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Location:323 walker street Atlanta GA 30313
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Koi Fish Tattoo (adding colors)
I just added color to my homegirls koi fish tattoo... She sat very well... I'm proud of her...i'm VERY gentle so if you can get in a zone I promise you it isn't bad at all... Most people fall asleep on me
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Kristen's Trilogy of Knots
The 34th Street Platform for the A Train has been very kind to us here at Tattoosday, even more so this summer than in years' past.
Take Kristen, for example. She generously offered up this small portion of her corporeal canvas:
Estimating that she is at least a quarter covered by ink, this "trilogy of knots" was the artist's response to Kristen's request to attach the cobwebs on her elbow to the end of her wrist.
The artist, identified only as "Batman" near Canal and Broadway, was also asked to incorporate a Celtic pattern, as well.
The final result was to Kristen's liking and we here at Tattoosday thank her for sharing the tattoo with all of our readers!
Take Kristen, for example. She generously offered up this small portion of her corporeal canvas:
Estimating that she is at least a quarter covered by ink, this "trilogy of knots" was the artist's response to Kristen's request to attach the cobwebs on her elbow to the end of her wrist.
The artist, identified only as "Batman" near Canal and Broadway, was also asked to incorporate a Celtic pattern, as well.
The final result was to Kristen's liking and we here at Tattoosday thank her for sharing the tattoo with all of our readers!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Happy Bloggiversary to Me!
Three years ago today, Tattoosday was born.
On July 31, 2007, I put up a post on BillyBlog, featuring a tattoo on a co-worker named Sephora.
The idea was to post a weekly tattoo on Tuesday, and use this is a vehicle to expand my horizons a bit; meet interesting people and learn about tattoos.
There was one problem. I enjoyed it too much. There weren't enough Tuesdays in the week. I was impatient and wanted to post right away, not wait until Tuesday. And so, as Kurt Vonnegut would say, it goes....
So a month later I threw the previous months post up on the stand-alone blog, Tattoosday. And BillyBlog faded.
It's still there, but Tattoosday is my passion and I couldn't have even imagined, back in 2007, how easy it would become for me to talk to strangers about their ink.
The once-a-week project produced forty-five separate interactions in July, we have a 30-day backlog of material, and this past week we registered our 650,000th hit. Not too shabby.
Go see the original post here to see how far we've come.
And a hearty thanks to all our contributors, all our fans, and all the tattooists out there creating wonderful, interesting, portable art. Without all of you, Tattoosday would have been a blip of an idea, and nothing more.
On July 31, 2007, I put up a post on BillyBlog, featuring a tattoo on a co-worker named Sephora.
The idea was to post a weekly tattoo on Tuesday, and use this is a vehicle to expand my horizons a bit; meet interesting people and learn about tattoos.
There was one problem. I enjoyed it too much. There weren't enough Tuesdays in the week. I was impatient and wanted to post right away, not wait until Tuesday. And so, as Kurt Vonnegut would say, it goes....
So a month later I threw the previous months post up on the stand-alone blog, Tattoosday. And BillyBlog faded.
It's still there, but Tattoosday is my passion and I couldn't have even imagined, back in 2007, how easy it would become for me to talk to strangers about their ink.
The once-a-week project produced forty-five separate interactions in July, we have a 30-day backlog of material, and this past week we registered our 650,000th hit. Not too shabby.
Go see the original post here to see how far we've come.
And a hearty thanks to all our contributors, all our fans, and all the tattooists out there creating wonderful, interesting, portable art. Without all of you, Tattoosday would have been a blip of an idea, and nothing more.
Tattoo Photography Show @ Adidas store
Yesterday I went over to Lenox mall... At the Adidas store there was a photography show featuring body art... The photos were shot by Kat Goduco (katgoduco.com) and to my surprize I had about 3-4 of my pieces featured in the show... Her pieces sell for only $150 each...Here are a few of the photos
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Location:Lenox Mall
Nick Remembers Billy, I Remember Siki
My first tattoo was modified from a piece of flash at Body Art Studios by an artist who goes by the moniker "Siki". Shortly thereafter, Siki left the shop and went on his way.
My friend Pete knows who he is but, until recently, I hadn't met anyone with ink from Siki, other than myself.
Then, I met Nick on the R train one day after work and, while discussing his many tattoos (he "lost count after 45," they've all connected) , I heard him talking about Siki.
So today's tattoo is by Siki and was, like my lynx, modified from an old piece of flash. Although he adapted it a lot more fully and developed a more unique tattoo.
