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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Tattoos I Know: Mary’s Marilyn

<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe">Marilyn Monroe</a> is a pretty popular figure to see tattooed on people. Clicking <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Marilyn%20Monroe?max-results=20">here</a> will show you this, as well as every other post on Tattoosday that features a Marilyn Monroe tattoo. In the popularity contest, she wins by a mile.</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It was with great pleasure that, a couple weeks back, one of my co-workers, Mary, got on the elevator at the end of the day, and the first thing I noticed was this fresh Marilyn Monroe tattoo, peering up at me from her right foot:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-RDf9nbmvdOvnkEr2X_DZpVVwrkap4VLaNM1466JuS6UjwFv3Fn99bB6-Z_w33ZoQc4Yuko2gZ7Snb0jB5nIt3FCQ07nJIWUViW5XTQowMgN17Vr-bRlJCT8HjBxizulZoV0ZbEuDxQ/s1600/marilyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-RDf9nbmvdOvnkEr2X_DZpVVwrkap4VLaNM1466JuS6UjwFv3Fn99bB6-Z_w33ZoQc4Yuko2gZ7Snb0jB5nIt3FCQ07nJIWUViW5XTQowMgN17Vr-bRlJCT8HjBxizulZoV0ZbEuDxQ/s400/marilyn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Of course, I had to ask Mary about this tattoo. Our exchange follows:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Tattoosday:</i> Why’d you get Marilyn on your foot?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Mary:</i> Anybody who knows me can answer that question. I love Marilyn and I wanted to put it in a spot that can showcase it without being on my forearm or my face or my neck and it seems to be a hit where it is.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Tattoosday:</i> This is your first Marilyn tattoo?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Mary:</i> Well, if you don’t count the mole I have. A tattoo of a mole.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Tattoosday:</i> Oh, so that’s not a real mole?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Mary</i>: Yes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Tattoosday:</i> So who is the artist?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Mary:</i> It’s a shop that everyone in my neighborhood goes to, it’s called <a href="http://eddiesinktattoo.com/">Eddie's Ink</a> on Myrtle Avenue in Queens…I guess he has a following because he just moved from Brooklyn to Queens and everybody recommended him . . . it’s not like it’s in a spot that I can cover up, unless it’s winter, so I wanted to make sure it was  a good job and he went online and I told him exactly what I wanted and he found a couple of pictures and we ended up settling on this one.  I didn’t want color, I just wanted black…”.</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I alluded to the popularity of the Marilyn tattoo at the beginning of the post. That said, I have to commend Mary on her originality, as I hadn’t seen one like this before. Thanks go to her for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><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>

