Kamis, 30 Agustus 2012
07.42
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We recently received the following contribution from one of our Canadian readers, Petrina:
Petrina credits the original artwork of this beetle to New York City-based artists and illustrato ZSO, aka Sarah Blake, whose website ZSO highlights her phenomenal work.
The tattoo was created by MelanieWayland of Mel's Tattoos in Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
Thanks to Petrina for sharing her wonderful tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
See more art from ZSO at http://www.hellozso.com.
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Petrina credits the original artwork of this beetle to New York City-based artists and illustrato ZSO, aka Sarah Blake, whose website ZSO highlights her phenomenal work.
The tattoo was created by MelanieWayland of Mel's Tattoos in Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
Thanks to Petrina for sharing her wonderful tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
See more art from ZSO at http://www.hellozso.com.
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.
If you are reading this on another website 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 http://tattoosday.blogspot.com 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.
Senin, 27 Agustus 2012
Minggu, 26 Agustus 2012
Sabtu, 25 Agustus 2012
Jumat, 24 Agustus 2012
05.12
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I recently got to try a new beverage, produced by White Mule Farms.
It's called Spodee and is, indeed, "wine with a kick".
I'm more of a beer guy, but I will drink wine from time to time with my oenophile wife.
Spodee is based on the legend of "a Depression era hooch that mixed up homemade country wines with garden herbs, spices and moonshine."
I enjoyed the bottle I had, which was a hearty 36 proof mule kick that was a sweet treat indeed. The bottle described it as "grape wine with natural chocolate flavor," and it certainly came across strong. My wife took a sip and crinkled her nose, expressing her distaste. Bad for her, good for me! I didn't have to share any of my Spodee!
I like it because it is different, and I love the old-timey milk bottle Spodee comes in.
Spodee is only on sale in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but it can be acquired through mail order to open states (here).
We don't endorse a lot of hooch here on the pages of Tattoosday, but Spodee is definitely worth a try!
Check out more about Spodee below.
It's called Spodee and is, indeed, "wine with a kick".
I'm more of a beer guy, but I will drink wine from time to time with my oenophile wife.
Spodee is based on the legend of "a Depression era hooch that mixed up homemade country wines with garden herbs, spices and moonshine."
I enjoyed the bottle I had, which was a hearty 36 proof mule kick that was a sweet treat indeed. The bottle described it as "grape wine with natural chocolate flavor," and it certainly came across strong. My wife took a sip and crinkled her nose, expressing her distaste. Bad for her, good for me! I didn't have to share any of my Spodee!
I like it because it is different, and I love the old-timey milk bottle Spodee comes in.
Spodee is only on sale in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but it can be acquired through mail order to open states (here).
We don't endorse a lot of hooch here on the pages of Tattoosday, but Spodee is definitely worth a try!
Check out more about Spodee below.
Kamis, 23 Agustus 2012
19.29
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I have just watched this vid on John Cleese speaking on creativity, it is a bit old now (1991 I believe) but I have only discovered it myself - infact, it was sent to me by my very creative cousin, Josh Lock: electronic music of all kinds and photographer with a true eye.
Very helpful to hear creativity described in such a cogent way; I hope it helps me write on.
Very helpful to hear creativity described in such a cogent way; I hope it helps me write on.
03.27
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Last spring, my old friend Michael was up in NYC for a visit. In the early days of Tattoosday, he emailed me out of the blue to share this amazing half-sleeve, which blew my mind, especially since I didn't even know he had tattoos.
Now that he was up for a visit, he shared his other half-sleeve, again throwing me for a loop:
This collage captures the gist of Michael's sleeve, an homage to two of his favorite things, the Manchester United Football Club and zombies.
There's a great sense of humor about the piece, especially the image on the inside of the arm:
That's a commentary on an "American" football player, carrying the ball as if it were the American version of the game of football.
The sleeve also has a small element that pays homage to his wife, Carrie. Behold the smiling sunflower in a field of football-playing zombies:
This amazing sleeve was inked by Eric Doyle at Jinx Proof Tattoos in Washington, D.C.
Thanks again to my friend Michael for sharing this incredible tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.
If you are reading this on another website 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 http://tattoosday.blogspot.com 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.
Now that he was up for a visit, he shared his other half-sleeve, again throwing me for a loop:
This collage captures the gist of Michael's sleeve, an homage to two of his favorite things, the Manchester United Football Club and zombies.
