2008 Wrap-Up, Looking Ahead to 2009For those of you following Tattoosday, I am going to take a different approach to the blog in 2009.The concept will be the same, but I am going to enhance it a little bit. All posts will be dated and time-stamped around the time that they happened. So, if I don't get around to posting the ink for a …
More of Jessica's Ink: Blue Stars and Random ArtHere are some more tattoos from Jessica, who inked much of this work herself. She has over 50 tattoos, and has work featured before here.She has inked some blue stars....And that is Italy as well, with the red, white and green colors of the country's flag. The blue stars accompany a tomato slice and…
More of Jessica: A Death's-head Hawk Moth and Knee FlamesHere's more of Jessica's ink. "Flames on my kneecap and the death's head moth from The Silence of the Lambs....."That is the Death's-head Hawkmoth:which came to cultural significance when featured on the movie poster for the Jodie Foster movie mentioned above.Thanks again to Jessica for sharing her …
More of Jessica: Moogoogaipan and Red FooHere are the last two pieces I have on Jessica (I'm sure in '09 she'll send me more...). They are her foo dogs, which she has dubbed Moogoogaipan (named after the Americanized Chinese food dish moo goo gai pan) and Red Foo.Jessica has shared a lot of ink here. She actually has some other foo dogs in…
Michael's Mariachis Celebrate Life with a Burst of Musical ColorIn reconnecting with old college friends through Facebook, my old friend Michael who I haven't seen in almost twenty years sent me an amazing tattoo he has on his right arm.He sent me before and after shots so we can see the transformation from outline to spectacularly colorful body art. First, the …
Tattoos I Know: Paul, Part 3, or, The Great Cover-Up of 2008Earlier this year, I featured the first tattoo belonging to Paul, a co-worker and friend. Later on, he showed me his sleeve (here).I am just getting around to show you his new work in progress, a cover-up of a tattoo on his right bicep, located above the first one of his that I featured here.This is…
A Knight to Remember: Veronica Shares Her InkI received a pleasant surprise yesterday, just before leaving work, when Brooke (see her tattoos here and here) introduced me to her friend Veronica, who was visiting her in the office.Veronica enjoyed the posts on Brooke's ink, and was willing to share her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday:I correc…
Tattoos I Know: Mary-Lee's Paternal InscriptionI'm particularly proud of this particular tattoo story because it hatched out of Tattoosday itself, in a roundabout way.The signature above is a freshly-inked autograph of a man who has been dead over forty years. It graces the back of Mary-Lee, who I have known and worked with for a decade. The sig…
Jeremy's Patriotic Tribute to His FatherI spotted this patriotic and paternal piece earlier this week at Penn Station.Jeremy explained this straight-forward tattoo, which is inked on the inner part of his left bicep. The design is a tribute to his father, who died on the 4th of July, 2001. Dad had served in the U.S. army in the Korean War…
An Inky Obsession with HellboyI met Daniel at Borders and I could tell, from a distance, his tattoo was pretty special. It was only when I saw it up close that I realized how cool it is:This is based on a limited edition print of the comic book character, Hellboy.Daniel is a fan of Mike Mignola's creation, one of his favorite co…
Mike's Reminder, Emblazoned on His ChestAn unseasonably warm Monday, when the temperature rose above 60, proved to be a bonus here at Tattoosday.I met Mike in Penn Plaza, outside of Borders, and of his eleven tattoos, he chose this one to share here on the blog:I was struck by the diamond in the middle of the chest, which reminded me of t…
Isn't She Lovely? Camille from TV/TV Shares Some InkOne of the benefits of Tattoosday is that, because musicians tend to have a lot of ink, I meet a lot of them, and learn about bands that I may never have heard about.This past Friday, I met Camille (pronounced Cah-mee) outside of Penn Station and he showed me a couple of his tattoos.Camille is the d…
Fabiana Shares Two More Colorful TattoosA couple of weeks back, I posted some ink from a guy named Tom (here), which featured the trinacria of the Sicilian flag.The above example, from our good friend Fabiana (see her last post here - which links to her previous ones, as well), is a more colorful and elaborate take on the design.Fabiana …
Tattoos from the Blogosphere: The Back of Nathan's LegsMy recent affiliation with Nathan over at KnuckleTattoos.com has been fairly sparse with the cold weather seizing the Northeast. However once he added me as a contributing writer, I queried about him sending me photos of some of his ink to put up over here on Tattoosday. This post reflects a couple …
Thanks from Us Here at Tattoosday!On Thursday, December 4, at 4:31pm E.S.T., Tattoosday logged its 100,000th hit.Someone up at Humber College in Toronto googled something that directed them to this photo:which is from one of my favorite posts ever.If you have become a reader since last May, I encourage you to go back and check out t…
Jill's Right Leg: One Post Leads to AnotherThe previous post featured the "Eld Sigul" insignia attributed to Stephen King's Gunslinger, of The Dark Tower series.As I had mentioned, I was able to locate the artwork on which this earlier tattoo was based, but the specific source of the new design eluded me.So I popped into the local Borders a…
Karen's Colorful Ink Glows in More Ways than OneAutumn has not been good to us here on Tattoosday. Inkspotting has been, um, spotty, at best, and most of the work I have seen has been indoors and/or below ground.On Tuesday, I glimpsed some color peeking out from a woman's sleeve as she walked south on Seventh Avenue.When I stopped to talk to her,…