Siki and Nick had a mutual friend named Billy, who Nick would often go with to get tattooed. When he passed away, they added Billy's name to the bottom of the tattoo as a tribute to their departed friend.
Thanks to Nick for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
My friend Pete knows who he is but, until recently, I hadn't met anyone with ink from Siki, other than myself.
Then, I met Nick on the R train one day after work and, while discussing his many tattoos (he "lost count after 45," they've all connected) , I heard him talking about Siki.
So today's tattoo is by Siki and was, like my lynx, modified from an old piece of flash. Although he adapted it a lot more fully and developed a more unique tattoo.
Siki and Nick had a mutual friend named Billy, who Nick would often go with to get tattooed. When he passed away, they added Billy's name to the bottom of the tattoo as a tribute to their departed friend.
Thanks to Nick for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
You're Welcome ...
Cinnamon is waiting at PortlandDogXperts.com for someone to rescue her, after her star turn on the Leverage Season 3 finale. The madman Okie is still under contract to the TV show.
Rabbit Bailey: Update
Everyday Rabbit grows and learns something new.... I'm so glad I got this French bulldog....one of my best investments yet...he makes me laugh allday with something new... He's best I won't trade him for nothing... Rabbits almost 6 months old, he sleeps a lot, very relaxed, lazy, and don't mess with any of my stuff at my art studio...this dog is now apart of me.... I'm very thankful to have him... Dogs are man's best friend
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Tattooing in Asheville
I was in Asheville tattooing Monday & Tuesday on my days
off work... Some people ask me why I still go home to tattoo when I don't make any money there? To be honest it very hard and I can bearly afford to tattoo in my hometown....but I really want to see my people back home understand the "Art of Tattooing" I had one person get mad because I couldn't give them the same price I gave them 4 years ago before City of Ink opened...I'm 35 years old I can't do the same type of art or give you the same price I gave you 4 years ago...the hotel rooms are about $120-$150 a night so how can I do a tattoo for $50 and afford to pay for my stay in Asheville? So I want to thank everyone who set their appointment 3 Months in advance so I could use the deposits to pay for the rental car and hotel rooms....here is one of the pieces I did back home... I'm trying to open their minds up to more color style tattoos and to break the stereotypes of praying hands, crosses, and name tattoos... It's time to bring "Skin Paintings" to these small cities like Asheville
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off work... Some people ask me why I still go home to tattoo when I don't make any money there? To be honest it very hard and I can bearly afford to tattoo in my hometown....but I really want to see my people back home understand the "Art of Tattooing" I had one person get mad because I couldn't give them the same price I gave them 4 years ago before City of Ink opened...I'm 35 years old I can't do the same type of art or give you the same price I gave you 4 years ago...the hotel rooms are about $120-$150 a night so how can I do a tattoo for $50 and afford to pay for my stay in Asheville? So I want to thank everyone who set their appointment 3 Months in advance so I could use the deposits to pay for the rental car and hotel rooms....here is one of the pieces I did back home... I'm trying to open their minds up to more color style tattoos and to break the stereotypes of praying hands, crosses, and name tattoos... It's time to bring "Skin Paintings" to these small cities like Asheville
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Sexy Tattoo by Tuki Carter
Here is another example of following the curves of the female body when tattooing.. This piece was done by my partner, Tuki Carter when he was up in NYC tattooing less than 2 weeks ago....this is what City of Ink is known for.... Body art that don't just look like a "tattoo" but flow like a "Skin Painting"
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Location:323 Walker Street Atlanta GA 30313
Jessica's Feather for her Mother
I met Jessica on the express platform at 34th Street earlier this month.
She shared this gorgeous peacock feather tattooed on the upper right section of her back:
The piece is an homage to her mother, who loves everything peacock, and has countless items, like bracelets and other jewelery, that emulate the vivid colors of these beautiful birds.
She credits this tattoo to an artist known only as Allison.
Thanks to Jessica for sharing this wonderful tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
She shared this gorgeous peacock feather tattooed on the upper right section of her back:
The piece is an homage to her mother, who loves everything peacock, and has countless items, like bracelets and other jewelery, that emulate the vivid colors of these beautiful birds.
She credits this tattoo to an artist known only as Allison.
Thanks to Jessica for sharing this wonderful tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Sexy Waist Tattoo...
The mistake I see a lot of tattoo artists make when tattooing a woman is they tattoo them just like they're tattooing a man....I feel body art on the female body should flow with grace... And follow all her curves....tattoos should never look manly on a woman...the "art of sexy" is having your eyes follow the art which ride those beautiful curves.
