John's Root People

At the end of July, I coincidentally exited the A train at 14th Street at the same time as John, who was visiting from Nevada.<br /><br />I had been admiring his sleeve on the train, but didn't have the opportunity to speak to him about it until after he got off the subway.<br /><br />He referred to these creatures as "Root People":<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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihUZpUIhk140KzmYQkbROQ4HgAO4Wdy2srNEMV0FHgIuxlUAwZQJE3ZumeiBD9ZwP-JPwDh03ZM3w2dZKp33RltzGhjq57JRbezJWHU_PcJIuOc9hHQhmjRzPv0kUnD4MIeuURmLDd/s1600/tree+people+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/AVvXsEihUZpUIhk140KzmYQkbROQ4HgAO4Wdy2srNEMV0FHgIuxlUAwZQJE3ZumeiBD9ZwP-JPwDh03ZM3w2dZKp33RltzGhjq57JRbezJWHU_PcJIuOc9hHQhmjRzPv0kUnD4MIeuURmLDd/s640/tree+people+collage+wm.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br />It's an abstract collaboration with the artist, Rickett, at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-ruby-lantern-carson-city">The Ruby Lantern</a> in Carson City, Nevada.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHqmhNUbSgkwSw8mdXo0bxQ-qUNO5Dp-YiOIt1irV0zPkneZdV5hX4nhT4DwEVd6er5Q9z14GVLzHXPIeEw9hCQMSaH1BwUfUksJwW-922SslkvYr75lRhbX4mdCLl5UQtU1VPztq/s1600/tree+people+2+detail+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHqmhNUbSgkwSw8mdXo0bxQ-qUNO5Dp-YiOIt1irV0zPkneZdV5hX4nhT4DwEVd6er5Q9z14GVLzHXPIeEw9hCQMSaH1BwUfUksJwW-922SslkvYr75lRhbX4mdCLl5UQtU1VPztq/s320/tree+people+2+detail+wm.jpg" /></a></div><br />They started working together in January of this year, and they're not yet finished with the whole sleeve. As you can tell, it's very unusual and has a very unique approach.<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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOmMZxs_HwillGszLbYTyLoL4cJNr35PENOGhfRdU4P2gfSkOLuuDvyY2c_70LLq0GIzTHRETTWBhm_XjMzxT5serpBi7wbPsvhdRxpBugTr8wL6EN598zWmHWtZm8feDfv0_DYPg/s1600/tree+people+3+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOmMZxs_HwillGszLbYTyLoL4cJNr35PENOGhfRdU4P2gfSkOLuuDvyY2c_70LLq0GIzTHRETTWBhm_XjMzxT5serpBi7wbPsvhdRxpBugTr8wL6EN598zWmHWtZm8feDfv0_DYPg/s640/tree+people+3+wm.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br />These designs are all on John's right arm, and I am particular to the female tree person above on his inner forearm.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDZ2JTXYsh9RW19WOuM1yRJNWqe8cQWiqHpeIRxWk4BnxY9SwOg7Y63hBrX4uqXNfxijLNzQudlYa3NvjxQtpG6BntdQ2UNKTnlpTkWfBuAEd-pgYRzy-qGmzlIUma4Jqs3RSHFDB/s1600/tree+people+3+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/AVvXsEjrDZ2JTXYsh9RW19WOuM1yRJNWqe8cQWiqHpeIRxWk4BnxY9SwOg7Y63hBrX4uqXNfxijLNzQudlYa3NvjxQtpG6BntdQ2UNKTnlpTkWfBuAEd-pgYRzy-qGmzlIUma4Jqs3RSHFDB/s640/tree+people+3+detail+wm.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><br />Thanks to John for sharing his Root People here with us on Tattoosday!

John's Root People

At the end of July, I coincidentally exited the A train at 14th Street at the same time as John, who was visiting from Nevada. I had been ad...

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