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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Jacqueline's Blood Rose

Two weeks ago I spotted Jacqueline and knew I had to ask her about this large tattoo in the center of her back:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSMt9OqR1Ij8u-YEKDDpO54-bHhkhw3nV3V5zFbyyOxmcbufVdrSuqTcDF5ziVrU9Aq8uS91qrBYNxMuHD2PGgIsMBWx0SjBi73TMoRM5t0DdODnkSh-aBNhvdfxPqPqADpTZh7L3TCQ/s1600/Blood+Rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSMt9OqR1Ij8u-YEKDDpO54-bHhkhw3nV3V5zFbyyOxmcbufVdrSuqTcDF5ziVrU9Aq8uS91qrBYNxMuHD2PGgIsMBWx0SjBi73TMoRM5t0DdODnkSh-aBNhvdfxPqPqADpTZh7L3TCQ/s400/Blood+Rose.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /> Jacqueline explained that she and her older brother got this same tattoo in the same spot. "We just wanted to get a matching tattoo," she told me, "and, you know, we're both blood relatives". It's as simple as that.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvS6Qfj3W-NPP7cbh3I4zzrSd5OJuqROCYc-ZsdVpPnezcTudUSFUrevd-YLkcMyO96d6DnyrgvXfOaNsYdl_41lkrXwpoAR4oi_ANxdJme3ozcb96oFd3Vx9JdRf9w7QvK49EkSG1jk/s1600/Blood+Rose++detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvS6Qfj3W-NPP7cbh3I4zzrSd5OJuqROCYc-ZsdVpPnezcTudUSFUrevd-YLkcMyO96d6DnyrgvXfOaNsYdl_41lkrXwpoAR4oi_ANxdJme3ozcb96oFd3Vx9JdRf9w7QvK49EkSG1jk/s400/Blood+Rose++detail.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /> She credits Seth Wood with this tattoo. Seth currently works out of Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn. Work by Seth appeared previously on Tattoosday just last month here.

Jacqueline's Blood Rose

Two weeks ago I spotted Jacqueline and knew I had to ask her about this large tattoo in the center of her back: Jacqueline explained that...

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Luis Shares Two Lotería Cards

I met Luis in Borders, Penn Plaza, last month and asked him about his tattoos. He has more than fifteen altogether, and three are based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loter%C3%ADa_%28board_game%29"><i>Lotería</i></a> cards, which are used as part of a Mexican bingo game, as well as in fortune-telling.<br /><br />He shared two of these cards with me and explained that, as a first generation Mexican-American, these Lotería cards remind him of growing up.<br /><br />The first one he explained is number 21, <i>La Mano</i>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFU7MqePMAGBCh4JctDIrSKHqxqfm13ybU4yXZbLIT6p96P_NR6bBolH4ZUZajdIpeKdad1euxIOkCfImMAsaO2nuHXmjuBbrrfWGNjAFcuQgb0ARi3VPeO37h1eoauGHpPvI3G-mMEIU/s1600/La+Mano+Loteria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFU7MqePMAGBCh4JctDIrSKHqxqfm13ybU4yXZbLIT6p96P_NR6bBolH4ZUZajdIpeKdad1euxIOkCfImMAsaO2nuHXmjuBbrrfWGNjAFcuQgb0ARi3VPeO37h1eoauGHpPvI3G-mMEIU/s640/La+Mano+Loteria.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br />Luis explained that he relates to this card because "la mano" is Spanish for hand, and  he is a builder/electrician/carpenter by trade. He considers himself a "designer of ideas," and because he works with his hands, this is an appropriate card to have as a tattoo.<br /><br />The second one he let me photograph is number 27<i>, El corazón:</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXd-Zr_wAzK5toEfrgvPT5NgRZQJBXmqrXflD6aHtrZKFOpjj48ixLpK0Ybjw3l_jNuWDAXlwMDHonZJEWuH9LHWcHzlyVytIXxuNllefqzSg-SpC3_B4oiZEzomOQhtzeVfKlm-RAnvw/s1600/El+Corazon+Loteria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXd-Zr_wAzK5toEfrgvPT5NgRZQJBXmqrXflD6aHtrZKFOpjj48ixLpK0Ybjw3l_jNuWDAXlwMDHonZJEWuH9LHWcHzlyVytIXxuNllefqzSg-SpC3_B4oiZEzomOQhtzeVfKlm-RAnvw/s640/El+Corazon+Loteria.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br />This card is appropriate, according to Luis, because "El corazón" means the heart and, Luis said, smiling, "I've got a big one".<br /><br />There are a lot of different artistic representations of these cards out on the web, which tells me that they serve as inspiration for a lot of people.<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/AVvXsEhBKpoCy4KGFTX2ruTJ_0GPyAniQS2v_sz9RGuLdtcr-l5egyecKbMijgO7NpRerwEEn6zbJDYGY18JTBh_lhq0h6_tGQ28PaIFKwE9ILJIrvVHbb3pF83c7_6zuDusIQMw-nJi-7-ut-k/s1600/loteria-contents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKpoCy4KGFTX2ruTJ_0GPyAniQS2v_sz9RGuLdtcr-l5egyecKbMijgO7NpRerwEEn6zbJDYGY18JTBh_lhq0h6_tGQ28PaIFKwE9ILJIrvVHbb3pF83c7_6zuDusIQMw-nJi-7-ut-k/s400/loteria-contents.jpg" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.luckymojo.com/loteria.html">"The Lucky W" Amulet Archive by Cat Yronwode</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Luis had these tattoos done by a tattoo artist named <a href="http://thinktanktattoo.com/index.php/fish/">Fish</a>, who was visiting <a href="http://www.savedtattoo.com/">Saved Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn, but generally works out of <a href="http://www.thinktanktattoo.com/">Th'ink Tank Tattoo</a> in Denver. Work from Th'ink Tank appeared <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/11/scotts-heart-is-testament-to-love-and.html">here</a> once before.<br /><br />Thanks to Luis for sharing these two Lotería cards with us here on Tattoosday!<i> </i><br /><i> </i>

