Happy Halloween from Tattoosday!

Here at Tattoosday, we're celebrating Halloween by posting the spookiest tattoo seen in the last month or so. Well, maybe not the spookiest, but certainly the most holiday-related tattoo:<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/AVvXsEjx6HhEKWoxkZcH7eR7qz83PE0tbUZ2C4mbmdDt4eP-rTYOr9UWGoWZcXyHVtb511HNZkOBLO2ZatZKjP6gKk5j7Hnh1f0Fk3naPU3vZ6-3M356gzWx3H6eK6Tvm1KszpXEkO0rTgmOBbc/s1600/Frank+and+Truck+wm+rot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6HhEKWoxkZcH7eR7qz83PE0tbUZ2C4mbmdDt4eP-rTYOr9UWGoWZcXyHVtb511HNZkOBLO2ZatZKjP6gKk5j7Hnh1f0Fk3naPU3vZ6-3M356gzWx3H6eK6Tvm1KszpXEkO0rTgmOBbc/s640/Frank+and+Truck+wm+rot.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><br />This was offered up by Robert, who I met in Borders Penn Plaza last month. And yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, that is Frankenstein driving a Chevy (that's the stick shift he's gripping). Robert credits Adel at <a href="http://addiction-nyc.com/">Addiction NYC</a> with this tattoo.<br /><br />Thanks to Robert for helping us celebrate Halloween here on Tattoosday!

Happy Halloween from Tattoosday!

Here at Tattoosday, we're celebrating Halloween by posting the spookiest tattoo seen in the last month or so. Well, maybe not the spooki...

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Ashlee Channels Snow White

This work in progress is on Ashlee's arm:<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/AVvXsEj78gfNyX-tDQpxZ1B38vgFlivuCwiM3iqObQgyAE7SG1noUpi581UWbhUK5DTLELbRsqw7V0ZjxDwdUmEHEtYNOMr1G72zwf_1HiueDRnFnsC78-oxNbL6NK0FQexXXEdqs9lg0bkN/s1600/Snow+white+top+wm+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78gfNyX-tDQpxZ1B38vgFlivuCwiM3iqObQgyAE7SG1noUpi581UWbhUK5DTLELbRsqw7V0ZjxDwdUmEHEtYNOMr1G72zwf_1HiueDRnFnsC78-oxNbL6NK0FQexXXEdqs9lg0bkN/s640/Snow+white+top+wm+5.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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><br />The tattoo features Snow White at the top of the arm, with the witch's hand proffering an apple, wrapping around the arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_yghw4DYn1kz5GgAsliqWx29bDmzgAWibjOdELVzxJmEmtPT-eMAT90kPYK_Wt6hygkqfAexHin-fPpV_o8loetoJWCxSxu0fDxQV4H5YUXJ6F1FIiv4BlerNcVkasROLwN0EizW/s1600/snow+white+collage+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_yghw4DYn1kz5GgAsliqWx29bDmzgAWibjOdELVzxJmEmtPT-eMAT90kPYK_Wt6hygkqfAexHin-fPpV_o8loetoJWCxSxu0fDxQV4H5YUXJ6F1FIiv4BlerNcVkasROLwN0EizW/s400/snow+white+collage+wm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Ashlee explained that the tattoo is commenting on how superficial the world is and how the idea of Beauty was the downfall of the title character, at least until she was rescued from her poison-induced slumber.<br /><br />The tattoo is the work of Eric at <a href="http://local.yahoo.com/info-28361792-king-pin-tattoo-s-killeen">King Pin Tattoos</a> in Harker Heights, Texas. Work from Kingpin appeared previously in August 2008 on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/08/kelly-remembers-her-grandmother.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Ashlee for sharing her work with us here on Tattoosday!

Ashlee Channels Snow White

This work in progress is on Ashlee's arm: The tattoo features Snow White at the top of the arm, with the witch's hand proffering an ...

