One More from Michael: An Otomo Design That Reminds Him of a Love Lost

Michael, whose Calvin tattoo was featured in the previous post <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/12/michaels-calvin-embodies-his-spirit-of.html">here</a>, also shared this cool piece from his right arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMwdYG1OfgPhp3boyaKn9_whA9goTbedrqiK345uE0eiyoGdA-ZCHjeWvPXnTLZ5AVYLkzTtcRVl4N9o66G_ld3OVvfK2V-Y2a7xBkjn6oJnc27wsd-QkmKY0o8J6-lagCgg3dTsa78A/s1600/otomo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMwdYG1OfgPhp3boyaKn9_whA9goTbedrqiK345uE0eiyoGdA-ZCHjeWvPXnTLZ5AVYLkzTtcRVl4N9o66G_ld3OVvfK2V-Y2a7xBkjn6oJnc27wsd-QkmKY0o8J6-lagCgg3dTsa78A/s640/otomo.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Michael explained the origin of this design:<br /><blockquote><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8758670674405268" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"The artist is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuhiro_Otomo">Katsuhiro Otomo</a>, the legendary Japanese animator, who did <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%28manga%29">Akira</a> [a popular <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga"><i>manga</i></a> series]. I’ve been in love with him since I was a kid. He came out with another movie called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboy"><i>Steamboy</i></a> that I was super excited about … I got the deluxe set … with the sketchbook in it and I’ve fallen in love with [this girl] … I loved her from the beginning but then I was dating a girl and I fucked it all up and she, well, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and I just wanted to … she’s almost adorable as this and I wanted to put that in memory and not be a fool and, well, she’s still mad at me.</span>"</blockquote><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>Michael added that they still talk and he's holding out hope that forgiveness and reconciliation are still a possibility.<br /><br />The tattoo was inked by Ariel Salgado at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/millenniumtat2">Millenium Tattoo</a> in Newburgh, New York. Ariel, Michael said, has done most of his tattoos.<br /><br />Thanks (again) to Michael for sharing his work 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> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </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 can contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

One More from Michael: An Otomo Design That Reminds Him of a Love Lost

Michael, whose Calvin tattoo was featured in the previous post here , also shared this cool piece from his right arm: Michael explained the ...

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New York City Tattoo Convention, Part 2: Amazing Tattoos from North of the Border

