Mitch and a Positive Reminder

I met Mitch last month on the Upper West Side, near the 72nd Street Subway Station.<br /><br />I spotted him and his seventeen or eighteen tattoos and asked if he would share one. He offered up his most recent piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ-xibEDb10GsADYITTcOaXUiAkJSvSi2sv8yP8S1oXXGJzHdlsRp-Nf4mYeEbEu4qeEVO0Zjc15pOpKlDuPGVAhRVEADhdke2Jj8XWBSjne-Zyx71ZmkThzF3crFXHa95N8mDqjfHGI/s1600/enjoy+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ-xibEDb10GsADYITTcOaXUiAkJSvSi2sv8yP8S1oXXGJzHdlsRp-Nf4mYeEbEu4qeEVO0Zjc15pOpKlDuPGVAhRVEADhdke2Jj8XWBSjne-Zyx71ZmkThzF3crFXHa95N8mDqjfHGI/s400/enjoy+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I asked Mitch to elaborate on this tattoo located on his left forearm. He explained:<br /><blockquote>"I found this Japanese graffiti artist who did a bunch of flash and I just really liked one of his drawings. I was in the mood and decided to get it."</blockquote>And the banner stating "Enjoy Yourself"? Mitch says, "just try to be happy all the time".<br /><br />I'd imagine looking down at this cool design, inked by <a href="http://www.flyritetattoo.net/michael_lucena/MichaelLucenaMain.html">Mike Lucena</a> at <a href="http://flyritetattoo.net/">Flyrite Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn, helps contribute to the happiness. Work from Mike at Flyrite appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/10/zoes-tattoo-makes-cut.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Mitch for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><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>

Mitch and a Positive Reminder

I met Mitch last month on the Upper West Side, near the 72nd Street Subway Station. I spotted him and his seventeen or eighteen tattoos and ...

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Saturday Housecleaning - Chef Misfit at Your Service

My system for Tattoosday is to try and go chronologically, but that never works out. I generally jump all over the place. I keep a list of all my pending posts, with the date associated with them, so I know where I am in my quest for a relatively normal timeline.<br /><br />Although not my oldest "pending post," this one is from a guy named Austin, who I met in Penn Station back in April:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz57GmuLRpRZYg9S8QFiNShizWVFaKTV2qf54lF0MSWwkfTCcjKmaJczFzTPvxwnuPHjm1ABbqczlxfrAhBV50Z3eP9Q541681xRs07xDRNBd6BJyD7011jPIQlyK6x1NDrvVxL2TLsA/s1600/Chef+Misfit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz57GmuLRpRZYg9S8QFiNShizWVFaKTV2qf54lF0MSWwkfTCcjKmaJczFzTPvxwnuPHjm1ABbqczlxfrAhBV50Z3eP9Q541681xRs07xDRNBd6BJyD7011jPIQlyK6x1NDrvVxL2TLsA/s640/Chef+Misfit.jpg" width="282" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This tattoo, on Austin's left arm, had to have a great story about it, right? Especially, with the food at the bottom of the piece?</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/AVvXsEhZzW8J44nX3g3hLKKkIFF_ieoM4D8VjqK0Di495m3H-YoHSPQ332ccs2t8uTV0aIEUKJ9inOSdi2sLc4SeuyVAWHqW6j5lBM3GvR1v_EBxATQ0JqifaEiu0Nt9NWWUTNYhArUOdmA_iiY/s1600/Chef+Misfit+Detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzW8J44nX3g3hLKKkIFF_ieoM4D8VjqK0Di495m3H-YoHSPQ332ccs2t8uTV0aIEUKJ9inOSdi2sLc4SeuyVAWHqW6j5lBM3GvR1v_EBxATQ0JqifaEiu0Nt9NWWUTNYhArUOdmA_iiY/s320/Chef+Misfit+Detail.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That is the logo from the <a href="http://www.misfits.com/">Misfits</a>, complete with chef's hat and various ingredients for something.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I stopped Austin at a dining establishment in Penn Station, and didn't want to disturb him too much, so I snapped photos, got some basic info, and figured I'd fill in the blanks with him via e-mail.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately, he didn't respond to my e-mail inquiries and, his credit of the work, citing Chris Brewer at Seventh Saga as the artist, left me with a cold trail.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I know he is/was a culinary student and a fan of the Misfits, but that's all folks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, let's just enjoy what we see and know, and perhaps I can update you with more information later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Austin for sharing the tattoo with us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> </div><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>

Saturday Housecleaning - Chef Misfit at Your Service

My system for Tattoosday is to try and go chronologically, but that never works out. I generally jump all over the place. I keep a list of a...