Luis Shares Two Lotería Cards

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Jess Shares Her Colorful Rooster

I met Jess last month and, still using a loaner camera, managed to get a shot of one of her three tattoos, located on her right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeWhEpDjyFEz0OIuMj_XvbelyY2dz1Lo-VvEg7cwcu8aMJgjBq5X18p1x9ZqpxZGYac3d-YdEaza18OCf5GyPJlIX6px6XhCfVle2mRkI4IsP5YTBtpA9GUwGJrq5mPhVpsJ7lnyT/s1600/rooster+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeWhEpDjyFEz0OIuMj_XvbelyY2dz1Lo-VvEg7cwcu8aMJgjBq5X18p1x9ZqpxZGYac3d-YdEaza18OCf5GyPJlIX6px6XhCfVle2mRkI4IsP5YTBtpA9GUwGJrq5mPhVpsJ7lnyT/s400/rooster+collage.jpg" width="343" /></a></div><br />Aside from the fact that the picture is not ideally crisp, one can still see how beautiful and colorful this tattoo is.<br />The inspiration came from a book of Chinese propaganda posters.<br /><br />Jess noted that she asked the artist, <a href="http://www.johnreardontattoos.com/">John Reardon</a> at <a href="http://www.savedtattoo.com/">Saved Tattoo</a>, to give the rooster a "gentler eye" which she hoped would "embrace [its] masculinity while poking fun at it". Reardon's work has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/12/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-tattoo-with.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-hope-but-home.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Jess for sharing this lovely rooster with us here on Tattoosday!

Jess Shares Her Colorful Rooster

I met Jess last month and, still using a loaner camera, managed to get a shot of one of her three tattoos, located on her right forearm: Asi...

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Niki's Memorial for Elizabeth

Last week I was down in Chelsea when I spotted Niki from a distance. She appeared to have a colorful Madonna-like tattoo on her right shoulder, so I changed course and caught up to her only to discover this lovely tattoo instead:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-npwzEefFtmRWK5LT6BNxL-4SHm5SY_CR2lLVLqaSCDxbmsNj2af1YwBWAJpWH2QRkRffUBPrisDjWWQwAy5sbdq_Kg63IRLCxXQvuzy-3KY-WXASyEH7vFE506sEkWOdQ_lsz6gW/s1600/34659_10150249155630553_721910552_13627607_93070_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-npwzEefFtmRWK5LT6BNxL-4SHm5SY_CR2lLVLqaSCDxbmsNj2af1YwBWAJpWH2QRkRffUBPrisDjWWQwAy5sbdq_Kg63IRLCxXQvuzy-3KY-WXASyEH7vFE506sEkWOdQ_lsz6gW/s640/34659_10150249155630553_721910552_13627607_93070_n.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><br />This lovely photo was supplied to me by Niki, as my own camera's battery had run out of power and my BlackBerry photo seemed inadequate:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpoDDpTtpyK-Ev-MYQdTOYAa4fnBa4eVdNVsof3h_T2L2Xmjn1aEMMCZ6NU9sDZWDNpTVUBolr8SyiDXr33xXim1ZS-8fZ8kjFGvZC-Q2y2rX7se_1fTZpt3BwATW3b_33W1ktBdi/s1600/Elizabeth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpoDDpTtpyK-Ev-MYQdTOYAa4fnBa4eVdNVsof3h_T2L2Xmjn1aEMMCZ6NU9sDZWDNpTVUBolr8SyiDXr33xXim1ZS-8fZ8kjFGvZC-Q2y2rX7se_1fTZpt3BwATW3b_33W1ktBdi/s400/Elizabeth.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><br />Niki explained that, after her beloved cat Elizabeth passed away, she wanted a memorial tattoo to honor the friend she had for fourteen years.<br /><br />She went to artist <a href="http://www.johnreardontattoos.com/">John Reardon</a>, then at <a href="http://www.savedtattoo.com/">Saved Tattoo</a>, and told him she wanted a memorial in the style of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe">Virgin of Guadalupe</a>, and the look of Mexican shrines and altars.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp34V9gK7zCddHNnWo-wrYuVP-Rh0cnmmQjwLO91FNY_0-FVViQBozB8RMWIAJtkoMzmG030mW-fRiRVAwUpEtFFe8HluK4VLDjTFN8iOpjucKEw00UPaLUXyJrs1PxwJIsCJVJOO2/s1600/Virgen_de_guadalupe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp34V9gK7zCddHNnWo-wrYuVP-Rh0cnmmQjwLO91FNY_0-FVViQBozB8RMWIAJtkoMzmG030mW-fRiRVAwUpEtFFe8HluK4VLDjTFN8iOpjucKEw00UPaLUXyJrs1PxwJIsCJVJOO2/s400/Virgen_de_guadalupe1.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br />One can see Reardon hit the ball out of the park, as proven by my mistaking the piece from a distance as a religious icon.<br /><br />John Reardon is no stranger to Tattoosday. His work has appeared previously <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/12/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-tattoo-with.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-hope-but-home.html">here</a>.He now works out of his private studio in Brooklyn.<br /><br />Thanks to Niki for sharing her beautiful tattoo with us on Tattoosday!

