Chris and His Empirical Pin-up

Well, little did I know, but yesterday, when I posted some of <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/07/fernandos-trio-of-whimsical-ink.html">Fernando's tattoos</a>, the R2-D2 and Megatron pieces in particular, it was coinciding with the opening of <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/cci/">Comic-Con 2011</a> in San Diego.<br /><br />Since I am not traveling to the big convention to inkspot (maybe some day, when I have the wherewithal), let's continue the Comic-Con theme over the next few days with some material I have encountered over the past few days.<br /><br />Cue Chris, who I met at the end of June on Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street, and offered up this killer tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBR4DTAHt16mllk3GQznWao170Jx1O4w57UVPNnkmKHPmPoo-TG5HcRtX04giN2rkT5ejrg6XE-DYG9a0_bLrQAppK6SFYCJ6pEjbQ3cwaKOD_ZCs0CEiejSqGGIcxtsj_nQH32BAC_4/s1600/Empire+Pinup+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBR4DTAHt16mllk3GQznWao170Jx1O4w57UVPNnkmKHPmPoo-TG5HcRtX04giN2rkT5ejrg6XE-DYG9a0_bLrQAppK6SFYCJ6pEjbQ3cwaKOD_ZCs0CEiejSqGGIcxtsj_nQH32BAC_4/s640/Empire+Pinup+1.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br />Chris credited this tattoo to <a href="http://www.nomoregalleries.com/tattoo">Mike Ski</a>, an artist who works in Philadelphia.<br /><br />According to Chris, Mike is well known for his Old School style of tattooing, which includes that classic pin-up girl look.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImdIY9SHCER_JONQ6mV-op9EP4Nz_WCkjsMelgLnKmtNfuIKNg-8F-wdrcDRJz7FDfLKOx5oL7qnSoVMi4apWrijEregSMrCs_-b1s7-lK0yaaO2_Mtq7X4DGwZGVIlvdF71YXovQCQQ/s1600/Empire+Pinup+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImdIY9SHCER_JONQ6mV-op9EP4Nz_WCkjsMelgLnKmtNfuIKNg-8F-wdrcDRJz7FDfLKOx5oL7qnSoVMi4apWrijEregSMrCs_-b1s7-lK0yaaO2_Mtq7X4DGwZGVIlvdF71YXovQCQQ/s640/Empire+Pinup+2.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br />Chris said that the tattoo was also influenced by the work of <a href="http://www.muchafoundation.org/MHome.aspx">Alphonse Mucha</a> from the late 1800's. This, Chris told me, is "an Old School take on that. We just thought it's be fun to do and," he added, "I've always loved <a href="http://www.starwars.com/"><i>Star Wars</i></a>."<br /><br />For those of you not in the know, this pin-up is sporting the garb of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormtrooper_%28Star_Wars%29">Imperial Stormtroopers</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DftqlYs75kLtoTIc20TIB6t_BZ8gJk_YZbFU_-Wpxztf_wAD_TyD7DnqXk8NBUUp2rsumI5ODSclZSykO81T11oMMOJj-vpEbXKnufHKA-mfdqw5bhyYGulfOm0qmZ6mQ17_Q3KIR3M/s1600/Empire+Pinup+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DftqlYs75kLtoTIc20TIB6t_BZ8gJk_YZbFU_-Wpxztf_wAD_TyD7DnqXk8NBUUp2rsumI5ODSclZSykO81T11oMMOJj-vpEbXKnufHKA-mfdqw5bhyYGulfOm0qmZ6mQ17_Q3KIR3M/s400/Empire+Pinup+3.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br />And, just so to sate our taste for the Empire, the inner part of Chris' arm has a portrait of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader">Darth Vader</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd28K5YuDwU9bwC1heg8cLxAW53fyucWgYwTQ6j8uzfLCLigALAh_roYYd0hxzvZDysCwdyZPnywN2HHg33vs_eSJ9DOQ0fI92qfHX9Lupkb75MkrGJiJjxJXRoak4VPh8vQeN0YEaf_o/s1600/darth+vader+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd28K5YuDwU9bwC1heg8cLxAW53fyucWgYwTQ6j8uzfLCLigALAh_roYYd0hxzvZDysCwdyZPnywN2HHg33vs_eSJ9DOQ0fI92qfHX9Lupkb75MkrGJiJjxJXRoak4VPh8vQeN0YEaf_o/s400/darth+vader+1.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Chris for sharing his love of <i>Star Wars</i> 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. 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Chris and His Empirical Pin-up

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