Mitch and a Positive Reminder

I met Mitch last month on the Upper West Side, near the 72nd Street Subway Station.<br /><br />I spotted him and his seventeen or eighteen tattoos and asked if he would share one. He offered up his most recent piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2NlQ9W4qIzjMywhll32bTECgaJ4f4dS2JOnRX1sNzLwBt0WA-nNQ8avhOdFs-V2j1VySDVgZO29MaKvzojzQ5n28wKobTE0G5Z5dbGhk104FY60bR5sNeP2oKs41qKJFozmJ8JJbMYc/s1600/enjoy+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2NlQ9W4qIzjMywhll32bTECgaJ4f4dS2JOnRX1sNzLwBt0WA-nNQ8avhOdFs-V2j1VySDVgZO29MaKvzojzQ5n28wKobTE0G5Z5dbGhk104FY60bR5sNeP2oKs41qKJFozmJ8JJbMYc/s400/enjoy+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I asked Mitch to elaborate on this tattoo located on his left forearm. He explained:<br /><blockquote>"I found this Japanese graffiti artist who did a bunch of flash and I just really liked one of his drawings. I was in the mood and decided to get it."</blockquote>And the banner stating "Enjoy Yourself"? Mitch says, "just try to be happy all the time".<br /><br />I'd imagine looking down at this cool design, inked by <a href="http://www.flyritetattoo.net/michael_lucena/MichaelLucenaMain.html">Mike Lucena</a> at <a href="http://flyritetattoo.net/">Flyrite Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn, helps contribute to the happiness. Work from Mike at Flyrite appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/10/zoes-tattoo-makes-cut.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Mitch for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><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]--><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><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>

Mitch and a Positive Reminder

I met Mitch last month on the Upper West Side, near the 72nd Street Subway Station. I spotted him and his seventeen or eighteen tattoos and ...

Read more »

Zoe's Tattoo Makes the Cut

I spotted this superbly-done tattoo on Zoe's upper left arm last month in the New Jersey Transit waiting area in Penn Station:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76tQGO9DT5z-2ltSLfG3m5vFWFDVSfh90KQRnLhfJKvBWl4fU-Q5r9oQ_X8YtjJCiaxioDwK329Owff4-8qCjPeWhCP8eUhdj9f3wzDc4mzdi1hbEkYZfueZMSgKPn7g4PAYEQzox/s1600/Scissors+wm+rotate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76tQGO9DT5z-2ltSLfG3m5vFWFDVSfh90KQRnLhfJKvBWl4fU-Q5r9oQ_X8YtjJCiaxioDwK329Owff4-8qCjPeWhCP8eUhdj9f3wzDc4mzdi1hbEkYZfueZMSgKPn7g4PAYEQzox/s640/Scissors+wm+rotate.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><br />Straight up and simply, these scissors represent Zoe's tat-tool of the trade - she has worked as a hairstylist for two years.<br /><br />She credits <a href="http://www.flyritetattoo.net/michael_lucena/MichaelLucenaMain.html">Mike Lucena</a> at <a href="http://www.flyritetattoo.net/">Fly Rite Studio</a> in Brooklyn for the tattoo.<br /><br />Thanks again to Zoe for sharing her scissors with us here on Tattoosday!

Zoe's Tattoo Makes the Cut

I spotted this superbly-done tattoo on Zoe's upper left arm last month in the New Jersey Transit waiting area in Penn Station: Straight ...

Read more »

