Christina's Frankenstein Girl

I met Christina at the end of June, unable to help noticing this colorful neck tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeap00RlLb4pdklwJDmov5xT2oCXaK70TC9BWlnuAPoQs3sGBc9akyMy1dP1B2YH3qQwWQkXD-nG1YHau_pWoAfW1-9aUIh8Qev97i01XjITzFA-dnIkjSl5l1Ht3fGIaPwXNlbdxZ15g/s1600/Frankenstein+Girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeap00RlLb4pdklwJDmov5xT2oCXaK70TC9BWlnuAPoQs3sGBc9akyMy1dP1B2YH3qQwWQkXD-nG1YHau_pWoAfW1-9aUIh8Qev97i01XjITzFA-dnIkjSl5l1Ht3fGIaPwXNlbdxZ15g/s640/Frankenstein+Girl.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br />Christina, who is a prep chef at a catering hall, as well as a club promoter, explained that this tattoo is based on the album art from a group called <a href="http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/">Mindless Self-Indulgence</a>. I believe she was referring to the band's 2000 release <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000021XS3/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B000021XS3%22%3EFrankenstein%20Girls%20Will%20Seem%20Strangely%20Sexy%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=B000021XS3&camp=217145&creative=399369%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"><i>Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy</i></a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ymnsl8NYhlgQPPYO6UXyuDEFtiC8rPcSzgk_ojCMpwAfpazTilzm1tFH6ytS27FL3OgtCkfrF5_M5Ynog6pOOWDxsehGx5YfM6UslB4y5U3aMZBOi-8SKcTX5xAOHpmLIowRqnYB5pE/s1600/frank+girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ymnsl8NYhlgQPPYO6UXyuDEFtiC8rPcSzgk_ojCMpwAfpazTilzm1tFH6ytS27FL3OgtCkfrF5_M5Ynog6pOOWDxsehGx5YfM6UslB4y5U3aMZBOi-8SKcTX5xAOHpmLIowRqnYB5pE/s400/frank+girls.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />She credited an artist named Serge for doing the tattoo at <a href="http://www.tattoofrenzy.com/">Tattoo Frenzy</a> in Lindenhurst, New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Christina for sharing her Frankenstein girl with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B000021XS3" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><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>

Christina's Frankenstein Girl

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Adrian's Ink Celebrates His Heritage

