Amy's Variation on a Sailor Jerry Classic

I met Amy one day a few weeks back, outside of Madison Square Garden.She estimates she has spent about 36 hours being tattooed, and that her body is "a work in progress".She offered up this tattoo on her left arm, which is a modified version of a classic Sailor Jerry design:The original concept is your basic naval tattoo design, with the "Stewed, Screwed, and Tattooed" slogan:This piece has been

The Tattooed Poets Project: Rachel McKibbens' Bookish Knuckle Tattoos

Today's tattoos were submitted by Rachel McKibbens, who knows, among others, Cheryl, whose beautiful tattoo, appeared here previously. These are, in fact, the first knuckle tattoos appearing on the Tattooed Poets Project:Rachel, who is almost fully-sleeved, writes:I got this tattoo on April 30th, 2006, at the True Blue Tattoo studio while visiting Austin, TX. [Work from True Blue has appeared on

Jerry's Sparrows Represent an Ocean Crossed

I met Jerry just outside of our local grocery store in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.He was kind enough to let me photograph one of the sparrows flying on each side of his neck:Jerry estimates that 50% of his body is inked. Today being January 4, a lot of that was covered against the elements, so the sparrow it was.He has been getting tattoos since he was 17 years old.He went with the sparrow tattoos to

Now Appearing on KnuckleTattoos.com!

Nathan over at KnuckleTattoos.com, who has featured Tattoosday content before, has now added me as a contributor, and I'm pleased as punch (and oh-so-thankful). My first contribution, although not original (it appeared in a longer form here first) is up and viewable here.I'm excited because affiliation with his site will expand my range of inkspotting and lend me some additional street cred. I

Joel Marks Memories with Some Significant Ink

What is this? Read on.....Last week I met Joel, a writer and a marketing director for an artist management and development company.Joel couldn't tell me how many tattoos he has (he has that many), but he did share two of them with me.The first is posted above and, despite being a little blurry in the photo, this small piece is an early band logo. In fact, Joel informed me that it was the first

Mike Remembers Mom with a Traditional Tattoo

I met Mike in the Penn Plaza area and asked him, among his countless tattoos, which had the most meaning for him. I may have mentioned before that asking a multi-tattooed individual that is like asking a parent to choose his favorite among his multiple children. Mike shared this feeling,but ultimately chose to offer up the piece above.It's a traditional mom tattoo that he had to honor her memory