Emma's Monarchs, and a Spalsh of Verlaine

At the end of July, a young woman named Emma missed her train in Penn Station and had some time to kill. Her wait was shortened when I chanced upon her and asked about this lovely tattoo she had going on her left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP78S8jy7YKn7W_vcjrb2RWLDrupFpj88-nmBu_o_tTwPoTFXLcAXfJuc63oYuxtM8CZWffna7I0NRwYQUkmUiDU-DUxS-VB7HyTUjF3dRGMhwPQwJ_VpplPR01yng7xIQMWqJ8OIw0Vs/s1600/monarch+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP78S8jy7YKn7W_vcjrb2RWLDrupFpj88-nmBu_o_tTwPoTFXLcAXfJuc63oYuxtM8CZWffna7I0NRwYQUkmUiDU-DUxS-VB7HyTUjF3dRGMhwPQwJ_VpplPR01yng7xIQMWqJ8OIw0Vs/s640/monarch+2.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br />She explained the origins of this wonderful body art:<br /><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">"I knew that I wanted a monarch. And I knew that I wanted it on my arm. And I knew that I wanted it coming out of a chrysalis ... I did a lot of research online and ... didn’t know who I wanted to get it done by and was just in San Diego for the day with my cousin. Pacific Beach, actually, and was ... shopping in Pacific Beach and walked into a tattoo parlor, just like 'Oh, let’s go look at tattoo parlors!' and was flipping through all the catalogs and it was like dragon, dragon, dragon. Samurai guy, samurai guy, samurai guy. And then opened one and it was just all these amazing beautiful naturescapes and just amazing detail and I immediately, right there was like, 'whoever this is, I want this person to do my tattoo'. And they were like, 'Hold on. She’s in the back' … her name is Rebecca Min and I basically came to her with the idea and was like, 'You’re the artist, so I want it hanging from a dead branch. I want the branch to be black and gray and I love monarchs.'</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rndUQahFUxsDnTkprXt9Vy2V4rbXV74ER-WHxyMZct_sO2prrW_7YiKlMFCwBxeE0BE3glnuPTNT5SxHjPaggcSlE3r1kGaBGKvJpSkmtKcnnTiRDEI_7P5t9VA86QrmCs2XJ-zC8_w/s1600/monarch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rndUQahFUxsDnTkprXt9Vy2V4rbXV74ER-WHxyMZct_sO2prrW_7YiKlMFCwBxeE0BE3glnuPTNT5SxHjPaggcSlE3r1kGaBGKvJpSkmtKcnnTiRDEI_7P5t9VA86QrmCs2XJ-zC8_w/s640/monarch.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">I have always loved monarchs for my whole life from when I was three. That’s one of my earliest memories, I found a monarch caterpillar with my great aunt and took it home from Wisconsin to, at the time, Chicago, in a jar with some milkweed and watched it spin a chrysalis and then hatch out of the chrysalis and then let it go and ever since then I’ve just loved monarchs …they’ve reminded me of the older women in my family, my grandmother, my great aunt.</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal">It’s still a work in progress and she combined all these pictures, she put them together and I knew that I wanted the chrysalis to be empty, like it had just come out of the chrysalis, like a rebirth sort of thing and we both had the idea to make it translucent so that you could see the branch through the chrysalis...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQmt5iJSc4lNenrRmbodCnR4bmf0uQqfMFm-vpC4xKBJeFZhjUzTkpkKwl-3lrb445WASoMajpd8zURh0S1Oj7b9OKytMr32Pi_oCLtmv3Fw-XekX0_wq8ZVmjet_xqvltt4PFDjdHvM/s1600/monarch+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQmt5iJSc4lNenrRmbodCnR4bmf0uQqfMFm-vpC4xKBJeFZhjUzTkpkKwl-3lrb445WASoMajpd8zURh0S1Oj7b9OKytMr32Pi_oCLtmv3Fw-XekX0_wq8ZVmjet_xqvltt4PFDjdHvM/s640/monarch+detail.jpg" width="420" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We’ve been working on it for over a year and a half now, just bits and pieces , my longest session was three and a half hours and I had the idea to do a whole swarm from different perspectives and once we have all of those one, she’s going to pick a light source from one direction and do shadows….and she’s  gonna do moss on the branches, a white lichen."</div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The shop where Emma began to work with Rebecca Min was <a href="http://www.chronictattoosd.com/index.asp">Chronic Tattoo</a>. Emma says Rebecca has moved on to <a href="http://www.edentattoo.com/">Eden Tattoo</a>, although she is still listed as an artist on the Chronic website.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Emma also has these tattoos on her wrists:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLMTGACqB_hXk98Qh_sxY0TWcQyHW3TH7r61cw2bCmJ7nWiy5IIR-xosds8yADrRsabyQExOONEW4Khi7NtcCteUk8RSZL4FCsISHOdMJX9YxS8eGa5JVrpMn1EoaAGvJMyDMdPMxFmE/s1600/monarch+wrists.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLMTGACqB_hXk98Qh_sxY0TWcQyHW3TH7r61cw2bCmJ7nWiy5IIR-xosds8yADrRsabyQExOONEW4Khi7NtcCteUk8RSZL4FCsISHOdMJX9YxS8eGa5JVrpMn1EoaAGvJMyDMdPMxFmE/s400/monarch+wrists.jpg" width="352" /></a></div><br />The left wrist reads, "Les roses étaient toutes rouges et les lierres étaient tout noirs" which translates to "<span>The roses were all red a</span><span>nd ivy were all black."</span><br /><br /><span>The right wrist reads, "Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches" which translates to "Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches."</span><br /><span> </span> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">Emma elaborates: <br /><blockquote>They are the first two lines of the last two songs in a set called "Aria T'oublie" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy">Claude Debussy</a>. The poetry is by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verlaine">Paul Verlaine</a>. I was a classical voice major in college and I wanted to do the set for my senior recital and I am obviously not your normal opera singer and my voice teacher said, 'Okay, that’s fine you can do the set, except for the last two songs. They’re too hard for you.' And I said, 'Fuck you.' And I took a year off and did nothing but practice and did lessons and studied and performed the set and was, too my knowledge, the first undergraduate ever to perform the set in its entirety. And so this was my badge of honor. Now seven year later, eight years later and until I’m in my eighties, I can look down and read these first two lines and remember every single word in French to both of these songs.</blockquote></div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">I was in West Hollywood, I was 23 and had 50 bucks and was like 'who can do this for really cheap?' and I don’t remember what his name was but I do know that at the time he had a sprained wrist and he was like 'I’ll do it. I’ll do it cheap. But I can’t believe you’re making me tattoo in a foreign language, upside down, with a sprained wrist.'</div></blockquote>A hearty thanks to Emma for sharing these cool tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. 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Emma's Monarchs, and a Spalsh of Verlaine

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Gowrish Shares His Blessing, Amma in Ink

