HORFEE.

From now on, every Sunday i'm going to be sharing something with you that inspires me.. either art, fashion, music or other. Today i'd like to share some of Horfee's work with you guys. Growing up in France and being into grafitti as a young'in, I've always followed and been inspired by Horfee's work. From tagging the streets to painting on canvas,...

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Celebrating Five Years of Tattooed Poets

As many of you who have followed Tattoosday over the years, April is a special month here, where we feature, in honor of National Poetry Month, thirty days of tattooed poets.It is astonishing to me that what I dreamed up in 2009 is now entering its fifth installment.When I first reached out to Stacey Harwood at the Best American Poetry blog and asked if she and David Lehman would help promote...

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Style Dragon!!

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TIMOTHY.

Last week, the brother Timothy came to the studio for his very first tattoo. He had a special request.. The graphic was taken from a skateboard. Timothy started skateboarding in 1988 and discovered punk music that same year, so it was only logical for him to start his tattoo collection with the graphic design of one of his first Santa Cruz boards by...

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CESAR.

Yesterday Cesar was at the studio to get his Saint Michael piece. He drove all the way from Vegas to get his first tattoo. This piece is such a detailed and intricate design. It took me 10-11 hours to get it looking the way I wanted it to."It was a long and painful day but it was all worth it! Thank you!"- Cesar ...By the way, here is a glimpse...

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Style Customer from TEXAS!!

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Style

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GLEN.

Today my family and I kept working on the studio, building new furniture and arranging the layout. My homie LT also rolled through to show some love and gave us a sneak peak of how his Buddha back piece is healing, after having a session on it 2 weeks ago. I still have a long way to go but some progress is better than no progress. After the sun went...

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STUDIO.

Tonight the fam and I spent a couple of hours painting my workshop area. It's a work in progress but full steam ahead and hopefully my private studio will be an inspiring and cosy space to work in. I'll keep you guys posted with some new pictures so...

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BERRICS.

The presentation on the new Emerica Andrew Reynolds shoes was held today at the New Berrics skatepark. All thanks to my brother Timothy, my homie Sergio and I got to pass through and ride the skatepark. There is nothing better after a long day tattooing, than to go and skate especially when its such a great spot. It was more than necessary to take...

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from: Mark C G. to: tiangotlost@gmail.com date: Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:50 PM subject: gibberish? I have a feeling that this is gibberish, but I'd like some confirmation that I truly DID make a huge mistake in judgement 16 years ago. My initials. "M" "C" "G" Thanks, Mark G. Yep, it is gibberish using this font....

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We've Made Another List!

What can I say?We were recently honored in a post over on Boar Skull, a site that sells plugs, body jewelry and organics.We made their list of "Six Tattoo and Body Modification Blogs You Should be Reading".I'm sure the six are not in any particular order, but we're #2 and, anytime Tattoosday is spoken in the same breath with the good people over at Needles & Sins, we're in damn fine...

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Style gekogeko!!

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Inkspotting in the Media: Daisy Shares a Horse Tattoo

Way back in January 2012, I was reading an article in The New York Times called "Continuing Education, At the Bar" which reported on the growing popularity of educational events in NYC watering holes, citing "The Secret Science Club" as one of the more popular of these phenomena.The club's Carnivorous Nights annual Taxidermy Contest was...

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Vendel Age Birds Tattoo

Typical birds from the Vendel age (550-793, actually pre-viking age), freshly designed by me along the traditional styles.Birds like that are found all over Europe, like in Sutton Hoo, Välsgarde and off course the overwhelming Staffordshire hoa...

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step by step

That's how you built up a sleeve: visit me regularly, get a bit done, having a good time and continue doing that.Unavoidable you will end up with some nice ink and good memories.Just want to send out a big THANK YOU again to all of you who come and visit me from all over, for your patience, til I finally aswer your mails, for supporting me and giving...

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It's not about the hair....

I know, it's a stupid haircut, but I'm so not a hairdresser and don't even charge extra for shaving, so what can one expect ...

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Re-Post: A Piece of Tattoosday Pi

The following post appeared in October 2009, and I've been meaning to re-post it, but I always forget. This year, on 3/14, I remembered while it was still "Pi Day":I was on the 34th Street subway platform, waiting for a downtown N express train, when I met Joe who had a series of numbers inked around his arm:I asked him if the digits represented his...

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A winter's dream

Oslo (NO)While demons roam in my territoryI'mgone and happy about itWhile demons molest my kinI'm gone and leave footprints in the northern snowWhile demons remain in everlasting tortureI'm gone and enjoy the wintersunIce is not to be trusted in winter's beginningSo is the woman's mind after many yearsA blade is not to be trusted before the battle...

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