Tattoos I Know: Mary’s Marilyn

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Dispatch from the 2011 New York City Tattoo Convention (A Recap)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3pDbt8VzRzit4X14Vi-uA4J3KYE0VIas7c07tknniW66qeWhWG5UPRmUAvziu9gUasfscZdDXTtVhAYaiPoUt4HQ7Ma2eFJpyRXFeLRtrEP98loWSqZQeMwOHMRGd9wfgC8VTmQbJII/s1600/convention.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3pDbt8VzRzit4X14Vi-uA4J3KYE0VIas7c07tknniW66qeWhWG5UPRmUAvziu9gUasfscZdDXTtVhAYaiPoUt4HQ7Ma2eFJpyRXFeLRtrEP98loWSqZQeMwOHMRGd9wfgC8VTmQbJII/s400/convention.jpg" width="308" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Yesterday I spent a half dozen hours at the <a href="http://www.roselandballroom.com/">Roseland Ballroom</a>, where the <a href="http://www.nyctattooconvention.com/index.html">New York City Tattoo Convention </a>was holding court. This was my third trip to the show, and each year, I have a different experience, as Tattoosday has evolved as a site (read about 2009 <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/05/dispatch-from-new-york-city-tattoo.html">here</a> and 2010 <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/05/dispatch-from-nyc-tattoo-convention.html">here</a>).<br /><br />In years past, I have only highlighted one or two pieces, as I go into sensory overload. What, outside of a convention's setting, would normally pique my interest, seems commonplace and ordinary. This year, however, I took many more photos, and actually interviewed four people, so this will be Convention Recap Week.<br /><br />I do want to say the best part of the show was hanging and chatting with Marisa and Brian from <a href="http://www.needlesandsins.com/">Needles and Sins</a>, as well as with Nathan from <a href="http://www.knuckletattoos.com/">Knuckle Tattoos</a>. It's not a portrait of future world domination, yet, but here's the three of us, masterminds of three of the best tattoo sites around, and hands and above, the best three inkbloggers at the show:<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/AVvXsEh0KE5pM-gj0W0qbi8Qsx0qZlC_Z3qZT33-fMDI0gn3TE_m46-AS6T11TNpAPhzrmCTN4bif_Y5bq1aNgCZX5bPO6-j6Ph-5LrrCw9tRBSc7qlvNA3HUo0W0UN1Q1EWJckCMFLKcKJysok/s1600/Three+Bloggers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KE5pM-gj0W0qbi8Qsx0qZlC_Z3qZT33-fMDI0gn3TE_m46-AS6T11TNpAPhzrmCTN4bif_Y5bq1aNgCZX5bPO6-j6Ph-5LrrCw9tRBSc7qlvNA3HUo0W0UN1Q1EWJckCMFLKcKJysok/s400/Three+Bloggers.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan, Marisa and Me (photo by Brian Grosz)</td></tr></tbody></table>That moment of self-adulation aside, I spent the first few hours talking to vendors about advertising, chatting with colleagues, and saying hello to people I've met in years past, like <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/05/dispatch-from-nyc-tattoo-convention.html">Greg</a> who was the high point of last year's show for me.<br /><br />I also like to introduce myself to artists whose work has appeared on the Site before, so I said hi to <a href="http://rosenthaltattoo.com/">Adam Rosenthal</a> of <a href="http://www.thinktanktattoo.com/">Th'Ink Tank</a> in Denver, and <a href="http://www.tattoosbyvinny.com/Tattoos_by_Vinny/Welcome.html">Vinny Romanelli</a> at <a href="http://redrockettattoo.com/">Red Rocket</a> in NYC.<br /><br />I also took a slew of photos of people I didn't interview, so I will just throw them up here. Unfortunately I can't credit any of the amazing artists responsible. However, if you see your work here, shoot me an email and I can give you your proper due. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2SN1zggmEqSJ1Zbh3tz0A3cbOsZUPmeZ7PRY177QIHdvbteHi_Aspl47KyhDcaLS_mNyVMWK56g0S4i1CgGYOg-YTj09Am9PA43Fe1r5xGb37qELsceOXQL_VEIUVt1y61tpZxnJgrE/s1600/BG+skull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2SN1zggmEqSJ1Zbh3tz0A3cbOsZUPmeZ7PRY177QIHdvbteHi_Aspl47KyhDcaLS_mNyVMWK56g0S4i1CgGYOg-YTj09Am9PA43Fe1r5xGb37qELsceOXQL_VEIUVt1y61tpZxnJgrE/s400/BG+skull.