There are times when I feel lucky to find a tattoo by an amazing artist and then there are times I find something that is so breathtaking, I feel honored to be able to share work by a true master of the craft.<br /><br />Last week, I was walking down Crosby Street in SoHo when I met Gowrish after spotting a flash of color poking out of his short sleeve shirt. After he called the artist to make sure it was okay with her that I take pictures, Gowrish shared what I consider one of the finest tattoos I've ever posted on Tattoosday. Check out this piece by New York artist <a href="http://www.chicksdigtattoos.com/">Denise de la Cerda</a>, of Inkline Studio:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-hUZEoYtIickKTR_4gngHKeAAyf7geCp-F4MwciZUDnDJlb7i0QtGogL_UAz57WDRwDe_e-CwXu4PeVKk6eW9iswyVW0klTswMAjix7j4c2qfY6WQpT4vxX5N9cXHj9GoDheh_0H9Ec/s1600/delacerda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-hUZEoYtIickKTR_4gngHKeAAyf7geCp-F4MwciZUDnDJlb7i0QtGogL_UAz57WDRwDe_e-CwXu4PeVKk6eW9iswyVW0klTswMAjix7j4c2qfY6WQpT4vxX5N9cXHj9GoDheh_0H9Ec/s640/delacerda.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tattoo by <a href="http://www.chicksdigtattoos.com/">Denise de la Cerda</a></td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><br />Gowrish explained who this tattoo depicts:<br /><br /><blockquote>"This is <a href="http://www.amm.org/">Amma</a>, who is the Divine Mother and comes from India ... she's a great humanitarian leader and spiritual leader. She does a lot of good work. The 'Hugging Saint' they call her in the West...Denise [de la Cerda]  is amazing, one of the things is that it's really difficult to capture ...it's considered a great blessing  if you can have Amma's image like this ... Denise is very blessed because this is so real life that it's kind of unbelievable....<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvHifYDwRIOPdy-H3t2UHvo8aMV95P-L7wXngzX5aU5yTZWNfWkXNluw5P6xT1FTZU3CQOahzRA1Ion2kAMcYq79VIq0DXAd2EDvgKKUywnRUIjekpI_g-5Uo5tnT-RCV4xk7q8pyLYc/s1600/delacerda+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvHifYDwRIOPdy-H3t2UHvo8aMV95P-L7wXngzX5aU5yTZWNfWkXNluw5P6xT1FTZU3CQOahzRA1Ion2kAMcYq79VIq0DXAd2EDvgKKUywnRUIjekpI_g-5Uo5tnT-RCV4xk7q8pyLYc/s640/delacerda+detail.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tattoo by <a href="http://www.chicksdigtattoos.com/">Denise de la Cerda</a></td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><br />She tattoos the way that an artist paints, she's a real artist .... the detail of the fabric and everything you see her are traditional Indian offerings ...  the lotus, apples, bananas ... incense stick - see the smoke ... Indian sweets ... rice ... a lamp ...it's so amazing, right?"<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXd7LQXQ8BtakMSjLtjf2CbYZNwyPh92H4NJy-XLxOUvhK7gVaEztBbLtXJNtqyFWdTioK97PzRy2Wc3LQ39Zu7XEmGHJ6-axUscvV_H1xXRB2cXc58R7WLRvtyBcIr_eP-99vxcg1ZCg/s1600/delacerda+detail+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXd7LQXQ8BtakMSjLtjf2CbYZNwyPh92H4NJy-XLxOUvhK7gVaEztBbLtXJNtqyFWdTioK97PzRy2Wc3LQ39Zu7XEmGHJ6-axUscvV_H1xXRB2cXc58R7WLRvtyBcIr_eP-99vxcg1ZCg/s400/delacerda+detail+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tattoo by <a href="http://www.chicksdigtattoos.com/">Denise de la Cerda</a></td></tr><br /> </tbody></table></blockquote>Take a look, also, at the amazing detail Denise created in the flower garland around Amma's neck. This truly is a sensational piece of tattoo art.<br /><br />You can learn more about at Amma at <a href="http://www.amma.org/">http://www.amma.org/</a>. I first became familiar with Denise de la Cerda's talent when I posted <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/06/brians-amazing-angelic-ink.html">these amazing tattoos</a> over two years ago. I encourage people to visit her website, http://www.chicksdigtattoos.com to check out more of her work<br /><br />Thanks to Gowrish for sharing this amazing tattoo, and to Denise for consenting to my posting the photos here on Tattoosday.<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

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Kareem's Tattoo is So Brooklyn....

Earlier this year, I met Kareem, one of the many inked employees at the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/trader-joes-new-york-5">Upper West Side Trader Joe's</a>. I gave him my card when I spotted him in the aisles, and saw him on subsequent visits, but I generally won't trouble people while they're working.<br /><br />Earlier this month, I spotted him on a break in nearby <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdi_Square">Verdi Square</a>, and took the opportunity to snap a photo of this, one of his thirty (30!) tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XKkuhqvk50BMfzDDvuiPXQn-7FDzAhDxGoMPY4BIw1TRT8bq6yd4fBpAMC-T4Q1GEbSSt70rHwotUnf4Xf8rl5pUIGdxecW6aklolTn0Sudhw-Vxgn1k3NRLVI4EPw37B1vVLKD2Yko/s1600/so+brooklyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XKkuhqvk50BMfzDDvuiPXQn-7FDzAhDxGoMPY4BIw1TRT8bq6yd4fBpAMC-T4Q1GEbSSt70rHwotUnf4Xf8rl5pUIGdxecW6aklolTn0Sudhw-Vxgn1k3NRLVI4EPw37B1vVLKD2Yko/s400/so+brooklyn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I know the photo is a little small, but clicking on it will give you better detail.<br /><br />It seemed appropriate, with much of the country focused on the northeast today as Hurricane Irene bears down (or is it up?) on us, that we celebrate Kareem (and my) borough.<br /><br />Kareem explained:<br /><blockquote>"I came up with the idea of <i>So Brooklyn</i> ... I see a lot of people with a lot of just plain <i>Brooklyn</i> tattoos and I have yet to own a car, so I put the trains under it, as you can see, to represent <i>my</i> Brooklyn, and how I get around, far as the bridge and everything else. I took a lot of time to really design this tattoo and give it to my artist and it came out really well."</blockquote>He credited an artist named Chia at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bigfishtattoos">Big Fish Tattoos</a> in Jamaica, Queens. It should be noted that their MySpace page says that Big Fish is no longer in business.<br /><br />Thanks to Kareem for sharing his <i>So Brooklyn</i> tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Kareem's Tattoo is So Brooklyn....

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Three Tattoos from Sabrina

I met Sabrina on Penn Plaza back in June after stopping to admire her tattoos. She has three and talked me through them chronologically.<br /><br />She explained , "I like to get [a tattoo] for every place I lived," and her first one was this butterfly armband:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeSXDj4XTyrAmoUQpNUZbivvL4slG3fSw3zfygXvkHLz-VSjhLpFDYHYsNmKkRpR0-E8f41vx9016TCOs1di7oI2qpzn4vjdqnDAkd3jVFCmHKDt1XEkJ6ogxcmyO_ip3u8hpXml2oXw/s1600/butterfly+band+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeSXDj4XTyrAmoUQpNUZbivvL4slG3fSw3zfygXvkHLz-VSjhLpFDYHYsNmKkRpR0-E8f41vx9016TCOs1di7oI2qpzn4vjdqnDAkd3jVFCmHKDt1XEkJ6ogxcmyO_ip3u8hpXml2oXw/s640/butterfly+band+1.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><br />Sabrina is from upstate New York. She went to one of the shops in Utica and spoke to the owner about getting an armband. He dismissed her initial request, saying "I don't do armbands anymore, they're too 1990". So, Sabrina explained, "he designed a different sort of armband and went with that ... ".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFiwmdVPVd4TTV_qBzm-lI5MOv7i5bDl4Zse9oW4f-ATlPt7F7JDGtKA4dOlODusMb3FmVGG8uL5NstbODAxcI_hq2wavKyxLwrJRlEJM7VnluToVb1VIDXXvprYK5gJO01Zo3ceywDU/s1600/butterfly+band+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFiwmdVPVd4TTV_qBzm-lI5MOv7i5bDl4Zse9oW4f-ATlPt7F7JDGtKA4dOlODusMb3FmVGG8uL5NstbODAxcI_hq2wavKyxLwrJRlEJM7VnluToVb1VIDXXvprYK5gJO01Zo3ceywDU/s640/butterfly+band+2.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><br />She added, "I like butterflies because I like things that fly ... I feel like I'm a free spirit." One of the butterflies is based on a necklace that she wore every day.<br /><br />Her second piece is on her right forearm and is what she referred to as her "college tattoo":<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLvRuk0IMmbEZHWe4P56mjw20Zf0bdMni0XQZX1uELKGwvmvaRO7oADXp_84FUNDJFvg1xGLxIt7Loh6gX7oWkRBLjO1TYO4bMs7wRcHu_okRNvT1jBRDlI6dEqtyLq2JkmoYjQl_XQ8/s1600/hiero.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLvRuk0IMmbEZHWe4P56mjw20Zf0bdMni0XQZX1uELKGwvmvaRO7oADXp_84FUNDJFvg1xGLxIt7Loh6gX7oWkRBLjO1TYO4bMs7wRcHu_okRNvT1jBRDlI6dEqtyLq2JkmoYjQl_XQ8/s320/hiero.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Sabrina told me, "I just wanted another tattoo and I like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs">Egyptian hieroglyphs</a>." This is one of the symbols that really appealed to her, and she had this inked at a shop in White Plains, New York, near where she went to college.<br /><br />Her third tattoo, also inspired by hieroglyphs, is the one she got after coming to New York City:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTRT0oPwbV_fMyMlCBNYcxocZ6nHXi9vZ61ejFw3yYeFI1Cwa_7Qe3ZDof_WgXRfvboqeIvXMwOpLdbEIoXbjtM_7tPBbEny-ACd5QJLbrqbvxExxOLHkVT9xTVmsL5J35FpBMjFVBCg/s1600/bang+bang+owl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTRT0oPwbV_fMyMlCBNYcxocZ6nHXi9vZ61ejFw3yYeFI1Cwa_7Qe3ZDof_WgXRfvboqeIvXMwOpLdbEIoXbjtM_7tPBbEny-ACd5QJLbrqbvxExxOLHkVT9xTVmsL5J35FpBMjFVBCg/s640/bang+bang+owl.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br />This owl tattoo is more realistic, although she wanted it positioned like a hieroglyph. It is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Horned_Owl">great horned owl</a> and was tattooed by Bang Bang at <a href="http://www.eastsideinktattoo.com/">East Side Ink</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Sabrina for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span>

