Sal's Tattoo Takes Wing

Today's tattoo comes to us courtesy of Sal, who is making his third appearance on Tattoosday. We first met him in 2008 when he shared <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/09/sal-shares-his-illusion-ary-tattoo.html">this Guns N Roses tattoo</a>, and then again, in 2009 with <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/11/return-of-sals-ink-teachers-inspiring.html">this quote</a>, inked on his forearm.<br /><br />Both times I ran into Sal at the video store where he works in Brooklyn Heights. He alerted me to the fact that he had new ink, so I just had to stop by and see in person:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUeZRzDHLNErqTcdtwlQLYS3-pD0zbqqfHqJyT1MU4JLnvEmqa87-34F64R0MWwqCLqHxQs-gevnMHzS36F3hWUWKXNwQE_rrSpTAM57qYuXDnA8_IusDKO-_Q0qZr_vk9UE-V7RA3nw/s1600/robin+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUeZRzDHLNErqTcdtwlQLYS3-pD0zbqqfHqJyT1MU4JLnvEmqa87-34F64R0MWwqCLqHxQs-gevnMHzS36F3hWUWKXNwQE_rrSpTAM57qYuXDnA8_IusDKO-_Q0qZr_vk9UE-V7RA3nw/s400/robin+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The collage might not bring out the finer details as seen in a closer view:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpULwCubzN5hAEBnPkEn7DyFRHnL5P0E7yGUS6z-hV-_xcoH3h63o0gFbHReokIa3_3hhvIUxk0cHfbgxlu12ApPYLOzF4SbNblNRnR5Fvq-PV3LAUqT5eMfCtVmhH9R79WkBrRIGEhw/s1600/robin+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpULwCubzN5hAEBnPkEn7DyFRHnL5P0E7yGUS6z-hV-_xcoH3h63o0gFbHReokIa3_3hhvIUxk0cHfbgxlu12ApPYLOzF4SbNblNRnR5Fvq-PV3LAUqT5eMfCtVmhH9R79WkBrRIGEhw/s400/robin+detail.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br />The bird is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin">American Robin</a>. Why this particular bird? Sal explains: "Robins mean a lot to me - not just for their beauty, but for their meaning of hope and new beginnings".<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusnCMFCWXzmiW2xUGavdhUU0bEbopy7kn12G4WY9ppH19-CBD2lIJB0r_Iw9lmixenBP5ZqUzb9nGzMJoCrz5AqZjwuoyJ_sDSzeoL6eWpqdbFTFn269BTnwtT_CsQxcjPF-juKmO6kg/s1600/791px-Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusnCMFCWXzmiW2xUGavdhUU0bEbopy7kn12G4WY9ppH19-CBD2lIJB0r_Iw9lmixenBP5ZqUzb9nGzMJoCrz5AqZjwuoyJ_sDSzeoL6eWpqdbFTFn269BTnwtT_CsQxcjPF-juKmO6kg/s320/791px-Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <a class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin" title="en:American Robin">American Robin</a> -- Humber Bay Park (East) (<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Canada">Canada</a>) -- 2005, by <a class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mdf">en:User:Mdf</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The tattoo artist is the phenomenal <a href="http://markharada.com/">Mark Harada</a> at <a href="http://www.eastsideinktattoo.com/">East Side Ink</a> in Manhattan. Work from Mark and other East Side Ink artists has appeared previously on our site <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/East%20Side%20Ink">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks again to Sal for sharing his awesome new tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Sal's Tattoo Takes Wing

Today's tattoo comes to us courtesy of Sal, who is making his third appearance on Tattoosday. We first met him in 2008 when he shared t...

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