Two-for-Tattoosday, Brazilian-Style

Sometimes, due to a) a language barrier and b) the passage of time, we're not always able to give you the most in-depth story about our subjects' tattoos.<br /><br />Such is the case with Celso and Reginaldo, who I met back in September outside of <a href="http://www.thegarden.com/">Madison Square Garden</a>.<br /><br />Both gentlemen were visiting from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo">São Paolo</a>, Brazil and one of Celso's tattoos caught my eye:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEVTOOCp-zjNDuvH2WpHRiDXpTOTyHFUWOAbWSoQCDMlHqQhEl88GnvlWPVs50Mzo1fzCR0MGPZfYefeo7J1B0lxwNJZcagO9r85ckwTQTV8Aaz4SR33ihVa3ZMk-lnC2Dp5_C261lnA/s1600/Dragon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEVTOOCp-zjNDuvH2WpHRiDXpTOTyHFUWOAbWSoQCDMlHqQhEl88GnvlWPVs50Mzo1fzCR0MGPZfYefeo7J1B0lxwNJZcagO9r85ckwTQTV8Aaz4SR33ihVa3ZMk-lnC2Dp5_C261lnA/s640/Dragon.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />That was on his right arm. He also had this one on his left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVGKo_2eHTTVkfZcET5o-hxH-PjFaFhiPwcDPeHctOw8OmjL1i95IBacUu0PrVaegxHP2w_5y_9GDzThepHecYYP5fPjmox7JrjGsYs_cPZDhvJLhLRFsCJuwG4syfQ8yzWvCPcO3Ags/s1600/Mermaid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVGKo_2eHTTVkfZcET5o-hxH-PjFaFhiPwcDPeHctOw8OmjL1i95IBacUu0PrVaegxHP2w_5y_9GDzThepHecYYP5fPjmox7JrjGsYs_cPZDhvJLhLRFsCJuwG4syfQ8yzWvCPcO3Ags/s640/Mermaid.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><br />Celso's friend Reginaldo pulled his shirt off so I could get the full view of his koi tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh028XG2aevJvmkrZZUkfIS-QCi2fdwMq9XokaEwEb0pjkoUaQfnLZyGbzqc36WHlyBwmsI4VxZ5Y235RjflaQTEjK6VnDkMF-po8rBN96DG-lM9Eu7rbLCIviwFqhvvxfRFYM6eRLkqBA/s1600/koi+BRazil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh028XG2aevJvmkrZZUkfIS-QCi2fdwMq9XokaEwEb0pjkoUaQfnLZyGbzqc36WHlyBwmsI4VxZ5Y235RjflaQTEjK6VnDkMF-po8rBN96DG-lM9Eu7rbLCIviwFqhvvxfRFYM6eRLkqBA/s640/koi+BRazil.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><br />Celso credited Artur at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/TRUE-LOVE-TATTOO/107617653333">True Love Tattoo</a> in São Paolo for inking his dragon and his mermaid.<br /><br />Artur also was the artists who did Reginaldo's koi.<br /><br />Thanks to Celso and Reginaldo for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Two-for-Tattoosday, Brazilian-Style

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