Rus and His Sailor Jerry Ducks

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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Matt's Black Flag Tribute

I met Matt on the 59th Street subway platform in Brooklyn back in October 2011 and he shared one of his tattoos with me.

Before I proceed though, I should point out that this is my last photo from 2011. I was holding out to make this an elaborate post, combined with a book review, but it just never evolved that way.

And, as Tattoosday recently reached its five year milestone (more on that later), we're going to try things a little differently around here. Of course, that has nothing to do with this tattoo:

This tattoo is based on the album cover for Black Flag's My War.

Note the slight artistic differences:

Matt credited this work to Oscar Varela, a visiting artist at New York Hardcore Tattoo in Manhattan.

When I asked Matt why he chose to pay tribute to this album with a tattoo, he explained, "That's been one of my favorite hardcore albums of all time ... I grew up in Anaheim, California, so, you know, the So Cal scene and everything like that ... gotta keep it real."

I had originally wanted to tie this piece in with a review of Henry Rollins' book Occupants.

With Rollins the lead singer of Black Flag, it seemed like a cool tie-in.

The problem is, I really couldn't wrap my head around a book review for the site, but I can give it a rousing endorsement. The volume consists of Rollins' photos as he has traveled the world, and essays he has written to accompany the images. The words are profound and the linked photos are stark and moving. I strongly suggest that people check out the book.

Thanks to Matt for sharing his Black Flag tattoo with us here on Tattoosday, and for waiting patiently these past months for me to post it!

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Cherry blossoms storm

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Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu The Chojun

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Ashley's Hermit Thursh

One of my favorite tattoo sites is Tattoosnob.com, which features top quality work daily from around the world.

At the Coney Island Mermaid Parade back in June, I had the distinct pleasure of running into a woman named Ashley, whose tattoo had appeared on Tattoo Snob earlier in the year. Whereas I generally don't like to post work that has appeared previously on other sites, this piece is exceptional and, as I had the good fortune to encounter it in person, I feel obligated to share it with my readers.

Here is Ashley's Hermit Thrush tattoo:

This was tattooed by Bald Bill at Yankee Tattoo in Burlington, Vermont.

You can also see the piece as it appeared on Tattoo Snob here.

Thanks to Ashley for sharing with us here on Tattoosday!


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