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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Millie's Macaw Brightens Up the Subway

Last week I met Millie on the 42nd Street subway platform when this colorful tattoo on her forearm caught my attention:

Millie credited the artist Wendi Koontz at Rising Dragon Tattoos in Manhattan with creating this beautiful macaw. As parrots go, it's quite spectacular!

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

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Monday, October 8, 2012

October guest artist news!!

For those of you hoping we'd have some news on the guest artist front, you're in luck!
Davee Blows, who was here briefly in August during Allan's black metal art show, is coming back for a real guest spot.
He'll be doing fun stuff, in the style you see in the pictures below, and he'll be here from the 24th till the 28th of October.
For booking, contact me (conspiracyinctattoo@gmail.com) and i'll sort out the details with you!

Så er der gæste nyt!
Davee Blows komme forbi shoppen fra den 24. til den 28. Oktober og du skulle da tage og blive tatoveret af ham.
Du kan email butikken (conspiracyinctattoo@gmail.com) for at høre nærmere og booke tider.
Husk, kun sjove ting i den stil du ser på billederne her!

I seriously have a lot of news, like big news that some of you may have already heard through that infamous grapevine, but they deserve their own post, and for practical reasons, i can't write that post until Saturday.
How annoyingly cryptic, i know, but soon!
Until then, why not book an appointment with Davee to kill the time?
Yes, that is a fine plan indeed!

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Nick's Tattoo Combines Sociology and Astrology

Today's tattoo comes to us courtesy of Nick, who I met in Penn Station back in May.

He explained that this piece on the inside of his arm was done by two artists.

The first part of it was done by "a friend of a friend in his apartment."

Nick elaborated:

"...I had just turned eighteen and I haven't seen him since then and I had it touched up by another artist's shop in Syracuse, New York [Mike Haines at Scarab Body Arts]. He was a tattoo artist there for a very short time.

...I'm a sociology major and I'm a Libra so I have the scales for the Libra and justice and balance....[the] brain outline is taken from a book, Prometheus Rising, out of one of the chapter beginnings ... [the] image of three women holding it up is actually from the artist's stamp collection of almost like a three graces depiction of them doing various things ... I kinda view it as these three women are Society to me, and they hold up ... my brain and how I think ... and it's all masked by my interpretation as a Libra in this world."

As to how he originally got the piece, Nick said "it originally looked like a prison tattoo, I'm not gonna lie. The guy who did it, I didn't look at his portfolio, really. So, the guy who touched it up [Mike Haines], he actually did a great job of filling in the shadow to kind of smooth out the rougher edges that were originally made into it...".

Thanks to Nick for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

UPDATE: Nick followed up with me and wrote, "Mike Haines ... left Scarab Body Arts shortly after my tattoo and started his own business called BioGraphix Tattoo in Syracuse."

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Little red boxes

I'm sure most of you already know this, but in case you didn't; you can now pre-order the first season of everyone's favorite webcomic, Red Box, by Mr. Electric Pick himself.

AND, if you are among the first 100 to order, you get a limited hand signed and numbered copy.

Whaaat?

Yeah, i know!

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Happy Birthday, Tina Tassels!

One of the perks of randomly going up to people with interesting tattoos is that I have, over the years, met several burlesque performers. Whether it be Annie Cherry from Kansas City, or NY-based performers Legs Malone and Miss Clams Casino, I occasionally find myself in the presence of some very talented artists.

Case in point, this summer I ran into a woman on the subway with a diamond tattooed on one of her knuckles. Although I didn't photograph it, we stayed in touch and I learned that she was none other than Tina Tassels.

Photo Courtesy of Molto Burlesque (via Facebook)

When I first met Tina in the spring, her arms were covered, so I didn't get to initially see the three pieces on her arm, but I subconsciously registered them. A few months later, in the middle of the summer, when I sat down on the train next to a pink-haired lady on the subway, I recognized the work, but couldn't remember where I'd seen it. After five years of inkblogging, such things are hard to instantly recall.

