Cecelia's Trio of Bats, or, The Girl with the Dragonlance Tattoo

Back in October, I met Cecelia on the D train in Brooklyn, and she shared these tattoos on her left forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-_ZNGy6zTEYk8BYih9KBj59PeSQeNOMjFvadiYP4ZTiq7XMSjiYbo8SYYInJPIBO0lRz7Uje2kRUHU32LHfwjq7RTRD5QFHGECoeuMP7Ko1O29hDrFy5Wre68dxzm7bDFMFc-4eY5_0/s1600/three+bats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-_ZNGy6zTEYk8BYih9KBj59PeSQeNOMjFvadiYP4ZTiq7XMSjiYbo8SYYInJPIBO0lRz7Uje2kRUHU32LHfwjq7RTRD5QFHGECoeuMP7Ko1O29hDrFy5Wre68dxzm7bDFMFc-4eY5_0/s640/three+bats.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br />Those three bats, named, from top to bottom, Ralph, Roberto, and John, were a birthday present from her friend Dan. Roberto, in the middle, was named after a fruit bat that appears in a couple of books by <a href="http://www.chrismoore.com/">Christopher Moore</a> (namely, <a href="http://www.chrismoore.com/love_nun.html">Island of the Sequined Love Nun</a> and <a href="http://www.chrismoore.com/stupidest_angel2.html">The Stupidest Angel</a>).<br /><br />The bats were inked by Steve Kane, owner and artist at <a href="http://alistindustry.com/">A List Industry Tattoo</a>, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.<br /><br />Cecelia also told me about another tattoo she had, but it was not one she could show me on the train, as it wasn't the day of the <a href="http://www.examiner.com/culture-in-new-york/no-pants-subway-ride-2012-photos">No Pants Subway Ride</a>.<br /><br />Fortunately, she did send us a cell phone photo later with this piece on her left thigh:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0iH9Y_Jsn6DcMeovkhKX49O1xEwncjjY2LT70wOyORsNOkpCkxfUBxPAbN4iLsuYyLQ3lelLP_TWS_SwdpZ6R7_x0sKIF6GRa9ZUyxAinWc6bTuJV1eh6lAvjVZAf8DsVz9BcsKtPoU/s1600/Dragon+Thigh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0iH9Y_Jsn6DcMeovkhKX49O1xEwncjjY2LT70wOyORsNOkpCkxfUBxPAbN4iLsuYyLQ3lelLP_TWS_SwdpZ6R7_x0sKIF6GRa9ZUyxAinWc6bTuJV1eh6lAvjVZAf8DsVz9BcsKtPoU/s400/Dragon+Thigh.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br />She explained:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"This tattoo was inspired by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance">Dragonlance</a> book, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragons_of_Winter_Night">The Dragons of Winter Night</a>. Started in '95 by an artist from Buffalo, it was finished 10 yrs later by Seven O'Brien @ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tattoo-Mania/159070824106090">Tattoo Mania</a> [Staten Island]. He is now at another shop.  He came up with the fantastic background and border."</blockquote>Thanks to Cecelia for sharing her trio of bats and her dragon tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0786916095" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />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 contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Cecelia's Trio of Bats, or, The Girl with the Dragonlance Tattoo

Back in October, I met Cecelia on the D train in Brooklyn, and she shared these tattoos on her left forearm: Those three bats, named, from t...

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