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This one was one of my favorites, especially considering the woman's reflection in the blade of the knife:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZc5wvm88swtf0YZLDs8B66hLv7cOG9juBAGIVD9JSXIysA-U6KGHHjDao5kc7TH7YiX8sSApA1OVntXIHPGBf4AJLgRQYoN9Gq4D4qDaaDycLtO6LwjQVhH2MEsKlwqu5NXw9nfKPJ4/s1600/BG+Myers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZc5wvm88swtf0YZLDs8B66hLv7cOG9juBAGIVD9JSXIysA-U6KGHHjDao5kc7TH7YiX8sSApA1OVntXIHPGBf4AJLgRQYoN9Gq4D4qDaaDycLtO6LwjQVhH2MEsKlwqu5NXw9nfKPJ4/s640/BG+Myers.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />And this Star Wars leg was totally cool:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBTCq3FZF987LPzCk1-XlBt_f1g9mxYSZsIdeczcvaQ6BTVOtLaNS5-WjDiusMIKqLXgnTkMhIBVzmmJMfwN3km1QNl5d7MZugleds3tIpKwlweK6dd-u0xMthI-XuYDzrIJ0cDbbpkY/s1600/BG+Star+Wars+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBTCq3FZF987LPzCk1-XlBt_f1g9mxYSZsIdeczcvaQ6BTVOtLaNS5-WjDiusMIKqLXgnTkMhIBVzmmJMfwN3km1QNl5d7MZugleds3tIpKwlweK6dd-u0xMthI-XuYDzrIJ0cDbbpkY/s640/BG+Star+Wars+2.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAjBcbg64QDo5UwAgqf-wWzjTwjoM_12Ql2G3dvZm4ZXO4W5Qvob7NrDpm2-q49LvKp1x6Qasc837Mm1xL8D6tNGT1JJh2nRnssaTe6BtRb14n84roEVxmP4vtQcVLP-Tko28Db2Nsrc/s1600/BG+Star+Wars+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAjBcbg64QDo5UwAgqf-wWzjTwjoM_12Ql2G3dvZm4ZXO4W5Qvob7NrDpm2-q49LvKp1x6Qasc837Mm1xL8D6tNGT1JJh2nRnssaTe6BtRb14n84roEVxmP4vtQcVLP-Tko28Db2Nsrc/s640/BG+Star+Wars+3.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeueN9eUdDI__2AZdCGExVJ_zEKaWnxMfjrfgvO8brPhyphenhyphenIBI4NRBplBRpykWC5arZzPpMks0uDXjPEDAXYtu5FyXY3jyBt1Lo0RdruxABMLs4AFizDyk0WrJA5stdbq9NBgUEZSZR8JU/s1600/BG+Star+Wars+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeueN9eUdDI__2AZdCGExVJ_zEKaWnxMfjrfgvO8brPhyphenhyphenIBI4NRBplBRpykWC5arZzPpMks0uDXjPEDAXYtu5FyXY3jyBt1Lo0RdruxABMLs4AFizDyk0WrJA5stdbq9NBgUEZSZR8JU/s640/BG+Star+Wars+1.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br />Finally, through social media, my friend Ben in Hawai'i requested a shot of "80s West Coast punk rock logos." I thought I had failed in my quest until, as I was leaving, I captured this tiny <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Flag_%28band%29">Black Flag</a> tattoo on a guy named Crash, who works for <a href="http://www.tattooartistmagazine.com/">Tattoo Artist Magazine</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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/AVvXsEhwMoAU7-ftvzrTQMu0FP5E1HzJT23kaH61xajz3rUDWDqDiQp7eSuYUCpIzKsawfuCJiXf907n9QzpROYeXrqZ17JfPAM5gaNjeYwGyc14z0V3FvRwal94pGTFD30Ve6gQjC92Zjoo9Bg/s1600/Mini+Black+Flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMoAU7-ftvzrTQMu0FP5E1HzJT23kaH61xajz3rUDWDqDiQp7eSuYUCpIzKsawfuCJiXf907n9QzpROYeXrqZ17JfPAM5gaNjeYwGyc14z0V3FvRwal94pGTFD30Ve6gQjC92Zjoo9Bg/s400/Mini+Black+Flag.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mini-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Flag_%28band%29">Black Flag</a> Bars Tattoo by <a href="http://www.elmstreettattoo.com/shop.html">Oliver Peck</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />and this incredible <a href="http://www.misfits.com/">Misfits</a> piece to boot:<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/AVvXsEh0OwHHyb0gYJJ3TdXvtll2rOz1NcoJ2glBPctILGVMhzWuCN8lauVJMN1kBEYdIfHgTikc_EzMGbtNR0WVMU-pqRR5WwzYY0KT7I7-pM4CuKAaRzDj4CYPpZkyAiiw1xXPFRT9msPKCkk/s1600/Misfits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OwHHyb0gYJJ3TdXvtll2rOz1NcoJ2glBPctILGVMhzWuCN8lauVJMN1kBEYdIfHgTikc_EzMGbtNR0WVMU-pqRR5WwzYY0KT7I7-pM4CuKAaRzDj4CYPpZkyAiiw1xXPFRT9msPKCkk/s400/Misfits.jpg" width="307" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tattoo by Frank Lee at <a href="http://www.tattooblues.com/tattoos.php">Tattoo Blues</a> in Ft. Lauderdale</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Yes, we know, Misfits are an East Coast band. But it was too nice a tattoo to not photograph. Can you blame me?<br /><br />Check out the Tattoo Artist Magazine blog <a href="http://www.tattooartistmagazineblog.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />Check back throughout the week to see what four tattoos I found most blogworthy for us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />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. 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Dispatch from the 2011 New York City Tattoo Convention (A Recap)

