Jessica: A Sugar Skull and Scream and Scream Again

<div class="MsoNormal">In <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/06/coreys-traditional-creatures.html">yesterday's post</a>, I talked about meeting Corey and Jessica in front of Penn Station, and we featured two of Corey's tattoos. Today it's Jessica's turn. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSJX4w1Q2mTWgp0TUFkqnPRVOmrV8n6uYQxzqbglU8BhzD2qkTJPmqbDryuYKZP2FqZy0wKQ61IxTBFNckCCp_sNNWAJ3uC2iA1ROvxKN1SGcegfVHobH60ZLo4BYQXbtw4lyGvTmRFA/s1600/Jessica+Sugar+Skull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSJX4w1Q2mTWgp0TUFkqnPRVOmrV8n6uYQxzqbglU8BhzD2qkTJPmqbDryuYKZP2FqZy0wKQ61IxTBFNckCCp_sNNWAJ3uC2iA1ROvxKN1SGcegfVHobH60ZLo4BYQXbtw4lyGvTmRFA/s640/Jessica+Sugar+Skull.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She praised to no end the tattoo artist who did this sugar skull, her friend Chris Handford at <a href="http://www.perkinsroadparlour.com/">Perkins Road Parlor</a> in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">"They do a lot of traditional and he's originally a painter, so we just said, 'Do Whatever," and he drew up these awesome things ... he's actually a really new artist, but I would say already, skills-wise, far beyond a lot of people who have been doing it longer, especially in the South."</div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">Jessica also shared this incredible piece on her right calf:</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGfBxcEk7DbUP2-yUDKcV8lM7YF3Mt_5WX31bvIgqOqs1ojwr7lY4VxCRdrC8cHMfUOKeuI5SarXkNnmq8xE_MHhIJDhginrEQdjSYNyh34lPEtQsQSmWwk_5RndH-76ckMkgruWB94I/s1600/scream+and+scream+again+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGfBxcEk7DbUP2-yUDKcV8lM7YF3Mt_5WX31bvIgqOqs1ojwr7lY4VxCRdrC8cHMfUOKeuI5SarXkNnmq8xE_MHhIJDhginrEQdjSYNyh34lPEtQsQSmWwk_5RndH-76ckMkgruWB94I/s400/scream+and+scream+again+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jessica credited this tattoo to a different artist, <a href="http://www.artaddictiontattoo.com/richard_hart_portfolio">Richard Hart</a>, who currently works in Baton Rouge out of <a href="http://www.artaddictiontattoo.com/">Art Addiction Tattoo Studio</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jessica explained the story behind this interesting piece:</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">"[Richard Hart] is excellent at photo-realism. I found this ... it's from a movie called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064949/">Scream and Scream Again</a> (1970).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UrzCd6RP4uHZ3GctbkhLLPTUDPOBT3Rujs2lURjKp03rP2WNlnwVh4wI1Q61MvNJX9HRj_liOEVA3pKsY_ShsTVD2Ur8cStGD_ELVTB2xnFMf79sqM9DvID29DxO7wQaqBQo2npw0Do/s1600/SCREAm+AND+SCREAM+AGAIN+vhs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UrzCd6RP4uHZ3GctbkhLLPTUDPOBT3Rujs2lURjKp03rP2WNlnwVh4wI1Q61MvNJX9HRj_liOEVA3pKsY_ShsTVD2Ur8cStGD_ELVTB2xnFMf79sqM9DvID29DxO7wQaqBQo2npw0Do/s400/SCREAm+AND+SCREAM+AGAIN+vhs.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I just loved it and he drew it up on the spot ... I've never seen anyone just draw it, make a quick stencil, look at a computer, and then go off the picture itself. It looks exactly like the picture; I mean, it's insane. Insane. He's definitely awesome!"</div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">It's always great to hear tattooed folk talk so exuberantly about how much they like their artists, and it was certainly nice to encounter some talent from a part of the country we don't see too often up here in New York.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />Thanks to Jessica (and Corey) for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!</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><br /><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. 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Jessica: A Sugar Skull and Scream and Scream Again

In yesterday's post , I talked about meeting Corey and Jessica in front of Penn Station, and we featured two of Corey's tattoos. Tod...

