Fernando's Trio of Whimsical Ink

I met Fernando a while back outside of Penn Station and he had a lot of work to share. He estimated that he had around thirty tattoos on his canvas, but we picked three to spotlight here on Tattoosday.<br /><br />As a <a href="http://www.starwars.com/">Star Wars</a> fan, he couldn't resist this portrait of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2-D2">R2-D2</a>:<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/AVvXsEhM6UcCRc5K46FoHPL2V-L6wee1k6zwm88R9Q0rwpaT4CRrgmmA4Gxe1IfmrJhxxR9orehgtNhrDY-WP0LPm9sO4z2pqLOk7-sk2ZfT0alDkOxkoc8j9Et3eWgUSLZNfqOgKkJS5tnMKAg/s1600/R2D2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6UcCRc5K46FoHPL2V-L6wee1k6zwm88R9Q0rwpaT4CRrgmmA4Gxe1IfmrJhxxR9orehgtNhrDY-WP0LPm9sO4z2pqLOk7-sk2ZfT0alDkOxkoc8j9Et3eWgUSLZNfqOgKkJS5tnMKAg/s640/R2D2.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br />The banner "YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE" refers to the scene in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope">the first movie</a>, when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Leia_Organa">Princess Leia</a> sends a holographic distress message to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi-Wan_Kenobi">Obi-Wan Kenobi</a> via R2-D2 that ends, "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."<br /><br />Both the tattoo of R2-D2 and this one, were done by Evan at <a href="http://www.revolvertattoo.com/">Revolver Tattoo</a> in New Burnswick, New Jersey:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIYZxf_0sVoqvgv6JqfGmX7U88Vr1rD9Qal9InalAyBzhLeeAXIyFrlqyD0dKSJOPNzoZIPvNOwn-bi5S8B4mtLMu3bfQ-Tu2v0onJ766AAs_zKYF9QZkLIc7IB17qSrWVz-iJ7ApcTU/s1600/Transformer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIYZxf_0sVoqvgv6JqfGmX7U88Vr1rD9Qal9InalAyBzhLeeAXIyFrlqyD0dKSJOPNzoZIPvNOwn-bi5S8B4mtLMu3bfQ-Tu2v0onJ766AAs_zKYF9QZkLIc7IB17qSrWVz-iJ7ApcTU/s400/Transformer.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br />That is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatron_%28Transformers%29">Megatron</a>, the leader of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decepticon">Decepticons</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers">Transformers</a> franchise.<br /><br />And thirdly, Fernando shared this take on a sugar skull:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kVQSRVed-bQ16ORxon8ZBub9bzgZ24dd0YjblkX42oTEpyw-4pRKczYKpmnX3vME1N2rNk-G1Wc9FTtZeKKl6I5EheskER9JSF3GZQTWpwhawbXzc8ieCr6WcBazt1G5y_W42jhz3oY/s1600/sugar+skull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kVQSRVed-bQ16ORxon8ZBub9bzgZ24dd0YjblkX42oTEpyw-4pRKczYKpmnX3vME1N2rNk-G1Wc9FTtZeKKl6I5EheskER9JSF3GZQTWpwhawbXzc8ieCr6WcBazt1G5y_W42jhz3oY/s640/sugar+skull.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br />This piece was tattooed by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150110375496767.279996.125871431766">Mike Rivelry</a> at <a href="http://www.immortalink.com/">Immortal Ink</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Fernando for sharing a few of his dozens of 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> /* 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. 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Fernando's Trio of Whimsical Ink

I met Fernando a while back outside of Penn Station and he had a lot of work to share. He estimated that he had around thirty tattoos on his...

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Frank's Laserbeak Tattoo Transforms His Flesh

I met Frank in the Penn Plaza Borders yesterday and stopped to ask him about his tattoos.<br /><br />"How many do you have?" I asked and he responded vaguely "a lot". That generally means at least a dozen, if not more, and he offered up this two-part tattoo, from his right arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsv6LFOBUtfSiYDTKm-aI6GNT_QlQ7-RGFX-WMrZ_XQ1FD11-mwLxHrgfqVT2WZDyYk-zeYveCBld0H6ol7yh6MXOxIUxhfracc0zuZlnS93FLxAzAanKqhyphenhyphenyYQqiU_ohGtg5kfDLaSQ/s1600/transformer+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsv6LFOBUtfSiYDTKm-aI6GNT_QlQ7-RGFX-WMrZ_XQ1FD11-mwLxHrgfqVT2WZDyYk-zeYveCBld0H6ol7yh6MXOxIUxhfracc0zuZlnS93FLxAzAanKqhyphenhyphenyYQqiU_ohGtg5kfDLaSQ/s400/transformer+1.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJDX16RmM9np4gKv7IOLfXY2Sd7xa8wwjQ3Cdsce3M8mAe8Q6xCL9Ru8pdPCGpGIUlK6Idfj5KA7Xk0Vo2kgLAWl-jInes3iRLZWeY_UAArhJPNzbW1dk1Wiy1DFdfM-bHUMpsM9Li_Y/s1600/transformer+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJDX16RmM9np4gKv7IOLfXY2Sd7xa8wwjQ3Cdsce3M8mAe8Q6xCL9Ru8pdPCGpGIUlK6Idfj5KA7Xk0Vo2kgLAWl-jInes3iRLZWeY_UAArhJPNzbW1dk1Wiy1DFdfM-bHUMpsM9Li_Y/s400/transformer+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers">Transformer</a>. More specifically, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserbeak">Laserbeak</a>," a Transformer that does reconnaissance.<br /><br />This is one of the first tattoos that Frank got and, as one would expect, he had this done because he likes Transformers.<br /><br />He credited the tattoo to <a href="http://www.cortsroyalink.com/artist_cort_profile.asp">Cort Bengston</a> at <a href="http://www.cortsroyalink.com/premiumflashart.asp">Cort's Royal Ink Tattoo Studio</a> in Patchogue, New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Frank for sharing these cool tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Frank's Laserbeak Tattoo Transforms His Flesh

I met Frank in the Penn Plaza Borders yesterday and stopped to ask him about his tattoos. "How many do you have?" I asked and he r...

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