I met Adrian last month on a fluke - I was on the D train headed to Brooklyn going to a dentist's appointment, having left work early.<br /><br />I approached him about his ink and we had a really great discussion about tattoos and art.<br /><br />Adrian is a wonderful artist and his work can be seen <a href="http://viajeroart.com/">here</a> at Viajero Art (dot) com. Take a look at <a href="http://viajeroart.com/#1228345/Caja-De-La-Memoria-Viva-II">this exhibit</a>, a mixed media piece that just looks amazing.<br /><br />He shared two of his tattoos with me. First, this piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWQq18X9vWpDPsKNNNBLDS3_uCjK-YUhCOPMrBtrXOuanUmoLKnRjWVeR9e8ONXNF3z5dw1AKfdCBnchCBLR5ennur-7t5qwyGzYCiyDGZiyq9eW0cjg-jMwHN8wcnH8tG5C-Vuqwepg/s1600/st+james+mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWQq18X9vWpDPsKNNNBLDS3_uCjK-YUhCOPMrBtrXOuanUmoLKnRjWVeR9e8ONXNF3z5dw1AKfdCBnchCBLR5ennur-7t5qwyGzYCiyDGZiyq9eW0cjg-jMwHN8wcnH8tG5C-Vuqwepg/s640/st+james+mask.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br />This tattoo, on the inside of Adrian's right arm, is a Puerto Rican mask. Adrian's family hails from the small town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo%C3%ADza,_Puerto_Rico">Loíza</a>, in northeastern Puerto Rico. In <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/PR/200003485.html">the festival of St. James, the Apostle</a>, people wear traditional masks like these as part of the celebration. Adrian explained that St. James was known, among many things, for helping the Spanish fight back invading Moors. One of the functions of the masks, he explained, was to  scare people into going back to church, where the masks represented the terrifying Moors.<br /><br />Adrian also shared this piece from his right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9nocdBZ5Pn3ngfiPboItw2ET2sorxiKWwmd81gFq3fG_v-QQp-k-HeNJ_IKVbRErwRD7xGxHZYDQ6yuXD-nLujVAmw_KRQFW5MOT-5M6CdfT_vgEasz95H1grnokPvhGHXBAAGz_WXY/s1600/gypsy+life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9nocdBZ5Pn3ngfiPboItw2ET2sorxiKWwmd81gFq3fG_v-QQp-k-HeNJ_IKVbRErwRD7xGxHZYDQ6yuXD-nLujVAmw_KRQFW5MOT-5M6CdfT_vgEasz95H1grnokPvhGHXBAAGz_WXY/s640/gypsy+life.jpg" width="158" /></a></div><br />This tattoo, he told me, represents the women in his life. The fact that she is depicted as a gypsy is for good luck. The detail in this tattoo is astonishing:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uqnqngFa9IgxvdHl3neU-ObvRicKJsNVB-p-0VBgJM3QbsCaEb6X8vNZjgVmHvvrdVHIyOtkvb63M1ouiZSsztgfo5oZFxHOPIgst_LfbxLmWmPzclrYAY20AhTiGJM6u1Ui3gObVZA/s1600/gypsy+life+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uqnqngFa9IgxvdHl3neU-ObvRicKJsNVB-p-0VBgJM3QbsCaEb6X8vNZjgVmHvvrdVHIyOtkvb63M1ouiZSsztgfo5oZFxHOPIgst_LfbxLmWmPzclrYAY20AhTiGJM6u1Ui3gObVZA/s640/gypsy+life+detail.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><br />He told me that the artist, the talented <a href="http://www.marcuskuhn.com/">Marcus Kuhn</a>, used the image from a popular brand of jalapeno peppers, La Morena, as a model for the woman in the tattoo. You can see the resemblance:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjMsG1ndS3yPoAGuurRRfn93k_v5oTaEGrjUUKBmCDArJht8UK17TEQj1R4dEqK9jvSI6yK4rgSBNSR0tD_NPsdLH8Le5PWcgT-HE11GvfgwlqiqJfNMVGJ_b9AhPMDLzX0eQnl8iTik/s1600/la+morena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjMsG1ndS3yPoAGuurRRfn93k_v5oTaEGrjUUKBmCDArJht8UK17TEQj1R4dEqK9jvSI6yK4rgSBNSR0tD_NPsdLH8Le5PWcgT-HE11GvfgwlqiqJfNMVGJ_b9AhPMDLzX0eQnl8iTik/s320/la+morena.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Marcus Kuhn tattoos out of <a href="http://www.redstarirons.com/">Red Star Irons</a> when visiting New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Adrian for sharing his amazing tattoos with us here on Tattoosday! I look forward to seeing more of his art in the future!<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>

Adrian's Ink Celebrates His Heritage

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Kate Reminds Us: Two Calves Are Better than One

I met Kate last month and she shared these two, of her eleven tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaswm8j3HUDt3Eu7w47xpHdjHXGioiUymw2sBeYYcflscZ9wDj8r2kDMSGcrxiI0869hsHyHXWVPgchDAauxJBGHS2rnarrZbLxvxiSVX7JTn_CCrVlngUKUQXYynNtra9NXQcPK0H0IY/s1600/2+Calves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaswm8j3HUDt3Eu7w47xpHdjHXGioiUymw2sBeYYcflscZ9wDj8r2kDMSGcrxiI0869hsHyHXWVPgchDAauxJBGHS2rnarrZbLxvxiSVX7JTn_CCrVlngUKUQXYynNtra9NXQcPK0H0IY/s640/2+Calves.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Kate says these don't have specific meanings behind them, she "just liked the art". Nothing wrong with that at all.<br /><br />On the left calf, Kate has an exquisite black and grey piece by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/benjaminmoss">Benjamin Moss</a> at <a href="http://www.apocalypsetattoo.com/">Apocalypse Tattoo</a> in Seattle.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eRUv06_mtDzZemOIp1DjSZD_ZZ34-EPuMTmjYdH-bXFjA6_BS5ajSahAXqGn_L4paxGpHhdYLU-u3kvd0pdheT-FZgAT6ZhQ-iN0uA_ri0cBIhvzU0oSMCOsEeblmpWguehA_u9RXkI/s1600/2+skeletons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4d7LMCxhUtQNm9YjCm21LbUNTpW6LOYQZM96Qvq4gHJBqo-hgaH39vqx4LDWeC9iBjkH7BaIEK9ktoMNmpAMvNsyCbWTGwN5JbJN77ia1nnHjycY9mcSvPI8LhTTA6sH5SfTXr2ylmg/s1600/2+skeletons+alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4d7LMCxhUtQNm9YjCm21LbUNTpW6LOYQZM96Qvq4gHJBqo-hgaH39vqx4LDWeC9iBjkH7BaIEK9ktoMNmpAMvNsyCbWTGwN5JbJN77ia1nnHjycY9mcSvPI8LhTTA6sH5SfTXr2ylmg/s640/2+skeletons+alt.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br />The romantically morbid idea of two skeletons sharing an eternity in the same coffin is a haunting image.<br /><br />On her right calf is this dagger:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5bGXH8d5g0sKFn-5rc_hsvjnrXgZklnMe6ns33VcCU7L6hM5La20be2etKeo35qojOJkDYH2G-VaNgoklwnucSBNzhuQpFx3urVbWML8u-K6-3md4qh1k79fW4YpO7hPdKE59aJvrKw/s1600/Dagger+Calf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5bGXH8d5g0sKFn-5rc_hsvjnrXgZklnMe6ns33VcCU7L6hM5La20be2etKeo35qojOJkDYH2G-VaNgoklwnucSBNzhuQpFx3urVbWML8u-K6-3md4qh1k79fW4YpO7hPdKE59aJvrKw/s640/Dagger+Calf.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />The phrase "MORTE PRIMA DI DISONORE" translates to the expression "Death Before Dishonor". This tattoo was created at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Addiction-NYC/282610705212?sk=wall">Addiction NYC</a> on St. Mark's Place in Manhattan.<br /><br />Thanks to Kate for sharing these great tattoos 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><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </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><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Kate Reminds Us: Two Calves Are Better than One