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Location:323 Walker Street Atlanta GA 30313
Michelle's Tattoo Takes Your Breath Away
Michelle has a lot of ink, twenty-one tattoos, all told, but when I stopped her in Penn Station, she chose to share this one with us:
Boldly planted on her upper right arm, Michelle explained that she paraphrased and pared down a longer quotation to read, more simply, "Live for the moments that take your breath away". I believe she was referring to the saying, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
The flowers in the photo are cherry blossoms that were done in blue, rather than the traditional pink because, as Michelle tells it, she's "not really a pink kind of girl".
This tattoo was inked by Fat Tony at Hobo's Tattoo Shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Thanks to Michelle for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
Boldly planted on her upper right arm, Michelle explained that she paraphrased and pared down a longer quotation to read, more simply, "Live for the moments that take your breath away". I believe she was referring to the saying, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
The flowers in the photo are cherry blossoms that were done in blue, rather than the traditional pink because, as Michelle tells it, she's "not really a pink kind of girl".
This tattoo was inked by Fat Tony at Hobo's Tattoo Shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Thanks to Michelle for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Timmy's Sophisticated Owl
Earlier this month, Melanie and I took advantage of having my sister's car while she was out of the country and we made an unusual shopping trip to the Fairway Market in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn.
There was a gentleman in the produce section with a lot of tattoos, and Melanie pointed out one to me that she thought was cool, this owl on his calf:
Turns out that the guy was Timmy from Timmy Tattoo, an artist whose name rang a distant bell. Work by Timmy appeared in one of Tattoosday's earliest posts, when I met Jackie,an FIT student whose tattoos appeared here.
Timmy's owl was inked by Garrett Ostrowski of Garrett's Tattoos.
Thanks to Timmy for sharing one of his many tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
There was a gentleman in the produce section with a lot of tattoos, and Melanie pointed out one to me that she thought was cool, this owl on his calf:
Turns out that the guy was Timmy from Timmy Tattoo, an artist whose name rang a distant bell. Work by Timmy appeared in one of Tattoosday's earliest posts, when I met Jackie,an FIT student whose tattoos appeared here.
Timmy's owl was inked by Garrett Ostrowski of Garrett's Tattoos.
Thanks to Timmy for sharing one of his many tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
Monday, July 26, 2010
The Mountains of Asheville
When I need to escape from Atlanta....I go home...I sit in the mountains and reflect on my life... My struggles and kill all negative energy... Looking at those mountains I know God is out there and how humans are only just part of the world and NOT the owners of Earth.... It's crazy to see the nature of man and how mankind would destroy trees, and land for self gain.... God is real and wittnessing the evil actions of man makes me want to seprated myself from people.... But I have faith in mankind.... Maybe women are the secret to saving this planet...their emotions and their nurturing nature would heal the souls of any troubled man....love is the answer to all.... Clearly
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Asheville Pics 4 "My Dad"
Torry and my Dad bond over a game of computer chess....
Me and my dad talking on the porch.....
Son, Grandfather, and Father
My arm and my dad's arm... He has one of my first tattoos on his arm... The famous middle finger
Photos by Artemus Jenkins
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Me and my dad talking on the porch.....
Son, Grandfather, and Father
My arm and my dad's arm... He has one of my first tattoos on his arm... The famous middle finger
Photos by Artemus Jenkins
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Asheville Pic 3
Fellow tattoo artists, checking out my ink.. They couldn't believe how bright colors show up on my skin tone....
Asheville is full street performers... Music is everywhere
Kevin chillin in the streets of Asheville....
Hippies & Ashevillians dance in the streets....
Photos by Artemus Jenkins
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Asheville is full street performers... Music is everywhere
Kevin chillin in the streets of Asheville....
Hippies & Ashevillians dance in the streets....
Photos by Artemus Jenkins
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Asheville Pics 2
Photos from Bele Chere....
This dude's skin was painted all white...he wouldn't move until money was put down then he would wake up like a robot and start playing music & singing again....
Me over in Hillcrest Public Housing (the projects) returning tattoo text messages.... My phone never stops
My homeboy, Chuck's Lil girl... She's a real star
Photos by Artemus Jenkins
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This dude's skin was painted all white...he wouldn't move until money was put down then he would wake up like a robot and start playing music & singing again....
Me over in Hillcrest Public Housing (the projects) returning tattoo text messages.... My phone never stops
My homeboy, Chuck's Lil girl... She's a real star
Photos by Artemus Jenkins
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