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Nesting Dolls and a Zombie, Courtesy of Kristin

Last month, I ran into Kristin at the Penn Plaza Borders store.<br /><br />She has ten tattoos, but the piece on her shin was the first one I spotted:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPJj15hzfkCCL0hyphenhyphenf8_AFV-nKg_3wzWChzU6sd8sTzyoCnB4qT14UkmbRKJ6zdGc2d1svXLCFHyUB-9c1EdRx1oppZjcZiMTm55z35uL-Eb_NXms4N9HJONI3WFCslEI_Gqz2knxh/s1600/Nesting+Dolls+wm2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPJj15hzfkCCL0hyphenhyphenf8_AFV-nKg_3wzWChzU6sd8sTzyoCnB4qT14UkmbRKJ6zdGc2d1svXLCFHyUB-9c1EdRx1oppZjcZiMTm55z35uL-Eb_NXms4N9HJONI3WFCslEI_Gqz2knxh/s400/Nesting+Dolls+wm2.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><br />These Russian nesting dolls represents the friendship Kristin has with her friend Kyle (thus, the merging of their names into "Kryle").<br /><br />It was tattooed by Bret from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/electrictattoo666">Electric Tattoo</a> in Pasadena, Maryland.<br /><br />Kristin also shared another tattoo, one certainly more appropriate for our current season. Check out this amazing tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wpHFLVc59oiFGhUkaj13EyAdLiOPoEEhanihCv8NxksvQbf9NzsdlFNuTNoNsxmXDIFOxuvrstTTzo2aQMHVabm2vylQL3Pg7ekOLNTOnRfC9fch0eck2WrO2Rtq1JHjxyH0tV5M/s1600/Borders+Zombie+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wpHFLVc59oiFGhUkaj13EyAdLiOPoEEhanihCv8NxksvQbf9NzsdlFNuTNoNsxmXDIFOxuvrstTTzo2aQMHVabm2vylQL3Pg7ekOLNTOnRfC9fch0eck2WrO2Rtq1JHjxyH0tV5M/s640/Borders+Zombie+wm.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br />This cool zombie piece was inked by <a href="http://www.tattoonow.com/artists/Kike_Castillo/">Kike Castillo</a> at <a href="http://timmytattoo.com/">Timmy Tattoo</a> in Huntington, New York.<br /><br />Kristin says that Kike is one of her favorite artists and she is happy for him to provide her with great body art. "He needed someone," she told me, referring to this particular tattoo, and "I'm always game". Tattoo artists love clients that let them do their thing, and you can tell with this great piece of art.<br /><br />Thanks to Kristin for sharing her cool tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Nesting Dolls and a Zombie, Courtesy of Kristin

Last month, I ran into Kristin at the Penn Plaza Borders store. She has ten tattoos, but the piece on her shin was the first one I spotted: ...

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Amanda's Phoenix

Amanda has two tattoos, one of which she shared with me at the end of August in the Penn Plaza Borders store.<br /><br />This is the tattoo she designed:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix829sarSRSAX7XA8w0g-Pt-5Xf7QDF5-PZsVPaLBZ7_3bqeSpvy0omnNRrg3TOK-LdZk-cJgWIVziPofonIcZwehd94oTZmw2WfI7_gpswPO1AzJU9EMab6VnP5TrDr2XmTaHYJT_/s1600/phoenix+collage+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix829sarSRSAX7XA8w0g-Pt-5Xf7QDF5-PZsVPaLBZ7_3bqeSpvy0omnNRrg3TOK-LdZk-cJgWIVziPofonIcZwehd94oTZmw2WfI7_gpswPO1AzJU9EMab6VnP5TrDr2XmTaHYJT_/s400/phoenix+collage+wm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Amanda was inspired by the "compelling mythology of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29">phoenixes</a>" and had Bobby at <a href="http://modernagetattoos.com/splash.html">Modern Age Tattoo</a> in Nanuet, New York, translate the design into the final product.<br /><br />The quote, in Latin, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_tenebras_lux">post tenebras lux</a>" means "After darkness, light". This mirrors the life cycle of the mythological phoenix who dies, bound in flame, only to be reborn from the ashes. Clicking <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Phoenix">here</a> will display the vast array of phoenixes that have appeared on Tattoosday previously.<br /><br />In other words, even when things appear their darkest, affirmation is just within reach.<br /><br />Thanks to Amanda for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Amanda's Phoenix

Amanda has two tattoos, one of which she shared with me at the end of August in the Penn Plaza Borders store. This is the tattoo she designe...