I met Kate last month and she shared these two, of her eleven tattoos: Kate says these don't have specific meanings behind them, she ...

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Lisa and Her Brooklyn Flytrap

<!--[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 !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style><br /> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }<br /> </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style><br /> /* Style Definitions */<br /> table.MsoNormalTable<br /> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";<br /> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br /> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br /> mso-style-noshow:yes;<br /> mso-style-parent:"";<br /> mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br /> mso-para-margin:0in;<br /> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br /> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br /> font-size:10.0pt;<br /> font-family:"Times New Roman";}<br /> </style> <![endif]--> <br />Today's entry is a reader submission from a fellow Brooklynite named Lisa, who sent in this photo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjCYlsaP1FZ3hjzTJe87RnBGX93O5rNdcvXO9tW-kyTYujywuV0fcycooBlynrurTMRj-hsy8zedJGmD6PJXIswBoHfu3y7W2-_pzRKNNgVsx8oo4ijabstgM2qr6sbOWfLCu9wdGWxU/s1600/lisa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjCYlsaP1FZ3hjzTJe87RnBGX93O5rNdcvXO9tW-kyTYujywuV0fcycooBlynrurTMRj-hsy8zedJGmD6PJXIswBoHfu3y7W2-_pzRKNNgVsx8oo4ijabstgM2qr6sbOWfLCu9wdGWxU/s640/lisa.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Lisa tells me:</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">"[This tattoo] was done a few months ago by an artist named Alex Perez, owner of Tat2sRus located at 5409 4th Ave. in Sunset Park Brooklyn.  He has been tattooing for over 20 yrs and is totally awesome.  This piece was done freehand just like all his pieces are.  I love my tattoo and get many compliments on it."<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">I know this is a Venus Flytrap, but I'll call it a Brooklyn Flytrap, because it looks like it's a plant you definitely don't want to mess with!</div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks to Lisa for sending this in to us here at Tattoosday! <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><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><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Lisa and Her Brooklyn Flytrap

Today's entry is a reader submission from a fellow Brooklynite named Lisa, who sent in this photo: Lisa tells me: "[This tattoo] ...

