Repost: Eddie Graces Egghead's Shoulder

For Halloween, I felt like re-posting a piece that appeared here back in November 2009. To date, this tattoo is in my Top 10 that has appeared on Tattoosday. Enjoy! And have a safe, happy Halloween! I recently met a gentleman from England, along with his wife, as they were milling about outside of Madison Square Garden.He referred to himself as "Egghead,"...

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LATE NIGHT.

After apprenticing under Lowrider Tattoo for a year, Arni stepped up and finally got his first tattoo.  This time, Arni was on the other side of the needle and finally felt the sensation of the needle riding his skin. Here's the final product.It was a great night and everyone stayed with us until the sun came up.  We shared laughs, stories...

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Mary's Call of the Wild

I met Mary outside of Penn Station on Seventh Avenue a couple weeks ago. She shared this tattoo on her right calf:Mary explained:"I got my wolf tattoo at some place on St. Mark's Place, I don't remember, I was drunk, after I read [The] Call of the Wild. I had broken my foot and they let me leave work early, so I went to a bar with my best friend and...

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu The Guardian of south

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu The god of water

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Gambar Tattoo Kodok

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RICO

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu The costumer from Toront

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Peacock buddha

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A Girl in a Cape and a Book

I met David last month at the Bay Ridge green market at 95th and 3rd. He shared this tattoo on his calf:David credited this, his first tattoo, to Tony at Citizen Ink on Avenue U in Brooklyn. "I just gave him the concept, and he drew it up," David told me, "A girl in a cape and a book."Thanks to David for sharing his first tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!...

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Amour.

My boy John was here yesterday to get a portrait of someone very close to him-his girl.He wanted to show his love and devotion to her. John has been in US for 3 years but his girl says his heart is in the phillipines with her. Whatever struggle they are going through, they both stay faithfull and john is about to go back to phillipines to see his beloved...

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Collin's Gypsy Snake and Time

I met Collin back in August in the middle of Broadway, between 35th and 35th Streets, sitting at one of those tables that New York City had installed in the middle of the street.He had a lot of ink, and chose to share this section of his upper left arm:This piece, a snake with a gypsy head, circling an alarm clock, was done by Grez at Kings Avenue...

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Sue Shares a Werewolf by Deno

A couple months back, I ran into a woman during the afternoon rush hour in Penn Station who had this amazing tattoo on her right thigh:Turns out her name was Sue Jeiven, and she is a tattoo artist at East River Tattoo in Brooklyn. More of Sue's work can be seen in East River's Flickr stream here.This was her most recent tattoo (at the time) and was...

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Consistency.

Paul was here yesterday to get his daughter's portrait.  Here is Ethan first session on his Michelangelo stat...

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Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

Today's tattoos are from Amy, who I met a couple weeks ago in Penn Station. First is this stunning hot air balloon on her upper right arm:This was done by Brian Marsman at Powerhouse Tattoo Company in Montclair, New Jersey. "I just wanted a hot air balloon and I didn't have a picture for him or anything," Amy told me, "he just drew it up for me."She...

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Stu's Sleeve in Progress

One of the drawbacks of approaching folks in Penn Station as I pass through after work is that, if they're waiting for a train, and their platform is called, they're off to the races. Sometimes people reach out to me after I've met them, but other times I don't hear from them again.Such was the case with Stu, who shared the top part of his sleeve-in-progress:Stu...

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu The customer from Sweden

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu The customer from Canada

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Ed Hardy - Tattoo the World: Contest Winner!

Congratulations to reader Adam, who won the Ed Hardy DVD!I know this is a flyer for an event last February, but it's cool and worth sharing.Entrants were input into Randomized.com and Adam got the nod.Lacking a review here (it will be forthcoming, I promise), check out this blurb over on the L.A.Times.Thanks to everyone who entered, and congrats again...

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John's Ink Gives Him Inner Strength

Check out this interesting tattoo on the inside of John's upper left arm:This piece was inked at Top Hat Tattoo in Rocky Point on Long Island.John says that the placement on his inner left arm means it's close to his heart and represents inner strength.Thanks to John for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday....

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Tattoo Gajah Thailand - Thai Elephant Tattoo

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu The Customer from Canada

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Customer from Sweden

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Ysabel's Devil Girl

I met Ysabel last month on 34th Street across from Macy*s, and she shared this tattoo from her upper left arm:Ysabel got this devilish girl purely as a decorative piece (no hidden meanings here!) and this is one of her thirteen tattoos.This was inked at New York Hardcore Tattoos by Ronda Biondi. Ysabel told me that Rhonda is no longer there, and I...

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Kim's Floral Arm

I caught Kim in Penn Station one day after work last month, just as she was getting ready to board her train. She shared this floral tattoo that graces her upper right arm:This bouquet of daisies, sunflowers, and lotus, with a hummingbird thrown in, to boot, was tattooed by Junior Ibanez, who tattoos independently on Long Island.Thanks to Kim for sharing...

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Two for Tattoosday: Elise Remembers Paris and Shares a Cardinal

These next tattoos would not be here on Tattoosday were it not for signal problems at the Jay Street subway station in Brooklyn.For it was an e-mail alert about those problems disrupting train service which sent me away from my normal routine and directed me last week to the Herald Square subway station to catch a D train.It was there on the southbound...

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu The customer from Sweden

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MONDAY

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