Sam's "Footographs"

I was passing through the campus of <a href="http://www.fitnyc.edu/">F.I.T.</a> last month when I spotted Sam's feet:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0gETkuC-c3rhRYl1wl0pigSmenYFKCu3y4Oda79ncon6SUBmQfsIHxTqsyIZo8tria6C0u8qFpV_CRvTe5ueSCLOlWEynV0-IdUdiBD5IpR_OqZE5b2crpD_CgF51MnYCBPusyciurc/s1600/Sams+feet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0gETkuC-c3rhRYl1wl0pigSmenYFKCu3y4Oda79ncon6SUBmQfsIHxTqsyIZo8tria6C0u8qFpV_CRvTe5ueSCLOlWEynV0-IdUdiBD5IpR_OqZE5b2crpD_CgF51MnYCBPusyciurc/s400/Sams+feet.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Her right foot bears the signatures of all four members of the band <a href="http://honorsocietyonline.com/">Honor Society</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25IjZLvqPq6g9QEvz1PrVLH8QBFPhPvkLWqKrstk40jD9eR3TXBdNGwRnNqZE784s-0z0oSe1DBwv9xQH6G3RijsI2uhC3erTc1w7FX17tCJYp2Ea4wMEEUlnp0VX3-aAA_S4L2URH50/s1600/Sams+autograph+foot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25IjZLvqPq6g9QEvz1PrVLH8QBFPhPvkLWqKrstk40jD9eR3TXBdNGwRnNqZE784s-0z0oSe1DBwv9xQH6G3RijsI2uhC3erTc1w7FX17tCJYp2Ea4wMEEUlnp0VX3-aAA_S4L2URH50/s400/Sams+autograph+foot.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><br />She met the band members (Michael Bruno, Jason Rosen, Andrew Lee, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Noyes">Alexander Noyes</a>) at a promotional event at a phone store out on Long Island. After getting their autographs, she had the quartet of John Hancocks permanently inked at <a href="http://www.tormentedsoulstattoo.com/">Tormented Souls Tattoo & Body Piercing</a>, East Northport location.<br /><br />Her left foot bears this line:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfclXZ-ApsnlcW9_aWK482mPtVS-UhBa0Fm0qj0-dWy9_QwTjgJP4ZW5b5RsO6o5ueZy-AXqtbSUij_7t9Xo2n-RTIlYNdNtK16KlifFxtMLZ7BmniTYZ4h0iPME1gihv81T6Ef09mZBc/s1600/Sams+german+quote+foot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfclXZ-ApsnlcW9_aWK482mPtVS-UhBa0Fm0qj0-dWy9_QwTjgJP4ZW5b5RsO6o5ueZy-AXqtbSUij_7t9Xo2n-RTIlYNdNtK16KlifFxtMLZ7BmniTYZ4h0iPME1gihv81T6Ef09mZBc/s400/Sams+german+quote+foot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The line is German, "Liebe macht erfiniderish," which Sam told me means "love will find a way." She says that this is both a nod to her German heritage, but also a reminder that, despite the fact that she may be occupied with other things, love will eventually find a way into her life. This was also inked at Tormented Souls, but in the Kings Park location.<br /><br />Thanks to Sam for sharing her foot 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> /* 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><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>

Sam's "Footographs"

I was passing through the campus of F.I.T. last month when I spotted Sam's feet: Her right foot bears the signatures of all four member...

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Elektra and the Seven-Legged Spider (with Some Dresden Dolls, to Boot)

Elektra has, in her words, "nine and a half" tattoos, and was kind enough to share two of them with us.<br /><br />First up is this spider on her left thigh:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WLt7hrfyZy_SN5KOvDTS4Q6IH4mK9m3BIBskcB-MDTgRN_vzv7jFs606SNUdR5D-WVAwbHseHelyoLOJTWh9vukF2IasrduTGLGS30-KaNxKxXYGR3eFbDmXc2rqBBa8K2pek5iH/s1600/Elektra+Spider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WLt7hrfyZy_SN5KOvDTS4Q6IH4mK9m3BIBskcB-MDTgRN_vzv7jFs606SNUdR5D-WVAwbHseHelyoLOJTWh9vukF2IasrduTGLGS30-KaNxKxXYGR3eFbDmXc2rqBBa8K2pek5iH/s400/Elektra+Spider.jpg" width="367" /></a></div><br /><br />It's not a specific type of spider (sorry, arachnophiliacs) but it does have one glaring detail to note. It is missing a leg. And the spurt of blood indicates that the leg has recently been detached.<br /><br />What's with that? Elektra says that she considers arachnids with a lost limb to be "lucky omens" ever since she was little. This tattoo, in a way, enables her to have good luck with her at all times.<br /><br />She credits this work to <a href="http://www.yankeetattoo.net/tattoosbyartist.php?shopstaffID=3">Anthony Audy</a> at <a href="http://www.yankeetattoo.net/">Yankee Tattoo</a> in Burlington, Vermont.<br /><br />Elektra also explained the tattoo on her right thigh to me, and she agreed when I asked if she would share that as well:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHa17Xa_WvDPNDf6FPDx4FG8KdOJ8bnOs2PzMNoBQCTFmRBtrnqJoImgF2sAS8exz6RAw_Nof0XlfgRS2entylJs5jY43FvlI5Zci8T4Z7QMxdjKMWJc3rgLfb5ey4rGcKabtbn1i/s1600/elektra+dresden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHa17Xa_WvDPNDf6FPDx4FG8KdOJ8bnOs2PzMNoBQCTFmRBtrnqJoImgF2sAS8exz6RAw_Nof0XlfgRS2entylJs5jY43FvlI5Zci8T4Z7QMxdjKMWJc3rgLfb5ey4rGcKabtbn1i/s400/elektra+dresden.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><br />Fans of <a href="http://www.dresdendolls.com/main1.htm">The Dresden Dolls</a> will recognize this as the band's logo. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJStHpzQ8AxwnJ5tz4jE2LF9A2krdsEIKTaPHFCxb-6VfdzgAThgP1YxG_9YxF5GWuy0hHWgERUUviUV7teWgDEVIvrVHBpHOirDu1ZBq0dazT4eoTKBB530WBKMJ_ESdzviiXMw7/s1600/dresden_dolls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJStHpzQ8AxwnJ5tz4jE2LF9A2krdsEIKTaPHFCxb-6VfdzgAThgP1YxG_9YxF5GWuy0hHWgERUUviUV7teWgDEVIvrVHBpHOirDu1ZBq0dazT4eoTKBB530WBKMJ_ESdzviiXMw7/s320/dresden_dolls.jpg" /></a></div><br />Elektra explained that this was designed with blue and red ink to have a 3D effect, when healed. However, she confessed, she didn't take care of it as well as she should have, and the effect is muted. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/robdixxx">Rob Dixxx</a>, formerly of Yankee Tattoo is the artist.<br /><br />Added to this piece is the signature of <a href="http://www.amandapalmer.net/">Amanda Palmer</a>, lead singer of the Dresden Dolls, who Elektra met one night, after the band tattoo had been done. A friend with a tattoo machine made the autograph permanent.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Elektra for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><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=B003EUVCEG&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=B000EGEJWK&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>

Elektra and the Seven-Legged Spider (with Some Dresden Dolls, to Boot)

Elektra has, in her words, "nine and a half" tattoos, and was kind enough to share two of them with us. First up is this spider on...

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