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Sarah's Seashell by the Seashore

Let's face it, after inkspotting in New York City for over four years, things can often get repetitive. That's why I don't share a lot of koi, kanji, skulls and, of late, flowers. The point is, I'm always hoping to find something new and unusual.<br /><br />That's why, when I spotted Sarah last week, I was excited to talk to her about this, her first tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzL12KprsWkAbCxMdFRby6Q4usuhntGsCs3zvvm9MlJ_yxKZXt9o6dmbKcRqZrIoVuUu3891jx9BzM_JooR2p2e67shalgF-bQ7_rjXAK07FqyASVyI1EMP1c26JkPb-xBqNWOELtji0/s1600/alphabet+cone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzL12KprsWkAbCxMdFRby6Q4usuhntGsCs3zvvm9MlJ_yxKZXt9o6dmbKcRqZrIoVuUu3891jx9BzM_JooR2p2e67shalgF-bQ7_rjXAK07FqyASVyI1EMP1c26JkPb-xBqNWOELtji0/s640/alphabet+cone.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />When I asked her about it, she explained that it was only two weeks old and it is an "<a href="http://www.sanibelflorida.com/alphabetcone.htm">alphabet cone</a>" seashell.<br /><br />She elaborated on why she got this particular tattoo:<br /><blockquote>"I got this because I found this exact shell when I was ten in Florida with my mom ... it's [her] favorite shell and so it is my tribute to her .... it even has the crack that the shell has."</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDMjAhgnuxqGBP7jOYxS7tagXUoYLzL1QvvQr-eVnXqqd2CMfZLgJkveS4KIF6dapk_eGlmL9LztmAgWWix3dkWEken-IIpCGtMxvYPJPJESiW6MJx_cH9lJGfiqFJyjX3MxIERVW4NI/s1600/alphabet+cone+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDMjAhgnuxqGBP7jOYxS7tagXUoYLzL1QvvQr-eVnXqqd2CMfZLgJkveS4KIF6dapk_eGlmL9LztmAgWWix3dkWEken-IIpCGtMxvYPJPJESiW6MJx_cH9lJGfiqFJyjX3MxIERVW4NI/s640/alphabet+cone+detail.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><br />Sarah credits <a href="http://www.albatrosstattoo.com/#1506904/REN">Ren Sakurai</a> at <a href="http://www.albatrosstattoo.com/">Albatross Tattoo</a> in Portland, Oregon, for creating this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_spurius"><i>Conus spurius</i></a> on her back.<br /><br />Thanks to Sarah for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><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>

Sarah's Seashell by the Seashore

Let's face it, after inkspotting in New York City for over four years, things can often get repetitive. That's why I don't share...

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Marisa Shares Some Vonnegut

I love a good literary tattoo, especially when I recognize the text and the author.<br /><br />I met Marisa after I spotted these six familiar words below her neck:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy06VtdE3zTtiitzXDvfuduvx_LLw0r3J3-K7J7IVm3o_In0Mvkdo91TeBK7Gy5GVto15uMgDWLeP-KaK8MHR-5ef3TG3GwEB9snmi2_8paVZN_2-WfDpzh1v_Vgt-c_FonnEoFcvv4OE/s1600/vonnegut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy06VtdE3zTtiitzXDvfuduvx_LLw0r3J3-K7J7IVm3o_In0Mvkdo91TeBK7Gy5GVto15uMgDWLeP-KaK8MHR-5ef3TG3GwEB9snmi2_8paVZN_2-WfDpzh1v_Vgt-c_FonnEoFcvv4OE/s400/vonnegut.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><br /> The quote "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt" refers to an epitaph inscribed on a tombstone in Vonnegut's classic novel, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five">Slaughterhouse-Five</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZ-RmNZQM68Eg_2rWX-k8rFpqNCNVseivAlOqPrZFGujAISty3TMnwxIavweMc9FWW3ppAE6UeLPkaWqKKYSwiAJMrA5lbOoA5Kf0yZHEbc9tVack-8yU_vCL-Dt90UMs2KKRWOqlhLQ/s1600/TombSlaughterhouse5.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZ-RmNZQM68Eg_2rWX-k8rFpqNCNVseivAlOqPrZFGujAISty3TMnwxIavweMc9FWW3ppAE6UeLPkaWqKKYSwiAJMrA5lbOoA5Kf0yZHEbc9tVack-8yU_vCL-Dt90UMs2KKRWOqlhLQ/s1600/TombSlaughterhouse5.gif" /></a></div>This is Marisa's one and only tattoo and she explained why she chose this particular quote:<br /><blockquote>"I was going through a hard time and it helped me out a lot - it's just one of those quotes, so meaningful ... that I just needed to have it on me."</blockquote>Marisa and I share a mutual appreciation of Vonnegut's work and, despite the greatness of <u>Slaughterhouse-Five</u>, we both liked <u>Cat's Cradle</u> better.<br /><br />The word were inked at <a href="http://www.highrollertattoony.com/">High Roller Tattoo</a> in Hicksville, New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Marisa for sharing this classic literary tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />And remember, you can see more literary tattoos at <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/">Contrariwise</a> and <a href="http://tattoolit.com/">The Word Made Flesh</a>.<br /><br /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0027DOSZG&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <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><br /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000JVH78S&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>

