Sarah Channels Emma Goldman

I recently had the intense displeasure of discovering that my camera had broken. For someone whose spare time is spent taking pictures of other people's tattoos, this was a harrowing experience, especially since my BlackBerry's camera is flash-less and takes good pictures under only specific lighting conditions.

So what's a poor inkspotter to do? Pass out his card and hope for the best.

And despite dozens of cards distributed to many people with cool tattoos, the only one who has really come through for me is Sarah, who I met last Friday on the subway platform at West Fourth Street, as I waited for the D train to Brooklyn.

Possessor of several tattoos, the one of Sarah's I spotted was on her inner left forearm. My photo was blurry and, as the D pulled into West Fourth, she handed me her card so I could follow-up with her. Thankfully, she is a woman of her word, and sent me this photo yesterday:

Since Sarah is a writer and journalist, I'll let her do the talking. You can check out her work at  her website ohyouprettythings.net and/or read her blog at champagnecandy.tumblr.com. Sarah explains:

It says "It's not my revolution if I can't dance to it"

The tattoo is my most recent, and it's a paraphrase of a possibly-apocryphal Emma Goldman quotation. It's a line that spoke to me the first time I heard it. I'm a political journalist and a feminist activist, and Goldman's always been someone I looked up to. Also, I became a political person through music, and dancing and music have a particular significance for me.


It was done by Ryoko at Brooklyn Tattoo [who we most recently saw inked Julie Powell's tattoo here] and she's super-awesome...

As a lover of type tattoos, I had inquired about the font used and Sarah did not disappoint: "the font is Garton and the words revolution and dance are in Miama".

Thanks to Sarah for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Bambi Northwood-Blyth

I love how she got herself a Bambi tattoo on her wrist.

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Maori Tribal Tattoos

Words, words and more words.

Ganesh Waits for the A Train

Actually, Kerry was waiting on the platform for the uptown A Train when I walked by at 34th Street.

How could I not stop and ask her about this tattoo:

This absolutely stunning depiction of the Hindu deity Ganesh took between eight and nine hours to complete.

Guy Ursitti at Thicker Than Water is the tattooist responsible for this work of art, the newest (at the time I met her) of Kerry's approximately fifty tattoos.

The detail in the tattoo is absolutely incredible.

Work from Thicker Than Water has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Kerry for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Knuckle Tattoos

Knuckle tattoos aren't exactly the most common location to get a tattoo, however many tattoo fanatics find the knuckles to be the perfect place for a four letter word tattoo.

Here we have a list of some famous people with knuckle tattoos gracing their hands.

Also checkout these hand tattoos.

Robbie Williams love knuckle tattoo.

Ozzy Osbourne "Ozzy" knuckle tattoo.

Josh Homme has "Cap" and "Cam" tattooed on his knuckles.

Tim Armstrong PUNX knuckle tattoo.

Benji Madden has "Made Man" tattooed on his knuckles.

Carey Hart knuckle tattoos.

Hammersmith Tattoos

Isobel Varley, a grandmother's name has become a grandmother, does not feel free to expose their tattoos, like the image below, when he attended a meeting in Berlin on tattoos. According to information on the web, which has a tattoo of 20 years and according to the Guinness Book of Records, the oldest woman recorded with tattoos.

The grandmother came from Yorkshire but now lives in Hertfordshire, where both are now in the UK. He has a tattoo for the first time in 1986 when he attended a presentation on the tattoo on the Hammersmith Palais in 1986 Isobel Varley

Memerkan Isobel Varley Tattoo is an exhibition in Berlin recently. "When it was my first contact with a tattoo and beauty made quite stunned by the beauty and the tattoos because I like people who have tattoos. I have a tattoo for the first time in 1986 at the age of 49. At first, my intention has only one tattoo - a small picture of bird tattoo - but I really love him and "start" tattoo addict, he said.

Then he had a dozen tattoos, and in 1997, almost all meters centimeters in body tattoos, including the areas most vital. Isobel Isobel Varley Varley, spider tattoo on his arm exhibition, it was the championship for the first time in 1989 under the theme "tattoo on his back,

Sean Shares a Host of Traditional Tattoos

I ran into Sean at the Foodtown in my neighborhood and when I stopped to talk to him about his tattoos (he has nine), I ended up with photos of several pieces, all of which reside on his left arm.