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Stephen's Killer Klown

<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the significant changes in the chronology of Tattoosday was the discovery that the Amtrak waiting area in Penn Station was a wonderful place for inkspotting, not just on rainy days, but whenever I had the chance to pass that way.</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Stopping someone on the streets of New York City, especially when they are in a hurry to get somewhere, can be challenging. I have discovered that people waiting for their trains, with nothing but time on their hands, are much more likely to be open to discussing their tattoos with strangers like me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What’s nice, as well, as the trains running out of the Penn Station Amtrak hub go to Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and beyond (New Orleans and Toronto are possible rail destinations).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In early April, I ran into Stephen, who was visiting from Auckland, New Zealand. He has ink on both arms, one leg, and the top of his back, so there was a lot to choose from, once he consented to sharing one of his tattoos.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He offered up this horror-themed illustration, on the upper section of his right arm:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigswgcTW_SheQves1Hl0aFMvcBKUqjxrGOdhnPeIrGMWhtNvk3IA3eAwxBp-IaujRi2yMEbwN_-_59qxhyXToDNYCi4NvagNsUp-dcOUzTIZT2hh9idXTNOIBq0U6Mq1sXgIr9PlkP3EY/s1600/Killer+Klown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigswgcTW_SheQves1Hl0aFMvcBKUqjxrGOdhnPeIrGMWhtNvk3IA3eAwxBp-IaujRi2yMEbwN_-_59qxhyXToDNYCi4NvagNsUp-dcOUzTIZT2hh9idXTNOIBq0U6Mq1sXgIr9PlkP3EY/s640/Killer+Klown.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The clown with a cleaver is one of those funny/scary images that appeals to fans of the horror genre. Stephen liked the image and collaborated with the tattoo artist, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/498313312">Jamie Thorburn</a>, to come up with the final design.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8qxhdiUc9N0CanvzNnLx8fGU9nHbb9X2JntYeyBxVl6LZW5-N4o7-yUt4BJ4py20rnfBxXKbPMZMW4y9vF4QOu0pwseVz7j00wjvoR1cQDreKfX5SHc5M9NklECY0QHG8ANpxlnyh_o/s1600/killer+klown+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8qxhdiUc9N0CanvzNnLx8fGU9nHbb9X2JntYeyBxVl6LZW5-N4o7-yUt4BJ4py20rnfBxXKbPMZMW4y9vF4QOu0pwseVz7j00wjvoR1cQDreKfX5SHc5M9NklECY0QHG8ANpxlnyh_o/s400/killer+klown+detail.jpg" width="267" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks to Stephen for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</span><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></div>

Stephen's Killer Klown

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Jason's Ink Pays Tribute to a Genre

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6zL6m_ELknf9BYqUpS6X9ZVK28o_OD29Q7HKaTCOFWahXxC5VPytCAugA06b6flGfQJS1dYU6Eylo_cMCQjkmu70ouK0KiNJ0m6sDjtdKXr-4Flgf1J_bvHneqc3sL0sS1MmbGg6/s1600/Horror+Sleeve+detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467350265734963778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6zL6m_ELknf9BYqUpS6X9ZVK28o_OD29Q7HKaTCOFWahXxC5VPytCAugA06b6flGfQJS1dYU6Eylo_cMCQjkmu70ouK0KiNJ0m6sDjtdKXr-4Flgf1J_bvHneqc3sL0sS1MmbGg6/s400/Horror+Sleeve+detail.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />I met Jason and Annmarie in Penn Station as they were headed home to Arizona.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get all the details on their work that I wanted and they haven't responded to my email queries.<br /><br />Jason is a big fan of horror films and his right arm is an entire sleeve of memorable villains from that genre:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUjojE-l0RuU5L-06AfbtT-JIhVLYvbsHshFo6fhcmddSJE1_otICkBOYmBmSNVNu7hVFgf4qGe1GdL6WkCDubmzX-44IuV3kT0VmHB9WZSaVm855dBom_GI0AmNxDj3JtoSWYJlu/s1600/Jason+Horror+Sleeve.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467348223176518226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUjojE-l0RuU5L-06AfbtT-JIhVLYvbsHshFo6fhcmddSJE1_otICkBOYmBmSNVNu7hVFgf4qGe1GdL6WkCDubmzX-44IuV3kT0VmHB9WZSaVm855dBom_GI0AmNxDj3JtoSWYJlu/s400/Jason+Horror+Sleeve.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Lacking a lot of knowledge in the area, I am woefully unable to identify any of the characters, but I didn't want that to stop me from posting the arm. Readers are welcome to post in the comments section helping me identify these gruesome personae.<br /><br />In addition, Jason's left arm has this immense <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Krueger">Freddy Kreuger</a> (from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_%28franchise%29">A Nightmare on Elm Street</a> series) wrapping around it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyTbVZAv0gvitd_3XbbPQ5G4iIKwR_vt3v_cSG_a75ToMWV1NRPXYu618QJRnJdUN60t3he2CPTr1uKTBOuqw9cKZRVQoPElqeh9LNHudy2exiHnyq1MqNgWODfMeJBp3sllYeC4s/s1600/Freddie+collage.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467349604596777330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyTbVZAv0gvitd_3XbbPQ5G4iIKwR_vt3v_cSG_a75ToMWV1NRPXYu618QJRnJdUN60t3he2CPTr1uKTBOuqw9cKZRVQoPElqeh9LNHudy2exiHnyq1MqNgWODfMeJBp3sllYeC4s/s400/Freddie+collage.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />[...]<br /><br />Now, I mentioned Annmarie at the beginning of the post. Check out the tattoo she offered up to us <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/05/annmaries-amazing-tree.html">here</a>.<br /><br />In the mean time, thanks again to Jason for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />Ed. Note:<br />[...] indicates deletion of text in which I mis-credited the artist and shop.

Jason's Ink Pays Tribute to a Genre

I met Jason and Annmarie in Penn Station as they were headed home to Arizona. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get all the details on the...

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