Daniel Gives Us a Lady Liberty Update

Last May, we featured this great tattoo, courtesy of Daniel:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoZIE7HZTvKqdiJ5E9RojsxPsVfdHdWgdc_C3vKKe2D0lKHHQGSenZDNHZf9IJ4eo8Oyu93CPaLzXzyoVOl_n86wIABw0F-zcOl-lJbX9hyc0Seh7Jpa0YyVBF_6JASd1hoKsxjPyDSs/s1600/Lady+Liberty+Dead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoZIE7HZTvKqdiJ5E9RojsxPsVfdHdWgdc_C3vKKe2D0lKHHQGSenZDNHZf9IJ4eo8Oyu93CPaLzXzyoVOl_n86wIABw0F-zcOl-lJbX9hyc0Seh7Jpa0YyVBF_6JASd1hoKsxjPyDSs/s400/Lady+Liberty+Dead.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /> Read the original post here.<br /> <br /> Daniel recently sent me updated photos of his sleeve, which I thought we'd share here. This work is all by the amazing Guido Baldini. He tattooed Daniel during a recent stint at Brooklyn Tattoo here in New York.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezzHt5JGmIPP8HRM4SHrtdhPn2TibDZFiATCn1PNwuQjoqJTZEauVhQU924_eJoCS_ZcAdxsp2r7TfvAbaNIViBZFhS863HmyersP8WSxAIE25BvGNfWuk_kzuVAtuoh0vweaKr-qAVo/s1600/Lady+Liberty+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezzHt5JGmIPP8HRM4SHrtdhPn2TibDZFiATCn1PNwuQjoqJTZEauVhQU924_eJoCS_ZcAdxsp2r7TfvAbaNIViBZFhS863HmyersP8WSxAIE25BvGNfWuk_kzuVAtuoh0vweaKr-qAVo/s640/Lady+Liberty+3.jpg" width="186" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Courtesy of Daniel Valvano and Guido Baldini</td></tr> </tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_xwDMvvblTW6yCb-u4j1ku4ZTSbexr90oU3q2nX2CIa4iQbABggtXRcaaMsFmWrohQyn4msU9DOG1nlCI-N7gD8p64t53n0Y3dg3yMKd0K2mKZH8Ay8CwTndXV4pyDfUw80zmvbb20Y/s1600/Lady+Liberty+Update+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_xwDMvvblTW6yCb-u4j1ku4ZTSbexr90oU3q2nX2CIa4iQbABggtXRcaaMsFmWrohQyn4msU9DOG1nlCI-N7gD8p64t53n0Y3dg3yMKd0K2mKZH8Ay8CwTndXV4pyDfUw80zmvbb20Y/s640/Lady+Liberty+Update+1.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Courtesy of Daniel Valvano and Guido Baldini</td></tr> </tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfqD4ghtJoT2hGqVsu9n_oDflXF007ko2VTLW01PAq2MsPZvZTkETA5gIhu41NFsfRflzx480Ba-EI5s_3VTJ0srdg0b8-8vSQrmfXbXgrHCbKpiQ1ldEiivtFqOjD-Gt6NaZi9Z7qts/s1600/Lady+Liberty+Update+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfqD4ghtJoT2hGqVsu9n_oDflXF007ko2VTLW01PAq2MsPZvZTkETA5gIhu41NFsfRflzx480Ba-EI5s_3VTJ0srdg0b8-8vSQrmfXbXgrHCbKpiQ1ldEiivtFqOjD-Gt6NaZi9Z7qts/s400/Lady+Liberty+Update+2.jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Courtesy of Daniel Valvano and Guido Baldini</td></tr> </tbody></table>As Daniel explained it, he worked with Guido and<br /> <blockquote>"We wanted to keep the theme going so I said I wanted a creepy background and he just free handed the clouds and lightening. The rotten apple was thrown in there at the very end." </blockquote>

Daniel Gives Us a Lady Liberty Update

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Charles - Art and Science, Together in Ink

Last month, on a journey to the Fairway market in Red Hook, Brooklyn, my daughter Jolee was begging me for a couple of Snapples. "Only if you find me a cool tattoo," I teased her. She dashed off and, within seconds, it seemed, she was back, beckoning me to the next aisle.<br /><br />There, I met Charles, who shared this interesting tattoo on his left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwq1gMJ9LYHEdUTNyoMD4aad09w69DmyVEDIidPWWootbY5uFa_zXBjmpsUsUIRIBtsUOOA8X3qAeTWBjDEpBzfz09HQKNB2VWB3-X3R3RBTI2Ugj-C1Hc7soNOxnpcSBsp3Yu4-UR4Hs/s1600/dancing+heart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwq1gMJ9LYHEdUTNyoMD4aad09w69DmyVEDIidPWWootbY5uFa_zXBjmpsUsUIRIBtsUOOA8X3qAeTWBjDEpBzfz09HQKNB2VWB3-X3R3RBTI2Ugj-C1Hc7soNOxnpcSBsp3Yu4-UR4Hs/s640/dancing+heart.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br />I find this piece fascinating. I asked Charles to describe what went into its creation. He said it represents<br /><blockquote>"that rare occurrence when art can meet science ... The dancers are the expressive artist part of it and then this is the anatomical heart at the bottom ... this kind of green foliage-looking stuff behind the dancers is a representation of a brain neuron. I'm not a scientist by trade, but I'm a scientist by heart."</blockquote>This "intersection of when expression can meet science" was inked in two sessions of two to two and a half hours each by an artist named <a href="http://www.lostcowboytattoo.com/">Guido Baldini</a>. Guido's work has appeared on Tattoosday before, <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/06/jessys-sugar-skull-tattoorism.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/05/dan-hosts-lady-liberty-like-youve-never.html">here</a>. Guido is based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, but also spends quite a bit of time in New York doing guest stints at local shops.<br /><br />Thanks to Charles for sharing this fascinating tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />(And yes, Jolee got her two Snapples).<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><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Charles - Art and Science, Together in Ink

Last month, on a journey to the Fairway market in Red Hook, Brooklyn, my daughter Jolee was begging me for a couple of Snapples. "Only ...

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