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Gary's Three Knuckles Speak Volumes

I spotted Gary standing at the top of some escalators in Penn Station. As I passed him, I noticed he had knuckle tattoos so I stopped to ask him about them:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAIPWpn7-pKGzwOBYggLire_mYjzoQSdqCVxi__yZZn36nGws9M7I8epnRp6sqVgf2pogPuHB-asT6JK_g1OcZL2wCaTIRhRkcvi_fYjQ6W6vf5DrR6TutV_z2YEnRwKRhhDE0pIv/s1600/striking+hand+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAIPWpn7-pKGzwOBYggLire_mYjzoQSdqCVxi__yZZn36nGws9M7I8epnRp6sqVgf2pogPuHB-asT6JK_g1OcZL2wCaTIRhRkcvi_fYjQ6W6vf5DrR6TutV_z2YEnRwKRhhDE0pIv/s320/striking+hand+wm.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br />Gary explained that they are Korean characters<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_j7tuFRGoUCYv0b8fJqMshNRHz2jU6YlX-XEPZDTT8UhkH9jz9htGKi3yau96P0r4PhU7yUDQH_GqLnyuHCVob55Iq0LXw-4FeY_OhmveeXcmEC1uG9uMYZ9UWLUsfl48xJFVEGZ/s1600/SooBahkDoHangul.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_j7tuFRGoUCYv0b8fJqMshNRHz2jU6YlX-XEPZDTT8UhkH9jz9htGKi3yau96P0r4PhU7yUDQH_GqLnyuHCVob55Iq0LXw-4FeY_OhmveeXcmEC1uG9uMYZ9UWLUsfl48xJFVEGZ/s1600/SooBahkDoHangul.png" /></a></div><br />that translate to "Soo Bahk Do," or "The Way of the Striking Hand".<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soo_Bahk_Do">Soo Bahk Do</a> is a form of martial arts that originated in Korea.<br /><br />This unassuming gentleman has studied the form for seventeen years and is a third degree black belt. Gary studied at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/eastwindskarate">East Winds Karate</a> in Port St. John, Florida.<br /><br />The tattoo was inked at a shop on Eight Avenue in Bayonne, New Jersey.<br /><br />Thanks to Gary for sharing his "striking" tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Gary's Three Knuckles Speak Volumes

I spotted Gary standing at the top of some escalators in Penn Station. As I passed him, I noticed he had knuckle tattoos so I stopped to ask...

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The Tattoosday Book Review: Kat Von D's The Tattoo Chronicles

