Anthony's Phenomenal Marilyn Monroe Portrait

 Without question, Marilyn Monroe has appeared more on Tattoosday than any other celebrity, living or dead. You'd think I'd get tired of seeing her in ink, but I never do. Probably because there are artists out there doing this:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4hW8MC0kBkzWDBxvlsAgDJBGtK1RAjShx0EJkYDIJ4IQPohdFUQEKznEWwwEzkpEkvxf5K8q2_MOPTgwXZHWXy1Ro9npognTMS2t-au2hMLoaXvwZJKXE7tmt3kVwNddXpMT4ajCzak/s1600/Marilyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4hW8MC0kBkzWDBxvlsAgDJBGtK1RAjShx0EJkYDIJ4IQPohdFUQEKznEWwwEzkpEkvxf5K8q2_MOPTgwXZHWXy1Ro9npognTMS2t-au2hMLoaXvwZJKXE7tmt3kVwNddXpMT4ajCzak/s400/Marilyn.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><br /> This portrait is on the left leg of Anthony, a photographer I met on Penn Plaza a couple weeks ago. The work is based on this famous photograph:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCp45sFFnA53PsYWpI89ZFou5Nbetisu1ZrDynP5-qT82MlkJtrJkGvjWImixC1Skpweo3rc3rrWBBg4bvwGkLgbNXFl9GLv870-wQOb1tJmFnIqmjyYWkcV099XvzVq9lAq0XKcFSB4/s1600/Marilyn%252BMonroe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCp45sFFnA53PsYWpI89ZFou5Nbetisu1ZrDynP5-qT82MlkJtrJkGvjWImixC1Skpweo3rc3rrWBBg4bvwGkLgbNXFl9GLv870-wQOb1tJmFnIqmjyYWkcV099XvzVq9lAq0XKcFSB4/s400/Marilyn%252BMonroe.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><br /> Anthony credited the artist as Horacio Martinez, at Golden Eagle Tattoo in Santa Barbara, California. The detail in the piece is really spectacular:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJDmckKyRzBG1LQn2duoU7-0pRmw7-ns7U6dNjZvJMylvuG797za3RW7Yb7mK97KuJDgmAf4k_YHg3Xw0iri1yim8X1erP8DPXxvSUQcedKS2OSdI5kcoGEr4plptEoANEgE8tEf7vsw/s1600/marilyn+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJDmckKyRzBG1LQn2duoU7-0pRmw7-ns7U6dNjZvJMylvuG797za3RW7Yb7mK97KuJDgmAf4k_YHg3Xw0iri1yim8X1erP8DPXxvSUQcedKS2OSdI5kcoGEr4plptEoANEgE8tEf7vsw/s400/marilyn+detail.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br /> When I asked why he chose to ink the legendary actress on his leg, he said, "I was in photo school at the time and we were doing a lot of Hollywood glamor stuff and it was just kind of, on a whim. Why not?" <br /> <br /> The piece is two years old and took only three and a half hours for Horacio to complete.

Anthony's Phenomenal Marilyn Monroe Portrait

 Without question, Marilyn Monroe has appeared more on Tattoosday than any other celebrity, living or dead. You'd think I'd get tire...

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