous and iconic photo of LeBron James ever taken. 

Now, you can see it again, recreated in ink on a man's leg:

 

This is the handiwork of Steve Butcher, a tattoo artist based in New Zealand. Butcher is really, really good, and tends to do a lot of photo-realistic pieces. He does them relatively quickly too; according to his Instagram, that LeBron-Wade dunk tat took 21 hours of work. 

Here it is in the middle of the process:

 

He also appears to have NBA connections. Here's Butcher posing with former NBA champ Matt Barnes. 

 

Much more impressive, here's the photo-realistic Tupac tattoo Barnes got from Butcher:

 

For more incredible body art, be sure to follow Butcher on Instagram: stevebutchertattoos.

<p>Joey Cosco is Digg's Social and Branded Content Editor</p>

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