Sabtu, 31 Maret 2012

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It seems incredible to me that this April, in 2012, we’ll be celebrating National Poetry Month on Tattoosday for the fourth year in a row, by showcasing the tattoos of poets. Not necessarily literary tattoos, but tattoos of the literary.When the idea first struck me in early 2009, I didn’t know if a) it would work, and b) if I would be able to pull it off. Every year, somehow, I manage to execute...

Jumat, 30 Maret 2012

Yesterday the boys and myself stopped by SA Studios for Cartoon's Sanctiond release party. Cartoon has been a strong influence on most artists from the tattoo industry and last night he showed us all that hard work always pays off... Check out couple shots from the event...

Selasa, 27 Maret 2012

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Senin, 26 Maret 2012

A familiar face passed me in Penn Station a couple weeks back and I jumped at the opportunity to talk to him - it was RoBear, from the TLC series NY Ink.For those of you not familiar with the show, RoBear is the floor manager at Wooster Street Social Club, the setting for the show.I first encountered RoBear last May, when I was one of the lucky people...

Jumat, 23 Maret 2012

It's always a bonus when I run into a tattoo artist somewhere other than a tattoo shop.For example, I spotted Matthew Adams on the platform of the 34th Street Station, waiting for a downtown A train last week.Like most artists, he had a lot of ink, so he picked this one piece to share:And on the back side of the forearm: Matt works at Sacred Tattoo...

Selasa, 20 Maret 2012

I didn't poste a lot of work this month.  Here are some of the last pieces i have done. Check it out...Louis was back at it with a portrait of his pops in his left inside arm.For Estevan it was a portrait of the woman he admires the most, his mother. Estevan wanted to thank his mom for raising him and his brother on her own.Juan wanted to fil...
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Today is the first day of spring! It's always a joyous time here at Tattoosday, as the temperatures rise and all the tattoos of my fellow New Yorkers come out of hibernation.Last week we were experiencing a lovely end-of-winter day with warm temperatures and I encountered this lovely first rose of spring on the F train:This rose, on the upper left...

Senin, 19 Maret 2012

It has been a while since we celebrated "Musician Monday," but the early onset of spring has brought out the tattoos and last week in Penn station, I met Camille, who shared this part of her left sleeve:We focused on this segment in particular:Camille told me she went to her artist, Fernando Casillas, at Think Ink Tattoo in Norman, Oklahoma, and just...

Jumat, 16 Maret 2012

Thank you for coming thru long term. you are the man Congrats!and, come back...