Marisa Shares Some Vonnegut

I love a good literary tattoo, especially when I recognize the text and the author. I met Marisa after I spotted these six familiar words be...

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Michael and his Misfits Ink

I met Michael in Bay Ridge, at 92nd and 3rd Avenue, and he offered up these two tattoos on his forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1K0QJg0Fy79pX6pnZAJ8y-JopY3ywlc20xgE3xgFRzd0BXgPRY_d-zfBFIb8mVjwQa87RNNQ70iTsuM0qukRb4pg2rrO8czM5xLAaNbj2EkJjIK1zhUHd4gOZHK1slXyAOIpwE26gws/s1600/Misfits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1K0QJg0Fy79pX6pnZAJ8y-JopY3ywlc20xgE3xgFRzd0BXgPRY_d-zfBFIb8mVjwQa87RNNQ70iTsuM0qukRb4pg2rrO8czM5xLAaNbj2EkJjIK1zhUHd4gOZHK1slXyAOIpwE26gws/s640/Misfits.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br />I recognized the top piece as a <a href="http://www.misfits.com/">Misfits</a> tattoo and asked why he chose it.<br /><br />He responded:<br /><br /><blockquote>"They are my favorite band of all time and when I say the Misfits, I mean the 1977-1983 Misfits. That to me is one of the greatest bands of all time and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Danzig">Glenn Danzig</a> is my favorite singer of all time."</blockquote><br />He credited <a href="http://markharada.com/">Mark Harada</a>, currently at <a href="http://www.eastsideinktattoo.com/">East Side Ink</a>, with tattooing this back in 2002.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.the7thhouse.com/">Danzig</a> skull below the Misfits piece was done, he told me, by <a href="http://christorrestattoos.com/">Chris Torres</a> in 2010.<br /><br />Here's a little classic Misfits to get you going today:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vu4VeAzx8HI" width="500"></iframe><br /><br />Thanks to Michael for sharing his 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><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><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><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>

Michael and his Misfits Ink

I met Michael in Bay Ridge, at 92nd and 3rd Avenue, and he offered up these two tattoos on his forearm: I recognized the top piece as a Misf...

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Alex Shares Three Elements of an Amazing Sleeve