The Lovely Tattoo of Legs Malone

I couldn't help notice the striking woman standing on the subway platform waiting for the R train. She was tall, had long shapely legs, a close-shaven head, and a small tattoo on the back of her left calf.<br /><br />The R pulled in and, as luck would have it, we sat down next to one another on the train.<br /><br />I had to introduce myself.<br /><br />Turns out, I was sitting with a burlesque performer named with the stage name <a href="http://www.myspace.com/legs_malone">Legs Malone</a>.<br /><br />We didn't have a lot of time to talk, as she was exiting the train a stop or two earlier than me, but she obliged me for a photo by taking my camera and shooting the tattoo on the back of her leg:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwCIDc075qu8yz1aK06Dc7ldrApmL8SXvcd7cFw_aUMnI_7lv820z3__7mRA-nYfD6qwnFJ_aMV4s3eFO39UX27EexrbdOyJqUW0xmBDjeRAvT6pkfryAHs-5rh2QLeMnlGAzT6C4/s1600/Legs+Tattoo+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwCIDc075qu8yz1aK06Dc7ldrApmL8SXvcd7cFw_aUMnI_7lv820z3__7mRA-nYfD6qwnFJ_aMV4s3eFO39UX27EexrbdOyJqUW0xmBDjeRAvT6pkfryAHs-5rh2QLeMnlGAzT6C4/s400/Legs+Tattoo+1.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br />She told me that this small tattoo (the only one visible on her frame) was inspired by a heart-shaped bruise that she wanted to replicate on her skin, but in a more aesthetically-pleasing way. The flowers around the heart are cherry blossoms.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2JKNEKLrUhxcymyvA8IA2z_9NZWN77k0QCdiY9JiwsSbUwtWnrS18-mj31lnMLyBns-rxi95tOCK8hlmPKyA0gQYnFvCsfsIVmscrMPoVRUh6Gl6hcPCA25Ba3QJwagcgkrNGa9A/s1600/Legs+Tattoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2JKNEKLrUhxcymyvA8IA2z_9NZWN77k0QCdiY9JiwsSbUwtWnrS18-mj31lnMLyBns-rxi95tOCK8hlmPKyA0gQYnFvCsfsIVmscrMPoVRUh6Gl6hcPCA25Ba3QJwagcgkrNGa9A/s400/Legs+Tattoo.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br />The tattoo was inked at <a href="http://www.flyritetattoo.net/">Fly Rite Studio</a> by <a href="http://readstreettattoo.net/section/127188_Charlie_Foos.html">Charlie Foos</a>, who is now at <a href="http://readstreettattoo.net/home.html">Read Street Tattoo Parlour</a> in Baltimore. Charlie's work most recently appeared on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/06/sugar-skull-sunday-one-from-ryan.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Legs Malone for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

The Lovely Tattoo of Legs Malone

I couldn't help notice the striking woman standing on the subway platform waiting for the R train. She was tall, had long shapely legs, ...

Read more »

Sugar Skull Sunday - One From Ryan

Since I seem to capture more sugar skulls than any other design, why not reserve a day just for these decorative symbols which, at their roots, have deep religious significance?<br /><br />Two weeks ago, I met Ryan, who has ten tattoos.<br /><br />Of that lot, he offered up this design on his left bicep, which <a href="http://www.myspace.com/149739205">Charlie Foos</a> created for him at <a href="http://www.flyritetattoo.net/">FlyRite Studios</a> in Brooklyn. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAKtZhgTXAySWzSqpMU3d5y33WgqOPLDwXXZNXfNpu_o50VOzPLvKRmuFknjPw-OfOW4MjFBI2gmUkqiksvwhGkozDpSYxdH4Vz6A9dNnDmYWvOokPux0icsdnD7jN0bitTBYBbmj/s1600/Sugar+Skull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAKtZhgTXAySWzSqpMU3d5y33WgqOPLDwXXZNXfNpu_o50VOzPLvKRmuFknjPw-OfOW4MjFBI2gmUkqiksvwhGkozDpSYxdH4Vz6A9dNnDmYWvOokPux0icsdnD7jN0bitTBYBbmj/s640/Sugar+Skull.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br />Charlie Foos is now at <a href="http://readstreettattoo.net/home.html">Read Street Tattoo Parlour</a> in Baltimore.<br /><br />Aside from the traditional nature of the sugar skull tattoo, Ryan also loves Mexico and this design recalls that beautiful and diverse culture south of the border.<br /><br />Thanks to Ryan for sharing this decorative tattoo with us on Tattoosday!<br /><br />Work from Charlie Foos has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/09/claires-tree-of-memory-and-strength.html">here</a>. <br />Tattoosday posts tagged FlyRite Studios are <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Fly%20Rite%20Studio">here</a>.<br />Tattoosday posts tagged Reade Street Tattoo Parlour are <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Read%20Street%20Tattoo%20Parlour">here</a>.

Sugar Skull Sunday - One From Ryan

Since I seem to capture more sugar skulls than any other design, why not reserve a day just for these decorative symbols which, at their roo...

Read more »