Anna's Amazing Half-Sleeve Honors Her Brothers and Where They Have Lived

Yesterday we saw work from an Italian artist, today we are admiring ink I spotted on the subway last month that originated in Sweden.<br /><br />I met Anna on the West 4th Street platform and hopped on the F train toward Brooklyn just to have a moment to talk to her and find out a little about her tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWy9CO6tmKPtpGTWA9kzseN0aNfe0LkUrqBGdzQsXKai4D5wTa6XJakbetXyib5FBxk7U17qwdEH89mFfXIOduwqfa7lZs-E0gID12MYgwEczYSzpT7jjyU0ApAtHGpuLLk2o5LcFU1PE/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWy9CO6tmKPtpGTWA9kzseN0aNfe0LkUrqBGdzQsXKai4D5wTa6XJakbetXyib5FBxk7U17qwdEH89mFfXIOduwqfa7lZs-E0gID12MYgwEczYSzpT7jjyU0ApAtHGpuLLk2o5LcFU1PE/s640/photo.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5ZjLj9CtxtVtDQ974ZhuHjDO11hwubOWfkU11rSaf1yMDKFWgAF0iXu4dbXSbmS3QfSlih1i7xF2SOF5XqYU14KFXaCWId135_lENcezbrG5_cL4bUrsnC6wXKMNZnwksrhBs-CFP_U/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5ZjLj9CtxtVtDQ974ZhuHjDO11hwubOWfkU11rSaf1yMDKFWgAF0iXu4dbXSbmS3QfSlih1i7xF2SOF5XqYU14KFXaCWId135_lENcezbrG5_cL4bUrsnC6wXKMNZnwksrhBs-CFP_U/s640/photo.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br />Anna explained the concept as a family-related sleeve. The two faces that are featured in the hot air balloons are portraits of her brothers, Mike and John. The maps that appear as background represent many of the places they have lived, like Japan, Peru, and Puerto Rico.<br /><br />She credited this stunning work to Vilda Nordström at <a href="http://www.vildaart.com/">Vild@art</a> in <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.2em;"><a href="http://xn--vrgrda-iuac/">Vårgårda</a>, Sweden. Check out their Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vilda-Art-Tatuering/143863275654058">here</a>. Vilda's work is very impressive!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.2em;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2gfBv51bjBnoHllM8I4RE46OR9pGjA82e-bQjgmxorbz5LiTfmxVWFwcdR1ojgoFBuMLZL3sq0N7xI9ShBVNvfBBxnpXcz5vf06wxhNhiWrC86eRTTXNq0-a4YXjtzEI_zDrKP4xuBs/s0-d/IMG_0459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2gfBv51bjBnoHllM8I4RE46OR9pGjA82e-bQjgmxorbz5LiTfmxVWFwcdR1ojgoFBuMLZL3sq0N7xI9ShBVNvfBBxnpXcz5vf06wxhNhiWrC86eRTTXNq0-a4YXjtzEI_zDrKP4xuBs/s0-d/IMG_0459.JPG" width="456" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.2em;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.2em;">Thanks to Anna for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.2em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.3969519571401179" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are reading this on another website 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</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 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></span></b>

Anna's Amazing Half-Sleeve Honors Her Brothers and Where They Have Lived

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Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

Today's tattoos are from Amy, who I met a couple weeks ago in Penn Station. First is this stunning hot air balloon on her upper right arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUQ1eafxmEzgqMgNH6wQ62MA7IGnGm81xUIpugp5eFpOkEoBcD6MFqH6QK3E9LNCbu9A7PTgcMqll9UXeQhfHIJSJiSWVlJDGbcZHGDcrXG7-z64C-kGsyjgTmHRnHtkpL0q_PwAFrww/s1600/balloon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUQ1eafxmEzgqMgNH6wQ62MA7IGnGm81xUIpugp5eFpOkEoBcD6MFqH6QK3E9LNCbu9A7PTgcMqll9UXeQhfHIJSJiSWVlJDGbcZHGDcrXG7-z64C-kGsyjgTmHRnHtkpL0q_PwAFrww/s640/balloon.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br />This was done by <a href="http://powerhousetattoo.com/section/155326_Brian_Marsman.html">Brian Marsman</a> at <a href="http://powerhousetattoo.com/home.html">Powerhouse Tattoo Company</a> in Montclair, New Jersey. "I just wanted a hot air balloon and I didn't have a picture for him or anything," Amy told me, "he just drew it up for me."<br /><br />She also had this tattoo, on her inner right forearm,<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPpRTbGpQmqdwGOZzCmLGyACi7i3EiKnyfIK7ji-cywsPCUta_l6MlF7FI-2ZYSZs_yAMcdRNL_CiI9NFSaj3wwrPARx4WfNpKkcBa2quA-yCyJljz8Yh1utnbiYihnNYqy444NLgemw/s1600/girlhead+bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPpRTbGpQmqdwGOZzCmLGyACi7i3EiKnyfIK7ji-cywsPCUta_l6MlF7FI-2ZYSZs_yAMcdRNL_CiI9NFSaj3wwrPARx4WfNpKkcBa2quA-yCyJljz8Yh1utnbiYihnNYqy444NLgemw/s400/girlhead+bird.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br />This is an interpretation of a watercolor by <a href="http://www.salonserpent.com/home.html">Angelique Houtkamp</a> entitled "Edith Piaf":<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66X6iDAlyxjzznTWnfrXha8SYaHElsRNZYDr7GVzNMubQvTlPQdR9lda2cgR3VVR7b1JkrC3vJ5l837oQwNPnIldWprT8HtTZR8T1sZZGT2rp587MMMUfOXXRcy7TPtx7GHEZFdCe7ko/s1600/piaf+by+angelique+houtkamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66X6iDAlyxjzznTWnfrXha8SYaHElsRNZYDr7GVzNMubQvTlPQdR9lda2cgR3VVR7b1JkrC3vJ5l837oQwNPnIldWprT8HtTZR8T1sZZGT2rp587MMMUfOXXRcy7TPtx7GHEZFdCe7ko/s320/piaf+by+angelique+houtkamp.jpg" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">©Angelique Houtkamp</td></tr></tbody></table>This was done by an artist named Giordano who was visiting from Brazil, set up shop in Amy's dining room, and tattooed a handful of friends and family, including Amy's husband and father.<br /><br />Thanks to Amy for chatting with me and sharing these tattoos 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><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><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. 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>

Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

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Leyna's Balloon Keeps Her Grounded

Leyna was leaving the <a href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_582?schid=GLBC%7CNew+York+NY%7C582">Borders</a> at 2 Penn Plaza when I spotted one of her tattoos and asked about it.<br /><br />This was the tattoo in question:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEueQopmDwri977F7qMlYw09IC-EpeEHOYTBwcCg4Yg01QdEWBj6XvEpOQZLvIEDLubWnH9FsKZ4q5EsIb7XrKZ6AeYOOf1uBMu1YYoQgUSvj1Jgjr41iyClqpFQ5bGgdrAMDJMkY6/s1600/Balloon+Anchor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEueQopmDwri977F7qMlYw09IC-EpeEHOYTBwcCg4Yg01QdEWBj6XvEpOQZLvIEDLubWnH9FsKZ4q5EsIb7XrKZ6AeYOOf1uBMu1YYoQgUSvj1Jgjr41iyClqpFQ5bGgdrAMDJMkY6/s400/Balloon+Anchor.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br />It is located on the back of her left leg, on the calf.<br /><br />The design was inspired by the cover art from the <a href="http://www.modestmousemusic.com/">Modest Mouse</a> record <a href="http://www.modestmousemusic.com/music/we-were-dead-ship-even-sank"><i>We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank</i></a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OtqlvL9DdcB1PGQySRqG0QpqG1hJoFZ22V-y_m2hUZ3kWQnuj4qpsQ-BmzRpzTWxyNWAZ2muPwTNwXbnWuSS2OE935qGehz3zTZ8ptUBWUiypO0cK-cR_ByF0D7vHBdcGnWv9ijE/s1600/weweredead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OtqlvL9DdcB1PGQySRqG0QpqG1hJoFZ22V-y_m2hUZ3kWQnuj4qpsQ-BmzRpzTWxyNWAZ2muPwTNwXbnWuSS2OE935qGehz3zTZ8ptUBWUiypO0cK-cR_ByF0D7vHBdcGnWv9ijE/s320/weweredead.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Leyna thought the anchor was cool, and she feels it is a good representation of herself in her 20's.<br /><br />The tattoo was inked by <a href="http://www.handofglorytattoo.com/pages/derik.html">Derik Snell</a> at <a href="http://www.handofglorytattoo.com/">Hand of Glory Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn. He liked the design because he had never tattooed a hot air balloon before. Work from Hand of Glory has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Hand%20of%20Glory%20Tattoo%20Studio">here</a>.<br /><br />Another one of Leyna's tattoos  caught my eyes, as well:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8QRIf4eTL46Xn5trHBPgwQct3cLOuCnHyXEmz1jgfR5ZL_wZxrgsL8P41mr9NkpUYf-wKcXCRSRn104KDaA1oFhmxMCDq7Q6XKOKqxA0-H_cVG4l4UhFadvUEptpHY9fCyi-WfFB/s1600/howl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8QRIf4eTL46Xn5trHBPgwQct3cLOuCnHyXEmz1jgfR5ZL_wZxrgsL8P41mr9NkpUYf-wKcXCRSRn104KDaA1oFhmxMCDq7Q6XKOKqxA0-H_cVG4l4UhFadvUEptpHY9fCyi-WfFB/s400/howl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This two-word snippet, "ecstatic and insatiate" is an excerpt from <a href="http://www.allenginsberg.org/">Allen Ginsberg's</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Other-Poems-Lights-Pocket-Poets/dp/0872860175?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Howl</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0872860175" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. I'd speak more about it, but it appeared first on the most awesome blog, <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/">Contrariwise</a>. I'd direct you over <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/2010/01/06/ecstatic-and-insatiate/">here</a> to read what Leyna had to say about this tattoo, and encourage you to linger about and check out the seemingly endless array of literary ink.<br /><br />Thanks again to Leyna for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Leyna's Balloon Keeps Her Grounded

Leyna was leaving the Borders at 2 Penn Plaza when I spotted one of her tattoos and asked about it. This was the tattoo in question: It is ...

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