Tattoo Design: foot tattoos

Al Shares Two for Tattoosday, Including a Rare Sole Tattoo

Back in August I received an email from Al, one of the thousands of people that commutes in and out of Penn Station on a daily basis.<br />
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As a reader of Tattoosday, Al recognized that a lot of my inkspotting occurred in this major transit hub and he had recently thought he saw me there. Of course, this was quite feasible, as I generally pass through Penn during my lunch hour, as well as before and after work.<br />
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He also sent me some photos and, as occasionally happens, the e-mail from Al got buried in the deluge known as my inbox.<br />
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But we are excavating it here to share some of Al's ink. I'll let him do the heavy lifting....<br />
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"... I often read your blog and I especially love the  stories you include about how you ran in to each person or convinced  them to show you their tattoos or whatever it was.  Also the fact that  you include the artist info (when you can) is amazing!  So thanks, and  keep up the good work!<br />
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... [Included are] pictures of two of my tattoos that are especially  fun for me, and in their own ways, unique.  The first at the top of my  back, and it's an image of a jaw harp done as if it were an old-school  traditional piece. <br />
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If you haven't heard of a jaw harp (also called  Jew's harp, trump, mouth harp, etc...) check it out!  It's a very simple  instrument that has a place in indigenous cultures all around the  world...and it's one of the most ridiculous and fun instruments I've  ever played.  I especially love that it's considered something of a "low  class" instrument in most cultures.  Sort of the underdog of the  musical world!  This piece was done by Michael Hastings at the Boston  Tattoo Company in Somerville, MA.<br />
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The second one is less of a serious tattoo and more of a product of   "hey, you know what would be funny?"  A tattoo artist friend of mine and   I were joking around, and I convinced him to tattoo the bottom of my   foot, more or less to see what would happen. <br />
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Anyone will tell you that  getting a tattoo down there is a bad idea, but how exactly would it work  out?  Well, the first picture you see is on it's second or third day of  life -- already blown out in areas and starting to fade. One month  later, and you can see it's already nearly half gone. <br />
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It was a fun  tattoo experiment, and it earns me major badass points everywhere I go  :-)" </blockquote>Thanks to Al for sharing these tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br />
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Al Shares Two for Tattoosday, Including a Rare Sole Tattoo

Back in August I received an email from Al, one of the thousands of people that commutes in and out of Penn Station on a daily basis. As a...

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See Emily's Foot Tattoo

I met Emily in Penn Station and asked her about this, one of her three tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAzXflqar3tqIE_yzEnxQbiNq3ORXZBVNpcpBTIIDz-PBivhnRJ6X-4Sttq-ZrbmS6L60Qcvw9o0t4yz4srZdsQX3P1ZFJTEGWEOD3MEhhmIxzjcgcCXQCJ2AhhfsQpBFaINIQP_3-yA/s1600/Be+Not+Afraid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAzXflqar3tqIE_yzEnxQbiNq3ORXZBVNpcpBTIIDz-PBivhnRJ6X-4Sttq-ZrbmS6L60Qcvw9o0t4yz4srZdsQX3P1ZFJTEGWEOD3MEhhmIxzjcgcCXQCJ2AhhfsQpBFaINIQP_3-yA/s400/Be+Not+Afraid.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br />The phrase "Be not afraid, only believe" is from the Bible, more specifically, the Book of <a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible,_King_James,_Mark">Mark</a>, Chapter 5, Verse 36, <a href="http://www.kingjamesbible.com/">King James version</a>.<br /><br />What does this mean to Emily? "No matter what," she said, "always remember what's mean to be will happen...".<br /><br />A nice sentiment indeed. This tattoo was done by "Petey" at <a href="http://www.immortalink.com/">Immortal Ink</a> in Clinton, New Jersey.<br /><br />Thanks to Emily for sharing her tattoo with us here on <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/">Tattoosday</a>!<br /><br />  <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday.<br /><br />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. Please feel free to visit </span> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

See Emily's Foot Tattoo

I met Emily in Penn Station and asked her about this, one of her three tattoos: The phrase "Be not afraid, only believe" is from t...

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Tattoosday Goes to Hawaii: A Floral Sneak Peak @ O'Hare, Courtesy of Jennifer

When I first booked my trip to Honolulu and saw I had a brief layover in Chicago, I challenged myself to find at least one cool tattoo at the <a href="http://www.ohare.com/">airport</a>.<br /><br />Lucky for me, I found Jennifer from Portland, Maine, sporting this lovely <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus">hibiscus</a> foot tattoo:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XDI0W7RzMkDrGBPAd5ebM4YtjOdeZxyr4uV1ArrEq6avnrbq0zm8zW76UyXQhRiJRiOMwVFhwPNjzYy3UcaSpuOSIoNPL8FUuZDZhbv0-iwsAYXKiznZgJzAj4J2qXG-QN8Oi3Ia/s1600/Hibiscus+Foot.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468112947019529954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XDI0W7RzMkDrGBPAd5ebM4YtjOdeZxyr4uV1ArrEq6avnrbq0zm8zW76UyXQhRiJRiOMwVFhwPNjzYy3UcaSpuOSIoNPL8FUuZDZhbv0-iwsAYXKiznZgJzAj4J2qXG-QN8Oi3Ia/s400/Hibiscus+Foot.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />The hibiscus being the state flower of Hawai'i, I saw this as a good omen.<br /><br />Jennifer explained that she based the design for this tattoo on a photo in a magazine.<br /><br />Why the foot? She had one tattoo on her back and "wanted one she could see".<br /><br />This floral piece was inked in about two and a half hours at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/pinsandneedlesportland">Pins and Needles Tattoo</a> at home in Portland. Work from Pins and Needles has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/08/ben-commemorates-cat-and-tree.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Jennifer for humoring this traveling inkspotter and sharing her hibiscus with us here on Tattoosday!

Tattoosday Goes to Hawaii: A Floral Sneak Peak @ O'Hare, Courtesy of Jennifer

When I first booked my trip to Honolulu and saw I had a brief layover in Chicago, I challenged myself to find at least one cool tattoo at th...

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