I'm not sure why it has taken so long to post Alex's tattoos - when I met him at the end of May in K-Mart @ Penn Station, I was totally stoked by his ink. Perhaps I was just letting the photos simmer as I waited for the right time to share them. Nevertheless, here they are, finally.<br /><br />What we're seeing are three portions of Alex's left arm sleeve, beginning with this segment which is the most impressive part of the work:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7XkrW20wENR0ktAfS_3YxQhw-1peAjRY_YyxL9Q5sbPps957JSudiYAVc4hREJgJtbq71VZFJHEfbSFjfez6EIPM_MlfUZrsY4fDLRK9CHdkyojOJp6b1D3WLK4Jf2Zf2vhJffojnyg/s1600/Indra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7XkrW20wENR0ktAfS_3YxQhw-1peAjRY_YyxL9Q5sbPps957JSudiYAVc4hREJgJtbq71VZFJHEfbSFjfez6EIPM_MlfUZrsY4fDLRK9CHdkyojOJp6b1D3WLK4Jf2Zf2vhJffojnyg/s640/Indra.jpg" width="164" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As Alex explains, this tattoo is </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"inspired by the carvings in Cambodia in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siem_Reap">Siem Reap</a> ... it's one of the temples of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra">Indra</a>, Indian god of thunder ... he's also the god of change and progress ...  </div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IBMiJAFjwn7rXjYsqSf0pP6M4fOSfFK9i0aapF96yiHuphPjhmsVSFZBzSNj_9a9eYsgTZnPiPKuJZmuSc1VLBcYLTIrBM9scalZcnQR1arpp8uvk9ZvigKkCmWaVlFDO8oaFHnOwXw/s1600/Indra+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IBMiJAFjwn7rXjYsqSf0pP6M4fOSfFK9i0aapF96yiHuphPjhmsVSFZBzSNj_9a9eYsgTZnPiPKuJZmuSc1VLBcYLTIrBM9scalZcnQR1arpp8uvk9ZvigKkCmWaVlFDO8oaFHnOwXw/s640/Indra+detail.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> ... He's very human-like because he messes up a lot ... he's somewhat of a womanized, so it makes him very original from the rest of the Indian gods..."</div></blockquote>At the top of Alex's arm is this symbol:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvvsC5tCG-wHG54BNMg_Nq8PZVNNP_oZURJfmlBkTMa6BNFxYf3ngVWvu4YAAyZOYvnUPYbuVv3x6LaHAzykSh-hOxeBDbUdKl6bfD-Cxs0ZW1y5r3eAeJb4LB2UbrPRzEKx35xa87uU/s1600/Life+of+Agony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvvsC5tCG-wHG54BNMg_Nq8PZVNNP_oZURJfmlBkTMa6BNFxYf3ngVWvu4YAAyZOYvnUPYbuVv3x6LaHAzykSh-hOxeBDbUdKl6bfD-Cxs0ZW1y5r3eAeJb4LB2UbrPRzEKx35xa87uU/s640/Life+of+Agony.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />He told me that this is the logo of a hard rock group from Brooklyn called <a href="http://www.lifeofagony.com/">Life of Agony</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinA3_gjCCm0QYxp0BVD7KDPYZjZ57IAsJm7CssjZV7FK89Gvj2pNdkIGjxkri7rqcf-LPnHH0_-HlDuzrQMYSG0ARyeqnlVtvfC7FbgwBCRaZ4cdFztpEVJN-c20wzdqwROcGzTHaViVo/s1600/51RItv2N2iL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinA3_gjCCm0QYxp0BVD7KDPYZjZ57IAsJm7CssjZV7FK89Gvj2pNdkIGjxkri7rqcf-LPnHH0_-HlDuzrQMYSG0ARyeqnlVtvfC7FbgwBCRaZ4cdFztpEVJN-c20wzdqwROcGzTHaViVo/s1600/51RItv2N2iL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" /></a></div><br />You can check out their website <a href="http://www.lifeofagony.com/">here</a> or peruse their Amazon catalog <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FLife-of-Agony%2FB000AQ07T8%2Fdigital%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_mp3_rdr%26sn%3Dd%23&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957%22%3ELife%20of%20Agony%20Amazon%20index%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=ur2&o=1%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E">here</a>.<br /><br />In the photo above, you get a glimpse of the third and final segment of Alex's sleeve which we're seeing today, which features this familiar face:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XXGTXLsK0L60Pon8PbiO8psiM-MDTZQkqi050il2JwU_9DBo95HbFYBD5IjVBeoHSNW69Yhb4fn0B-gLvoBrVDfsXTmOm_fJvaIAXznqKd55b6hVtoc41GTGJWRRmFbqeLXYnJBbPt8/s1600/Steeplechase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XXGTXLsK0L60Pon8PbiO8psiM-MDTZQkqi050il2JwU_9DBo95HbFYBD5IjVBeoHSNW69Yhb4fn0B-gLvoBrVDfsXTmOm_fJvaIAXznqKd55b6hVtoc41GTGJWRRmFbqeLXYnJBbPt8/s640/Steeplechase.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br />That's the symbolic face of  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeplechase_Park">Steeplechase Park</a> on Coney Island.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3hUbXlbihXXpKkEtMri72itl7jKoIJwkQoPXA4WSAdVAxs8I-VTGYDnSrsJ6lzAEx64aoMxQPDozSimygjyIc_B8ryfsWVBiE8MIbyf2ztZ-a6aVSpag_QmCv1mawnrw_0Sj2w2V_vc/s400/CONEY+ISLAND+STEEPLE+CHASE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3hUbXlbihXXpKkEtMri72itl7jKoIJwkQoPXA4WSAdVAxs8I-VTGYDnSrsJ6lzAEx64aoMxQPDozSimygjyIc_B8ryfsWVBiE8MIbyf2ztZ-a6aVSpag_QmCv1mawnrw_0Sj2w2V_vc/s320/CONEY+ISLAND+STEEPLE+CHASE.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br />Compare to <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-no-three-from-lisa-marie.html">this tattoo</a>, which appeared here last year.<br /><br />Alex explained about his connection to Coney Island:<br /><blockquote>"...Basically, I grew up there ... I grew up in Bensonhurst, but [Coney Island] is kind of where I became myself, adolescence and all that stuff - that's the <u>old</u> Coney Island..."</blockquote>Alex credited all of his work to a tattoo artist named <a href="http://sethwoodtattoo.com/about">Seth Wood </a>who is currently working out of <a href="http://www.savedtattoo.com/">Saved Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn.<br /><br />Thanks to Alex for sharing this amazing work with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><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. 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Alex Shares Three Elements of an Amazing Sleeve

