Julia's Pin-Up

I met Julia briefly in a Hudson News in Penn Station.<br /><br />The flash of color on her foot caught my eye:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzD4v2_yLL_c2xweEF9-8g2URod8MRHace90dg8vu1FaXjO_JCr8lZ_y16BJBLYiIloR5rYxy075_Lt8ZTAiBT93PGySLdWimQlK0WjOfbJsK9uGW43F0hGxbWY2N2aGnDH91F6XU24bI/s1600/foot+pinup+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzD4v2_yLL_c2xweEF9-8g2URod8MRHace90dg8vu1FaXjO_JCr8lZ_y16BJBLYiIloR5rYxy075_Lt8ZTAiBT93PGySLdWimQlK0WjOfbJsK9uGW43F0hGxbWY2N2aGnDH91F6XU24bI/s400/foot+pinup+wm.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><br />Julia explained that she is a visual artist that likes to do pin-up illustrations. This particular design she wanted to be transformed into a tattoo. She brought it to Morgan Reed at <a href="http://www.electriclotustattoo.com/index.html">Electric Lotus Tattoo</a> in Boonton, New Jersey, and he made some slight adjustments that resulted in this lovely tattoo.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUszKUNl1ZveBUQcIldRq44iiLsWsWVojUAiPyOsUZjXKWhTpo8LFzPB8QqlA-aXAjbOg17UmxTwsRyGdDwKgdxTjHJgNY0wwb8ZjlOaaaqCYMkfxnWBIGHtUf1SUtbfdxFT-qV_Wgmw4/s1600/foot+pinup+detail+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUszKUNl1ZveBUQcIldRq44iiLsWsWVojUAiPyOsUZjXKWhTpo8LFzPB8QqlA-aXAjbOg17UmxTwsRyGdDwKgdxTjHJgNY0wwb8ZjlOaaaqCYMkfxnWBIGHtUf1SUtbfdxFT-qV_Wgmw4/s640/foot+pinup+detail+wm.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br />Work from Electric Lotus has appeared on Tattoosday before. <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Electric%20Lotus%20Tattoo">This link</a> will show you what else we have featured from their shop.<br /><br />Thanks to Julia for sharing her pin-up girl with us here on Tattoosday!

Julia's Pin-Up

I met Julia briefly in a Hudson News in Penn Station. The flash of color on her foot caught my eye: Julia explained that she is a visual art...

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Frank's Anvil

When someone is "not sure" how many tattoos they have, the one they do offer up can seem a bit random.<br /><br />Take Frank, for example, who volunteered this anvil for us here at Tattoosday:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jV-wcEHbJCBQZZNrjdWwNlYlO_-KCw7PLrLegMEqDVK4yvxymGs8JD21SC7OdnhFD0Qlfz7oRzo6USvKuv4camZ_PsPvdS0b9exnxMeNLEBEtBCk4s9s70Ru8P-YXh3Sh21EcT0I/s1600/acme+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jV-wcEHbJCBQZZNrjdWwNlYlO_-KCw7PLrLegMEqDVK4yvxymGs8JD21SC7OdnhFD0Qlfz7oRzo6USvKuv4camZ_PsPvdS0b9exnxMeNLEBEtBCk4s9s70Ru8P-YXh3Sh21EcT0I/s320/acme+wm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Why an anvil? "I'm a big <a href="http://looneytunes.kidswb.com/interstitials/">Looney Tunes</a> fan," he told me. The anvil, falling from great heights, is often a cartoon catalyst for one of those big expanding bumps on the head of say, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wile_E._Coyote_and_Road_Runner">Wile E. Coyote</a>, for example. Thus the name on the anvil, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acme_Corporation">ACME</a>, which was said coyote's chief supplier of items designed to aid in the capture of the Roadrunner.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTM9CrlTECekcKKrl5pC06pQOf32Vt-GSSGZMYMVsLZaFUreX_s5kLcQZYXILD0ZHjqRjf7QjZoSm-vAZMRGQ4HDlMCH9plu5rDeDhQ2JR6BTZdDNMoHI8segebhEuy8vXOfwJgDW/s1600/Acme_anvil.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="269" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTM9CrlTECekcKKrl5pC06pQOf32Vt-GSSGZMYMVsLZaFUreX_s5kLcQZYXILD0ZHjqRjf7QjZoSm-vAZMRGQ4HDlMCH9plu5rDeDhQ2JR6BTZdDNMoHI8segebhEuy8vXOfwJgDW/s320/Acme_anvil.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />This particular piece was inked by Jae Connor at <a href="http://www.electriclotustattoo.com/">Electric Lotus Tattoo</a> in Boonton, New Jersey. Work from Electric Lotus has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/02/stephens-tailored-tribute-to-his-father.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Frank for sharing this nostalgic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Frank's Anvil

When someone is "not sure" how many tattoos they have, the one they do offer up can seem a bit random. Take Frank, for example, wh...

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