Phoenix's Sleeve is Out of This World

Back on August, I met a man named Phoenix in Penn Station who shared the sleeve on his right arm.<br /> <br /> The work starts near his shoulder, with a traditional-style pin-up girl straddling a rocket in an outer space motif:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN_qrq96DEOq2Do-uWKFvLE8G7UDj4mv-PMpRK69t1DWHlpG7rqDtV4NQZmZAF7LyD3a9HHTh5gWTmGJI5pJulo1ytLoSeBXTTyH0kBVnVobC-kneGa76wBKH_EE5-3pS6amJb2FRlCQ/s1600/Astrological.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN_qrq96DEOq2Do-uWKFvLE8G7UDj4mv-PMpRK69t1DWHlpG7rqDtV4NQZmZAF7LyD3a9HHTh5gWTmGJI5pJulo1ytLoSeBXTTyH0kBVnVobC-kneGa76wBKH_EE5-3pS6amJb2FRlCQ/s400/Astrological.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br /> The cat perched on the rocket in front of the woman represents Phoenix's love of animals.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOPqhyIMm1fevXmMNrbKyFkG0Wt30z1hK61b-WxG4LYvuBcUSgh6hAZN6LfowuRc3mhyphenhyphenu-flaiKdzbfc8kfM42pIYC186_G2ACKK2w_h0iztsW9PPBA4Fzt62k-OtJHzAZ3fY2il_FH8/s1600/Astrological+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOPqhyIMm1fevXmMNrbKyFkG0Wt30z1hK61b-WxG4LYvuBcUSgh6hAZN6LfowuRc3mhyphenhyphenu-flaiKdzbfc8kfM42pIYC186_G2ACKK2w_h0iztsW9PPBA4Fzt62k-OtJHzAZ3fY2il_FH8/s400/Astrological+detail.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br /> The centerpiece of the sleeve, however, is lower on the arm and represents his love of astrology:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgpEwPMIPpsZh9E7TVvSbsPCvmGmr5Nnbz99vH9hg62scJmOvk3_5XBDf04P3CKbVfap8Yj0u0fNPOni9gIGNL0nvRxqmJEIdw8OAUZHrlk9G-PSysawWyNmOt1Rmc1CMRDUmRTJaKrM/s1600/atro+chart+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgpEwPMIPpsZh9E7TVvSbsPCvmGmr5Nnbz99vH9hg62scJmOvk3_5XBDf04P3CKbVfap8Yj0u0fNPOni9gIGNL0nvRxqmJEIdw8OAUZHrlk9G-PSysawWyNmOt1Rmc1CMRDUmRTJaKrM/s400/atro+chart+1.jpg" width="103" /></a></div><br /> <br /> From a practical purpose, he had his natal astrological chart wrapping around his limb. In theory, he told me, anyone who knows astrology could come up and read his arm and gain insight into his astrological makeup.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eEIOsh_ktDblUxVZ4TpuBP0qyISD88w1MYkPrNNTszzBbifuGf9XQh1RUa622K73JudoQJSZUdWzwGiqmtBvWD6ZmHNEFxgYDIGas5Oy4n__kD6e6djqpoyWLVvMO-rRT2TTZVzhpIs/s1600/astro+chart+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eEIOsh_ktDblUxVZ4TpuBP0qyISD88w1MYkPrNNTszzBbifuGf9XQh1RUa622K73JudoQJSZUdWzwGiqmtBvWD6ZmHNEFxgYDIGas5Oy4n__kD6e6djqpoyWLVvMO-rRT2TTZVzhpIs/s400/astro+chart+2.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><br /> Phoenix was born with the Sun in Aries rising in Leo and with his moon in Gemini.<br /> <br /> This work was done by Lou at Third Eye Tattoo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, about six years ago. Lou's handiwork has been featured many times over the years here on the site and can be seen here.<br /> <br /> Thanks to Phoenix for sharing his spectacular sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /> </div>

Phoenix's Sleeve is Out of This World

Back on August, I met a man named Phoenix in Penn Station who shared the sleeve on his right arm. The work starts near his shoulder, with ...