Most of the designs are traditional tattoo subjects, all of which were inked by Eli Quinters at Smith Street Tattoo Parlour in  Brooklyn. Work from Smith Street Tattoo has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

First up is this amazing lighthouse:

Sean explained that this tattoo is for his mother, as this tattoo is based on her "favorite lighthouse," the Fastnet Lighthouse on the most southerly point on the coast of Ireland.

Then there is this owl tattoo:

This was done for no other reason that Sean has always liked owls. If you love owl tattoos, be sure to head over to this site.

Then there is the elephant tattoo:

He has this piece because "elephants never forget".

I know we posted a sugar skull yesterday, but here's another one:

This was all Eli's design. Sean gave him free reign and likes the fact that it is unusual in that there are not a lot of colors in it, like one sees in most sugar skull tattoos. For all that have appeared on Tattoosday previously, check this link.

There is also the traditional female figure, not modeled after anyone in particular, just done in a traditional style:

And Sean's last tattoo is this bat:

He told Eli that he "wanted something spooky" that included the moon. Quinters free-handed this piece, starting with a white Sharpie and then finished with a darker Sharpie before finishing the tattoo.

What's neat about all of Sean's tattoos is that they flow nicely together, as readers can see elements of many of the tattoos on the borders of the photos of specific designs.

Thanks to Sean for sharing these amazing tattoos by Eli Quinters with us here on Tattoosday!

Monday Randoms

Drawing Butterfly Tattoo Design

For All You Artists.

I was asked a question a while ago by an artist about what sort of artistic tattoo to get.
No, I haven't forgotten about you. I just couldn't decide how to answer it.
You should treat tattoos just like art, base it around the things around you, base it on your tools, base it on what inspires you, tattoo things that are important to you, or simply go for something that looks good.
Every tattoo is art related.

Sexy Girl With Butterfly Tattoos

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Sugar Skull Sunday - One From Ryan

Since I seem to capture more sugar skulls than any other design, why not reserve a day just for these decorative symbols which, at their roots, have deep religious significance?

Two weeks ago, I met Ryan, who has ten tattoos.

Of that lot, he offered up this design on his left bicep, which Charlie Foos created for him at FlyRite Studios in Brooklyn.

Charlie Foos is now at Read Street Tattoo Parlour in Baltimore.

Aside from the traditional nature of the sugar skull tattoo, Ryan also loves Mexico and this design recalls that beautiful and diverse culture south of the border.

Thanks to Ryan for sharing this decorative tattoo with us on Tattoosday!

Work from Charlie Foos has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.
Tattoosday posts tagged FlyRite Studios are here.
Tattoosday posts tagged Reade Street Tattoo Parlour are here.

Beautyfull Body Art Tattoo

Tattoo resources to show something, thanks to its design. People with tattoos in their body parts for various reasons, some of their memories, some impressed by the fashion and many other reasons I can not explain all of me one person on this earth 's is unable to describe it.

Tattoos seem very beautiful and enhance the beauty of someone, why people do tattoos body art in their bodies. It also offers a second sense, it has its position on various issues.

Mainly for nature funky tattoos on their bodies because they want to live now they do not believe in the past and future, have faith in the present only so you do not trust the results they dislike would not result in the future.

Head Tattoos

Believe it or not, head tattoos have been picking up stream in recent years and become quite popular among serious tattoo enthusiasts.

Here we have a gallery of head tattoos, both partial and complete head tattoos included.

There are only a couple of famous people which come to mind, who actually have head tattoos, and those two people are Tim Armstrong of the punk band Rancid and of course Boy George.

Head tattoo with gun and flowers.

Tim Armstrong complete head tattoo.

Eye on back of head tattoo.

Breakfast head tattoo.

Tribal art head tattoo.

Cat man face head tattoo.

Artsy back of head tattoo.

Boy George head tattoo.

Katie's Tattoos: A Tribute and a Memorial

I met Katie on 34th Street one afternoon when I stopped to ask her about her foot tattoo:

This tribute piece on her left foot is for her cousin, whose initials are JMS. The letters sit astride the ribbon designating awareness for the disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The two feet represent the fact that she helps raise awareness in the fight against MS by participating in an MS Walk each year.

For more information on MS, visit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's website here.

Katie also shared with me these wings on the back of her neck:

The initials "MCF" refer to her brother Mark, who was killed with a friend a few years back when a train struck them. This memorial piece ensures that her brother is always with her.

Katie's tattoos were inked by Spencer at Fat Kat Tattoos in Keyport, New Jersey. Work from  Fat Kat has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Katie for sharing two of her four tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Weekend Randoms