Three Tattoos from Sabrina

I met Sabrina on Penn Plaza back in June after stopping to admire her tattoos. She has three and talked me through them chronologically. She...

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Emily Picks Her Poison

It's always interesting when I meet someone with a lot of tattoos, trying to guess, when you ask them to pick just one, which piece they will choose to share. A couple weeks ago, I met Emily, who has two full sleeves, along with her chest and back tattooed. She selected this tattoo on her right forearm for our readers to enjoy:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWe-NZBPaTiUm3y88kq_UtiGPMolfUCEtXGhWPp8gwHh7rS-1YgZktluaw9RNcmOku-iM510kYzRh_gHbB58s9nYLkrnzZ_GGtAN319MPXk6hpfvjLbI7mDQDnXDNZCK0jFnSHPlRd8I/s1600/Poison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWe-NZBPaTiUm3y88kq_UtiGPMolfUCEtXGhWPp8gwHh7rS-1YgZktluaw9RNcmOku-iM510kYzRh_gHbB58s9nYLkrnzZ_GGtAN319MPXk6hpfvjLbI7mDQDnXDNZCK0jFnSHPlRd8I/s640/Poison.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br />This is a take on the famous <a href="http://sailorjerry.com/age-verification/?title=Sailor+Jerry&redirect=%2f">Sailor Jerry</a> design, like the one seen in <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/09/buddys-advice-about-neck-tattoos.html">this post from 2008</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALNYGug5pygoCVbQTA_ggmlMIQzjDICjU4iUY3yvl7_TZU75QqV7JGHYsk9szyiog6CSg-mDfXJkx9FqYVOXoixzJE-Ik338gFFEsaAhlN7h_lQ9C39fYBQNqHYfO48Uib34eAbyE9WU/s1600/PICT0759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALNYGug5pygoCVbQTA_ggmlMIQzjDICjU4iUY3yvl7_TZU75QqV7JGHYsk9szyiog6CSg-mDfXJkx9FqYVOXoixzJE-Ik338gFFEsaAhlN7h_lQ9C39fYBQNqHYfO48Uib34eAbyE9WU/s400/PICT0759.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />Emily created a male version of the classic "Posion" Sailor Jerry woman. She explained:<br /><blockquote>"I was a Women's Studies major an an undergrad and when I started getting a lot of tattoos, I thought, 'This'll be funny'. That's what most of my tattoos are."</blockquote>The tattoo was done by <a href="http://www.brooklyninktattoo.com/alex_tattoos.html">Alex Franklin</a> when he was at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/sinister-ink-new-brunswick">Sinister Ink</a> in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Sinister Ink has long since closed (<a href="http://www.revolvertattoo.com/">Revolver Tattoo</a> is located in its place) and Alex has been working out of <a href="http://www.brooklyninktattoo.com/">Brooklyn Ink</a> in Bay Ridge for many years now. <br /><br />Thanks to Emily for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Emily Picks Her Poison

It's always interesting when I meet someone with a lot of tattoos, trying to guess, when you ask them to pick just one, which piece they...

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Ryan's Tattoo Commemorates the Life of Dolly

Earlier this month I met Ryan, who has a whole host of tattoos. We were working on a project together, so we spent a bit of time chewing the fat, and he wanted to share this particular tattoo, which is on his right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1nAk7exOt_EH5i4DBt0jMMSixoeroYA2bHvPgQ2BanBYdEcyy87YVxGTTkLdFM69z0zv23ZbjdQWZsmh3prN1wbkI95JUpgkWgybAVTLbVD-V5R6c4oGlpXhxQkXCwEV1KyqDskJgcwc/s1600/dolly+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1nAk7exOt_EH5i4DBt0jMMSixoeroYA2bHvPgQ2BanBYdEcyy87YVxGTTkLdFM69z0zv23ZbjdQWZsmh3prN1wbkI95JUpgkWgybAVTLbVD-V5R6c4oGlpXhxQkXCwEV1KyqDskJgcwc/s640/dolly+1.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><br />Ryan explained how he was raised by his grandmother, whose name was Dolly, but he just called Mom. She lived a full life, well into her nineties, and was pretty much the only mother he really knew. After she passed, he wanted something to memorialize her and got this tattoo which not only has her name, but a black rose, a skull, a sparrow, and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derringer">derringer</a>. He elaborated about his grandmother's life:<br /><br /><blockquote>"Back in the day, when she was 19 or 20 years old, she was in the Irish mob and she made whiskey and hooch and she would basically run it back and forth across state lines and that's how she made her money. That's how she supported her family. That's what the derringer is for, because she would always keep a derringer in her bra, just in case something happened ... the black rose ... is symbolic of her life and her passing, which is the skull ... the bird - she's free - you know, God always keeps his eye on the sparrow ... it's a montage of her very interesting life."</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWLJpy1tOoFpTigDhBxBVadqW_IcBmM70qLodj7P2kBnvg703MDGthsTai4F7gp8f7kPFs6xJk152kGEmvILntnoxoc74lcEMZRruTtUvIMkJipPFm6oXYqssKrb7vh1B50WLcd_yCu4/s1600/Dolly+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWLJpy1tOoFpTigDhBxBVadqW_IcBmM70qLodj7P2kBnvg703MDGthsTai4F7gp8f7kPFs6xJk152kGEmvILntnoxoc74lcEMZRruTtUvIMkJipPFm6oXYqssKrb7vh1B50WLcd_yCu4/s640/Dolly+2.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br />Ryan had this tattoo done in Mobile, Alabama, buy an artist he only knows as 'Link,' a tattooist who spent a lot of time in Philadelphia and who also owns a shop in Pensacola, Florida.<br /><br />Thanks to Ryan for sharing this tattoo, along with Dolly's story, here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Ryan's Tattoo Commemorates the Life of Dolly

Earlier this month I met Ryan, who has a whole host of tattoos. We were working on a project together, so we spent a bit of time chewing the...

