Alex Shares Three Elements of an Amazing Sleeve

I'm not sure why it has taken so long to post Alex's tattoos - when I met him at the end of May in K-Mart @ Penn Station, I was totally stoked by his ink. Perhaps I was just letting the photos simmer as I waited for the right time to share them. Nevertheless, here they are, finally.<br /> <br /> What we're seeing are three portions of Alex's left arm sleeve, beginning with this segment which is the most impressive part of the work:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr07y58ff6iCW5f_4H4hZtRvosZ9OcLwxdEQSYAw0BqhXhOcuON4Clc7SmaqO00-Tc4YI5YScwAvZoWsupdH-53GnnIGUfuvcDKNj60Vg19vCALzeCKyKPCOYMlGL9mrdx3Uju8H6flAA/s1600/Indra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr07y58ff6iCW5f_4H4hZtRvosZ9OcLwxdEQSYAw0BqhXhOcuON4Clc7SmaqO00-Tc4YI5YScwAvZoWsupdH-53GnnIGUfuvcDKNj60Vg19vCALzeCKyKPCOYMlGL9mrdx3Uju8H6flAA/s640/Indra.jpg" width="164" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As Alex explains, this tattoo is </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"inspired by the carvings in Cambodia in Siem Reap ... it's one of the temples of Indra, Indian god of thunder ... he's also the god of change and progress ...  </div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53beq_QyvvrDXWrSUA33lHu51pf4ln0d0blfHbZ_sAIpWiVLKD6EU6aGETw68P6aT5Z56_HhyphenhyphenD5wK7KK6ZPSaTQNquGwRm4i95tIZbsGBNWvy6Y5CLmLqrCMUKBma6JT2WKMYBG1qkug/s1600/Indra+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53beq_QyvvrDXWrSUA33lHu51pf4ln0d0blfHbZ_sAIpWiVLKD6EU6aGETw68P6aT5Z56_HhyphenhyphenD5wK7KK6ZPSaTQNquGwRm4i95tIZbsGBNWvy6Y5CLmLqrCMUKBma6JT2WKMYBG1qkug/s640/Indra+detail.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></blockquote><br /> <blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> ... He's very human-like because he messes up a lot ... he's somewhat of a womanized, so it makes him very original from the rest of the Indian gods..."</div></blockquote>At the top of Alex's arm is this symbol:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbG38pfo8o7hvOowheMIY3dIZiEgMPlm-hL9xYxVr8SoarFaFLBgCz2grky0l1rOcedEotnY0pQzz_u3LojeEAh_qaorfypb3lXvgUJ0fTAaSQ52aw1H4TXCRH2PI4UKz4UpTR3j5wCw/s1600/Life+of+Agony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbG38pfo8o7hvOowheMIY3dIZiEgMPlm-hL9xYxVr8SoarFaFLBgCz2grky0l1rOcedEotnY0pQzz_u3LojeEAh_qaorfypb3lXvgUJ0fTAaSQ52aw1H4TXCRH2PI4UKz4UpTR3j5wCw/s640/Life+of+Agony.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> He told me that this is the logo of a hard rock group from Brooklyn called Life of Agony.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87QMDDXuywiCPSSSXrLuVg_F9o_0NddsOKb0WO_Mp7YVcgbxi2G6_8t3vw0MtS9k0_ghuA1qOUSx7xTOs15DFUwwY8Fmz4a-3LPlkuf3v91jB9xmERlRfh3Nkq65qU09yEV99Q3Ls9ck/s1600/51RItv2N2iL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87QMDDXuywiCPSSSXrLuVg_F9o_0NddsOKb0WO_Mp7YVcgbxi2G6_8t3vw0MtS9k0_ghuA1qOUSx7xTOs15DFUwwY8Fmz4a-3LPlkuf3v91jB9xmERlRfh3Nkq65qU09yEV99Q3Ls9ck/s400/51RItv2N2iL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> You can check out their website here or peruse their Amazon catalog here.<br /> <br /> In the photo above, you get a glimpse of the third and final segment of Alex's sleeve which we're seeing today, which features this familiar face:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HHILCrmDhVHNE_q5ijbragjIDP0lxPEPZqAz35o1gchD2mhygT1P24Czn6xMs-aWUPUKteqhL8bRm_r3M0RZYFoYMEnhi9HsUaD96xSwVtyJunSb7rpt0lt3ckVMVC6vZqXvMltlY0E/s1600/Steeplechase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HHILCrmDhVHNE_q5ijbragjIDP0lxPEPZqAz35o1gchD2mhygT1P24Czn6xMs-aWUPUKteqhL8bRm_r3M0RZYFoYMEnhi9HsUaD96xSwVtyJunSb7rpt0lt3ckVMVC6vZqXvMltlY0E/s640/Steeplechase.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br /> That's the symbolic face of  Steeplechase Park on Coney Island.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOlJmo-SdSXYdrhG6L4JTgZzbpJ9xpZjSguYL6wytxWCqJWsRXH5dhnx2eWOR6A9HuU5rr6okeLZWLPF5hJ4MohF4a5I_nbKsohGLCK0v4qcbdrt-1L5qMC8LBU13_AV4bGHUlYwnghI/s400/CONEY+ISLAND+STEEPLE+CHASE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOlJmo-SdSXYdrhG6L4JTgZzbpJ9xpZjSguYL6wytxWCqJWsRXH5dhnx2eWOR6A9HuU5rr6okeLZWLPF5hJ4MohF4a5I_nbKsohGLCK0v4qcbdrt-1L5qMC8LBU13_AV4bGHUlYwnghI/s400/CONEY+ISLAND+STEEPLE+CHASE.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br /> Compare to this tattoo, which appeared here last year.<br /> <br /> Alex explained about his connection to Coney Island:<br /> <blockquote>"...Basically, I grew up there ... I grew up in Bensonhurst, but [Coney Island] is kind of where I became myself, adolescence and all that stuff - that's the <u>old</u> Coney Island..."</blockquote>Alex credited all of his work to a tattoo artist named Seth Wood who is currently working out of Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>

