Good Sparrow, Bad Sparrow

Last month along Eighth Avenue, I spotted Phillip, who had a ton of traditional ink. In fact, he had just had work done on his neck, rocking these two tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJUBQYvXLql6YVa_5nOTqbSQ7zVEm-FHGwbNLIEvF99K0SSICzRKQzJFZI9IPA0gGeUy1-OI-ZXZRhPN7tSVEiv203UvpzLxigSOgyAoRK4wduyUmT_n0Wm_-ud4adEP3qmLOJY09u2E/s533/IMG_0243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJUBQYvXLql6YVa_5nOTqbSQ7zVEm-FHGwbNLIEvF99K0SSICzRKQzJFZI9IPA0gGeUy1-OI-ZXZRhPN7tSVEiv203UvpzLxigSOgyAoRK4wduyUmT_n0Wm_-ud4adEP3qmLOJY09u2E/s400/IMG_0243.JPG" width="342" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5isy6tReJdwz0Cdthmi1gPSr-4ZW3Hk_JLWts0OlFMH7LBViiG9D5tge0XRhLn027h_sTQ8H5uT7oY8KCb8dH21EDB8dHdhhyvIEBiBONHYdLy2pn9AnZhFxoT1gxvGO9Q5QAI-O7HY/s533/IMG_0245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5isy6tReJdwz0Cdthmi1gPSr-4ZW3Hk_JLWts0OlFMH7LBViiG9D5tge0XRhLn027h_sTQ8H5uT7oY8KCb8dH21EDB8dHdhhyvIEBiBONHYdLy2pn9AnZhFxoT1gxvGO9Q5QAI-O7HY/s400/IMG_0245.JPG" width="357" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>These two sparrows combine to represent a take on the good versus bad consciences that people have.<br /><br />Phillip says he has "hundreds" of tattoos, and he credits <a href="http://www.nyhctattoo.com/baz/index.html">Baz</a> at <a href="http://www.nyhctattoo.com/">New York Hardcore Tattoo</a> with these pieces.<br /><br />Thanks to Phillip for sharing these tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.3441721012350172"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; 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>

Good Sparrow, Bad Sparrow

Last month along Eighth Avenue, I spotted Phillip, who had a ton of traditional ink. In fact, he had just had work done on his neck, rocking...

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Meister's Memorial Sparrows

Last month, I was leaving the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/muhlenberg">Muhlenberg branch</a> of the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/">New York Public Library</a> when I spotted a woman with two birds on the backs of her calves:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJmmfOn8ZpHDgNOquBAZsoKHY3R7Od5_Njd9BqoIWvQ7pemSo43mb1V4Ez-eLiNwU0hyphenhyphenhsnvZZVzCgQ1FqK04qpkP2D5O9DIourlXjphZGirpp1bq2Sv_GCoBSTOUpoX0dStR-F_tz0Y/s1600/meister+sparrows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJmmfOn8ZpHDgNOquBAZsoKHY3R7Od5_Njd9BqoIWvQ7pemSo43mb1V4Ez-eLiNwU0hyphenhyphenhsnvZZVzCgQ1FqK04qpkP2D5O9DIourlXjphZGirpp1bq2Sv_GCoBSTOUpoX0dStR-F_tz0Y/s640/meister+sparrows.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These two sparrows belong to Meister, who is also known as <a href="http://www.thenervouscook.com/">The Nervous Cook</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love how these are not your typical tattoo sparrows, but are more lifelike than the traditional bird flash that is much more common.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She explained that these, two of her eight tattoos, are memorial tattoos, that she has "for three people that I lost, roughly around the same time." Meister elaborated:</div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"A best friend of mine passed away in a scuba accident - she's the female sparrow [on the left calf] ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlMtZkvERGmRjI4xp48HeuWoM0addCQikTP7-PZgbVvfobJl6fdtl3m5Y8ygjTHATdFK9R2qKm0L01uNarGXRanYLk1Jkk7mMlgqH2jy5xEIhW4TtpwCEQFt3NSQA738LlFrlDuPtB-M/s1600/meister+sparrow+left.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlMtZkvERGmRjI4xp48HeuWoM0addCQikTP7-PZgbVvfobJl6fdtl3m5Y8ygjTHATdFK9R2qKm0L01uNarGXRanYLk1Jkk7mMlgqH2jy5xEIhW4TtpwCEQFt3NSQA738LlFrlDuPtB-M/s640/meister+sparrow+left.jpg" width="414" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">...and then two good friends of mine died within two weeks of each other ... totally just a a devastating series of unfortunate accidents." </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/AVvXsEhK7DHEn6oK2AIs4N71NxdYmo70S__4-k6g-nUmhcd-yPawXWwzb-a9rA2zNjZDscIhseJrSh_XYUvrSO7jM0Gyneq_I6ksRme4O5sBF5Wlf6gtUp-XyPlj1bUWRNFeLcRsStyFaV42C78/s1600/meister+sparrow+right.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7DHEn6oK2AIs4N71NxdYmo70S__4-k6g-nUmhcd-yPawXWwzb-a9rA2zNjZDscIhseJrSh_XYUvrSO7jM0Gyneq_I6ksRme4O5sBF5Wlf6gtUp-XyPlj1bUWRNFeLcRsStyFaV42C78/s640/meister+sparrow+right.jpg" width="382" /></a></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These, along with most of her other work, were tattooed by <a href="http://myleskarr.com/">Myles Karr</a>, who works out of <a href="http://www.threekingstattoo.com/site/">Three Kings Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn. Meister indicated that these sparrows were done a while back, when Myles still worked out of the now-defunct <a href="http://www.boweryboogie.com/2009/03/developing-story-334-bowery/">334 Bowery Tattoo</a>. Work from Myles has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Myles%20Karr">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Meister for sharing her beautiful sparrows with us here on Tattoosday! Be sure to visit her over at <a href="http://www.thenervouscook.com/">The Nervous Cook</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. </span></div><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>

Meister's Memorial Sparrows

Last month, I was leaving the Muhlenberg branch of the New York Public Library when I spotted a woman with two birds on the backs of her c...

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