Two for Tattoosday: A Break-Up Tattoo and Some European Tribals

Sure I'm posting Wednesday but both of these volunteers were <a href="http://www.thegarden.com/">MSG</a> plaza-dwellers on Tuesday and, rather than save then for separate days, I thought I'd put them together.<br /><br />First up is Erik:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM3jOZJBy9ibyq3hfx6-wFLyWpXQk9TDhWtmxfgKYhhRv7vPusoweDXg0iW72SWSHC87IF3tZyXZh1ques4YcMauI4taTRnP2byhsAlSrLBalUxXASCef6SKxGyG4qnVdBcQKq6LdEaRo/s1600-h/breakup.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197564833178047826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM3jOZJBy9ibyq3hfx6-wFLyWpXQk9TDhWtmxfgKYhhRv7vPusoweDXg0iW72SWSHC87IF3tZyXZh1ques4YcMauI4taTRnP2byhsAlSrLBalUxXASCef6SKxGyG4qnVdBcQKq6LdEaRo/s400/breakup.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />Sorry I cut this off, but I couldn't see the screen in the sun's glare. Erik has a 3/4 sleeve (left arm), his mother and grandmother's names inked on, a small back piece, a leg piece, and a diamond on his chest, but we went with this design, on his left forearm, because it is more recent.<br /><br />Tattooed by <a href="http://www.silkcitytattoo.com/newman.html">Eric Newman</a> at <a href="http://www.silkcitytattoo.com/">Silk City Tattoo</a> in Hawthorne, New Jersey (the shop was credited previously only two days ago <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/05/graces-tattoo-anita-berber-in-service.html">here</a>), this piece, a dagger through a flaming skull, was purchased for Erik by an ex-girlfriend, after she broke up with him. It is meant to represent a new beginning.<br /><br />At the end of the day I met Cesar, also in front of <a href="http://www.thegarden.com/">the Garden</a>. This is the tattoo that caught my eye:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-9Yhs8hnS0AKXG0hJ4cbG29XD_M1cNGnNWBj1_Y3aZsLmTz0FHtJVr9t5pOuPn1IKPpFv6SlFZhM69ZYmOwyCtEBP4p26FH5tWwVQbuNYHeInJXE8r4vXjVaOEVatvQTmq35MU66RPeC/s1600-h/tribal1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197565138120725858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-9Yhs8hnS0AKXG0hJ4cbG29XD_M1cNGnNWBj1_Y3aZsLmTz0FHtJVr9t5pOuPn1IKPpFv6SlFZhM69ZYmOwyCtEBP4p26FH5tWwVQbuNYHeInJXE8r4vXjVaOEVatvQTmq35MU66RPeC/s400/tribal1.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />I'm not a huge fan of tribal pieces, but this one on his right calf is one of the nicer pieces I have seen in a while. I especially like how it is not a solid black design, but resembles a textured wood. Cesar, who is from Italy, is in New York for only two days, and we had some difficulty communicating. This tattoo was inked in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brescia">Brescia</a>, in Northern Italy, and cost $40. (He offered, I have decided asking is not polite.)<br /><br />He then showed me a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiki">tiki</a> piece on his inner right bicep:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjNwHn1lWMdZh54vUwR4X7dCxYmCLxM_IAz9qg5rquu4iCM3_YagTWsEu6PDpFnuEAPXFoLTkJvK04fqxCocVRQYAxEKsVT_2Y4LJnGtFQmCCxOy-rZNzaj7O_yXgqN-6DPtNxfdvsL-b/s1600-h/tiki1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197564730098832706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjNwHn1lWMdZh54vUwR4X7dCxYmCLxM_IAz9qg5rquu4iCM3_YagTWsEu6PDpFnuEAPXFoLTkJvK04fqxCocVRQYAxEKsVT_2Y4LJnGtFQmCCxOy-rZNzaj7O_yXgqN-6DPtNxfdvsL-b/s400/tiki1.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />There are two faces, one representing good, one representing bad, juxtaposed on the tattoo, which was inked on the island of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiza">Ibiza</a>, which is part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain">Spain</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbzrQzLAonp8TWbpvgRtJHqu1rmShOyEGOAFsHEEtlVZrwd1cNi47p5ZNgGjVxqr4NoCLRNZ8eXoXzclXVPk8fV7yceD6DnZq7tfJaAsEY3ZdjG2vFf7BIKTl6DXhsTumotNS5aFQ30iP/s1600-h/tiki2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197564627019617586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbzrQzLAonp8TWbpvgRtJHqu1rmShOyEGOAFsHEEtlVZrwd1cNi47p5ZNgGjVxqr4NoCLRNZ8eXoXzclXVPk8fV7yceD6DnZq7tfJaAsEY3ZdjG2vFf7BIKTl6DXhsTumotNS5aFQ30iP/s400/tiki2.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Cesar told me the name of the shop was Sara, but I couldn't find a listing. However, considering the type of tattoo he received, I am going to go out on a limb and guess he got this piece at <a href="http://www.tahiti-tiki-tattoo.com/index.htm">Tahiti Tiki Tattoo</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Erik and Cesar for making Tattoosday a true Tat-twos-day!

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