Niki's Memorial for Elizabeth

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Lisa's Guardian Angel

I met Lisa recently on the subway platform at West 4th Street.<br /><br />She had this cool tattoo on her right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6NSYfxKQyI5utLxnBI2VVNpe7THn2eG5eue8JzngenUKfqz-_T5Gh8acRJ388N9zbtQ5HEOQ3-XX-9_tZcv9rcQvwhz6GkjYkSTisqX1yc9Xbv4VkTEtX6bY_-EPnMdJuUF6ZNVj/s1600/angel+middle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6NSYfxKQyI5utLxnBI2VVNpe7THn2eG5eue8JzngenUKfqz-_T5Gh8acRJ388N9zbtQ5HEOQ3-XX-9_tZcv9rcQvwhz6GkjYkSTisqX1yc9Xbv4VkTEtX6bY_-EPnMdJuUF6ZNVj/s640/angel+middle.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><br /><br />The tattoo, which took four hours to complete, is Lisa's guardian angel.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVgLQm0fiBUfxZC6c9e8Vs29fmGfYqWC51gNe08NaahPorLg4Z211fOT6xXd0xjiITYadZIvCOju4e-UeFiidFJgqHKls7Lu795w2X-UAbKEbpgStOPSbtSdnGbswv6xQZ6_YsSgS/s1600/angel+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVgLQm0fiBUfxZC6c9e8Vs29fmGfYqWC51gNe08NaahPorLg4Z211fOT6xXd0xjiITYadZIvCOju4e-UeFiidFJgqHKls7Lu795w2X-UAbKEbpgStOPSbtSdnGbswv6xQZ6_YsSgS/s400/angel+collage.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><br /><br />Lisa told me that this is a representation of her guardian angel, a "spiritual guide," although she emphasized that she's not religious.<br /><br />She had the basic idea for the tattoo and took it to Scott Campbell at <a href="http://www.savedtattoo.com/">Saved Tattoo</a> in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She pointed out that she absolutely loves the work he did with the shading in the tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukr2FObr6OJUf8ZwPEmM7OsCjyK-UpQ-YZhkgpvPSPlWnvxj_X0OjPyIhCOp4E8UUA5m_gJWQdt1-Zwhq1GIyBQksZyaC20MajJG-ThC7KDTpzGyvIFZ9weXNksBHFbVWiEmSis73/s1600/Angel+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukr2FObr6OJUf8ZwPEmM7OsCjyK-UpQ-YZhkgpvPSPlWnvxj_X0OjPyIhCOp4E8UUA5m_gJWQdt1-Zwhq1GIyBQksZyaC20MajJG-ThC7KDTpzGyvIFZ9weXNksBHFbVWiEmSis73/s400/Angel+detail.jpg" width="352" /></a></div><br />Work from Saved has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Saved%20Tattoo">here</a>. This, however, is the first work we've seen by Scott Campbell in our travels.<br /><br />Thanks to Lisa for sharing her angelic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Lisa's Guardian Angel

I met Lisa recently on the subway platform at West 4th Street. She had this cool tattoo on her right forearm: The tattoo, which took four ho...

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