There's a great sense of humor about the piece, especially the image on the inside of the arm:
That's a commentary on an "American" football player, carrying the ball as if it were the American version of the game of football.
The sleeve also has a small element that pays homage to his wife, Carrie. Behold the smiling sunflower in a field of football-playing zombies:
This amazing sleeve was inked by Eric Doyle at Jinx Proof Tattoos in Washington, D.C.
Thanks again to my friend Michael for sharing this incredible tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.
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Minggu, 19 Agustus 2012
21.34
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from: Boris
to: tiangotlost@gmail.com
date: Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 12:37 PM
subject: Funny tatoo
Hi Tian!
Just saw this photo of an acquaintance -- http://instagram.com/p/N6rLwJGnEK/
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the "Way of the Firebird" tatoo spelled the wrong way round? Just wanted to let you know so you may have a new addition for your Hanzismatter Website.
Kind regards,
Boris
Although the image is reflection taken from a mirror, 火鳥道 is indeed in wrong vertical orientation.
09.13
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I know we've been a little sparse with our posting of late, but we're coming back with a bang.
Last February, I met Ryan in my local laundromat and he shared some of his old school ink here.
I've seen him around since, but today when he walked into the laundromat, he had a stunning new piece.
A couple months ago I had run into my friend John (who shared new ink, which is also forthcoming) who tattoos out of Brooklyn Made Tattoo and he had told me that the legendary Freddy Negrete was going to be in the neighborhood doing guest spots at Brooklyn Made.
A few weeks later I was walking down 93rd Street in Bay Ridge and spotted Mr. Kaves outside of his shop. I stopped to say hello and he pointed out that Freddy and his son Isaiah were hard at work inside. They are both based out of Mark Mahoney's Shamrock Social Club in Los Angeles. I was meeting family for dinner so I couldn't hang around, but it was cool to get a glimpse of a legendary artist at work.
Which brings us back to Ryan this morning in the laundromat. I knew it almost as he told me, he got this sweet portrait of his mother from Freddy Negrete himself that week:
Ryan explained that this portrait is based on a photo of his mother from when she was in her early twenties, when he was around two years old. He elaborated:
Thanks again to Ryan for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.
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Last February, I met Ryan in my local laundromat and he shared some of his old school ink here.
I've seen him around since, but today when he walked into the laundromat, he had a stunning new piece.
A couple months ago I had run into my friend John (who shared new ink, which is also forthcoming) who tattoos out of Brooklyn Made Tattoo and he had told me that the legendary Freddy Negrete was going to be in the neighborhood doing guest spots at Brooklyn Made.
A few weeks later I was walking down 93rd Street in Bay Ridge and spotted Mr. Kaves outside of his shop. I stopped to say hello and he pointed out that Freddy and his son Isaiah were hard at work inside. They are both based out of Mark Mahoney's Shamrock Social Club in Los Angeles. I was meeting family for dinner so I couldn't hang around, but it was cool to get a glimpse of a legendary artist at work.
Which brings us back to Ryan this morning in the laundromat. I knew it almost as he told me, he got this sweet portrait of his mother from Freddy Negrete himself that week:
Ryan explained that this portrait is based on a photo of his mother from when she was in her early twenties, when he was around two years old. He elaborated:
"My mother died ... about an hour before her fortieth birthday, so this tattoo means a lot to me. It's the most beautiful work I have on me and I wouldn't have let anyone else do it. Freddy Negrete is a great guy ... he's a humbling guy and he's very humble himself and I am grateful to have met him and his son."It really is an astonishingly beautiful piece of portrait work, and done by one of the true masters of the art here in our own little slice of Brooklyn.
Thanks again to Ryan for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.
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Sabtu, 18 Agustus 2012
Senin, 13 Agustus 2012
18.22
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Hello everyone, your friendly neighbourhood imposter-author here.
(ref: previous post - thank you to everyone who commented, I do read your comments, laugh, smirk, nod my head with paternal sagacity at them all.)