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Daniel Gives Us a Lady Liberty Update

Last May, we featured this great tattoo, courtesy of Daniel:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilys2_TqQbRhz6tHya3w9kTKP2uNt8mXuHPZFG1PKYUyiom5I2D-0u2JWf0UWC9sFMLx7zrWluCSCLff1TCSIcmHQv1-nZ2hp86qgk25XFDyVhy-DGil0ELdXWzGHyimkF1hMPNeu6_DI/s1600/Lady+Liberty+Dead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilys2_TqQbRhz6tHya3w9kTKP2uNt8mXuHPZFG1PKYUyiom5I2D-0u2JWf0UWC9sFMLx7zrWluCSCLff1TCSIcmHQv1-nZ2hp86qgk25XFDyVhy-DGil0ELdXWzGHyimkF1hMPNeu6_DI/s640/Lady+Liberty+Dead.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br />Read the original post <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/05/dan-hosts-lady-liberty-like-youve-never.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Daniel recently sent me updated photos of his sleeve, which I thought we'd share here. This work is all by the amazing <a href="http://www.lostcowboytattoo.com/">Guido Baldini</a>. He tattooed Daniel during a recent stint at <a href="http://www.brooklyntattoo.com/">Brooklyn Tattoo</a> here in New York.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQ4o19LAoyoceI5tOQSRQeoQ9t10LvwymPJgD6NuETEETroKjttgGVWhJ_tC3rH_l6iRQsEcaG4Nn8U4hg9Pk4oszupWx1zjYuVDV51wHXOo7TYaCWgJrtaga2-J1W_Qg2wUQogdj-xE/s1600/Lady+Liberty+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQ4o19LAoyoceI5tOQSRQeoQ9t10LvwymPJgD6NuETEETroKjttgGVWhJ_tC3rH_l6iRQsEcaG4Nn8U4hg9Pk4oszupWx1zjYuVDV51wHXOo7TYaCWgJrtaga2-J1W_Qg2wUQogdj-xE/s640/Lady+Liberty+3.jpg" width="186" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Courtesy of Daniel Valvano and Guido Baldini</td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixF-OxnLcJm54mwlvJCCd0rMlIlgRw-hlctWeAJg0QXFAxYSLbEAby0LR-kwZ7Vg78XrR9XieGKPdLh8Es6V-ll0F7BgZAf3yVDypD_nLCjB8frEmuTsbK79MyFlbKACqhiIUvEAyktzk/s1600/Lady+Liberty+Update+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixF-OxnLcJm54mwlvJCCd0rMlIlgRw-hlctWeAJg0QXFAxYSLbEAby0LR-kwZ7Vg78XrR9XieGKPdLh8Es6V-ll0F7BgZAf3yVDypD_nLCjB8frEmuTsbK79MyFlbKACqhiIUvEAyktzk/s640/Lady+Liberty+Update+1.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Courtesy of Daniel Valvano and Guido Baldini</td></tr><br /> </tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXGEdr2eWoPr2pl8KPBqvC-si09FUZ_-5nWbKLoLuKaEsoVhukqpYaDEUnd8hoJ7PmFfeBA8Njfph_2Q8XPgx5gmbhyphenhyphenfLz7JbwXP39uYnlAKWUg3a_2F-6uo26lzYGkNYNYShqXh9Bis/s1600/Lady+Liberty+Update+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXGEdr2eWoPr2pl8KPBqvC-si09FUZ_-5nWbKLoLuKaEsoVhukqpYaDEUnd8hoJ7PmFfeBA8Njfph_2Q8XPgx5gmbhyphenhyphenfLz7JbwXP39uYnlAKWUg3a_2F-6uo26lzYGkNYNYShqXh9Bis/s400/Lady+Liberty+Update+2.jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr><br /> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Courtesy of Daniel Valvano and Guido Baldini</td></tr><br /> </tbody></table>As Daniel explained it, he worked with Guido and<br /><blockquote> "We wanted to keep the theme going so I said I wanted a creepy background and he just free handed the clouds and lightening. The rotten apple was thrown in there at the very end." </blockquote>Thanks to Daniel for updating us on his Lady Liberty tattoo!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Daniel Gives Us a Lady Liberty Update

Last May, we featured this great tattoo, courtesy of Daniel: Read the original post here . Daniel recently sent me updated photos of his sle...

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Sean's Garnish, Inspired by a Friend

<br /><div class="MsoNormal">When I met Sean last month, he had several tattoos to choose from. We ended up selecting this piece, on his left wrist:</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit41ek0eHAsTzu4rsVQ5gzk6eeVh1IK_LIZ_uioVR_L3Xc3W5URloJ_mc5OwhRB64TezFuGHBWt9bejm2n62UJxPHSLU9tFSGNKV7yQ4Mi4nQsCZPVVyA408PsVaX34zNDzwXerm-Z94g/s1600/pineapple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit41ek0eHAsTzu4rsVQ5gzk6eeVh1IK_LIZ_uioVR_L3Xc3W5URloJ_mc5OwhRB64TezFuGHBWt9bejm2n62UJxPHSLU9tFSGNKV7yQ4Mi4nQsCZPVVyA408PsVaX34zNDzwXerm-Z94g/s640/pineapple.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Granted, there's two tattoos in this photo, but I was fascinated by the pineapple and cherry tattoo. That's not something you see every day. Sean, who is a hairdresser from the Boston area, explained:</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">"My best friend <a href="http://sandrineschaefer.com/home.html">Sandrine Schaefer</a> is a performance artist ... she did work where she would use pineapples and cherries on her body, because they're also used as common meat garnishes. And her artwork is a lot about feminism and veganism."</div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">Ms. Schaefer, whose website is <a href="http://sandrineschaefer.com/home.html">here</a>, is a prolific artist worth checking out.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The tattoo was inked by <a href="http://luckymatthews.blogspot.com/">Lucky Matthews</a> at <a href="http://pumpkintattoo.com/">Fat Ram's Pumpkin Tattoo</a> in the Jamaica Plain section of the greater Boston area.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As for the "Mom" tattoo, above it on the forearm, there is really no explanation needed, but I did want to credit the artist, Edwin Marquez at <a href="http://regenerationtattoo.com/home.html">Regeneration Tattoo</a> in Allston, Massachusetts.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks to Sean for sharing his ink with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><br />

Sean's Garnish, Inspired by a Friend

When I met Sean last month, he had several tattoos to choose from. We ended up selecting this piece, on his left wrist: Granted, there's...

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Alison's Violet Lotus

I spotted Alison's tattoo as in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, back at the beginning of July. She was kind enough to share this lovely lotus tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmktXaX9fpkGOaACvxEQCEKRMn01kfG3jGIGAh-tX5wG5eJRwMN-L77Bj5EzOJ1UjaiIu0zaLmqzOhDTsQNNPxo8ya6zlOkUmz2KPH4ttEjm-wjap1ZBgwaVNmkN5SgJPx3Daj5Z4z2U/s1600/allison+lotus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmktXaX9fpkGOaACvxEQCEKRMn01kfG3jGIGAh-tX5wG5eJRwMN-L77Bj5EzOJ1UjaiIu0zaLmqzOhDTsQNNPxo8ya6zlOkUmz2KPH4ttEjm-wjap1ZBgwaVNmkN5SgJPx3Daj5Z4z2U/s400/allison+lotus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This lotus has a spiritual meaning for Alison, and she pointed out the third eye at the center of the flower. This was also a cover-up of an older tattoo.<br /><br /><a href="http://redrockettattoo.com/longisland/artist/craig-messina/">Craig Messina</a> inked this when he was at <a href="http://www.lonewolftattoo.com/">Lone Wolf Tattoo</a> in Bellmore, Long Island. He has since moved to the Long Island shop of <a href="http://redrockettattoo.com/longisland/index2.html">Red Rocket Tattoo</a>.<br /><br />Work by Craig Messina has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/08/jenns-simpsons-homage.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/09/melissas-biblical-footnote.html">here</a>. <br /><br />Thanks to Alison for sharing this lovely tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><br /><br />

Alison's Violet Lotus

I spotted Alison's tattoo as in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, back at the beginning of July. She was kind enough to share this lovely lotus tatto...

