Yuiko's Cherry Blossoms Ring in a New Year

As an old year ends, and a new year begins, let's celebrate with this photo of Yuiko's cherry blossoms:

I met Yuiko at the Brooklyn Lyceum over the summer.

She was sitting a couple rows ahead of me during a performance of Piper Theater's Fiddler on the Roof.

After the show, we chatted about her work and she later e-mailed me more information about the work, also sending me a clearer, "fresher" photo:

Yuiko credited this work to Kohei Toyama, an L.A.-based artist she met at the NYC Tattoo Convention a few years back.

I also snapped this shot of the lotus tattoo on the back of her neck:

As we move from one year to the next, let's pause and remember to cherish every moment, because life's beauty, like the cherry blossom, is fleeting.

Thanks to Yuiko for sharing her beautiful tattoos with us here on Tattoosday, and a happy new year to all of our contributors and readers!

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Yukio's Cherry Blossoms Ring in a New Year

As an old year ends, and a new year begins, let's celebrate with this photo of Yukio's cherry blossoms:

I met Yukio at the Brooklyn Lyceum over the summer.

She was sitting a couple rows ahead of me during a performance of Piper Theater's Fiddler on the Roof.

After the show, we chatted about her work and she later e-mailed me more information about the work, also sending me a clearer, "fresher" photo:

Yukio credited this work to Kohei Toyama, an L.A.-based artist she met at the NYC Tattoo Convention a few years back.

I also snapped this shot of the lotus tattoo on the back of her neck:

As we move from one year to the next, let's pause and remember to cherish every moment, because life's beauty, like the cherry blossom, is fleeting.

Thanks to Yukio for sharing her beautiful tattoos with us here on Tattoosday, and a happy new year to all of our contributors and readers!

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The great beast...

     Inspired by a norvegian stave church bench, the last picture shows the original wich you can find in the Vitenskabsmuseet, Trondheim.

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Ohne Schmerzen keine Freude

Jägersborg Dyrehave (DK)

...the ultimate proof og tughness....

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PINT SKULL.

My boy JR was in the building a couple days ago to fill a gap on his right forearm. He was looking for a sick and twisted looking skull. I didn't think twice, I had to pick one of Pint's very own skulls. I sure could have drawn one my own but what a better way to learn and improve my skills than by tattooing one of master Pint's designs. I really enjoyed doing the piece and hope I did justice to his work. Here is a look  into JR's arm. 

You can find Pint at Side Show in Venice beach CA. 

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Style GENBU

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Style Holy Buddha!!

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The underworld...

                                                                   Westerwald (DE)

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Polynesian weekend 2

100% handmade in the polynesian tapping technique, one session, that took three days, big respect again.

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SIMON ERL

beautifully shot and narrated. spend those 3mins if you are into tattoos. great video.

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Matty's Christmas Eve Owl

This is an awesome owl that I spotted back in October.

I met Matty outside of Penn Station and he explained that he was travelling through Flagstaff, Arizona a while back and stopped in on Christmas Eve at Burly Fish Tattoo and Body Piercing. He couldn't recall the name of the artist and never e-mailed me the information. Update: Patrick Sans was the artist who tattooed Matty.

Matty wanted a piece that represented "learning over time." He had the idea, told the artist he wanted a traditional owl, and the photo above represents the end result.

Happy Holidays from Tattoosday!

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Dragon egg

If you ever wondered, how a dagon egg looks like, here you are :)  Rune stone, Lofoten (NO)

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The deer tribe

The deer is a flock animal and you can find it among the oaks :)

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from: Bill R. 
to: "tiangotlost@gmail.com" 
date: Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM 
subject: tattoo mystery 

Hello: 

My name is Bill and I am writing to you from Florida. 

Recently, I've met a lady that has many tattoos. I asked her about one of them, and she embarrassingly admitted to me that having gotten it quite a long time ago (being her first one), she does not remember what it says. It is apparently a phrase of some sort written in kanji. 

I immediately recognized the first symbol as "tao", or "do" (the way/path/road), but the others are unfamiliar to me. Clearly, with So many kanji in the world, it is daunting to try to find them all. I've attached a photo of the mystery tattoo if you could be so kind as to help in translating it. 

Thank you very much, and I hope your day finds you well, 


Bill



Another sucker of the gibberish font.

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Tattoo Unik Bisa Bersinar

Tattoo Unik Bisa Bersinar | Tattoo ini bisa bersinar terang seperti halnya selembar uang jika disorot dengan lampu ultra violet.

Tattoo ini hasil kreasi Kenneth Bryan.

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Style After Long absence!!!