Just a quick post to point you all to an excellent article over at Lobster & Canary where fellow author, Daniel A. Rabuzzi, waxes wise upon Mister Mervyn Peake and a more southern fantastical tradition. I am finding it very helpful (I speak in present tense for its help is still with me) in remembering that with all my Tolkienesque desire to make the Half-Continent firm (hello explicariums!!!), it was always intended to be also grotesque, a place where caricature is its normal - I had forgotten this. So Thank you Mister Rabuzzi, for reminding me of my first love, as it were.
(You might notice that this humble imposter is also mentioned in the article, which is in truth not why I recommend it to you, but because it is a subject so close to my heart: for Peake is the reason we even have the Half-Continent at all, that we are even communing, you and I)
(ref: previous post - thank you to everyone who commented, I do read your comments, laugh, smirk, nod my head with paternal sagacity at them all.)
Just a quick post to point you all to an excellent article over at Lobster & Canary where fellow author, Daniel A. Rabuzzi, waxes wise upon Mister Mervyn Peake and a more southern fantastical tradition. I am finding it very helpful (I speak in present tense for its help is still with me) in remembering that with all my Tolkienesque desire to make the Half-Continent firm (hello explicariums!!!), it was always intended to be also grotesque, a place where caricature is its normal - I had forgotten this. So Thank you Mister Rabuzzi, for reminding me of my first love, as it were.
(You might notice that this humble imposter is also mentioned in the article, which is in truth not why I recommend it to you, but because it is a subject so close to my heart: for Peake is the reason we even have the Half-Continent at all, that we are even communing, you and I)
Minggu, 12 Agustus 2012
19.04
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from: Gabriel D.
to: "tiangotlost@gmail.com"
date: Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 8:12 AM
subject: suspicious looking tattoo
Hello, Tian.
I've been reading your HanziSmatter blog for a while now and I've always found it equally amusing and educational. A little while back one of my friends has gotten his ankle tattooed as you can see in the attached image.
He said it is something related to the concept of "family", but that the tattoo artist himself didn't really make it clear what it meant.
Could you perhaps help?
Best regards,
Gabriel
Typical "family" is 家庭.
Sabtu, 11 Agustus 2012
Jumat, 10 Agustus 2012
03.46
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Last month I had the pleasure of attending the second annual New York City Poetry Festival on Governor's Island. I met some great tattooed poets, but I also ran into a few tattooed poetry fans, one of whom was Bailey, who has this cool tattoo on her foot:
The chain from this pocket watch runs up and around part of her calf, which makes this piece even neater. Bailey explains:
The band in question? AFI. 336 is the name of one of their EPs. And, as it turned out, Bailey didn't stop with the pocket watch, she also has two sparrows at the top of her chest.
She credited this tattoo to "Pee Wee" at Bolder Ink in Boulder, Colorado.
Thanks to Bailey for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
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The chain from this pocket watch runs up and around part of her calf, which makes this piece even neater. Bailey explains:
"It's the White Rabbit's pocket watch from Alice in Wonderland ... It's always been my favorite story and something that's stuck with me for a long time ... and I thought it was going to be the only tattoo that I got, so I wanted to get something big and meaningful."I asked her if there was a significance to the time shown on the watch. She confirmed, "Yeah, it's 3:36, it was a time that connected with this band that I was really into and I wanted to make a little tribute without doing their logo and when [the artist] actually put the hands on the clock, he looked up to see where they were placed and it was 3:36."
The band in question? AFI. 336 is the name of one of their EPs. And, as it turned out, Bailey didn't stop with the pocket watch, she also has two sparrows at the top of her chest.
She credited this tattoo to "Pee Wee" at Bolder Ink in Boulder, Colorado.
Thanks to Bailey for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.
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Kamis, 09 Agustus 2012
15.24
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Keep track of Christinas work h2fotografie.blogspot.com
03.30
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I met Rus in Penn Station last month. He had quite a lot of ink, and offered up this piece from the front of his lower left leg.
He credited Mike Wilson at Inksmith & Rogers in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as the artist who tattooed this. A piece by Mike appeared here on Tattoosday back in 2010.
When I asked Rus if there was a particular story behind the tattoo or a reason he got the ducks, he replied,
"No. I just liked it. It's an old Sailor Jerry design. It didin't make any sense, like, why is there a bunch of ducks? [There was a flash sheet with] all the old usual nautical stuff, skulls, you know, boats, things like that and in the middle of it is a bunch of ducks, so I thought I would get that."Thanks to Rus for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
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Rabu, 08 Agustus 2012
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