NYC Tattoo Convention Spotlight: Caroline's Death's-head Hawk Moth and The Silence of the Lambs

Sending an inkblogger into a tattoo convention, is like sending a kid into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory - we just go into sensory overload.<br /><br />It's always interesting to see who I will interview first, as nearly everyone has amazing work. My first choice appeared to me after I had been at the New York City Tattoo Convention for about an hour:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPD6fWtFaANAdlSr206pe2R5DrCexHHZA7BEz0gV_kQ8K1UkVek0hmpXHUV13F89nun_BYehsWaMqJcknKvUD_TQO5cGN30Li6Ipx-RN5AF3d3dJH6mNztdIkyd7P0I0GhHyD8j1tH-8/s1600/deathshead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPD6fWtFaANAdlSr206pe2R5DrCexHHZA7BEz0gV_kQ8K1UkVek0hmpXHUV13F89nun_BYehsWaMqJcknKvUD_TQO5cGN30Li6Ipx-RN5AF3d3dJH6mNztdIkyd7P0I0GhHyD8j1tH-8/s400/deathshead.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><br />Behold Caroline's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%27s-head_Hawkmoth">Death's Head Hawkmoth</a>!<br /><br />She explained that it is based on the art from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_%28film%29">The Silence of the Lambs</a> movie poster.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYZWHajhHIF-392s8lyGwx4OS0dtYIGrkcA9QzJA-JUVDncKakG8UmMoojbUibgLFuP8F9JmLgDoNJjhLk61RTgvmvyiPlMEYU8vrnXWbXXFY7vtAe5ZYsj99KXbvupY2NxOqk2wtvZM/s1600/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYZWHajhHIF-392s8lyGwx4OS0dtYIGrkcA9QzJA-JUVDncKakG8UmMoojbUibgLFuP8F9JmLgDoNJjhLk61RTgvmvyiPlMEYU8vrnXWbXXFY7vtAe5ZYsj99KXbvupY2NxOqk2wtvZM/s400/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_poster.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />She elaborated, "that was ... the first movie I saw that got me into film and I'm a huge film buff ... so it kind of marks a huge turning point in my life. I started growing up and developing interests in art [and] film."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVjByQ9k54L6chkOSyW2qLj9PLWLRBypzv89q5P5a0PpyzvzMKQS1a-Lio96f67E6As0Z65vkNyv69B3o2FOMMk3BxOCTcXCoLJfhR7rvfiRpYHCPx1Vno-6-W-BoRIkmCeKoUSy2L5Y/s1600/deathhead+moth+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVjByQ9k54L6chkOSyW2qLj9PLWLRBypzv89q5P5a0PpyzvzMKQS1a-Lio96f67E6As0Z65vkNyv69B3o2FOMMk3BxOCTcXCoLJfhR7rvfiRpYHCPx1Vno-6-W-BoRIkmCeKoUSy2L5Y/s400/deathhead+moth+detail.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The film's director, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Demme">Jonathan Demme</a>, is one of her favorite directors, but she loves <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a> and hopes one day to get a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29">Clockwork Orange</a> tattoo.<br /><br /><br />She went to Tattoo Joe at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/physicalgraffititattoo">Physical Graffiti Tattoo</a> in Bridgeport, Connecticut for this piece and he did a wonderful job of transforming the vision from the poster to the top part of her back.<br /><br />Thanks to Caroline for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

NYC Tattoo Convention Spotlight: Caroline's Death's-head Hawk Moth and The Silence of the Lambs

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