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John's Tattoo Identity (With a Bonus Vendetta)

I met John recently in a local drug store in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Ridge,_Brooklyn">Bay Ridge</a> section of Brooklyn.<br /><br />I had actually seen John once previously in the store, but had been unable to speak to him at the time, so I was happy when I ran into him again.<br /><br />His upper right arm is a <i><a href="http://www.starwars.com/">Star Wars</a></i> tribute, but I shot the left arm instead. He was laughing because he had just been questioned by several people at a <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/century-21-brooklyn">nearby department store</a> and now that he had escaped to a different shop, here I was questioning him about his work.<br /><br />This is a shot of his left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEjFgZc_piFcP8RsMwDBfXQcIZXdUnhaD6nlzC_PAuDh9Q1Mj9DwMQgmzCmZlsRsDzB_Nck22SetVQgRNHRDRmc4o0kCrhAFijQd4OyPSYsGzmjJkvKYRUoefP5qDSVYS4WSc02Ky/s1600/alien+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEjFgZc_piFcP8RsMwDBfXQcIZXdUnhaD6nlzC_PAuDh9Q1Mj9DwMQgmzCmZlsRsDzB_Nck22SetVQgRNHRDRmc4o0kCrhAFijQd4OyPSYsGzmjJkvKYRUoefP5qDSVYS4WSc02Ky/s400/alien+collage.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><br />Like the <i>Star Wars</i> theme on his right arm, the left arm embraces outer space, what John called his "tattoo identity".<br /><br />He did note that this had been reworked and represented the repairing  of a much smaller piece. He sung high praise to Alex Franklin of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/brooklyninkbodypiercing">Brooklyn Ink</a>, who did the majority of this work and made the piece what it is today. Alex and Brooklyn Ink are no strangers to Tattoosday. <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Brooklyn%20Ink">This link</a> takes the reader to all posts tagged "Brooklyn Ink".<br /><br />Before explaining that tattoo to me, however,  he had shown me something that had not been visible in the department store. He pulled up his shirt to reveal this awesome <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta">V for Vendetta</a> tattoo in the top center section of his back:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvHen8QNc5jY2ClakRIwu4uxdxqnNygldk38M750R5iE3e7jMR3iP4X3-HtaNDJ8hv3yDHr-Xv0inoZgW6e0u42PlcCI6-1cExCl2B3aO1f-TVNfBwKVEMFicrhgCs-mE_qF9uZqV/s1600/V+for+Vendetta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvHen8QNc5jY2ClakRIwu4uxdxqnNygldk38M750R5iE3e7jMR3iP4X3-HtaNDJ8hv3yDHr-Xv0inoZgW6e0u42PlcCI6-1cExCl2B3aO1f-TVNfBwKVEMFicrhgCs-mE_qF9uZqV/s400/V+for+Vendetta.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><br />John loved the graphic novel and the movie as well. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJpF0AmC1lAUW1bKc5iYEj4d10XKFByUH-MXwZ2kk_26TwuDopUsCazqxBF6jjUqsW-QaXcwrhDLogClEaHLxEZVUw9dt-_rT80sJWykz6aV7wptsj5iTy4git5m9Me0NokuQgggA/s1600/V_for_vendettax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJpF0AmC1lAUW1bKc5iYEj4d10XKFByUH-MXwZ2kk_26TwuDopUsCazqxBF6jjUqsW-QaXcwrhDLogClEaHLxEZVUw9dt-_rT80sJWykz6aV7wptsj5iTy4git5m9Me0NokuQgggA/s320/V_for_vendettax.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhes1IcCjfX2Ccn4B9XSulvSG3JvdqIyZBUyOHpaOjO6yYimb4a3J1mu2DIAq8yT-zr3J9DZGa5SPkPNpYc2n7L01OMvUIX-UKWCqtuTmrcAaDGrOLrbny8O3rGCWBsY0Dqe4HePape/s1600/v-for-vendetta-6-800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhes1IcCjfX2Ccn4B9XSulvSG3JvdqIyZBUyOHpaOjO6yYimb4a3J1mu2DIAq8yT-zr3J9DZGa5SPkPNpYc2n7L01OMvUIX-UKWCqtuTmrcAaDGrOLrbny8O3rGCWBsY0Dqe4HePape/s320/v-for-vendetta-6-800.jpg" /></a></div><br />The character of V makes a striking tattoo. This was inked by the incomparable <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=designs+by+michael+angelo+brooklyn&fb=1&gl=us&hq=designs+by+michael+angelo&hnear=Brooklyn,+NY&cid=10589599892127857747">Designs by Michael Angelo</a> in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Work from his shop has appeared previously <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Designs%20by%20Michael%20Angelo">here</a> on the blog.<br /><br />Thanks to John for sharing his incredible tattoos with us here on Tattoosday! We hope to bring his Star Wars sleeve to the site some time in the future.

John's Tattoo Identity (With a Bonus Vendetta)

I met John recently in a local drug store in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. I had actually seen John once previously in the store, but ...

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