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style

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Repost: Richard's Mayan Calendar Honors His Heritage

Seeing today was predicted to be the end of the world, it seemed appropriate to repost this entry from last February:

 Just two weeks ago, back in the first month of the current year, 2012, which as many may have heard, is the last year in the Mayan calendar, I met Richard in Penn Station. He has this amazing tattoo on his upper right arm:

He had just finished the last section of the tattoo a couple weeks earlier. The piece is a cultural tribute to his and his family's Mexican heritage.

This was done by Chuck Bondo at Station 1 Tattoo in Huntington, New York.

Thanks to Richard for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Baldur and Hel

...Just wanted to wish you all out there a merry Ragnarök, from tomorrow on you don´t have to worry about your Pre Apokalyptic Stress Syndrom anymore (Quote: Erik Raudhi :)

Picture taken by Christina during the Samhain shooting: h2fotografie.blogspot.com

As you probably know, mankind lives on the eve of the apocalypse since forever, a song from the cold war, still fitting :)

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LILB X LOWRIDER TATTOO X SACRED HEART.

I had the honor of tattooing my good friend from the shop Gustavo Lopez. Here is a video that recap what went down that day. Enjoy...

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Moki's Pink Elephant

Yesterday we posted a tattoo belonging to my wife's cousin Erica, who had come over to our home last month for a family gathering. Accompanying her was her girlfriend Moki, who has a multitude of tattoos. Among her work is this whimsical elephant tattoo:

Moki explains:

"The elephant was drawn by a friend. He likes to label everything, like how it says saddle and elephant on the tattoo. I just think it's cute."

She had this inked by Nick Caruso when he was at Flyrite Tattoo in Brooklyn. Nick has since moved on to Bound for Glory Tattoo on Staten Island.

Thanks to Moki for sharing this fun tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Ink on 45, Courtesy of Erica (Musician Monday!)

It has been a while since we celebrated "Musician Mondays" here on Tattoosday so, it is with pleasure that we return with a musical tattoo.

Last month I had the pleasure of meeting my wife's cousin Erica for the first time.

She and her girlfriend Moki came over to visit for a small gathering at our home set up to memorialize another cousin who had recently passed away overseas.

And, whereas Moki had significantly more tattoos (we'll see one tomorrow), Erica has only one, and she was kind enough to share it here:

People born in the CD age might not recognize this as a "spider," which was a piece of plastic inserted into the center of small 45-rpm records that allowed them to be played on the small spindles on record players. Records were those things that we, back in the Dark Ages, listened to music on.

Erica currently is the bass player for a band called Poof Pony. She has played in other acts as well, including Turbonegra (a San Francisco-based all-girl tribute band to Norwegian punk band Turbonegro) and punk stalwarts MDC (in the 1990's).

Erica explains how she came by this tattoo:

"I got it done at Temple Tattoo in Oakland - it may have been by Jonah Levin but I wouldn't swear by it ... My friend Kristen had twin hellions that must have been two or three at the time - she had an appointment at Temple and let me know in no uncertain terms that I had a choice - I could either babysit the monsters or go with her to get my own. That meant no choice to me! Since I was turning 45 and love records, the tattoo was a no-brainer. Perhaps I should have thought about it though because quite soon after the ink had settled it was pointed out to me that I had actually put the Spin Magazine logo on my arm and that was just about as cool as getting the Rolling Stones tongue logo (not). I have since seen another bass player with it in exactly the same spot, and it's been confused with being both a swastika and a hazardous waste symbol, which just proves that I don't always run with the brightest crowd."

Thanks to Erica for sharing this iconic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Siegerland...

The endless forest, where we used to play, sit under the trees and talk on warm summer days...

    

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Urnes Brooch tattoos

 From the late viking period we find a lot of little dragon brooches, who are still today very inspiring...

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slinging dragon

The tribal with the little Triskel was already existing and is not my work, it turned into the mane of the beast.
Again the lines of the Anatomy determine the shape of the design

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heart and gripping beast

 The Urnes heart, a well known shape, also in the old times, filled with one of the latest viking art styles from the 12th century.  925 sterling silver

The gripping beast brooch:  The gripping beast is a popular design in early medieval norse art, we find it from Oseberg (NO) til Gnezdowo (RUS) 925 sterling silver

As usual, more information about the bling you get from: faust.jewellery@gmx.net

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A Moment to Pause and Appreciate Our Children

Camille Boivin, right, Philippe Aumond, left, show their tattoos with their son Jacob, in this undated photo. Click to enlarge. 

There's been a lot of negativity in the news, what with the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut dominating our collective consciousness.

A good friend on Facebook posted Buzzfeed's "26 Moments That Restored Our Faith in Humanity This Year" and #8 caught my attention.

It features two parents who got insulin pumps tattooed on their bellies so that their diabetic child would feel better about his real pump.

Read the whole, heart-warming story here. It's actually dated back in December 2011, but I think it is still important to read life-affirming things when so many of us are focused on tragedy.

Our thoughts and prayers go out, this holiday season, to the families of Newtown, Connecticut.

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