Alex Shares Three Elements of an Amazing Sleeve

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Ganesh Waits for the A Train

Actually, Kerry was waiting on the platform for the uptown <a href="http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/aline.htm">A Train</a> when I walked by at 34th Street.<br /><br />How could I not stop and ask her about this tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadetIl94hMWpNMIeJVAhNtUR4xxbvQL8z_yNJTG4Y1D32whbF_iVTWIZVSRIz8W0BfS57dTSMuHX_u3P1_-R95ciNYEzmaQ2j41pipNvsIQIcqMhZhxuMQijLWljAM6CwVN3AsNv-/s1600/Ganesh+Center.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadetIl94hMWpNMIeJVAhNtUR4xxbvQL8z_yNJTG4Y1D32whbF_iVTWIZVSRIz8W0BfS57dTSMuHX_u3P1_-R95ciNYEzmaQ2j41pipNvsIQIcqMhZhxuMQijLWljAM6CwVN3AsNv-/s640/Ganesh+Center.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><br /><br />This absolutely stunning depiction of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities">Hindu</a> deity <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha">Ganesh</a> took between eight and nine hours to complete. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6ISAWZTdj4-eB-XeiX_F7ec9jD5-wWPNqKzsmcpDt7gef-j0DORGIFGVlbHINBEDfuBEmiYu9leG_LNGuMdGmChCMbk5eceK9dhJ1tJALx51M-_z2NirsJpM9d9BLMXnzpbHol5X/s1600/Ganesh+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6ISAWZTdj4-eB-XeiX_F7ec9jD5-wWPNqKzsmcpDt7gef-j0DORGIFGVlbHINBEDfuBEmiYu9leG_LNGuMdGmChCMbk5eceK9dhJ1tJALx51M-_z2NirsJpM9d9BLMXnzpbHol5X/s400/Ganesh+collage.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://guyursitti.com/">Guy Ursitti</a> at <a href="http://www.thickerthanwatertattoo.com/index.html">Thicker Than Water</a> is the tattooist responsible for this work of art, the newest (at the time I met her) of Kerry's approximately fifty tattoos.<br /><br />The detail in the tattoo is absolutely incredible.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJwwmisgzF_H80X4rViyMRMIl_tRim8qVpuUpkhaYhprRhigk1r0nSVexxU2dP9cNH5GgZ2ruNE_YYo2BEbz53DUtZFr-y0FtFyyj35uNksh3YKSf9ypBTzqDDzgT9NHwZCxI6nWE/s1600/Ganesh+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJwwmisgzF_H80X4rViyMRMIl_tRim8qVpuUpkhaYhprRhigk1r0nSVexxU2dP9cNH5GgZ2ruNE_YYo2BEbz53DUtZFr-y0FtFyyj35uNksh3YKSf9ypBTzqDDzgT9NHwZCxI6nWE/s400/Ganesh+detail.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><br />Work from Thicker Than Water has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Thicker%20Than%20Water">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Kerry for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Ganesh Waits for the A Train

Actually, Kerry was waiting on the platform for the uptown A Train when I walked by at 34th Street. How could I not stop and ask her about ...

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