Tattoosday Boxcars: A Leonine Tattoo and Wearing One's Heart on One's Sleeve

I met Jeff and Jeanie in Penn Station as they were about to board an Amtrak train out of the city.<br /><br />I've been trying to come up with clever terms for different inkspotting phenomenon, basically creating my own lexicon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4JtwlQNhMkgiwRyTdH5SprpnYwE_Axet6hMSRJ5meW4S6kymPEjJlkevZlou9aXPZyF1kksFkRo7O6qmR4VxcqD7MgATuI2syisRNdAimL9eYkmXthKUPrQntm9vJEMH4Qc8GThez1I/s1600-h/boxcars.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351733878520871714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4JtwlQNhMkgiwRyTdH5SprpnYwE_Axet6hMSRJ5meW4S6kymPEjJlkevZlou9aXPZyF1kksFkRo7O6qmR4VxcqD7MgATuI2syisRNdAimL9eYkmXthKUPrQntm9vJEMH4Qc8GThez1I/s200/boxcars.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" /></a><br />I'll call Jeff and Jeanie "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxcars_%28slang%29">boxcars</a>". Meaning, I approached the two of them and gambled, asking them both to participate, and they came through. Like rolling two sixes on the dice (also known as boxcars). I would even venture to call them "blind boxcars", because I could only make out fragments of their ink, but they still shared.<br /><br />Jeff went first, displaying this leonine figure on his left bicep:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OArB3e3jjeeNQQvwRaxb7w8pja9gs43JID0ls7cHcwX3i3Jg0FTpHcbVOaEoefzspJGr8jEbsx0AP_rBevDaeJqyKFl5vbg5ygQLi2pG1QqJVt7t0x6OXNRmCjsJc8fAYdI3jCwuNHI/s1600-h/Leo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351227064521826786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OArB3e3jjeeNQQvwRaxb7w8pja9gs43JID0ls7cHcwX3i3Jg0FTpHcbVOaEoefzspJGr8jEbsx0AP_rBevDaeJqyKFl5vbg5ygQLi2pG1QqJVt7t0x6OXNRmCjsJc8fAYdI3jCwuNHI/s400/Leo.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />It's a nod to his astrological sign, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_%28astrology%29">Leo</a>, and was also selected for its nod to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau">Jean Cocteau's</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_%281946_film%29" style="font-style: italic;">La Belle et la Bête</a> (Beauty and the Beast).<br /><br />Jeanie shared her tattoo below:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctEMV4yH_vnnZSupSuZCxZRNjPPcmaj_wAfZo-BR2aXOa6U6G4ihLNUUkj6BfI-SjeaxLcKYuVVIoU8wpZ__I3xwU2frew5kizw4ka3L7nrVLMM7b9ZT8B_dBzoDxutkGNT06usuDjUg/s1600-h/heart+on+sleeve.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351227753126015858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctEMV4yH_vnnZSupSuZCxZRNjPPcmaj_wAfZo-BR2aXOa6U6G4ihLNUUkj6BfI-SjeaxLcKYuVVIoU8wpZ__I3xwU2frew5kizw4ka3L7nrVLMM7b9ZT8B_dBzoDxutkGNT06usuDjUg/s400/heart+on+sleeve.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />This piece literally has her wearing her heart on her sleeve and is inspired by Mexican art. The tattoo was completed by a friend of Jeanine's named John Flack.<br /><br />I would have obtained more detail, but the couple had to board their train.<br /><br />Thank you to Jeanine and Jeff for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Tattoosday Boxcars: A Leonine Tattoo and Wearing One's Heart on One's Sleeve

I met Jeff and Jeanie in Penn Station as they were about to board an Amtrak train out of the city. I've been trying to come up with clev...

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