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Saturday, December 10, 2011

A Trio of Tattoos from Devin

I met Devin walking down Third Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, back in September.

He had a lot of ink, so I just grabbed a shot of his left leg:

He broke these three pieces down for me, explaining that the butterfly on the top is an old Sailor Jerry flash piece that was his friend Shawn first tattoo as an apprentice at Ron & Dave's Tattooing on Staten Island.

His friend Shawn's second tattoo as an apprentice was the skull at the bottom:

In the middle of these two pieces is a piece of art that Devin attributed to artwork from the first album by a Staten Island band called The Cable Car Theory:

Thanks to Devin for sharing these three tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Phoenix's Sleeve is Out of This World

Back on August, I met a man named Phoenix in Penn Station who shared the sleeve on his right arm.

The work starts near his shoulder, with a traditional-style pin-up girl straddling a rocket in an outer space motif:

The cat perched on the rocket in front of the woman represents Phoenix's love of animals.

The centerpiece of the sleeve, however, is lower on the arm and represents his love of astrology:

From a practical purpose, he had his natal astrological chart wrapping around his limb. In theory, he told me, anyone who knows astrology could come up and read his arm and gain insight into his astrological makeup.

Phoenix was born with the Sun in Aries rising in Leo and with his moon in Gemini.

This work was done by Lou at Third Eye Tattoo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, about six years ago. Lou's handiwork has been featured many times over the years here on the site and can be seen here.

Thanks to Phoenix for sharing his spectacular sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Allison's Tattoo Has Cutting Edge Style

Last week in Penn Station, I ran into Allison, a hair stylist at Revolver Salon's Upper West Side location. She was sporting this tattoo on her inner left forearm:

This is one of four tattoos she has, and she credits this piece to Greg at Electric City Tattoo Emporium in Great Falls, Montana.

Allison explains:

"I was in beauty school and I've always wanted to be a hair stylist. Whenever I get a tattoo it's always been a poignant time in my life, so I wanted to commemorate the fact that I was actually pursuing my dream ... I got it with a bunch of friends that I went to school with, and we all got a pair of shears (not the same ones) ... I designed it and the tattoo artist mate it even better."

Thanks to Allison for sharing her cool "tat-tools" of the trade with us here on Tattoosday!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Amy's Feathers from Hawai'i (updated)

We're tying up some loose ends from earlier this year, and figured we'd share this cool tattoo:

This piece, on the back of a woman named Amy's leg, came to us in March via e-mail from the island of Hawai'i. Amy was a student of my mother's at the University of Hawai'i, Hilo campus. Mom snapped this photo, with Amy's blessing, for Tattoosday.

We don't have any further detail on the tattoo, like the name of the artist, and the origin of the design. There are peacock feathers, and I'm guessing eagle feathers, but I can't identify the other plumage with certainty. Nonetheless, we thought it was worth sharing, and clearing out our "in" box.

Amy credits Delshay at K-Town Tattoo & Body Piercing in Kona, Hawai'i with this tattoo. She added:

"I came up with the concept. Delshay put it all together for me. It's my bouquet of feathers.

The feathers range from peacock, bustard, macaw, flamingo, blue jay, pheasant and myna.

The story is mine."

Here's another photo from the artist's tumblr page:

Mahalo to Amy for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday! And thanks to Mom for sending it our way!

Friday, December 2, 2011

Cats, cats, all about cats

As you may already know, Eckel isn't leaving Denmark after all!

At least not right now. I know, so confusing, but good news nonetheless.

And in very related news, it's Eckel booking time again, but things are gonna be a little different for new clients this time around, as Eckel has made a list of designs that he would like tattoo, and if you're a new client wanting to get tattooed by him, you should pick something from this list of ideas. Don't worry, they're all awesome!

If you already have a piece in progress by Eckel that you wanna continue, this obviously won't affect you at all.

Booking procedures have also changed a bit since last time and to keep things simple, we've decided that all bookings should go through one email instead of two, so from now on all booking will go though: grifzzfizz@gmail.com.

However, i will still answer any general questions and concerns you might have on the conspiracy mail after you've booked in with Eckel.

From Eckel's blog:

"and here we go again.

as i said a few days ago(read post below for further information)here is a list of ideas that i would like to do:

small,one session pieces:

-small animals with wings(such as:cats,rabbits,mice/rats,frogs...)

-black cockatoo

-a worker bee carrying a factory

-bird getting its wing cut off with a scissor

-girl face with ONE eye(as in cyclops)

-zebra head

-a guillotine

-stagbeetle with a castle for a head

-frog on a girlshand

-an old,ugly witch

-girl wearing a burkha(ideal for cover-ups,and i am not even kidding,see painting above*)

bigger projects(such as sleeves/ribs/chests and stomachs)

-girl riding a polarbear

-a black and a white cat

-hammerhead shark head with a deer's body

-a rat king(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king_(folklore))

-bird with a surveillance camera for a head

-crazy cat lady

-the young woman and the death(as in grim reaper)

-a hornbill

big projects(backs)

-a raging or dying horse

-large bird of prey with dead rabbit or smaller bird

-womans face with fancy hair and jewellery

-a sphinx(as in the egyptian woman with a lions body)

-a harpy(as in bird with woman's head)

-cat and bird/cat fighting cat/whatever CATS

the ideas and placements do not have to be combined in the way listed above,although some ideas categorized for big placements might be difficult to do on smaller areas.

note that the suggestions on this list are the only new projects and clients i will take on in this period of booking.

other than these i will just carry on with projects that have already been started.

in case you are interested to book appointments with me as a new client,i need all your contact info,even though i prefer communicating via email.pick one of the ideas from above for whatever placement,and a variety of dates that work for you if you have to travel to have an appointment with me.in case you want to get most of your travel,i have done two sittings on following days with a few customers in the past,and it works great that way as well if the piece allows working on different areas. in case you are up for a torture like that, let me know about it in your email as well.

that should be it.

thank you"

* or in this case, below

So there you have it, now go book!

Paul Shares Some Ink by Vincent Castiglia

I met Paul last month in Penn Station and he shared this tattoo on his upper right arm:

He didn't give me an explanation of the piece, but he did credit renowned artist Vincent Castiglia from Omega Tattoo.

In case you didn't know, Castiglia is a Brroklyn-born artist who, according to his Wikipedia entry, is "internationally acclaimed for his figurative paintings with metaphysical and often nightmarish subject matters".

Thanks to Paul for sharing this work by such an important artist!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Two Gun Salute

This is an orphan post - one of those that had a ton of potential, but just didn't come to full fruition.

A little over four months ago, the family and I had just seen my older daughter Jolee perform in a summer theater production in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

It was a hot night, so we wandered up Union Street and stopped at Uncle Louie G's Italian Ices and Ice Cream. Our server, whose name I never got, was totally game for sharing her tattoos with us:

Fortunately, it wasn't too busy, so I was able to get a picture and a close-up of what she called her "guns on her guns":

Alas, out of nowhere, a line formed and it was clear, as we finished our ices, waiting to resume our discussion, that their business was peaking for the evening.

I passed her my card and asked her to e-mail me, but I never heard back. I stopped by a couple of times in the ensuing months, and she was never on duty.

As today is December 1, I'm officially conceding my hope of getting more information on these cool tattoos.

Thanks to our lovely ice dispenser for sharing her guns with us here on Tattoosday!