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Kerry Unveils Some Masterpieces

A couple weeks ago, I felt like I had won the Tattoosday lottery. In my own neighborhood, I ran into Kerry, who had a bit of a tattoo peeking out of her left sleeve. I stopped her and introduced myself, and she shared some simply phenomenal work. We'll get to that left sleeve in a second, but Kerry figured I'd be impressed with this tattoo on her upper right arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_seQ9pRHAqxU-Zl4KYim1QgvgLIKOsvrlbecIMUU9IwbVbK9_gSJT6rF_k2To-INMgbzoP6pIOvnWRRGREVOWZvjV_6UXkVORu1fqS_4PaLGUvhjXYCGdTN_T4wuutNiUzxr2ibjq1PM/s1600/Gupta+Butterfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_seQ9pRHAqxU-Zl4KYim1QgvgLIKOsvrlbecIMUU9IwbVbK9_gSJT6rF_k2To-INMgbzoP6pIOvnWRRGREVOWZvjV_6UXkVORu1fqS_4PaLGUvhjXYCGdTN_T4wuutNiUzxr2ibjq1PM/s400/Gupta+Butterfly.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><br />Well, she was certainly right about that!  This is a piece by <a href="http://www.anilgupta.com/">Anil Gupta</a> at <a href="http://www.inklinestudio.com/">Inkline Studio</a> in Manhattan. The detail of this work is astonishing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPbmixCiDSt-JHd6G9VSaH_j5cIZNvadsuKhKeT2yFW1zjH4jL_5zaIxutZ1RGWnRIXSMagAKWxhs0aOiamTDpHNp_iHAolf55eYoTFl49n1t5Rm521uO4umst8i7wFc6omPnj_EMx6o/s1600/Gupta+Butterfly+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPbmixCiDSt-JHd6G9VSaH_j5cIZNvadsuKhKeT2yFW1zjH4jL_5zaIxutZ1RGWnRIXSMagAKWxhs0aOiamTDpHNp_iHAolf55eYoTFl49n1t5Rm521uO4umst8i7wFc6omPnj_EMx6o/s400/Gupta+Butterfly+detail.jpg" width="396" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anil Gupta is considered a master of the biomechanical tattoo. Kerry explained:</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"I'd seen Gupta's work and I really wanted something in the biomechanical style ... I just thought of a butterfly, which is usually something very feminine and soft, just made it out of parts and steel ... like a cool mix of the styles ... we just kept building and adding more stuff to the design ... he was great to work with."</div></blockquote>To get a full appreciation of the tattoo, check out the work from Gupta's portfolio. Simply stunning!<br />  <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWMG1BguC-YUg9udc-gOvSH1I5zbm8WdRW8o3NGvF0z8N-FGA7PKdBOgaGiloZZYXip5uoln-qsOKj5y3jg7zdVZx6b0_YsILNzL1x-6gJMm_iF4pefdE0G2zRtnsi3kLbIGCGECxIq8/s1600/Gupta+Butterfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWMG1BguC-YUg9udc-gOvSH1I5zbm8WdRW8o3NGvF0z8N-FGA7PKdBOgaGiloZZYXip5uoln-qsOKj5y3jg7zdVZx6b0_YsILNzL1x-6gJMm_iF4pefdE0G2zRtnsi3kLbIGCGECxIq8/s400/Gupta+Butterfly.jpg" width="382" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's twenty-five hours of work by a master of the biomechanical.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Remember, it wasn't the Gupta tattoo that caught my attention, but this colorful section of a sleeve, on the lower part of Kerry's left arm:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-62uJJtLxD5m3rQOrv14SFrw2L68F6_QBUx6vUzFmwj-rbsRMfY0FyUwkBGoMyGCt5TSwMURbF1v5hskcCfEglOILT9niNc58tY62_3idDL0YMnwIRd8ABSxsn1sk9EG5AtnG39DCZw/s1600/Samurai+monster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-62uJJtLxD5m3rQOrv14SFrw2L68F6_QBUx6vUzFmwj-rbsRMfY0FyUwkBGoMyGCt5TSwMURbF1v5hskcCfEglOILT9niNc58tY62_3idDL0YMnwIRd8ABSxsn1sk9EG5AtnG39DCZw/s640/Samurai+monster.jpg" width="270" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kerry rolled up her sleeve to reveal the entire arm:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg618FkGSPgYFlYy2qrylRecpa4qkTm80rzZNqZb17Yw-ndxcQ4c2U8hQD8RiS1FpOWczIjsvPiZ6LE1nzvCmPljkE9wB8N5bntTokHASBQNuc0kPYhvEuD-UWsA7hlh26gKTUoC6meIJA/s1600/Samurai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg618FkGSPgYFlYy2qrylRecpa4qkTm80rzZNqZb17Yw-ndxcQ4c2U8hQD8RiS1FpOWczIjsvPiZ6LE1nzvCmPljkE9wB8N5bntTokHASBQNuc0kPYhvEuD-UWsA7hlh26gKTUoC6meIJA/s640/Samurai.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6wDqjpBC6wYFIZSPsFLafFpnw1fuv5wyFhpAjkMEqAgOlmCxYWIJ23bpdKWBea6zTVoqUzIvFcFBth5W1bcCM59rHyP5S5HNihJEhoM4PVP_vu6c6cRZ6MSDZu-ZSHHcDKnu3k6NGP4/s1600/Samurai+bottom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6wDqjpBC6wYFIZSPsFLafFpnw1fuv5wyFhpAjkMEqAgOlmCxYWIJ23bpdKWBea6zTVoqUzIvFcFBth5W1bcCM59rHyP5S5HNihJEhoM4PVP_vu6c6cRZ6MSDZu-ZSHHcDKnu3k6NGP4/s640/Samurai+bottom.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What you see is approximately forty-two hours of work by the talented <a href="http://blog.nyadorned.com/search/kaz">Kaz</a> at <a href="http://blog.nyadorned.com/">New York Adorned</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kerry explained the genesis of this sleeve:</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"I saw this picture when I was looking up samurai stories, because I'm a martial artist and, initially, we were just going to do it half-sleeve, but then just decided to go whole hog. Kaz is really good, so I just let him go crazy with it."</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Kerry's focus in martial arts is grappling and kick-boxing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And to think, I would have missed all of this amazing work, had I not been intrigued by the head of this Japanese monster, peeking out from one of her sleeves!</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/AVvXsEh3D_7Y5m3BOO-lD3I8p5wxHnpAKAivLoGotzDfGDRDEeMXi6bd4rjwxFwpVnYXf0VM3iv6dezN3TYgE7UoYsIceu_dst3IK4r4-aMTEpMGLkib_IJB4pw4TTDPw2cHllQFaDm-oJ1Fs34/s1600/Samurai+monster+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D_7Y5m3BOO-lD3I8p5wxHnpAKAivLoGotzDfGDRDEeMXi6bd4rjwxFwpVnYXf0VM3iv6dezN3TYgE7UoYsIceu_dst3IK4r4-aMTEpMGLkib_IJB4pw4TTDPw2cHllQFaDm-oJ1Fs34/s400/Samurai+monster+detail.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Kerry for sharing her simply stunning tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />  <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">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>