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Juliana's Hibiscus

I met Juliana last month and, although there's a section of her tattoo that is "in progress," she agreed to share it here:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFkmQdadwZEQfLo3KRKSaD4i_w3x3aUeixJE0ws4bijhghR6ggP_gCagcBI2IOUs81TgSfIyjmZ-nYpmYKd48_xS0SIg7DbM83Q-ItwoXQFbiu_QKUrSylSXFx6iIMCmdFNX5lQwKQuU/s1600/Hibiscus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFkmQdadwZEQfLo3KRKSaD4i_w3x3aUeixJE0ws4bijhghR6ggP_gCagcBI2IOUs81TgSfIyjmZ-nYpmYKd48_xS0SIg7DbM83Q-ItwoXQFbiu_QKUrSylSXFx6iIMCmdFNX5lQwKQuU/s640/Hibiscus.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Juliana explained:</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"I took the picture of the flower myself. The hibiscus means eternal beauty, which I though was really cool. And the symbols [kanji] are respect, love, strength and energy ... so I call it my <i>Keep Truckin'</i> tattoo."</div></blockquote>The artist  is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tattoosbyed">Ed Knowles</a>, who is currently at <a href="http://www.12tattoos.com/index2.html">12 Tattoos</a> in Groton, Connecticut. Work by Ed has appeared previously <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/06/jolies-cupcake.html">here</a> on Tattoosday.<br /><br />The <i>kanji  </i>are, on the left side strength above energy and on the right side, respect above love:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rzoNKjwhCO5CQUvgYRlwZfmPYPLlw005wZNOnUXtQSPdefxw_1N9S3oLXcii2KTsOqS8w0mQK9HguMpuTtv0T8Bby4DFRGAFLSHMJoTAj15ue9AJt_d4f7HaD11USI3FEBVL1QeAXg0/s1600/Hibiscus+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rzoNKjwhCO5CQUvgYRlwZfmPYPLlw005wZNOnUXtQSPdefxw_1N9S3oLXcii2KTsOqS8w0mQK9HguMpuTtv0T8Bby4DFRGAFLSHMJoTAj15ue9AJt_d4f7HaD11USI3FEBVL1QeAXg0/s400/Hibiscus+detail.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Juliana for sharing her tattoo-in-progress with us here on Tattoosday! Keep truckin', Juliana!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><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>

Juliana's Hibiscus

I met Juliana last month and, although there's a section of her tattoo that is "in progress," she agreed to share it here:   J...

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Two Peacocks for a Tuesday

Back in June, I met two women on separate days who had peacock tattoos.<br /><br />First was <a href="http://www.jacktarfilms.com/">Charlotte</a>, a filmmaker who I spotted on the uptown 3 train. I snapped these pictures when we got off the subway at 72nd Street:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQH6y9aTHPHUtu1CfaJ4gGaENoXYVzfJPQxS0-HS4SekAltxkWfoDTbtHX0SJs5R3In8J054dCzlm8fN2ta0_elzAarIhoo2xKbHtRi6p6st3NpMGZGVqx6OdGenFXlzK0oAiG6UwaV8Q/s1600/Peacock+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQH6y9aTHPHUtu1CfaJ4gGaENoXYVzfJPQxS0-HS4SekAltxkWfoDTbtHX0SJs5R3In8J054dCzlm8fN2ta0_elzAarIhoo2xKbHtRi6p6st3NpMGZGVqx6OdGenFXlzK0oAiG6UwaV8Q/s640/Peacock+1.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcorDAu3BInDsUiQrBrqj9fCJa-y_7hxfzGFKERPZFr3ODpdz0ldVdutfKoW7cE2hHqv-dOj3ATfDOZMkHG_a4iRhO6nbDJ67iHhOD6Ep8IqoLwZ-6Ycgn6FWsmIp6YjGIErGhbIQyTc/s1600/peacock+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcorDAu3BInDsUiQrBrqj9fCJa-y_7hxfzGFKERPZFr3ODpdz0ldVdutfKoW7cE2hHqv-dOj3ATfDOZMkHG_a4iRhO6nbDJ67iHhOD6Ep8IqoLwZ-6Ycgn6FWsmIp6YjGIErGhbIQyTc/s640/peacock+2.jpg" width="306" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Charlotte credited <a href="http://danielalbrigo.com/home.html">Daniel Albrigo</a> as the artist, who did this when he worked at <a href="http://nyadorned.com/">Brooklyn Adorned</a>. He now tattoos out of <a href="http://www.threekingstattoo.com/site/">Three Kings</a> in Brooklyn.<br /><br />She explained that she "wanted something beautiful to offset the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali">Kali</a> tattoo on her right shoulder".<br /><br />A week later I met Emily near Penn Station, who had this different perspective on the peacock, inked on her calf:<br /><br /><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/AVvXsEjE62uEBvW4AqMYOF8bN-q8tB24zbgu1PvBMxhyx6fsL-wpczsdZHo89WaGROkLke4EphIknK0EQOqW4TmRpYuQe-5wkvCW10wGjb2e-Yyu0t1jgcDDsQAYRv5Um1yM7otSLnump34MIAI/s1600/peacock3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE62uEBvW4AqMYOF8bN-q8tB24zbgu1PvBMxhyx6fsL-wpczsdZHo89WaGROkLke4EphIknK0EQOqW4TmRpYuQe-5wkvCW10wGjb2e-Yyu0t1jgcDDsQAYRv5Um1yM7otSLnump34MIAI/s640/peacock3.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Emily explained: </span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"My mother used to work at a school in Dallas, Texas, where I'm from, that has peacocks that roam wild on campus ... when I was a child I used to go play with them (or just watch them)."</span> </span></blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Emily told me she "drew it and designed it with the help of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/davecwallin/photos/71394154#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A71394154%7D">Dave Wallin</a>." Dave tattooed this when working at <a href="http://www.tattooculture.net/">Tattoo Culture</a> in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but he now works out of <a href="http://www.8ofswords.com/">Eight of Swords Tattoo Studio</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to both Charlotte and Emily for sharing their very different peacocks here on Tattoosday!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></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><br />