You can say a lot of things about <a href="http://www.katvond.net/">Kat Von D</a>. She is arguably one of the most well-known tattoo artists in the United States, if not the world. This fact, to old school tattoo enthusiasts, is not necessarily a good thing. She is the star of the hit "reality" series, <a href="http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/la-ink/">L.A. Ink</a>, has her own make-up line at <a href="http://www.sephora.com/browse/brand_hierarchy.jhtml?brandId=5905">Sephora</a>, and on October 26, her second book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tattoo-Chronicles-Kat-Von-D/dp/0061953369?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Tattoo Chronicles</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061953369" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, is being released by <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/">HarperCollins Design</a>. And whether you love her or hate her, it's hard to argue the fact that this book, like its predecessor <a href="http://www.amazon.com/High-Voltage-Tattoo-Kat-Von/dp/0061684384?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">High Voltage Tattoo</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061684384" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, is a lovely effort that looks and feels amazing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY8Wc0kZVrBMLLslLirUKSuNPf9XhlnYXdBJ65dV8cereJRDgl-KrWiMKN9DZYzMTxV4awbuf5TjwlMuSrIlDXugt20gc5JLv2CQk-IGBgwNdXVO-JVCq8n_gEHhgRvl68HFuqs6s/s1600/kat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZY8Wc0kZVrBMLLslLirUKSuNPf9XhlnYXdBJ65dV8cereJRDgl-KrWiMKN9DZYzMTxV4awbuf5TjwlMuSrIlDXugt20gc5JLv2CQk-IGBgwNdXVO-JVCq8n_gEHhgRvl68HFuqs6s/s640/kat.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br />Like her first book (reviewed last year on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/03/tattoosday-book-review-high-voltage.html">here</a>), Kat Von D lets you into her world, with glossy detailed photos of her work and clients. But whereas her first book shows mostly her public persona, the new effort gives us an inside look at the inner thoughts and feelings of someone who is portrayed very much as a "character" on her television show.<br /><br />It is <i>L.A. Ink</i> that has brought her fame, yet also the scorn and scrutiny of her detractors. The new book lets us peek behind the scenes and, if you didn't realize this already, the Kat Von D you see on the show is not the whole package. Through a diary/journal format, the reader is granted greater access to Kat's true emotions and feelings. We finally get to peek behind the character Kat Von D and meet the person.<br /><br />It was on Page 44 where I first felt the facade truly come down. She talks about getting booed in the shop by "fans" who resent that she won't drop what she's doing to pose for photos for them, and there is the matter of the stalker who freaked everyone out in the shop. Granted, these are consequences nowadays for success of her order, but you certainly believe that such consequences were not anticipated when she headed down the road to fame.<br /><br />It is also fascinating to read Kat's frustration with the onset of another season of <i>L.A. Ink</i>. If you're looking for validation that the only thing real on the show is the tattoos, it's here. I was reminded of <a href="http://bukowski.net/">Charles Bukowski's</a> strong aversion to poetry readings. He despised them, yet they were often necessary as sources of income. The spectacle often outshone the poems. Similarly, <i>L.A. Ink's</i> forced drama often swallows up the tattoos, yet the drama drives ratings, which lets the series continue to showcase tattoos, which is why many of us tune in in the first place.<br /><br />Whereas I found her journal entries fascinating, as I am sure most readers who are fans of the show will as well, there are still pages and pages of photographs featuring her work (drawings, sketches, and of course, tattoos) that are breath-taking in their beauty.<br /><br />Viewers of the show  know that this book has been in the making for a while and it has found its way into plot points as well. Fans will also note that the author's relationship with <a href="http://www.nikkisixx.net/">Nikki Sixx</a>, bassist for <a href="http://www.motley.com/">Mötley Crüe</a>, runs throughout the volume (as it has in the reality series). However, 2010 has been a tumultuous year for the couple, having broken up, and then, quite recently, reportedly gotten back together. All that said, it's very interesting to read about the relationship with a future perspective.<br /><br />Or, it isn't. If you're not interested in Kat's "personal" life, then perhaps you should pass on this book. I can see her detractors poring over the text, looking for evidence that reinforces their negative image of the artist, one that has been honed by the one-dimensional portrayal of her reality show and the tabloids.<br /><br />For fans however, and the followers of Kat Von D's career, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tattoo-Chronicles-Kat-Von-D/dp/0061953369?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Tattoo Chronicles</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061953369" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, will be a treat, to be savored, an all-access pass to a window of her life, with a stunning visual guidebook to pore over, with evidence enough to back up her on-air claim of being so busy all the time.<br /><br />My one criticism would be that we don't see enough of her tattoos, which is really what she is all about. I mean, sure it's interesting to see a full-page shot of her stuffed albino squirrels, but is it really necessary? I would have rather seen more art that she created, rather than collected.<br /><br />However, in the end, I was delighted with the book. It really adds dimensions to one of the more dynamic celebrities in the tattoo industry. I doubt that it will turn detractors into fans, or fans into detractors, but it certainly provides those who admire Kat Von D for her art, a little more validation that she is a talented, complicated individual that can not only create amazing body art, but knows how to wow us with her pen, as well.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0061953369&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></div>

The Tattoosday Book Review: Kat Von D's The Tattoo Chronicles

You can say a lot of things about Kat Von D . She is arguably one of the most well-known tattoo artists in the United States, if not the wor...

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Missy's Initials, Illustrated by Gorey