However, when I saw her diamond knuckle, it all came back to me, and Tina and I got to chatting again. In the glare of the R train's fluorescent lights, I snapped this photo from the back part of Tina's arm:

This may not be the best of Tina's tattoos, but it was her first, and it is near and dear to her heart.

She pointed out that it says Mommy instead of Mom, because she was concerned with how her mother would react to her getting her first tattoo. "Basically," Tina told me, "it was my first tattoo to butter her up."

The scissors and comb represent the fact that her mom is a salon owner and as Tina explained, "that's what I associate with her before anything ... she's a hard worker."

Tina had this done in 2009 by Derik Snell when he was at Hand of Glory Tattoo in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Derik now tattoos out of Flying Tiger Tattoo in New Britain, Connecticut. I have a Derek Snell design (inked by Brian Faulk) as well (documented here) and his work has also appeared on Tattoosday here.

I want to wish Tina a happy birthday and encourage people to check out her blog, Big Hips, Big Dreams. She's also performing in honor of her birthday tomorrow on Staten Island at the Full Cup!

Thanks again to Tina for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday! Have a Happy Birthday Tina!

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

London prints and originals

Hi y'all!

We're back from London, and the convention went super awesome as usual.
Well, maybe less awesome for me than for most, cause i was so friggin' sick the whole weekend i could barely speak (my apologies to anyone who might have picked up more than a print or a tattoo at our booth... it may feel like ebola now, but i swear it's just a cold!), but it was still great to meet real life and internet friends, and Allan had a great time tattooing some sweet flash on a bunch of good people.
So thanks to all who got tattooed or bought some merch, it was a pleasure meeting you all!

I've been getting emails about the merch we made for the convention, and whether it would be for sale here on the blog, and not to worry, of course we're putting it up here too!

We only have a few left of each print, and because they're limited, i'm not gonna add a paypal button, so if you see something you like, just email me for prices at conspiracyinctattoo@gmail.com.
Remember to let me know if you want more than one, cause shipping is based on both weight and destination.

The King Diamond and the lady prints were a limited run of 10 each, so once what we have left of those from London have been sold, we will not be making more.
All prints are of course signed and numbered.

We will however be making more rose flash once this batch has sold out, but they most likely won't be on delicious 300g paper like this, so if you like your flash fancy, get it now!

The originals for sale (the two ladies and morning star) are water color on thick illustration board.

Uncle Allan Rose Flash, 5 sheets

Uncle Allan Lady Print 1 (original also available)

Uncle Allan Lady Print 2 (original also available)

Uncle Allan Dirty Lady Print (original not for sale)

Uncle Allan King Diamond Sheet (original not for sale)

Morning Star, original only, no prints!

That's it for now, i'll be back with some more news and tattoos and stuff tomorrow!

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Felicia Shares a Cool Peacock and an Homage to Her Favorite Horror Films

A few months back, I met a woman named Felicia in Penn Station. She has several tattoos, but she offered up this particular peacock from her forearm:

Felicia credited this to an artist named Thor at Three Monkeys Tattoo in downtown San Diego. I wasn't able to track down either the artist or the shop, so I may have misheard, but I guess that's beside the point.

In the end, we have an original peacock that differs from a lot of the more realistic attempts at peafowl we have seen in the past.

Felicia also sent me this piece a few weeks after meeting her:

Felicia explains:

"I told you I'd send over my favorite tattoo, which I had hidden under tights at the time. See attached for a photo of the tattoo after it was freshly done [top], and then a photo of what it looks like now [bottom]. This is the cover art for the film Suspiria, one of my all time favorite horror movies. I came up with the concept of creating a blackout piece behind my calf, and decided Suspiria was definitely a film worthy enough to cover such a large amount of space."

Thanks to Felicia for sharing her work with us here on Tattoosday!

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