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSBDFnfSGpDeiM-zsHKifuyC5t1Z6x72zRjYBBKQH7dAuxFN3is5p22MZyMguQG2v7ny5gV5ZoXz8lynAZ_lE4auNMxBu6KPuxNhDhuN_MT1HtbBmwT4lGaOlU4bCl7qT5NWA65Kgs-w/s1600-h/Calf+detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339523597965139490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSBDFnfSGpDeiM-zsHKifuyC5t1Z6x72zRjYBBKQH7dAuxFN3is5p22MZyMguQG2v7ny5gV5ZoXz8lynAZ_lE4auNMxBu6KPuxNhDhuN_MT1HtbBmwT4lGaOlU4bCl7qT5NWA65Kgs-w/s400/Calf+detail.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 326px;" /></a><br />Lost in the post-euphoric haze of the tattoo orgy known as a tattoo convention, was an encounter I had with several Canadians, one of which is a talented artist.<br /><br />This was, of course, the New York City Tattoo Convention, which I attended a couple weeks ago (see the brief recap <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/05/dispatch-from-new-york-city-tattoo.html">here</a>).<br /><br />Having decided not to collect many posts and photos for the blog (I had settled on <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/05/emilys-back-piece-takes-yin-and-yang-to.html">this one</a>), I found myself chatting with Phil, a co-worker of mine, after he spotted me among the masses.<br /><br />It was while we were chatting, adjacent to the snack area, that I noticed we were being watched. Just to our right, this image greeted us:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvddKme0ZcG3_tSZictzk70SRbO8Sg-SBumA7nZSjsHhCnxKttMaItEwpwR0Nk5Ua5HkFYXMcio9saQ3QcltktoNgAxKGeO8bJrUpXW1-LcVryy43op3DejRgifa9xooagRCBlaUc_h3A/s1600-h/Janet+Leigh+longshot.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339524379295428066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvddKme0ZcG3_tSZictzk70SRbO8Sg-SBumA7nZSjsHhCnxKttMaItEwpwR0Nk5Ua5HkFYXMcio9saQ3QcltktoNgAxKGeO8bJrUpXW1-LcVryy43op3DejRgifa9xooagRCBlaUc_h3A/s400/Janet+Leigh+longshot.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />This is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Leigh">Janet Leigh</a>, in her iconic role in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock's</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_%281960_film%29" style="font-style: italic;">Psycho</a>. Not only is this a masterful portrait, but it was framed beautifully by the cut-out portion of the dress worn by the woman who had this tattoo. It was as if the artist had positioned the tattoo with this dress in mind.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rijW2rjUR9Fep_9twi7GqlSGR_aHMKJqeCoDtoHjek0yGo7pfAlUZjuncg6Ns8LT7uMzbV0yTIpd9ORYp_NAtAMQue6d5iVbVeFGaPTm5x4UuOyTLEHz1Kfds6THxKmwReA5b72hUkk/s1600-h/Janet+Leigh+close.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339524217633294002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_rijW2rjUR9Fep_9twi7GqlSGR_aHMKJqeCoDtoHjek0yGo7pfAlUZjuncg6Ns8LT7uMzbV0yTIpd9ORYp_NAtAMQue6d5iVbVeFGaPTm5x4UuOyTLEHz1Kfds6THxKmwReA5b72hUkk/s400/Janet+Leigh+close.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a><br />So I introduced myself to the woman who owns this piece. Her name is Marie and she is from Montreal. She got this tattoo because she liked the picture. And that's all that I got from her.<br />I would have learned more, but the room was loud and I had trouble understanding her. Her English was certainly better than my rudimentary high school French, but the environment made it difficult to pick up what she was saying.<br /><br />However, shortly after our conversation began, a couple of gentleman rejoined her and one happened to be the artist of the tattoo in question.<br /><br />His name is Stéphane Bérubé and he is an artist out of a shop called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tatouagelibreexpression">Tatouages Libre Expression</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Eustache,_Quebec">Saint-Eustache,</a> a northern suburb of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec">Quebec</a>.<br /><br />He was very friendly and introduced me to the other person he was with, who was one of his clients as well.<br /><br />With little prompting, this guy rolled up his left pant leg to reveal a sleeve Stéphane <i></i>had done, comprised of bright, multi-colored cartoon panels:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EQ7IJyRRRTCnxsEzwNYh5CNz4ELAzHngWaL1WgOvInMMzWuILjp55SBR7-wTr2ZRu0EAIul9c8HgiqmYN4PFPmiGowHUfFlFwtr2e0XtoHvIwng1ctqy9quChhyphenhyphenxOw0FbCTNTyo_E9o/s1600-h/Calf+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339523800421891234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EQ7IJyRRRTCnxsEzwNYh5CNz4ELAzHngWaL1WgOvInMMzWuILjp55SBR7-wTr2ZRu0EAIul9c8HgiqmYN4PFPmiGowHUfFlFwtr2e0XtoHvIwng1ctqy9quChhyphenhyphenxOw0FbCTNTyo_E9o/s400/Calf+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 169px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimp-lqho3DB1PPrNXLgMa178d1Zvjx5l9IEIUVw6IqFqcqwEWtePYle1SGauzUm_4nKePnE_ThvKCP7tCGX6VNGO8KtESEQS9518W2HUtIzxO8x3A2KRigxcW0-2zBodyOrotiPztLR2A/s1600-h/Calf+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339523717560499714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimp-lqho3DB1PPrNXLgMa178d1Zvjx5l9IEIUVw6IqFqcqwEWtePYle1SGauzUm_4nKePnE_ThvKCP7tCGX6VNGO8KtESEQS9518W2HUtIzxO8x3A2KRigxcW0-2zBodyOrotiPztLR2A/s400/Calf+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 146px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUysSSBKhQQsUqMF1P6mxAqu_5e41Px61EnYulDdim4BxQxTOQpv2yYMWzimXYhjUEuHgP8ikKcw0X-n4BfHLufoFPN5p2EGZVhqw3QqaZpX3Stia_XnjvnNSof1Y6kqd-B39T9hLDNkw/s1600-h/Calf+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339523658596778546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUysSSBKhQQsUqMF1P6mxAqu_5e41Px61EnYulDdim4BxQxTOQpv2yYMWzimXYhjUEuHgP8ikKcw0X-n4BfHLufoFPN5p2EGZVhqw3QqaZpX3Stia_XnjvnNSof1Y6kqd-B39T9hLDNkw/s400/Calf+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 136px;" /></a><br />The owner of the tattoos explained that he had brought a graphic novel to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/St%C3%83%C2%A9phane">Stéphane</a>, telling him it was one of his favorite books growing up. They extracted different panels to make a cohesive combination of segments that make up the whole of the sleeve.<br /><br />It is phenomenal work and I thank Stéphane and his friends for allowing me to photograph their tattoos!

New York City Tattoo Convention, Part 2: Amazing Tattoos from North of the Border

Lost in the post-euphoric haze of the tattoo orgy known as a tattoo convention, was an encounter I had with several Canadians, one of which ...

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