I met Missy on the corner of 23rd and 7th back in the beginning of September and she shared her two tattoos, on both biceps.Her right arm bears this piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnmC1VvIgQYtaSFo5CSi3tUd5si-4WQ67mEDSteb5diHiYgc-M9r0cdhenWyrsuRyQXkiKfiy5i3sJRV7hQS_xXxFI0VSd3UQxts6IKT779P7Xnih1BQgj45kIewci0XjBXZaw6F_/s1600/Missy+Gorey+Right+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnmC1VvIgQYtaSFo5CSi3tUd5si-4WQ67mEDSteb5diHiYgc-M9r0cdhenWyrsuRyQXkiKfiy5i3sJRV7hQS_xXxFI0VSd3UQxts6IKT779P7Xnih1BQgj45kIewci0XjBXZaw6F_/s640/Missy+Gorey+Right+wm.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />and her left shoulder hosts this cool image:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6inJcbKXhJPOd9PSlLy0ztfKJwbSll1YSoRxKzJjlycnR4gXhgk7KsGgn1RIrMSUwhDqTOE0-I252w_ymU-_VHpdTWMPOvis6hz6qUItCfrR6OeJsZvkY79Vl-CvBYz7_Z4aBesXr/s1600/Missy+Gorey+Left+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6inJcbKXhJPOd9PSlLy0ztfKJwbSll1YSoRxKzJjlycnR4gXhgk7KsGgn1RIrMSUwhDqTOE0-I252w_ymU-_VHpdTWMPOvis6hz6qUItCfrR6OeJsZvkY79Vl-CvBYz7_Z4aBesXr/s640/Missy+Gorey+Left+wm.jpg" width="452" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These images may seem familiar, because they are based on <a href="http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/index.html">Edward Gorey's</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Utter-Zoo-Alphabet-Edward-Gorey/dp/076495508X?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Alphabet.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Missy has the two pieces representing her initials, M and N. The right arm represents "M": </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjLJtsVwPJ7JHKbT01JR6XCMb8arS5nfScvff5Mq2TssIOj_eGe_XrdjYbWBrtgtb18hATE8S0IXfRTDmPEFpM1nzXUlbgHxLcJ60H313-WoThsrrS0IR2RExs4usTVzKPezuQQD3jM/s1600/gashly_m-is-for-maud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJtsVwPJ7JHKbT01JR6XCMb8arS5nfScvff5Mq2TssIOj_eGe_XrdjYbWBrtgtb18hATE8S0IXfRTDmPEFpM1nzXUlbgHxLcJ60H313-WoThsrrS0IR2RExs4usTVzKPezuQQD3jM/s400/gashly_m-is-for-maud.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />And the left arm represents the "N" for her last initial:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC59EYfOHmH_P3AsIphVDDNQ3ISxjxN4mpD7jWzCr1mkClmuGAhk3QG4Glh2Hsv7bo6gdxK_EHXkDx38j2IXteA2WsWHWzkB-sbw8zk1RC81J0S_vDzqNn50pHamhlRshUf37Y5yS/s1600/gashly_n-is-for-neville.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC59EYfOHmH_P3AsIphVDDNQ3ISxjxN4mpD7jWzCr1mkClmuGAhk3QG4Glh2Hsv7bo6gdxK_EHXkDx38j2IXteA2WsWHWzkB-sbw8zk1RC81J0S_vDzqNn50pHamhlRshUf37Y5yS/s400/gashly_n-is-for-neville.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Missy got these tattoos in Santa Cruz about ten years ago.<br /><br />Thanks to Missy for sharing her cool Gorey tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=076495508X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0764907123" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0764907123&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0151003084&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=076495508X&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>

Missy's Initials, Illustrated by Gorey

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Heart Not Time

"I do not like the concept of linear time," Fredrika said to me, "moments and feelings should be more important".<br /><br />This was her thought behind this tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7l5TdCzFh812ySVgeB_1uReX1hEh2J9mWEGSo3g9vqvXT4xKGNRgH269-kEwQ_rU9i32UslHNRnI2IHTd0cPTXiz9qqJ_uS-bxbxTilYs49_4Ul1JFS-Egp1P4w09XgQF65lZhkb/s1600/heart+not+time+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7l5TdCzFh812ySVgeB_1uReX1hEh2J9mWEGSo3g9vqvXT4xKGNRgH269-kEwQ_rU9i32UslHNRnI2IHTd0cPTXiz9qqJ_uS-bxbxTilYs49_4Ul1JFS-Egp1P4w09XgQF65lZhkb/s400/heart+not+time+wm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I met Fredrika in Penn Station last month and she was kind enough to share this tattoo on her forearm.<br /><br />She has a lot of ink, but this is her favorite piece.<br /><br />Fredrika hails from Hamburg, where she is lead singer for a band called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/jaguarofmydreams">Jaguar of My Dreams</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Fredrika for sharing with us here on Tattoosday!