Kerry Unveils Some Masterpieces

A couple weeks ago, I felt like I had won the Tattoosday lottery. In my own neighborhood, I ran into Kerry, who had a bit of a tattoo peekin...

3:51 AM

James and His Colorful Sleeve

Last month, I had the pleasure of running into James, in Penn Station. He has an incredible sleeve, which he gladly took some time to share with us:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCm2YZ6ZuEPyLrRk_ifWzEAtHqtfzrZ4_IJHLP24E7fWCCdDo1IX4bO5Lt8P_2uHXijtvzN_DkEv5rj9IoTnKmmkElcVhJUB0TvJsm6ZmBKM8hZdLz4TouDOkq20kJiNHCKCBPGBXUGI/s1600/samurai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkCm2YZ6ZuEPyLrRk_ifWzEAtHqtfzrZ4_IJHLP24E7fWCCdDo1IX4bO5Lt8P_2uHXijtvzN_DkEv5rj9IoTnKmmkElcVhJUB0TvJsm6ZmBKM8hZdLz4TouDOkq20kJiNHCKCBPGBXUGI/s640/samurai.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br />James is very interested in Japanese traditions, and this piece, by <a href="http://www.silkcitytattoo.com/christian-masot/">Christian Masot</a> at <a href="http://www.silkcitytattoo.com/">Silk City Tattoo</a> in Hawthorne, New Jersey, is a stunning colorful tribute. I mean, check out this detail:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6-ayv70jLI9XTjOr4-31BPEl9fjQZghzEU4OqFFbEvHceLiZKF9GR9_mkPvG0vPTCuPBnhrW2DdMT8SjzHZkjXme5gql8I_fK65BC6S_zM9jCCCMEKmuAkyFSKih_UGZ2ijftkrDMx4/s1600/samurai+detail_picnik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6-ayv70jLI9XTjOr4-31BPEl9fjQZghzEU4OqFFbEvHceLiZKF9GR9_mkPvG0vPTCuPBnhrW2DdMT8SjzHZkjXme5gql8I_fK65BC6S_zM9jCCCMEKmuAkyFSKih_UGZ2ijftkrDMx4/s640/samurai+detail_picnik.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br />Work from Silk City has appeared before on Tattoosday, check out <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Silk%20City%20Tattoo">these examples</a>.<br /><br />On the bottom of James' right arm is this incredible collage:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSxNwB-poUbtZr8DTX_Upy_Zu_NEC9Tx9zEnVYxsJZkRrJ171GziSME0Kvs4ZKEEZ-JQHyWvlKUaQ2cIL0Fbkm57mCIz3ujuBAta40duUtj9KnUkvyNjB9KrlS2pnp-bfr80QSJ0ANwA/s1600/frog+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSxNwB-poUbtZr8DTX_Upy_Zu_NEC9Tx9zEnVYxsJZkRrJ171GziSME0Kvs4ZKEEZ-JQHyWvlKUaQ2cIL0Fbkm57mCIz3ujuBAta40duUtj9KnUkvyNjB9KrlS2pnp-bfr80QSJ0ANwA/s400/frog+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This burst of color includes a poison dart frog, a Jackson chameleon, a lotus, a mum, and a tulip.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3UOXmlnDfZ2z9Z5uIJyAXoslr2n34cm06umK-24KGeGWWwqrnV2GNPnGA17-RK5TNQNjXJdC3TIL_abNaZgqdnkDkCJfKLV6Cd8oPhQOQskTbirBbF-GqlDzfGnuIIQ2O1Sh0lB0k-w/s1600/frog+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3UOXmlnDfZ2z9Z5uIJyAXoslr2n34cm06umK-24KGeGWWwqrnV2GNPnGA17-RK5TNQNjXJdC3TIL_abNaZgqdnkDkCJfKLV6Cd8oPhQOQskTbirBbF-GqlDzfGnuIIQ2O1Sh0lB0k-w/s640/frog+detail.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />Thanks to James for sharing his amazing work with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />  <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. <br /><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 </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><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><span style="font-size: x-small;">  </span>