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Anthony and Evolver, Interpreting the Anatomy of Time

I spotted this unusual tattoo on the back of Anthony's arm in a Borders and just had to ask about it:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherabVOsogYnOmQI1XmFLQFzVq-3sFYEV1suXJcAhmZtOGmu9CzvA4GXcuvh6zaBRw-J1vgi8AhP8xtY9x0Cu_v9hty-2jKhh3n246iVhjAYczhqQHTK7uT8N-2fYoXYoadOqQrHfZzSw/s1600/album+art+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherabVOsogYnOmQI1XmFLQFzVq-3sFYEV1suXJcAhmZtOGmu9CzvA4GXcuvh6zaBRw-J1vgi8AhP8xtY9x0Cu_v9hty-2jKhh3n246iVhjAYczhqQHTK7uT8N-2fYoXYoadOqQrHfZzSw/s640/album+art+2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />He explained that this image, called "Evolver," is his interpretation of the "anatomy of time". The design is from an album that Anthony's band, <a href="http://www.dsciphire.com/">Dsciphire</a>, recently released. Dsciphire is hard rock, infused with elements of funk, metal, and electro.<br /><br />He credited a freelance tattoo artist named <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#%21/oakinktree">Oak Newbury</a> out of Ft. Myers, Florida. <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Thanks to Anthony for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dsciphire.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a></div>

Anthony and Evolver, Interpreting the Anatomy of Time

I spotted this unusual tattoo on the back of Anthony's arm in a Borders and just had to ask about it: He explained that this image, call...

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A Panel's Worth a Thousand Words

A few weeks ago, I ran into Steve in the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/trader-joes-new-york-5">Trader Joe's</a> on the Upper West Side. He has this striking tattoo on his upper right arm, and he kindly agreed to share it with us:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvc5pgqUO7IPuzm6cuGKfyuZDfM1vfW6mOEQ21s0dCAuDv-XWPXa76c3DtYslab-vlvUwKJDThytWE9u1DikH3QgTcoqGBoJDU37rcvL_WSFR05nAmAGXu9b8N3AuZztCY74q64Avx28/s1600/loveandrockets2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvc5pgqUO7IPuzm6cuGKfyuZDfM1vfW6mOEQ21s0dCAuDv-XWPXa76c3DtYslab-vlvUwKJDThytWE9u1DikH3QgTcoqGBoJDU37rcvL_WSFR05nAmAGXu9b8N3AuZztCY74q64Avx28/s640/loveandrockets2.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br />Steve explained that this tattoo is based on a panel from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Rockets_%28comics%29">Love and Rockets</a>, a comic by the <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=82">Hernandez Brothers</a>. "I just love the art," he told me.<br /><br />It really is a striking image that really jumped out at me when I saw it. He had this tattooed at <a href="http://envieinknyc.com/home.html">En'vie Ink</a> in the East Village.<br /><br />Thanks to Steve for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

A Panel's Worth a Thousand Words

A few weeks ago, I ran into Steve in the Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side. He has this striking tattoo on his upper right arm, and h...

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Mike Illustrates His Passion for DC Comics

Last month, I had it all laid out, and was doing a weekend of comic-themed posts coinciding with the opening of <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/cci/">Comic-Con 2011</a> in San Diego.<br /><br />Alas, one such post went awry when the pictures I took of Mike's tattoos went AWOL on my computer, leaving me with a photo-less entry.<br /><br />Mike has since sent me pictures, which I have included below.<br /><br />On his right arm, he has this piece, which is an interpretation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_%28DC_Comics%29">Captain Marvel</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKU__OxcnjVRaPIqwdXXEaAUog2q-DWpWaFQ5M588WpLnXGFkBxSr1WpwDphXQ9H2MhLKnmdQXMxLJkRw1iAM9qYPGcHUF3FwYgeRSd9UU40kLpsrRU8iUpvV0JcfhDANYw1iBvTpZ-nk/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-23+at+8.09.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKU__OxcnjVRaPIqwdXXEaAUog2q-DWpWaFQ5M588WpLnXGFkBxSr1WpwDphXQ9H2MhLKnmdQXMxLJkRw1iAM9qYPGcHUF3FwYgeRSd9UU40kLpsrRU8iUpvV0JcfhDANYw1iBvTpZ-nk/s640/Screen+shot+2011-07-23+at+8.09.49+PM.png" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheumLYMlE5Qk3PtdI2IrWMlS2W8lsUgimtGT1X6L-eSgbVrq9kuJ9BBRyDGo5MPlkSjW7X2BBkopYdHiBdEZD0hnjxRQuQFnr1LtuKvzeU2lixXvynupKPLQaxh3agGd-l0E758TRqcr0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-23+at+8.10.08+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheumLYMlE5Qk3PtdI2IrWMlS2W8lsUgimtGT1X6L-eSgbVrq9kuJ9BBRyDGo5MPlkSjW7X2BBkopYdHiBdEZD0hnjxRQuQFnr1LtuKvzeU2lixXvynupKPLQaxh3agGd-l0E758TRqcr0/s640/Screen+shot+2011-07-23+at+8.10.08+PM.png" width="352" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcWiETk-H29ZRg1rQABJOQEgOwUdwvAU3pN6tIafo8nvQkwcemsKZLpW7QHEnFwJTffa41H7atWHBzoxyA1EphvI1GhjFAydVunE1TUrawCLHxmtklltskUHB709FsFAUU1wCjgC93Fc/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-23+at+8.10.17+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcWiETk-H29ZRg1rQABJOQEgOwUdwvAU3pN6tIafo8nvQkwcemsKZLpW7QHEnFwJTffa41H7atWHBzoxyA1EphvI1GhjFAydVunE1TUrawCLHxmtklltskUHB709FsFAUU1wCjgC93Fc/s640/Screen+shot+2011-07-23+at+8.10.17+PM.png" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mike explained that he collaborated with <a href="http://rafaelvelezjr.com/home.html">Ralph Velez</a> at <a href="http://www.venusmodernbodyarts.com/index.php?section=tattoo">Venus Modern Body Arts</a> in the East Village on this design. He told me, "I came up with a drawing and then he fixed [it] up so it would work on my arm ... this yellow is a mix he does himself...". He also credited <a href="http://www.jhonsoneteng.com/#%21__home-01">Jhonson Eteng</a> as the graphic artist for this tattoo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>When Mike sent me the replacement photos, he sent along some extras, like this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman">Superman</a> piece from his leg:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3h6bMPZey2Pvz5BuNpgTDA9FOvAvkFmurMW4DvDMIqdgYJk2FW4H8pRdKYAGA2fb1ImvnVPd_51ZXS0wVyne1ESAd-PYp4h3FQvLSJWeVZy_hkWHOpgRNGORSVzS6agp7GEYgF-P2BI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-23+at+8.09.25+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3h6bMPZey2Pvz5BuNpgTDA9FOvAvkFmurMW4DvDMIqdgYJk2FW4H8pRdKYAGA2fb1ImvnVPd_51ZXS0wVyne1ESAd-PYp4h3FQvLSJWeVZy_hkWHOpgRNGORSVzS6agp7GEYgF-P2BI/s400/Screen+shot+2011-07-23+at+8.09.25+PM.png" width="178" /></a></div><br />and this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lantern">Green Lantern</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lantern_Corps">Blue Lantern</a> combo on his arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQzpjY5dfa1jKhNV76p2PmjdQd0Gg70QAjIJ-JxIIsOGqLS7Zzi-DHLxHftUlurL1SEnbjJZ7yxOVe2GmgpFMnQCJZIkYGh6m92149S-QmdgoNYdScX6a2sdgzqjLDPmfCo97DxHWJJs/s1600/29889_10150170300010103_719560102_12517552_5844398_n+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQzpjY5dfa1jKhNV76p2PmjdQd0Gg70QAjIJ-JxIIsOGqLS7Zzi-DHLxHftUlurL1SEnbjJZ7yxOVe2GmgpFMnQCJZIkYGh6m92149S-QmdgoNYdScX6a2sdgzqjLDPmfCo97DxHWJJs/s400/29889_10150170300010103_719560102_12517552_5844398_n+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />As Mike puts it, he's "a big DC Comics fan".<br /><br />Thanks to Mike for sharing his love of comics through ink with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Mike Illustrates His Passion for DC Comics

Last month, I had it all laid out, and was doing a weekend of comic-themed posts coinciding with the opening of Comic-Con 2011 in San Diego...

