Nancy's Dragon at the Fifth Avenue Festival

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfUaHrYGzcVAGf2_OY4z-yh8zfcPpW1hTGvr8l97IXQL4el9eVvc8y2P9adihtQqbkna6UZb-NYbNnD1CFmBAT5M412WAZRaSZfmBMw10U-47NFVsyORXm6rLyqGcseE3gnZSbq_-9Js1/s1600-h/100_7419.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207009696595397842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfUaHrYGzcVAGf2_OY4z-yh8zfcPpW1hTGvr8l97IXQL4el9eVvc8y2P9adihtQqbkna6UZb-NYbNnD1CFmBAT5M412WAZRaSZfmBMw10U-47NFVsyORXm6rLyqGcseE3gnZSbq_-9Js1/s400/100_7419.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />Last Fall's 3rd Avenue Festival in Bay Ridge was a watershed moment for Tattoosday. I came out of the block like gangbusters, tallying up a half-dozen tattoos, enough to carry me through into the cooler days of October.<br /><br />With the Fifth Avenue Festival on Sunday, June 1, and nine months of tattoo-spotting under my belt, not to mention a sunny day in the 80s, I anticipated even greater success.<br /><br />Instead, I found myself being more selective. I ran into Tani from <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/04/tani-has-15-tattoos-heres-one.html">this post</a> and stopped by <a href="http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/map/42308553/brooklyn_ny/groove_tattoo.html">Groove Tattoo</a> and introduced myself to <a href="http://www.inkednation.com/r/r.cfm?t=9&DisplayUser_ID=39843">Marc Redbeard</a> (who inked <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/05/comic-con.html">these pieces</a>).<br /><br />By the end of the day, I only took pictures of two tattoos, and I was okay with that. I focused on quality, not quantity.<br /><br />The first person I spoke to, Nancy, let me photograph her left leg, above.<br /><br />This tattoo is about ten years old and was inked by the great <strike>late<del></del></strike> <a href="http://www.kencavanagh.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=8&p=0&a=0&at=0">Huggy-Bear Ferris</a> in his shop in Park Slope.<br /><br />Nancy said that this was not flash, but a custom piece. She went into Huggy-Bear's shop, told him what she wanted, and he drew it up.<br /><br />This piece is one of five of Nancy's tattoos.<br /><br />Thanks to Nancy for sharing her ink! <del>, and thanks to the memory of <a href="http://www.kencavanagh.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=8&p=1&a=0&at=0">Huggy-Bear Ferris</a>, who meant so much to the New York tattoo community.</del><br /><br />UPDATE August 28, 2009. I have been informed that Mr. Ferris is still with us, despite several people telling me he had passed. I apologize to Mr. Ferris and wish him a long, happy life!

Nancy's Dragon at the Fifth Avenue Festival

Last Fall's 3rd Avenue Festival in Bay Ridge was a watershed moment for Tattoosday. I came out of the block like gangbusters, tallying u...

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