Lori Shares Some Peonies, and a Fairy Mermaid

<!--[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 !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }</style> <![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">When I post here at Tattoosday, there is no definite chronological order. I tend to follow a variety of factors, which can often result in older encounters waiting in the wings for a very long time.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Take Lori, for example. At the beginning of May, while my wife was at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, fighting a bout of appendicitis, I walked over to a pizzeria on 50^th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway for a quick bite for lunch. On my way out, I noticed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>two women at a table, one of whom, Lori, had some pretty nice ink. Generally, one of my unwritten rules is not to bother people while they are eating, so I handed the woman my card and asked her to contact me if she was interested in contributing to Tattoosday.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Lori e-mailed me shortly thereafter, and a few weeks later, she sent me some photos. Since then, she has been patiently waiting for the post. E-mailed submissions tend to get a little lost in the shuffle but, finally, thanks to a little nudge on our Facebook page, we’re finally seeing them here on the site.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ll let Lori explain what we’re seeing: </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYw6czsfpIo19VuJXPVgptxR9uAYLhZcE_3LtmUFucfl6YzlEuK4tdbD3cDryecwz4yyNUdj6Le7i1LrLedHXQs9tRjpV4hx54ktZw8jZQHYohyteNqYRhK5KrGmRDzfTTI8PIJwKh3Y/s1600/peony+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYw6czsfpIo19VuJXPVgptxR9uAYLhZcE_3LtmUFucfl6YzlEuK4tdbD3cDryecwz4yyNUdj6Le7i1LrLedHXQs9tRjpV4hx54ktZw8jZQHYohyteNqYRhK5KrGmRDzfTTI8PIJwKh3Y/s400/peony+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze2-DwdOp79NvT7iu05aKNQhoUyjFItsqsK8HFjbff7LGoVdWDxouSzn9R2bdyH50xj5-pFEpZeKvlriJFZYg48CbzVJXIVZ-otbsSUi7QbaBIkHWwtyjT8gAwehqOsupJZrlGuAoOIs/s1600/peony+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhze2-DwdOp79NvT7iu05aKNQhoUyjFItsqsK8HFjbff7LGoVdWDxouSzn9R2bdyH50xj5-pFEpZeKvlriJFZYg48CbzVJXIVZ-otbsSUi7QbaBIkHWwtyjT8gAwehqOsupJZrlGuAoOIs/s400/peony+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Here are 2 peonies, one is a flash stencil, done by Mike B. at <a href="http://www.studioenigma.com/">Studio Enigma</a> on Avenue U [in Brooklyn] .... the other peony (my favorite), was hand drawn by <a href="http://www.baradastattoos.com/artista_pablo.html">Pablo Barada</a>, who is from Argentina [also at Studio Enigma] …</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDZZxVhMwGHKdHsCr3YMuH1AiuqGSMWg9Vt9MptZ0jd9Q9z4yABaalCQWYdwUPXnAqxHnJyneDmuUFRPy9IMpA7rrucs-9pG1mLK-drW0dRSZunZigomt3JmIJNZ7hfZZBBCxf8J-cxE/s1600/mermaid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDZZxVhMwGHKdHsCr3YMuH1AiuqGSMWg9Vt9MptZ0jd9Q9z4yABaalCQWYdwUPXnAqxHnJyneDmuUFRPy9IMpA7rrucs-9pG1mLK-drW0dRSZunZigomt3JmIJNZ7hfZZBBCxf8J-cxE/s640/mermaid.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesnoXv0csTtd1tf888egaOOAl5TavzMxB4ANbXs0gqHZQJqzUhe3rYA27BytfXB5z9UF_02a8mRLgCHkqHGqGNu-tYkc3gzYcI5Rdl4dImsFDUDlqDFGM-ijYrUOkIAb6KxprawjWLRA/s1600/mermaid+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiesnoXv0csTtd1tf888egaOOAl5TavzMxB4ANbXs0gqHZQJqzUhe3rYA27BytfXB5z9UF_02a8mRLgCHkqHGqGNu-tYkc3gzYcI5Rdl4dImsFDUDlqDFGM-ijYrUOkIAb6KxprawjWLRA/s200/mermaid+closeup.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Fairy mermaid was a picture I found just surfing the internet,  so I printed it out. I wish I still had the black and white photo before Mike B. colored it in. Now that I look at it, I think the B&W was much prettier. By the way, she took 18 hours to do, six three-hour sittings.” </div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks to Lori for sharing some of her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><!--[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]--><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><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. 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Lori Shares Some Peonies, and a Fairy Mermaid

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Out With the Old.....