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Liberty and Justice, Courtesy of Alex

I met Alex a few weeks back in Penn Station. I spotted this familiar face on his right calf:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUJmo16mMmd7eH78Dha66b3hZvECulz31tr-nYjhcTDy4yPJCSdEOooezevVcMSpbBDCULrBRRw6re-vPT3T-cTExfUf62sj3jV06CeNHEqmf6_mTPJJODoW9ISpG4csM0zcgKimJ1AY/s1600/liberty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUJmo16mMmd7eH78Dha66b3hZvECulz31tr-nYjhcTDy4yPJCSdEOooezevVcMSpbBDCULrBRRw6re-vPT3T-cTExfUf62sj3jV06CeNHEqmf6_mTPJJODoW9ISpG4csM0zcgKimJ1AY/s400/liberty.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br />I say a familiar face, because it is clearly the profile of the Statue of Liberty, but something looks slightly different. Alex explained why:<br /><blockquote>"It's the right side of the face, [which] is really hard to find because the arm for the torch is in the way ... I had to research forever and then I found two photos which I matched up ... one was when it was under construction, someone got the right side ... the crown part we had to reverse and put onto the picture ... I'm pretty particular - it actually  took two weeks to come up with a good design..."</blockquote>Alex says he got this tattoo a few years back "to commemorate President Bush leaving office." He was living in Portland, Oregon, at the time and is originally from Albany, New York. The collaboration on the tattoo was with an artist named Ron at a shop whose name he doesn't recall.<br /><br />As happy as I was to take this photo, Alex was more keen on showing off a newer piece, done by <a href="http://chrisreynoldsart.com/">Chris Reynolds</a> at <a href="http://www.albanymodernbodyart.com/">Albany Modern Body Art</a>. He raised his shirt up to show me this tattoo on his right side:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WqC9VJGAMoZuuM0cDy5O_DXSrhE1ufFTmzvNYNIoex77BzGX3WlWiY8-zDOKBao94IH_-oHU09boeMMqPKI5iybu2c6TBU2HEzE9RaGL_xdFnkM2Uv4iwrEXGW38A2BhfPKAGvbqdfs/s1600/justice+large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WqC9VJGAMoZuuM0cDy5O_DXSrhE1ufFTmzvNYNIoex77BzGX3WlWiY8-zDOKBao94IH_-oHU09boeMMqPKI5iybu2c6TBU2HEzE9RaGL_xdFnkM2Uv4iwrEXGW38A2BhfPKAGvbqdfs/s640/justice+large.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br />Alex explained that his ink had a very Northeastern slant to it. This tattoo fits in with the general feel of that theme.<br /><br />He wanted to be sure to praise the guys at Modern Body Art and was really very proud of this work.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6Cnj1AkE6UGIXJyaXl4o7zfPfS9KocA_RjNsdWQEwSJBQrvGbYOx3R2ZzdLleInUGqoCYIh5UkjkeueVr3ZsbBlywipNwo8nctAOjngLPR5dYRIGTrwmEpuqYCXqe_A4VQ1mdU-772w/s1600/Justice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6Cnj1AkE6UGIXJyaXl4o7zfPfS9KocA_RjNsdWQEwSJBQrvGbYOx3R2ZzdLleInUGqoCYIh5UkjkeueVr3ZsbBlywipNwo8nctAOjngLPR5dYRIGTrwmEpuqYCXqe_A4VQ1mdU-772w/s640/Justice.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Alex for sharing his 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><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><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>

Liberty and Justice, Courtesy of Alex

I met Alex a few weeks back in Penn Station. I spotted this familiar face on his right calf: I say a familiar face, because it is clearly th...

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