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Ariel's Elm: Rising Upward, but Steadfast

I met Ariel last month in the soon-to-be-shuttered Borders bookstore on Penn Plaza and of her three tattoos, she shared this tree on her upper right biceps:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfSySP08G6Yx9C1UEqqL1uhyPErCqKSYzlTwbE6xRQdWJurOd-xVfBgsBAsn0geZGYRfUhRVouMShJ145l8PeHkyuLvvXjM0DBDls4klwVkyhkR6xOeXW1PE5rp2RgM1qt6tog3tGSD0/s1600/TREE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfSySP08G6Yx9C1UEqqL1uhyPErCqKSYzlTwbE6xRQdWJurOd-xVfBgsBAsn0geZGYRfUhRVouMShJ145l8PeHkyuLvvXjM0DBDls4klwVkyhkR6xOeXW1PE5rp2RgM1qt6tog3tGSD0/s640/TREE.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br />Ariel explained that this tattoo <br /><blockquote>"was originally an actual photograph of a maple tree, but it was too difficult - you can see the shading is relatively delicate for it ... it looked better with a cloudier image ... so it looks more of a cherry blossom but it was originally a maple...</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFar-Ozfk8F8PkdjADgcV-ISdxM_NY2vZtBYZozC5uNSTb5qNBuVSfPd176kMmCBqSmYwebnui-TeM9OsNjkLG-TGYV39n5NVWUxFnx5kVOR6AUFYnzq9q97ZevOtm5_ce2w_1mt53tw/s1600/TREE+DETAIL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFar-Ozfk8F8PkdjADgcV-ISdxM_NY2vZtBYZozC5uNSTb5qNBuVSfPd176kMmCBqSmYwebnui-TeM9OsNjkLG-TGYV39n5NVWUxFnx5kVOR6AUFYnzq9q97ZevOtm5_ce2w_1mt53tw/s640/TREE+DETAIL.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br />As for the reason she included the roots of the tree in the design, she specified,<br /><blockquote>"I really wanted it to be something that represents being rooted and grounded and steadfast, but still growing upwards and moving towards the heavens, something that is strong and can withstand the wind, but is adaptable and changes with the seasons ... so it's just kind of, who I would like to be."</blockquote>She credited Randall Muntz at <a href="http://divinemachinetattoo.com/Home_Page.html">Divine Machine Tattoo</a> in Buffalo, New York with this work. Coincidentally, Randall started full-time (according to their website) at <a href="http://www.bodyelectrictattoo.com/gallery/Randall/">Body Electric Tattoo</a> in Hollywood, California, just this week.<br /><br />Thanks to Ariel for sharing her lovely tree tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Ariel's Elm: Rising Upward, but Steadfast

I met Ariel last month in the soon-to-be-shuttered Borders bookstore on Penn Plaza and of her three tattoos, she shared this tree on her upp...

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Christina's Frankenstein Girl

I met Christina at the end of June, unable to help noticing this colorful neck tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeap00RlLb4pdklwJDmov5xT2oCXaK70TC9BWlnuAPoQs3sGBc9akyMy1dP1B2YH3qQwWQkXD-nG1YHau_pWoAfW1-9aUIh8Qev97i01XjITzFA-dnIkjSl5l1Ht3fGIaPwXNlbdxZ15g/s1600/Frankenstein+Girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeap00RlLb4pdklwJDmov5xT2oCXaK70TC9BWlnuAPoQs3sGBc9akyMy1dP1B2YH3qQwWQkXD-nG1YHau_pWoAfW1-9aUIh8Qev97i01XjITzFA-dnIkjSl5l1Ht3fGIaPwXNlbdxZ15g/s640/Frankenstein+Girl.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br />Christina, who is a prep chef at a catering hall, as well as a club promoter, explained that this tattoo is based on the album art from a group called <a href="http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/">Mindless Self-Indulgence</a>. I believe she was referring to the band's 2000 release <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000021XS3/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B000021XS3%22%3EFrankenstein%20Girls%20Will%20Seem%20Strangely%20Sexy%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B000021XS3&camp=217145&creative=399369%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E"><i>Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy</i></a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ymnsl8NYhlgQPPYO6UXyuDEFtiC8rPcSzgk_ojCMpwAfpazTilzm1tFH6ytS27FL3OgtCkfrF5_M5Ynog6pOOWDxsehGx5YfM6UslB4y5U3aMZBOi-8SKcTX5xAOHpmLIowRqnYB5pE/s1600/frank+girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ymnsl8NYhlgQPPYO6UXyuDEFtiC8rPcSzgk_ojCMpwAfpazTilzm1tFH6ytS27FL3OgtCkfrF5_M5Ynog6pOOWDxsehGx5YfM6UslB4y5U3aMZBOi-8SKcTX5xAOHpmLIowRqnYB5pE/s400/frank+girls.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />She credited an artist named Serge for doing the tattoo at <a href="http://www.tattoofrenzy.com/">Tattoo Frenzy</a> in Lindenhurst, New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Christina for sharing her Frankenstein girl with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B000021XS3" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Christina's Frankenstein Girl

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Adrian's Ink Celebrates His Heritage

I met Adrian last month on a fluke - I was on the D train headed to Brooklyn going to a dentist's appointment, having left work early.<br /><br />I approached him about his ink and we had a really great discussion about tattoos and art.<br /><br />Adrian is a wonderful artist and his work can be seen <a href="http://viajeroart.com/">here</a> at Viajero Art (dot) com. Take a look at <a href="http://viajeroart.com/#1228345/Caja-De-La-Memoria-Viva-II">this exhibit</a>, a mixed media piece that just looks amazing.<br /><br />He shared two of his tattoos with me. First, this piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWQq18X9vWpDPsKNNNBLDS3_uCjK-YUhCOPMrBtrXOuanUmoLKnRjWVeR9e8ONXNF3z5dw1AKfdCBnchCBLR5ennur-7t5qwyGzYCiyDGZiyq9eW0cjg-jMwHN8wcnH8tG5C-Vuqwepg/s1600/st+james+mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWQq18X9vWpDPsKNNNBLDS3_uCjK-YUhCOPMrBtrXOuanUmoLKnRjWVeR9e8ONXNF3z5dw1AKfdCBnchCBLR5ennur-7t5qwyGzYCiyDGZiyq9eW0cjg-jMwHN8wcnH8tG5C-Vuqwepg/s640/st+james+mask.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br />This tattoo, on the inside of Adrian's right arm, is a Puerto Rican mask. Adrian's family hails from the small town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo%C3%ADza,_Puerto_Rico">Loíza</a>, in northeastern Puerto Rico. In <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/PR/200003485.html">the festival of St. James, the Apostle</a>, people wear traditional masks like these as part of the celebration. Adrian explained that St. James was known, among many things, for helping the Spanish fight back invading Moors. One of the functions of the masks, he explained, was to  scare people into going back to church, where the masks represented the terrifying Moors.<br /><br />Adrian also shared this piece from his right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9nocdBZ5Pn3ngfiPboItw2ET2sorxiKWwmd81gFq3fG_v-QQp-k-HeNJ_IKVbRErwRD7xGxHZYDQ6yuXD-nLujVAmw_KRQFW5MOT-5M6CdfT_vgEasz95H1grnokPvhGHXBAAGz_WXY/s1600/gypsy+life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9nocdBZ5Pn3ngfiPboItw2ET2sorxiKWwmd81gFq3fG_v-QQp-k-HeNJ_IKVbRErwRD7xGxHZYDQ6yuXD-nLujVAmw_KRQFW5MOT-5M6CdfT_vgEasz95H1grnokPvhGHXBAAGz_WXY/s640/gypsy+life.jpg" width="158" /></a></div><br />This tattoo, he told me, represents the women in his life. The fact that she is depicted as a gypsy is for good luck. The detail in this tattoo is astonishing:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uqnqngFa9IgxvdHl3neU-ObvRicKJsNVB-p-0VBgJM3QbsCaEb6X8vNZjgVmHvvrdVHIyOtkvb63M1ouiZSsztgfo5oZFxHOPIgst_LfbxLmWmPzclrYAY20AhTiGJM6u1Ui3gObVZA/s1600/gypsy+life+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uqnqngFa9IgxvdHl3neU-ObvRicKJsNVB-p-0VBgJM3QbsCaEb6X8vNZjgVmHvvrdVHIyOtkvb63M1ouiZSsztgfo5oZFxHOPIgst_LfbxLmWmPzclrYAY20AhTiGJM6u1Ui3gObVZA/s640/gypsy+life+detail.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><br />He told me that the artist, the talented <a href="http://www.marcuskuhn.com/">Marcus Kuhn</a>, used the image from a popular brand of jalapeno peppers, La Morena, as a model for the woman in the tattoo. You can see the resemblance:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjMsG1ndS3yPoAGuurRRfn93k_v5oTaEGrjUUKBmCDArJht8UK17TEQj1R4dEqK9jvSI6yK4rgSBNSR0tD_NPsdLH8Le5PWcgT-HE11GvfgwlqiqJfNMVGJ_b9AhPMDLzX0eQnl8iTik/s1600/la+morena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjMsG1ndS3yPoAGuurRRfn93k_v5oTaEGrjUUKBmCDArJht8UK17TEQj1R4dEqK9jvSI6yK4rgSBNSR0tD_NPsdLH8Le5PWcgT-HE11GvfgwlqiqJfNMVGJ_b9AhPMDLzX0eQnl8iTik/s320/la+morena.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Marcus Kuhn tattoos out of <a href="http://www.redstarirons.com/">Red Star Irons</a> when visiting New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Adrian for sharing his amazing tattoos with us here on Tattoosday! I look forward to seeing more of his art in the future!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Adrian's Ink Celebrates His Heritage

