Wednesday, December 31, 2008
2008 Wrap-Up, Looking Ahead to 2009
For those of you following Tattoosday, I am going to take a different approach to the blog in 2009.The concept will be the same, but I am going to enhance it a little bit. All posts will be dated and time-stamped around the time that they happened. So, if I don't get around to posting the ink for a few days, it will be back-dated for chronological effect.I also want to blog above and beyond the
More of Jessica's Ink: Blue Stars and Random Art
Here are some more tattoos from Jessica, who inked much of this work herself. She has over 50 tattoos, and has work featured before here.She has inked some blue stars....And that is Italy as well, with the red, white and green colors of the country's flag. The blue stars accompany a tomato slice and what I assume to be a Madagascar hissing cockroach...and a koala bear.....Thanks to Jessica for
More of Jessica: A Death's-head Hawk Moth and Knee Flames
Here's more of Jessica's ink. "Flames on my kneecap and the death's head moth from The Silence of the Lambs....."That is the Death's-head Hawkmoth:which came to cultural significance when featured on the movie poster for the Jodie Foster movie mentioned above.Thanks again to Jessica for sharing her ink with us here on Tattoosday!
More of Jessica: Moogoogaipan and Red Foo
Here are the last two pieces I have on Jessica (I'm sure in '09 she'll send me more...). They are her foo dogs, which she has dubbed Moogoogaipan (named after the Americanized Chinese food dish moo goo gai pan) and Red Foo.Jessica has shared a lot of ink here. She actually has some other foo dogs in an arm sleeve (shown here) which are well worth seeing again. Thanks again Jessica!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Michael's Mariachis Celebrate Life with a Burst of Musical Color
In reconnecting with old college friends through Facebook, my old friend Michael who I haven't seen in almost twenty years sent me an amazing tattoo he has on his right arm.He sent me before and after shots so we can see the transformation from outline to spectacularly colorful body art. First, the before shots.....The detail and the line work is exemplary and breath-taking. As someone with a
Tattoos I Know: Paul, Part 3, or, The Great Cover-Up of 2008
Earlier this year, I featured the first tattoo belonging to Paul, a co-worker and friend. Later on, he showed me his sleeve (here).I am just getting around to show you his new work in progress, a cover-up of a tattoo on his right bicep, located above the first one of his that I featured here.This isn't completed, but it does display a stage of the work that is interesting. Documenting it now will
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
A Knight to Remember: Veronica Shares Her Ink
I received a pleasant surprise yesterday, just before leaving work, when Brooke (see her tattoos here and here) introduced me to her friend Veronica, who was visiting her in the office.Veronica enjoyed the posts on Brooke's ink, and was willing to share her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday:I correctly identified the tattoo, on the left side of her back shoulder, as the chess piece known as the
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tattoos I Know: Mary-Lee's Paternal Inscription
I'm particularly proud of this particular tattoo story because it hatched out of Tattoosday itself, in a roundabout way.The signature above is a freshly-inked autograph of a man who has been dead over forty years. It graces the back of Mary-Lee, who I have known and worked with for a decade. The signature is that of her father.Earlier this year, Mary-Lee, who has regarded the Tattoosday hobby of
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Jeremy's Patriotic Tribute to His Father
I spotted this patriotic and paternal piece earlier this week at Penn Station.Jeremy explained this straight-forward tattoo, which is inked on the inner part of his left bicep. The design is a tribute to his father, who died on the 4th of July, 2001. Dad had served in the U.S. army in the Korean War and it seemed fitting to Jeremy, who has six tattoos in all, to honor his memory with this
Thursday, December 18, 2008
An Inky Obsession with Hellboy
I met Daniel at Borders and I could tell, from a distance, his tattoo was pretty special. It was only when I saw it up close that I realized how cool it is:This is based on a limited edition print of the comic book character, Hellboy.Daniel is a fan of Mike Mignola's creation, one of his favorite comic book characters, and he acknowledges that he's "a bit obsessed" with Hellboy. His hope is to
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Mike's Reminder, Emblazoned on His Chest
An unseasonably warm Monday, when the temperature rose above 60, proved to be a bonus here at Tattoosday.I met Mike in Penn Plaza, outside of Borders, and of his eleven tattoos, he chose this one to share here on the blog:I was struck by the diamond in the middle of the chest, which reminded me of the piece in the Tattoosday banner at the top of the page.Mike told me that the message "Never Fail"
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Isn't She Lovely? Camille from TV/TV Shares Some Ink
One of the benefits of Tattoosday is that, because musicians tend to have a lot of ink, I meet a lot of them, and learn about bands that I may never have heard about.This past Friday, I met Camille (pronounced Cah-mee) outside of Penn Station and he showed me a couple of his tattoos.Camille is the drummer for the band TV/TV (MySpace here).They just released their 5-track EP Something to Get
Friday, December 12, 2008
Fabiana Shares Two More Colorful Tattoos
A couple of weeks back, I posted some ink from a guy named Tom (here), which featured the trinacria of the Sicilian flag.The above example, from our good friend Fabiana (see her last post here - which links to her previous ones, as well), is a more colorful and elaborate take on the design.Fabiana explains:"The tat of the Medusa head I got because it's on the Sicilian flag. I was born there and
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Tattoos from the Blogosphere: The Back of Nathan's Legs
My recent affiliation with Nathan over at KnuckleTattoos.com has been fairly sparse with the cold weather seizing the Northeast. However once he added me as a contributing writer, I queried about him sending me photos of some of his ink to put up over here on Tattoosday. This post reflects a couple of leg pieces he sports.First a pre-color peek:And then, with some color, in its completed form:A
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Thanks from Us Here at Tattoosday!
On Thursday, December 4, at 4:31pm E.S.T., Tattoosday logged its 100,000th hit.Someone up at Humber College in Toronto googled something that directed them to this photo:which is from one of my favorite posts ever.If you have become a reader since last May, I encourage you to go back and check out that post.Regardless, thanks to everyone who has visited since Tattoosday's inception. 100k is
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Jill's Right Leg: One Post Leads to Another
The previous post featured the "Eld Sigul" insignia attributed to Stephen King's Gunslinger, of The Dark Tower series.As I had mentioned, I was able to locate the artwork on which this earlier tattoo was based, but the specific source of the new design eluded me.So I popped into the local Borders and, after wandering a bit, found the Horror section wherein the King books resided. I perused the
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Karen's Colorful Ink Glows in More Ways than One
Autumn has not been good to us here on Tattoosday. Inkspotting has been, um, spotty, at best, and most of the work I have seen has been indoors and/or below ground.On Tuesday, I glimpsed some color peeking out from a woman's sleeve as she walked south on Seventh Avenue.When I stopped to talk to her, Karen was gracious, despite the chill in the air, and filled me in on the two pieces (yes, just
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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