As we wind down 2010, and look ahead to 2011, I wanted to take care of one of my several loose ends from the past year.<br /><br />Back in July, I met a guy named John on the D train. He had tattooed arms and we chatted a bit. He said he'd send me photos and he did a few weeks later.<br /><br />I never posted the photos because the resolution was low, and when I tried to increase the size, they blurred. I was going to include these in the Christmas housecleaning post, but the work is just too good.<br /><br />So hear you have them, small photos, but recognizably amazing:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwvZ9tK89U1PgSCdPcuRQVNe2qeDhhUA4RSRFrdZgZEZqiUdbWZB60QzKaruKwK7T6v_M5y2PSCMgPBPWUDJijf0YjNdugu4EayjYtqXy0KFMaqG8IxDT968acGyxvmp5aJBmgOpZJl8/s1600/john+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwvZ9tK89U1PgSCdPcuRQVNe2qeDhhUA4RSRFrdZgZEZqiUdbWZB60QzKaruKwK7T6v_M5y2PSCMgPBPWUDJijf0YjNdugu4EayjYtqXy0KFMaqG8IxDT968acGyxvmp5aJBmgOpZJl8/s1600/john+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb77QxrOHF-9rh8yjgFSc68v6w5072NsrpjFHYSz_pl18wnONG1Ls2eTp0YcXzYeg8V1K23e__xSRIkPbMffvaOBLj_xOKdgOUNMArGAn03DUkcBdK0O3owRKLwHjePbf4LNXHg9J_qoY/s1600/john.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb77QxrOHF-9rh8yjgFSc68v6w5072NsrpjFHYSz_pl18wnONG1Ls2eTp0YcXzYeg8V1K23e__xSRIkPbMffvaOBLj_xOKdgOUNMArGAn03DUkcBdK0O3owRKLwHjePbf4LNXHg9J_qoY/s1600/john.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi566ljbkkrLXgaCQtAGIo9QD8nEtmRtVjCXfayG6zXhz-fPxfD_PDMf9avm5uClJb_NirWG-kkwXNR4XNcEAvBzPrRm_kSkOsolN-1U5o6UFIAgLL6KXv-OGEByBLyjpSyqILt1t4xOnY/s1600/john3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi566ljbkkrLXgaCQtAGIo9QD8nEtmRtVjCXfayG6zXhz-fPxfD_PDMf9avm5uClJb_NirWG-kkwXNR4XNcEAvBzPrRm_kSkOsolN-1U5o6UFIAgLL6KXv-OGEByBLyjpSyqILt1t4xOnY/s1600/john3.jpg" /></a></div><br />I mean, what is there to say? This work is quite excellent. The koi, the tiger, the sailing ship, sugar skull, nautical stars - it's all quite a body of work!<br /><br />The artist is Nacho, who appeared once before on the blog <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/06/matt-wears-his-heart-of-bacon-on-his.html">here</a>. You can check out Nacho's work <a href="http://www.nachotattoo.com.ar/home_eng.htm">here</a>. in New York, he tattoos out of <a href="http://www.studioenigma.com/">Studio Enigma</a> on Avenue U.<br /><br />Thanks to John for sharing these amazing tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />And thanks to all of our fans and contributors for making 2010 a successful year of inkspotting!

Out With the Old.....

As we wind down 2010, and look ahead to 2011, I wanted to take care of one of my several loose ends from the past year. Back in July, I met ...

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Madison's Classy Bicycle

I met Madison last month on the 59th Street subway platform in Brooklyn.<br /><br />She has "9 or 10" tattoos and selected this one to share: <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZ3qM8LIDncvV1CnwEYSC-M1n4CDo-ETJ0JwYZInNgSmPmLssac59Rj7_W45WOXhPmT5HytnXgpl8D5-_k3KKkTSJo3BrU7bQMFFSY0zAhnkjyMh9bdSfKDy79Vofvpk6nv5a9mph/s1600/stay+classy+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZ3qM8LIDncvV1CnwEYSC-M1n4CDo-ETJ0JwYZInNgSmPmLssac59Rj7_W45WOXhPmT5HytnXgpl8D5-_k3KKkTSJo3BrU7bQMFFSY0zAhnkjyMh9bdSfKDy79Vofvpk6nv5a9mph/s400/stay+classy+wm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />I don't generally describe the people who volunteer their tattoos here, but it's worth noting that Madison is petite, which ties into this tattoo. She rides a bicycle, although the one pictured here is more of a vintage-style two-wheeler.<br /><br />When I asked why it says "stay classy," she laughed and said, "I'm a tough little chick, but I stay classy".<br /><br />This tattoo was inked by Victor at <a href="http://www.studioenigma.com/bayridge.html">Studio Enigma</a> in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.<br /><br />Thanks again to Madison for sharing her classy tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Madison's Classy Bicycle

I met Madison last month on the 59th Street subway platform in Brooklyn. She has "9 or 10" tattoos and selected this one to share:...

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