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Kate Reminds Us: Two Calves Are Better than One

I met Kate last month and she shared these two, of her eleven tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaswm8j3HUDt3Eu7w47xpHdjHXGioiUymw2sBeYYcflscZ9wDj8r2kDMSGcrxiI0869hsHyHXWVPgchDAauxJBGHS2rnarrZbLxvxiSVX7JTn_CCrVlngUKUQXYynNtra9NXQcPK0H0IY/s1600/2+Calves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaswm8j3HUDt3Eu7w47xpHdjHXGioiUymw2sBeYYcflscZ9wDj8r2kDMSGcrxiI0869hsHyHXWVPgchDAauxJBGHS2rnarrZbLxvxiSVX7JTn_CCrVlngUKUQXYynNtra9NXQcPK0H0IY/s640/2+Calves.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Kate says these don't have specific meanings behind them, she "just liked the art". Nothing wrong with that at all.<br /><br />On the left calf, Kate has an exquisite black and grey piece by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/benjaminmoss">Benjamin Moss</a> at <a href="http://www.apocalypsetattoo.com/">Apocalypse Tattoo</a> in Seattle.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eRUv06_mtDzZemOIp1DjSZD_ZZ34-EPuMTmjYdH-bXFjA6_BS5ajSahAXqGn_L4paxGpHhdYLU-u3kvd0pdheT-FZgAT6ZhQ-iN0uA_ri0cBIhvzU0oSMCOsEeblmpWguehA_u9RXkI/s1600/2+skeletons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4d7LMCxhUtQNm9YjCm21LbUNTpW6LOYQZM96Qvq4gHJBqo-hgaH39vqx4LDWeC9iBjkH7BaIEK9ktoMNmpAMvNsyCbWTGwN5JbJN77ia1nnHjycY9mcSvPI8LhTTA6sH5SfTXr2ylmg/s1600/2+skeletons+alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4d7LMCxhUtQNm9YjCm21LbUNTpW6LOYQZM96Qvq4gHJBqo-hgaH39vqx4LDWeC9iBjkH7BaIEK9ktoMNmpAMvNsyCbWTGwN5JbJN77ia1nnHjycY9mcSvPI8LhTTA6sH5SfTXr2ylmg/s640/2+skeletons+alt.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br />The romantically morbid idea of two skeletons sharing an eternity in the same coffin is a haunting image.<br /><br />On her right calf is this dagger:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5bGXH8d5g0sKFn-5rc_hsvjnrXgZklnMe6ns33VcCU7L6hM5La20be2etKeo35qojOJkDYH2G-VaNgoklwnucSBNzhuQpFx3urVbWML8u-K6-3md4qh1k79fW4YpO7hPdKE59aJvrKw/s1600/Dagger+Calf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5bGXH8d5g0sKFn-5rc_hsvjnrXgZklnMe6ns33VcCU7L6hM5La20be2etKeo35qojOJkDYH2G-VaNgoklwnucSBNzhuQpFx3urVbWML8u-K6-3md4qh1k79fW4YpO7hPdKE59aJvrKw/s640/Dagger+Calf.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />The phrase "MORTE PRIMA DI DISONORE" translates to the expression "Death Before Dishonor". This tattoo was created at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Addiction-NYC/282610705212?sk=wall">Addiction NYC</a> on St. Mark's Place in Manhattan.<br /><br />Thanks to Kate for sharing these great tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Kate Reminds Us: Two Calves Are Better than One

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Lisa and Her Brooklyn Flytrap

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style><br /> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }<br /> </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </style> <![endif]--> <br />Today's entry is a reader submission from a fellow Brooklynite named Lisa, who sent in this photo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjCYlsaP1FZ3hjzTJe87RnBGX93O5rNdcvXO9tW-kyTYujywuV0fcycooBlynrurTMRj-hsy8zedJGmD6PJXIswBoHfu3y7W2-_pzRKNNgVsx8oo4ijabstgM2qr6sbOWfLCu9wdGWxU/s1600/lisa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjCYlsaP1FZ3hjzTJe87RnBGX93O5rNdcvXO9tW-kyTYujywuV0fcycooBlynrurTMRj-hsy8zedJGmD6PJXIswBoHfu3y7W2-_pzRKNNgVsx8oo4ijabstgM2qr6sbOWfLCu9wdGWxU/s640/lisa.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Lisa tells me:</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">"[This tattoo] was done a few months ago by an artist named Alex Perez, owner of Tat2sRus located at 5409 4th Ave. in Sunset Park Brooklyn.  He has been tattooing for over 20 yrs and is totally awesome.  This piece was done freehand just like all his pieces are.  I love my tattoo and get many compliments on it."<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">I know this is a Venus Flytrap, but I'll call it a Brooklyn Flytrap, because it looks like it's a plant you definitely don't want to mess with!</div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks to Lisa for sending this in to us here at Tattoosday! <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Lisa and Her Brooklyn Flytrap

Today's entry is a reader submission from a fellow Brooklynite named Lisa, who sent in this photo: Lisa tells me: "[This tattoo] ...

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Juliana's Hibiscus

I met Juliana last month and, although there's a section of her tattoo that is "in progress," she agreed to share it here:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFkmQdadwZEQfLo3KRKSaD4i_w3x3aUeixJE0ws4bijhghR6ggP_gCagcBI2IOUs81TgSfIyjmZ-nYpmYKd48_xS0SIg7DbM83Q-ItwoXQFbiu_QKUrSylSXFx6iIMCmdFNX5lQwKQuU/s1600/Hibiscus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFkmQdadwZEQfLo3KRKSaD4i_w3x3aUeixJE0ws4bijhghR6ggP_gCagcBI2IOUs81TgSfIyjmZ-nYpmYKd48_xS0SIg7DbM83Q-ItwoXQFbiu_QKUrSylSXFx6iIMCmdFNX5lQwKQuU/s640/Hibiscus.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Juliana explained:</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"I took the picture of the flower myself. The hibiscus means eternal beauty, which I though was really cool. And the symbols [kanji] are respect, love, strength and energy ... so I call it my <i>Keep Truckin'</i> tattoo."</div></blockquote>The artist  is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tattoosbyed">Ed Knowles</a>, who is currently at <a href="http://www.12tattoos.com/index2.html">12 Tattoos</a> in Groton, Connecticut. Work by Ed has appeared previously <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/06/jolies-cupcake.html">here</a> on Tattoosday.<br /><br />The <i>kanji  </i>are, on the left side strength above energy and on the right side, respect above love:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rzoNKjwhCO5CQUvgYRlwZfmPYPLlw005wZNOnUXtQSPdefxw_1N9S3oLXcii2KTsOqS8w0mQK9HguMpuTtv0T8Bby4DFRGAFLSHMJoTAj15ue9AJt_d4f7HaD11USI3FEBVL1QeAXg0/s1600/Hibiscus+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rzoNKjwhCO5CQUvgYRlwZfmPYPLlw005wZNOnUXtQSPdefxw_1N9S3oLXcii2KTsOqS8w0mQK9HguMpuTtv0T8Bby4DFRGAFLSHMJoTAj15ue9AJt_d4f7HaD11USI3FEBVL1QeAXg0/s400/Hibiscus+detail.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Juliana for sharing her tattoo-in-progress with us here on Tattoosday! Keep truckin', Juliana!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Juliana's Hibiscus

I met Juliana last month and, although there's a section of her tattoo that is "in progress," she agreed to share it here:   J...