Two Peacocks for a Tuesday

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Sammy's Substitute for High Fashion

When I spotted Sammy outside of Macy*s, Herald Square, I noticed a single line of numbers just below her neck.<br /><br />Intrigued, I stopped her and asked about it. It was then that she revealed that the one line of digits, from 0 to 9, was only the top of the tattoo. Here's the whole thing:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyNSVhzrOT0P_A1RftfZ9D88qT9rhKI16kMz16wDTn21W5guv8hBnIsGSiuGnyApPJXvQu_sQ1oAU0C2ps-r5TLhyphenhyphen9iOwuuKOpD-wC_3MAF9uHFHn54Lrv1KyOZPAn2JUwUVBoy4IPK4/s1600/sammy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyNSVhzrOT0P_A1RftfZ9D88qT9rhKI16kMz16wDTn21W5guv8hBnIsGSiuGnyApPJXvQu_sQ1oAU0C2ps-r5TLhyphenhyphen9iOwuuKOpD-wC_3MAF9uHFHn54Lrv1KyOZPAn2JUwUVBoy4IPK4/s400/sammy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Sammy explained that this is a body art version of a clothing tag from the high-end clothing designer, <a href="http://www.martinmargiela.com/">Martin Margiela</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohunExP9YNbt-x6qHoznuB44QjIO7HSJtVZH9pO6RzyX-TlpkAUs88z1fDv4yJ4rA2d77lx1OOvHXcPGHsBllUe6qdj1zApMUGIXYC7GLUpmMJQiXS4MNn3Fv6CuTJEvnHDZoh0rgwwQ/s1600/MMMLabel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohunExP9YNbt-x6qHoznuB44QjIO7HSJtVZH9pO6RzyX-TlpkAUs88z1fDv4yJ4rA2d77lx1OOvHXcPGHsBllUe6qdj1zApMUGIXYC7GLUpmMJQiXS4MNn3Fv6CuTJEvnHDZoh0rgwwQ/s400/MMMLabel.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhx0PDzBhdVw3VLqcyrQZxDoQH-NLWnWd3Mvjzah-tKmnsqq_xOQ9W2Y-aof5jr-gNEXrh8GleQHLXORjjrTgbgaO5RmZspNQFdPKegOvmLf7xrpLf77QxcP6AtSX9Q1Pqe29b07OgrY/s1600/maison-martin-margiela-2010-spring-summer-preview-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhx0PDzBhdVw3VLqcyrQZxDoQH-NLWnWd3Mvjzah-tKmnsqq_xOQ9W2Y-aof5jr-gNEXrh8GleQHLXORjjrTgbgaO5RmZspNQFdPKegOvmLf7xrpLf77QxcP6AtSX9Q1Pqe29b07OgrY/s400/maison-martin-margiela-2010-spring-summer-preview-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She told me that this was her "favorite design label" and said "I want to illustrate ... it's really expensive so I can't buy anything." She added that having the label on her back serves "to control my desire for buying it."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's certainly a new functionality for a tattoo, in my opinion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sammy credited an artist in Los Angeles named Baku at a shop whose name I can't find, so I will go out on a limb and credit <a href="http://bakucharu.tumblr.com/">Baku Watanabe</a>, who works at <a href="http://www.freakchictattoo.com/">Freak Chic Tattoo</a> on Melrose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Sammy for sharing this unusual tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><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 style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">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></span>

Sammy's Substitute for High Fashion

When I spotted Sammy outside of Macy*s, Herald Square, I noticed a single line of numbers just below her neck. Intrigued, I stopped her and ...

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