Musician Monday: A Trio of Tattoos from Justin Y. of Everyone Dies in Utah

<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Back in May, I met Justin in the Borders at Penn Plaza and he shared his three tattoos. Justin had recently been signed to a band from Texas called Everyone Dies in Utah and he was moving out from Maryland. He offered up his knuckle tattoos:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_oDqQCyAy0XvYTGnQsnqZth1xrb4VG-1987f3EcT6OMRrfv3pmbro5pqvnzk_9BBna9pqWsKXlYjovA9eF4Sw_ikrdOMJRQ9Qt5nOKk0PtF9hZ5JpZsOSpeeFL9Du23JvVQTTHQ3_Uo/s1600/drum+love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_oDqQCyAy0XvYTGnQsnqZth1xrb4VG-1987f3EcT6OMRrfv3pmbro5pqvnzk_9BBna9pqWsKXlYjovA9eF4Sw_ikrdOMJRQ9Qt5nOKk0PtF9hZ5JpZsOSpeeFL9Du23JvVQTTHQ3_Uo/s320/drum+love.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Justin has been playing drums for about eleven years and loves drums, which explains these knuckles. Of course, I would be remiss if I mentioned knuckle tattoos and didn't direct you to KnuckleTattoos.com to see more, courtesy of my friend Nathan.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The most compelling tattoo Justin shared was this piece, on his right forearm:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-FaMaWfgnHQ2Tt1oS-sKpnwNS66C5qMgreuZsPnq7arLLJM4Gc4RKYgk4dHUT2-j2qXyoEfSjC9I7xF_WspZKwNJK36t3yQQYMqJw0DHd86Iy77zUBaKUleOdn6NxWmblW_vt0_ivjM/s1600/handprint+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-FaMaWfgnHQ2Tt1oS-sKpnwNS66C5qMgreuZsPnq7arLLJM4Gc4RKYgk4dHUT2-j2qXyoEfSjC9I7xF_WspZKwNJK36t3yQQYMqJw0DHd86Iy77zUBaKUleOdn6NxWmblW_vt0_ivjM/s320/handprint+collage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He explained:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"I have a little sister, she's ten now, but it was last year, so she was nine, and she was all bummed that I was moving really far and touring and stuff, so I told her I would get a tattoo for her ... I was trying to think of what would be absolutely unique, and the only thing I could think of was fingerprints. So, I decided it would be cool to get her hand print, so I went out and got a big old ink pad and did her hand print on a piece of paper, took it in, and he [Jason Kramer at Positive Image Tattoos in Baltimore] did all of his magic and got it done."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Justin's third tattoo was this piece on his left forearm:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPM9zOvILSLX2Td6fh5uEX1zm3DPlWUWHaxrrz3SCpb7cY2hPUDyYFi7X5uDdwHQjtVIjPMGKens_ZW6EZRX2OXoTaWOeLNMAfUrc0HjIz6S6IkK93dqV_7g7W40grWn_uVIb_TxkHdJE/s1600/Jesus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPM9zOvILSLX2Td6fh5uEX1zm3DPlWUWHaxrrz3SCpb7cY2hPUDyYFi7X5uDdwHQjtVIjPMGKens_ZW6EZRX2OXoTaWOeLNMAfUrc0HjIz6S6IkK93dqV_7g7W40grWn_uVIb_TxkHdJE/s320/Jesus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He told me</span></span></div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"I love Jesus ... simple as that. I was thinking about doing a whole arm, faith-based kind of thing, and I ike the ides of just being able to walk into a room and people know exactly like, well, that guy's definitely a Christina and he's for serious ... It's a good starting piece to talk to people."</span></span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">All of Justin's work is by Jason Kramer at Positive Image Tattoos in Baltimore.</span></span></div>

Musician Monday: A Trio of Tattoos from Justin Y. of Everyone Dies in Utah

  Back in May, I met Justin in the Borders at Penn Plaza and he shared his three tattoos. Justin had recently been signed to a band from Tex...

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Jasmin's Phoenix Keeps Her Grounded

As the year winds down, I am clearing out the cobwebs - a hodgepodge of posts that just didn't make the grade. What causes an encounter from May to be delayed over seven months? Several things, like, in this case, a photo that just didn't make the grade. Further problematic is a subject's non-working e-mail address, and a credited artist who is not listed on the attributed shop's website.<br /> <br /> Still, I hate to just totally abandon a piece, so we'll just go with what we have...<br /> <br /> I met Jasmin just outside of Penn Station and she let me photograph this tattoo:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisG-UDw8zVdAGnKny2N6aHUyvSh0qac48JAyCwVirr1QHiI3PZAtSnYyfE_iKFkcGL0pom4p_Wf6Nyrsc8ZhUnWXJ90-1VBYNvsECqDHJhTenlabCvvtAcOi0wIAPZZttaCvJo6-g6XD4/s1600/phoenix+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisG-UDw8zVdAGnKny2N6aHUyvSh0qac48JAyCwVirr1QHiI3PZAtSnYyfE_iKFkcGL0pom4p_Wf6Nyrsc8ZhUnWXJ90-1VBYNvsECqDHJhTenlabCvvtAcOi0wIAPZZttaCvJo6-g6XD4/s400/phoenix+2.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><br /> This is a phoenix that Jasmin got in 2010. It doubly keeps her grounded and represents her rise from the ashes.She told me she wanted the "girliest-looking phoenix," something "light and wispy".<br /> <br /> <br /> The two phrases in the banners are "Ut prosim aliis" and "Il buon tempo".<br /> <br /> "Ut prosim aliis" is the motto on her family (Jennings) crest and translates to "that I may be of use to others," or, in Jasmin's words, "that I might profit others".<br /> <br /> She told me that "il buon tempo" meant "each new day is bright," but it is more commonly translated from the Italian as "good times".<br /> <br /> She credited the work of this tattoo to an artist named Zack at Psycho Tattoo 2 in Atlanta.<br /> <br /> Thanks to Jasmin for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Jasmin's Phoenix Keeps Her Grounded

As the year winds down, I am clearing out the cobwebs - a hodgepodge of posts that just didn't make the grade. What causes an encounter ...

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