Dave Shares A Davy Jones Tattoo

I met Dave recently in a department store at the Manhattan Mall. His forearm tattoo jumped out at me and I just had to ask about it:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-bumPOZ6dK1AQbOBTxoFY8DlKHInuz4aM7CmkYxVebOuanzYgjDsbx1I5-XuAUek0NsHja3lcOtad1zBMLRIU6qDmdHaJ-YOoqZ7Y5JkTwu9Upg8VS4ZAzw5emfcM3o2SnldGdhB_OU/w420-h657-no/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-bumPOZ6dK1AQbOBTxoFY8DlKHInuz4aM7CmkYxVebOuanzYgjDsbx1I5-XuAUek0NsHja3lcOtad1zBMLRIU6qDmdHaJ-YOoqZ7Y5JkTwu9Upg8VS4ZAzw5emfcM3o2SnldGdhB_OU/w420-h657-no/photo.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br />"I'm going with a nautical theme on my arm," he explained, and this depiction of the fictional sea captain <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Jones_(Pirates_of_the_Caribbean)">Davy Jones</a> anchors what is sure to be an awesome sleeve of the high seas.<br /><br />This excellent work was done by Steve Woisin at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Studio-520/150288924994152">Studio 520</a> in Oakdale, New York, out on Long Island.<br />We have previously featured <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/03/mikes-incredible-aquatic-sleeve-and.html">this amazing work</a> by Steve three years ago on the site.<br /><br />Thanks to Dave for sharing this awesome tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><b id="docs-internal-guid-37263786-b232-205d-f664-21a3c83878c3" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-37263786-b232-205d-f664-21a3c83878c3" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2013 Tattoosday.</span></span></b></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-37263786-b232-205d-f664-21a3c83878c3" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing 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/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="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></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></b>

Dave Shares A Davy Jones Tattoo

I met Dave recently in a department store at the Manhattan Mall. His forearm tattoo jumped out at me and I just had to ask about it: "I...

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Mike's Incredible Aquatic Sleeve (and More!)

