Ryan Shares Two Tattoos by "Brooklyn P"I often wonder how may Tattoosday encounters would have been lost had my apartment come with its own laundry facilities. I raise this point because, yet again, I met someone cool with tattoos at my local laundromat and he was generous enough to share his ink with us here on Tattoosday.In fact, Ryan,…
Repost: KeikikalaniToday my daughter Shayna had her bat mitzvah. In honor of Shayna, and in light of the rabbi commenting on angels and cherubim during the service, my sister Alicia suggested I repost my second tattoo, in honor of my youngest daughter.You may recognize this from the bottom of the page (or for long-tim…
OrphansCall them what you will, what I will go with is “Orphans”.I have a handful of posts that have lingered “on deck,” so to speak, that are, by themselves, sad little bits that were never completed, or, for whatever reason, didn’t pass muster with Tattoosday’s editorial board.However, by packaging them …
Cleaning Out the Inbox - Post-Valentine's Day February EditionOccasionally I will post a handful of items that came my way, in one form or another, that may be of interest to our readers.For example, the other day my mother-in-law gave me a clipping from the New York Daily News that appeared back on Sunday, November 2011.TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSMichael …
Ivan Shares an Amazing David Sena TattooThis post is a straggler from 2011 and readers may wonder why it took so long to appear here on the site.First, take a gander:Pretty cool, isn't it?Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of information on it, as I snapped this on the subway one evening last June, and I wasn't able to record a lot of deta…
Dmitry's Sleeve and Invader ZimWe still have a handful of posts from 2011, including this one, which features a sleeve from a guy named Dmitry who I met in Penn Station back in July. Take a look:This sleeve is a collaborative effort with Dmitry and his tattoo artist, Gene Coffey, from Tattoo Culture in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.He e…
Jon Paul's Three CitiesLast August, I met Jon Paul, writer and content producer for the web site Poptimistic (http://www.poptimistic.com). He shared this tattoo, one of three he has, from his upper right arm:Jon Paul's focus on Poptimistic is travel and food. He credits the work to the artist Friday Jones, who does custo…
Richard's Mayan Calendar Honors His HeritageJust two weeks ago, back in the first month of the current year, 2012, which as many may have heard, is the last year in the Mayan calendar, I met Richard in Penn Station. He has this amazing tattoo on his upper right arm:He had just finished the last section of the tattoo a couple weeks earlier. Th…
Kristina's Ambigram - Dream/BelieveIt may be warm here in New York today, but last month we had a typical January day where temperatures were seasonably frigid. Not necessarily great inkspotting weather, but I ran into Kristina in Penn Station after seeing this tattoo on her calf:This is an ambigram, which is a design that reads diff…