Heart Not Time

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Rune's Viking Reflects His Cultural Pride

On a Friday last month, I ran into a couple from Denmark near Herald Square in the pedestrian median between Broadway and 6th Avenue.<br /><br />The gentleman had a lot of work done on his legs, so I approached and introduced myself. Rune was kind enough to not only share a tattoo, but to pull up his shorts a bit to reveal this tattoo that ran from his mid-thigh down to his calf:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3guyVzuLjpLgH-oj5nStJMSwfHcqsHynTe7E8Tz6m7aJK9jGi_hm2WbYmLpEfbatCHdiQzFuGqQ4BtGHXfsEP0FLqUopzSu70iVKE8wHdw8o0RJ7k7mfUozzIJzkKatGEuXMBNVk/s1600/Viking+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3guyVzuLjpLgH-oj5nStJMSwfHcqsHynTe7E8Tz6m7aJK9jGi_hm2WbYmLpEfbatCHdiQzFuGqQ4BtGHXfsEP0FLqUopzSu70iVKE8wHdw8o0RJ7k7mfUozzIJzkKatGEuXMBNVk/s640/Viking+wm.jpg" width="278" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rune explained that this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking">Viking</a> tattoo reflects the pride he has in the old history of the Norsemen that inhabited Scandinavia in the earliest part of the last millenium.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rune credits Frans at <a href="http://www.hugotattoo3frans.dk//">Hugo Tattoo</a> with this wonderful work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjzeuoH13CMHs2XNaray-qAEnVlcfiEj5C8Nt2wUskzhVBv5Q5TFoy1ox7xEAMFVmiv9sPSa5bhU3g-khmiEY97tErOQQEYeCPaebug27lphxHbwSEXN6Jxzr6U0M-PaHQ6nhmtX02F/s1600/Viking+detail+wm4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeuoH13CMHs2XNaray-qAEnVlcfiEj5C8Nt2wUskzhVBv5Q5TFoy1ox7xEAMFVmiv9sPSa5bhU3g-khmiEY97tErOQQEYeCPaebug27lphxHbwSEXN6Jxzr6U0M-PaHQ6nhmtX02F/s640/Viking+detail+wm4.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Rune for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Rune's Viking Reflects His Cultural Pride

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Shauncey's Pantherabbit

Last month in Penn Station, I ran into a gentleman who was covered with tattoos and was happy to share one with us here on Tattoosday.<br /><br />As luck would have it, he was a tattoo artist himself, up from Florida, biding his time as he waited for his train to arrive.<br /><br />As tattooists generally have a lot of work to share, it is always interesting to see what one piece they will offer up, and <a href="http://shauncey.livejournal.com/">Shauncey Fury</a>, of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ocalatattoo">Ocala Tattoo & Piercing</a> in Ocala, Florida, shared this whimsical piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c7otS33_A3IvdlCOxQPRt_fWSt9uiAWe2esR5WjIeqnu_-Vm5w5moTsjX-c7iC2ie2QQYLIQS05wtkEV4FaXxzeFA_icqtz5Z79FO64Ej1W24V1C83dY-M8qEuiuR6mjM6qNc9R_/s1600/Shauncey+Panther+wm+rotate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c7otS33_A3IvdlCOxQPRt_fWSt9uiAWe2esR5WjIeqnu_-Vm5w5moTsjX-c7iC2ie2QQYLIQS05wtkEV4FaXxzeFA_icqtz5Z79FO64Ej1W24V1C83dY-M8qEuiuR6mjM6qNc9R_/s640/Shauncey+Panther+wm+rotate.jpg" width="426" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Your eyes do not deceive you, that is a bad-ass panther wearing bunny ears.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shauncey explained that he went to <a href="http://www.mikewilsontattoo.com/portfolio">Mike Wilson</a>, an artist at <a href="http://www.inksmithtattoo.com/">Inksmith & Rogers</a>, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, who is known for, among other things, his panther tattoos. They thought they'd "mix it up a bit" and added the rabbit ears for comedic effect. The result is a whimsical tattoo that is certainly a conversation piece!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shauncey has been tattooing for five years and gravitates toward portraits and American traditional-style tattoos. You can see a sampling of his work <a href="http://www.myspace.com/shauncey/photos">here</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Shauncey for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</div>

Shauncey's Pantherabbit

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