I had the good fortune of meeting Mike outside of Penn Station last week and, despite first noticing him because of his leg tattoos, he was extremely generous and unveiled an incredible sleeve that covered his right arm:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7J15i70pmrcmV29HI1LnqacvMXUB_vJ6cNqSy0BdbgQDOfX4AYsjCKCs9XH1Wa1psKfPsGS8-9K15ibM4FoXECb7C3V6rbtth9aUsquUpTfHiw83M61WPt3hZ6NNqphZipieRamM/s1600/Aquatic+sleeve+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453714388438253810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7J15i70pmrcmV29HI1LnqacvMXUB_vJ6cNqSy0BdbgQDOfX4AYsjCKCs9XH1Wa1psKfPsGS8-9K15ibM4FoXECb7C3V6rbtth9aUsquUpTfHiw83M61WPt3hZ6NNqphZipieRamM/s400/Aquatic+sleeve+1.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Mike is a fisherman and a loves the brightness, color and variety of oceanic life. Such things translate well to the body's canvas and make for some amazing tattoo work...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY9N5v6RaPBVfw9wCUASJXlpwZAnAPUMLuADzV4GNbBRNRtvBftgfoUsZeWy4eaA89CslMtBsinGlIfdhOLVc1Svv7uane89wgszrUKVMgJfgdFXiyHOpgaVF-9QHSLLFQgDCiisG/s1600/Aquatic+sleeve+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453714288290685826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY9N5v6RaPBVfw9wCUASJXlpwZAnAPUMLuADzV4GNbBRNRtvBftgfoUsZeWy4eaA89CslMtBsinGlIfdhOLVc1Svv7uane89wgszrUKVMgJfgdFXiyHOpgaVF-9QHSLLFQgDCiisG/s400/Aquatic+sleeve+2.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />The giant octopus actually curls up over his shoulder and onto his chest, with one tentacle moving down his arm....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsfMfgCEOoQZVdxxIByxZQrE-Gog5q2AnvCUHu_2IrBplLM4oqEYx_E1WaBCe6Sejw-schUKqoosw81b5mqQ0z_kcmxm2SwyFS-02HrrNgPI9y1aMbiHyvHp2LvtO0-FTjdavffS9/s1600/Aquatic+sleeve+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453714182408603538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsfMfgCEOoQZVdxxIByxZQrE-Gog5q2AnvCUHu_2IrBplLM4oqEYx_E1WaBCe6Sejw-schUKqoosw81b5mqQ0z_kcmxm2SwyFS-02HrrNgPI9y1aMbiHyvHp2LvtO0-FTjdavffS9/s400/Aquatic+sleeve+3.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />The deep sea diver punctuates the middle of his arm...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzlRxe8OovLUycgZwdL14ynU31VZtgULwWoTvoqNw8Z8W1D7a1JIxCLKhDNz0YTGpCG4CznAAr7VUd6PA8wl2QSbNTiznX6JsmjtEBpxC96EmfZBORzy94UuDlK0feESGGHO-dh5K/s1600/Aquatic+sleeve+4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453714058152040130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzlRxe8OovLUycgZwdL14ynU31VZtgULwWoTvoqNw8Z8W1D7a1JIxCLKhDNz0YTGpCG4CznAAr7VUd6PA8wl2QSbNTiznX6JsmjtEBpxC96EmfZBORzy94UuDlK0feESGGHO-dh5K/s400/Aquatic+sleeve+4.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />At the bottom of the arm are tropical motifs including a huge tiki god and a hibiscus....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLom4WCTBlQJXi_RCRuvaiAW7KTIyKL55Nk8lJh_y3iCevgNHUCW1jZEfxU0_IJ-fNiWLdgX3J355XyC5VsSWoqNHRtH7OWzsYHX8qiVoGoc17NRFKhlzIiSP2vuuaAvw9X4GIgXB/s1600/Aquatic+sleeve+5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453713903699303730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLom4WCTBlQJXi_RCRuvaiAW7KTIyKL55Nk8lJh_y3iCevgNHUCW1jZEfxU0_IJ-fNiWLdgX3J355XyC5VsSWoqNHRtH7OWzsYHX8qiVoGoc17NRFKhlzIiSP2vuuaAvw9X4GIgXB/s400/Aquatic+sleeve+5.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />On the inside of his inner bicep is this fish which is a cross between an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish">anglerfish</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyrichtys">razorfish</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-2E6FbXQ39A1Na-0fLz2KBsYAoiMqgp3f9MR1SygM84CMJZpQAh7XGSiltWDkMIdrDIqD2kW5goOgnz8nJrUUuBHGXpTm8qZyfFIrOOZ7sGtIN63Xm9kylZhxfhD4AA_tUKAflhv/s1600/Aquatic+sleeve+6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453713829412058290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-2E6FbXQ39A1Na-0fLz2KBsYAoiMqgp3f9MR1SygM84CMJZpQAh7XGSiltWDkMIdrDIqD2kW5goOgnz8nJrUUuBHGXpTm8qZyfFIrOOZ7sGtIN63Xm9kylZhxfhD4AA_tUKAflhv/s400/Aquatic+sleeve+6.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 167px;" /></a><br />And we ended with this piece that was so fresh at the time, that Mike had to peel back the protective plastic covering this amazing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffer_fish">blowfish</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOfpumURB8ox7g_XhiCwFkE62QId1noEem01LQN96Odft9YCj11ZngfusuR2j71y3DZrpLwmSJvjk4AF3lDpdGixcWXZXYywYTdwXWY3frFjATcSmQaQ-uCEFuZjh13-s2eQyzvuc/s1600/Aquatic+sleeve+7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453713415661527714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOfpumURB8ox7g_XhiCwFkE62QId1noEem01LQN96Odft9YCj11ZngfusuR2j71y3DZrpLwmSJvjk4AF3lDpdGixcWXZXYywYTdwXWY3frFjATcSmQaQ-uCEFuZjh13-s2eQyzvuc/s400/Aquatic+sleeve+7.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px;" /></a><br />The artist behind this amazing work is Steve Woison formerly of <a href="http://www.electrictikitattoos.com/tiki.html">Electric Tiki Tattoo</a> in Patchogue, and now at <a href="http://www.520tattoos.com/">Studio 520</a> in Oakdale, on Long Island.<br /><br />Thanks again to Mike for taking the time to share his amazing aquatic sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!

Mike's Incredible Aquatic Sleeve (and More!)

I had the good fortune of meeting Mike outside of Penn Station last week and, despite first noticing him because of his leg tattoos, he was ...

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