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Two Peacocks for a Tuesday

Back in June, I met two women on separate days who had peacock tattoos.<br /><br />First was <a href="http://www.jacktarfilms.com/">Charlotte</a>, a filmmaker who I spotted on the uptown 3 train. I snapped these pictures when we got off the subway at 72nd Street:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQH6y9aTHPHUtu1CfaJ4gGaENoXYVzfJPQxS0-HS4SekAltxkWfoDTbtHX0SJs5R3In8J054dCzlm8fN2ta0_elzAarIhoo2xKbHtRi6p6st3NpMGZGVqx6OdGenFXlzK0oAiG6UwaV8Q/s1600/Peacock+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQH6y9aTHPHUtu1CfaJ4gGaENoXYVzfJPQxS0-HS4SekAltxkWfoDTbtHX0SJs5R3In8J054dCzlm8fN2ta0_elzAarIhoo2xKbHtRi6p6st3NpMGZGVqx6OdGenFXlzK0oAiG6UwaV8Q/s640/Peacock+1.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcorDAu3BInDsUiQrBrqj9fCJa-y_7hxfzGFKERPZFr3ODpdz0ldVdutfKoW7cE2hHqv-dOj3ATfDOZMkHG_a4iRhO6nbDJ67iHhOD6Ep8IqoLwZ-6Ycgn6FWsmIp6YjGIErGhbIQyTc/s1600/peacock+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcorDAu3BInDsUiQrBrqj9fCJa-y_7hxfzGFKERPZFr3ODpdz0ldVdutfKoW7cE2hHqv-dOj3ATfDOZMkHG_a4iRhO6nbDJ67iHhOD6Ep8IqoLwZ-6Ycgn6FWsmIp6YjGIErGhbIQyTc/s640/peacock+2.jpg" width="306" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Charlotte credited <a href="http://danielalbrigo.com/home.html">Daniel Albrigo</a> as the artist, who did this when he worked at <a href="http://nyadorned.com/">Brooklyn Adorned</a>. He now tattoos out of <a href="http://www.threekingstattoo.com/site/">Three Kings</a> in Brooklyn.<br /><br />She explained that she "wanted something beautiful to offset the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali">Kali</a> tattoo on her right shoulder".<br /><br />A week later I met Emily near Penn Station, who had this different perspective on the peacock, inked on her calf:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE62uEBvW4AqMYOF8bN-q8tB24zbgu1PvBMxhyx6fsL-wpczsdZHo89WaGROkLke4EphIknK0EQOqW4TmRpYuQe-5wkvCW10wGjb2e-Yyu0t1jgcDDsQAYRv5Um1yM7otSLnump34MIAI/s1600/peacock3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE62uEBvW4AqMYOF8bN-q8tB24zbgu1PvBMxhyx6fsL-wpczsdZHo89WaGROkLke4EphIknK0EQOqW4TmRpYuQe-5wkvCW10wGjb2e-Yyu0t1jgcDDsQAYRv5Um1yM7otSLnump34MIAI/s640/peacock3.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Emily explained: </span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"My mother used to work at a school in Dallas, Texas, where I'm from, that has peacocks that roam wild on campus ... when I was a child I used to go play with them (or just watch them)."</span> </span></blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Emily told me she "drew it and designed it with the help of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/davecwallin/photos/71394154#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A71394154%7D">Dave Wallin</a>." Dave tattooed this when working at <a href="http://www.tattooculture.net/">Tattoo Culture</a> in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but he now works out of <a href="http://www.8ofswords.com/">Eight of Swords Tattoo Studio</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to both Charlotte and Emily for sharing their very different peacocks here on Tattoosday!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><br />

Two Peacocks for a Tuesday

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Sammy's Substitute for High Fashion

When I spotted Sammy outside of Macy*s, Herald Square, I noticed a single line of numbers just below her neck.<br /><br />Intrigued, I stopped her and asked about it. It was then that she revealed that the one line of digits, from 0 to 9, was only the top of the tattoo. Here's the whole thing:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyNSVhzrOT0P_A1RftfZ9D88qT9rhKI16kMz16wDTn21W5guv8hBnIsGSiuGnyApPJXvQu_sQ1oAU0C2ps-r5TLhyphenhyphen9iOwuuKOpD-wC_3MAF9uHFHn54Lrv1KyOZPAn2JUwUVBoy4IPK4/s1600/sammy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyNSVhzrOT0P_A1RftfZ9D88qT9rhKI16kMz16wDTn21W5guv8hBnIsGSiuGnyApPJXvQu_sQ1oAU0C2ps-r5TLhyphenhyphen9iOwuuKOpD-wC_3MAF9uHFHn54Lrv1KyOZPAn2JUwUVBoy4IPK4/s400/sammy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Sammy explained that this is a body art version of a clothing tag from the high-end clothing designer, <a href="http://www.martinmargiela.com/">Martin Margiela</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohunExP9YNbt-x6qHoznuB44QjIO7HSJtVZH9pO6RzyX-TlpkAUs88z1fDv4yJ4rA2d77lx1OOvHXcPGHsBllUe6qdj1zApMUGIXYC7GLUpmMJQiXS4MNn3Fv6CuTJEvnHDZoh0rgwwQ/s1600/MMMLabel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohunExP9YNbt-x6qHoznuB44QjIO7HSJtVZH9pO6RzyX-TlpkAUs88z1fDv4yJ4rA2d77lx1OOvHXcPGHsBllUe6qdj1zApMUGIXYC7GLUpmMJQiXS4MNn3Fv6CuTJEvnHDZoh0rgwwQ/s400/MMMLabel.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhx0PDzBhdVw3VLqcyrQZxDoQH-NLWnWd3Mvjzah-tKmnsqq_xOQ9W2Y-aof5jr-gNEXrh8GleQHLXORjjrTgbgaO5RmZspNQFdPKegOvmLf7xrpLf77QxcP6AtSX9Q1Pqe29b07OgrY/s1600/maison-martin-margiela-2010-spring-summer-preview-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhx0PDzBhdVw3VLqcyrQZxDoQH-NLWnWd3Mvjzah-tKmnsqq_xOQ9W2Y-aof5jr-gNEXrh8GleQHLXORjjrTgbgaO5RmZspNQFdPKegOvmLf7xrpLf77QxcP6AtSX9Q1Pqe29b07OgrY/s400/maison-martin-margiela-2010-spring-summer-preview-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She told me that this was her "favorite design label" and said "I want to illustrate ... it's really expensive so I can't buy anything." She added that having the label on her back serves "to control my desire for buying it."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's certainly a new functionality for a tattoo, in my opinion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sammy credited an artist in Los Angeles named Baku at a shop whose name I can't find, so I will go out on a limb and credit <a href="http://bakucharu.tumblr.com/">Baku Watanabe</a>, who works at <a href="http://www.freakchictattoo.com/">Freak Chic Tattoo</a> on Melrose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Sammy for sharing this unusual tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span>

Sammy's Substitute for High Fashion

When I spotted Sammy outside of Macy*s, Herald Square, I noticed a single line of numbers just below her neck. Intrigued, I stopped her and ...

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