Delphine Shares a Lucky Cat and a Sailor Jerry Design

I met Delphine last week and she shared two of her tattoos with me. First is this piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXn7yDwfEso3wMaNv_hGkgXSBtyzNfAy1BCiiLvfL2BnTg_zA_6mWXW3UjVmcF5yWVInKIvYTRWY48TUiSOC_zdGpXu3pcGCMM_bwh4zqCj66sWdiqY2JeFTrvyG4q5mJNaYXGUtjs60g/s1600/Lucky+Cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXn7yDwfEso3wMaNv_hGkgXSBtyzNfAy1BCiiLvfL2BnTg_zA_6mWXW3UjVmcF5yWVInKIvYTRWY48TUiSOC_zdGpXu3pcGCMM_bwh4zqCj66sWdiqY2JeFTrvyG4q5mJNaYXGUtjs60g/s640/Lucky+Cat.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br />For those of you who do not recognize this image, it is a common piece of ceramic sculpture popular in Japanese culture called the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki_Neko">Maneki Neko</a>," or Lucky Cat. It is a good luck charm, and is often seen in Asian-owned stores as a totem of good fortune. Delphine explained further that this was her most recent piece and that "I have always loved the Japanese Lucky Cat.  I felt that this would be a great time to get it (due to the economy - cat has a prosperity in Kanji) and as a tribute to the Japanese that were affected by the Tsunami)."<br /><br />She credited her Lucky Cat to artists <a href="http://sftattoo.com/artists/megan-wilson/">Megan Wilson</a> at <a href="http://sftattoo.com/">Picture Machine Tattoo</a> in San Francisco.<br /><br />On her other forearm is this tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uSkvyvwcGlREd300E8Ea9jfaTfgK9ZJc4F0RLwuDKPL4LRD6rwwJ-ErQx9gxYhQxP7OcaRALn-WbIHhB0Q-Itaqq-vBOo0PnTJ0yQzzza6fAGcde99bDm5elew2fQ_31J_zmfe4qE94/s1600/USMC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uSkvyvwcGlREd300E8Ea9jfaTfgK9ZJc4F0RLwuDKPL4LRD6rwwJ-ErQx9gxYhQxP7OcaRALn-WbIHhB0Q-Itaqq-vBOo0PnTJ0yQzzza6fAGcde99bDm5elew2fQ_31J_zmfe4qE94/s640/USMC.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br />This tattoo is attributed to <a href="http://www.luckystarstattoo.com/artist/anthony">Anthony Gonzalez</a> at <a href="http://www.luckystarstattoo.com/">Lucky Stars Tattoo</a> in San Jose, California. Delphine explains, "My father and I are Marine Vets.  I saw this <a href="http://www.sailorjerry.com/">Sailor Jerry</a> piece and loved it to honor my father and me.  On the original piece it says 'Never Again'.  I updated this to 'Never Forget' - the 'forget' is done in red to look like spray paint."<br /><br />Thanks to Delphine for sharing these two tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Delphine Shares a Lucky Cat and a Sailor Jerry Design

I met Delphine last week and she shared two of her tattoos with me. First is this piece: For those of you who do not recognize this image, i...

Read more »