  Yesterday I spent a half dozen hours at the Roseland Ballroom , where the New York City Tattoo Convention was holding court. This was my ...

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Melanie's Marilyn

A trip to the laundromat on Saturday yielded a meeting with a young lady who had a couple visible tattoos on one of her feet and an ankle. Fortunately, my curiosity got the better of me because, when I asked her about them, she revealed much better work, namely this phenomenal Marilyn Monroe portrait on her inner right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIUBDXh5fRbobDSyrvEnojGaDWxPU4mC7USkQ_jv3fan2APE9G3CCxKuX_bQu5XMIHQVDoe5Dk5FQk4SjtvkrtZ2FLDlRj1T8LRy0VayFSCIQcE67EjNXnvIOozVP_Kc1CT1CFi3Sp3k/s1600/Marilyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIUBDXh5fRbobDSyrvEnojGaDWxPU4mC7USkQ_jv3fan2APE9G3CCxKuX_bQu5XMIHQVDoe5Dk5FQk4SjtvkrtZ2FLDlRj1T8LRy0VayFSCIQcE67EjNXnvIOozVP_Kc1CT1CFi3Sp3k/s640/Marilyn.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><br />This stunning work was created by the incomparable Virginia Elwood at New York Adorned. I have been fortunate to encounter Ms. Elwood's work previously <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/08/kristinas-rooster-crows-in-honor-of-her.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/03/stevies-tattoo-calms-and-inspires.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Melanie is a huge fan of Marilyn Monroe and she is proud to wear this icon on her sleeve. Clicking on the tag for Marilyn Monrow below will reveal other Marilyn tattoos that have appeared previously on Tattoosday.<br /><br />Thanks to Melanie for sharing this phenomenal portrait with us here on Tattoosday!

Melanie's Marilyn

A trip to the laundromat on Saturday yielded a meeting with a young lady who had a couple visible tattoos on one of her feet and an ankle. F...

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Marilyn Hangs Ten

I met Jenny last month in Penn Station and was thrilled when she allowed me to photograph her half-sleeve, which is one of her fourteen tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rfjf4VtVWDkKjhaKubta7Fsij2PObZDZcmMzQpOYpISBY6lyZ4siiJt3eY5-jd29i-Wfjf3c043QKZPa_2rjwN9LjV-unP2DmKYsjViBB8fxkmGLZgZk-lg8hNJ_xQc6kieFNSLZ/s1600/marilyn+collage+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rfjf4VtVWDkKjhaKubta7Fsij2PObZDZcmMzQpOYpISBY6lyZ4siiJt3eY5-jd29i-Wfjf3c043QKZPa_2rjwN9LjV-unP2DmKYsjViBB8fxkmGLZgZk-lg8hNJ_xQc6kieFNSLZ/s640/marilyn+collage+wm.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How cool is that? This piece represents about twelve hours of work. Jenny had the basic idea and went to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/jonathanleonhardt">Jonathan Leonhardt</a> at <a href="http://somethingwickedtattoo.com/">Something Wicked Tattoo</a> in Roseville, California. The rest, as they say, is history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsthBjiCwYICcd3VkUuow1QpsPompjY1uzhiNWJEb1veQi8IntEyTJs4dCAT3cISdoLC11gxO66ahTyJUJKYfGmxwLBr5Z8nuo2rzMZj9GBx9ziX7Pg5lLRs81I6NjLyrDv5RU_8Ly/s1600/Marilyn+Surf++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/AVvXsEjsthBjiCwYICcd3VkUuow1QpsPompjY1uzhiNWJEb1veQi8IntEyTJs4dCAT3cISdoLC11gxO66ahTyJUJKYfGmxwLBr5Z8nuo2rzMZj9GBx9ziX7Pg5lLRs81I6NjLyrDv5RU_8Ly/s640/Marilyn+Surf++detail+wm.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT65aYiSg2mA9iDwQ9C8fLrozeoGpVixqBNFYzmLUixI0GQ3ptbArIKyV71a7jDjxxgNvOvfz-qBIb8oXM5dSS-5X0ypy7fLghYgOwEA9phgDfgiEby8r_tblRU5aLWi3S956DSUnT/s1600/Marilyn+Surf++detail+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The concept behind this is simple. Jenny is a surfer and she loves Marilyn Monroe. Why not combine the two to create a unique tattoo to make a statement? This is such a cool piece, I was honored to get tp share it with everyone here at Tattoosday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Jenny for sharing her amazing work with us here on the site!</div>

Marilyn Hangs Ten

I met Jenny last month in Penn Station and was thrilled when she allowed me to photograph her half-sleeve, which is one of her fourteen tatt...

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