James and His Colorful Sleeve

Last month, I had the pleasure of running into James, in Penn Station. He has an incredible sleeve, which he gladly took some time to share ...

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Tattoorism: Dean's Samurai

Last Saturday, I posted some tattoos sent to us from <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/01/tattoorism-tammy-from-texas.html">Tammy in Texas</a>. Her son Dean is also tattooed and, in a much bigger way. We'll let him explain:<br /><br /><blockquote>My very first tattoo was done on my 18th birthday in 2005...[it is] a black dragon with <span style="font-style: italic;">kanji </span>above it.   About a year letter I had a <span style="font-style: italic;">koi </span>fish done on my calf...both of these tattoos were just drawings I had found.  In 2006 I started working on my rib piece and in 2007 I got together with John from <a href="http://www.wichitafallstattoos.com/drummer/index.php">A Different Drummer</a> here in Wichita Falls (he is now at the Lawton, OK location), and the two of us collaborated on bringing the rib piece together.  Once the drawing was to our satisfaction, it took a little over 2 months of 3-4 hour sittings weekly until the tattoo was complete.  16-plus hours and worth every minute!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmXh2qfxyrl-d3KD1IahSxImyK7Unzw2HTiF5woXfUFa_eaURH2_o4b_GpHjBKBBD2hBTsvMiOUvPhZFrjdeRbsR15xwgHECdVK0mBNt8GB2Yhp6cdhhauMggkLJw8_eZRptxjnPz/s1600-h/10-21-07.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431766805550785266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmXh2qfxyrl-d3KD1IahSxImyK7Unzw2HTiF5woXfUFa_eaURH2_o4b_GpHjBKBBD2hBTsvMiOUvPhZFrjdeRbsR15xwgHECdVK0mBNt8GB2Yhp6cdhhauMggkLJw8_eZRptxjnPz/s400/10-21-07.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 306px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXi4P3GiwTaXyLQE5j2pe3sB8Qs3jlOFf3ufWW_CXtpws2ej2rFLzzTNLQ75A8GzzcmNV9bDICj9n4aWZtbxbK1tSjU7Ng8fI7W3gGLPFPVbdqiksa8jkGLGwlhpgLV83arMuqxvi/s1600-h/10-21-07+dragon.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431766935385389154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXi4P3GiwTaXyLQE5j2pe3sB8Qs3jlOFf3ufWW_CXtpws2ej2rFLzzTNLQ75A8GzzcmNV9bDICj9n4aWZtbxbK1tSjU7Ng8fI7W3gGLPFPVbdqiksa8jkGLGwlhpgLV83arMuqxvi/s400/10-21-07+dragon.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><div>In 2009 I decided it was time for an arm piece and went back to A Different Drummer and Tuan who was in Art Class with me in high school listened to what I wanted... and the arm piece came to life...this one was done in one day and took a little over 7 1/2 hours:<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZeB7NXQ_hdgyoX6ElYSFX3fR58gW7OVUSCL0AgLYy5o5NBtHw_LD01LmU-akdN56JLijtBOg5r7Z2JooULGri1_JzZg6Ij50D625SyTSZcAuaCgzgzJ3T49w4thTg7GC9KZbAjYO/s1600-h/Deans+tattoo2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431760930551628482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZeB7NXQ_hdgyoX6ElYSFX3fR58gW7OVUSCL0AgLYy5o5NBtHw_LD01LmU-akdN56JLijtBOg5r7Z2JooULGri1_JzZg6Ij50D625SyTSZcAuaCgzgzJ3T49w4thTg7GC9KZbAjYO/s400/Deans+tattoo2.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" /></a></div> <div> </div></blockquote>Both pieces are marvelously done.<br /><br />Thanks to Dean for sharing his work with us here on Tattoosday! And a hearty thank you, as well, to Tammy, for being a cool mom, sharing her pride in her son's amazing body art!

Tattoorism: Dean's Samurai

Last Saturday, I posted some tattoos sent to us from Tammy in Texas . Her son Dean is also tattooed and, in a much bigger way. We'll let...

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