April is National Poetry Month!
Last April, I launched, with the cooperation of poets across the country (and one across the Pond), the "Tattooed Poets Project".
In addition to the "regular" Tattoosday features, every day in April we featured the tattoos of poets. Each post featured poet-contributed photos, with a link back to BillyBlog, where one of their poems was posted on the corresponding day.
Not all the poems were tattoo-related, but many were.
This year, we are resuming the project again, featuring more poets, and a few returning ones.
I enjoyed this adventure last year and am looking forward to another successful April!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tom's Sleeve is Based on Faith
I don't know what it was about March, but this final post of the month is the third featuring ink from a member of our Armed Forces.
Tom is eventually going to have a full sleeve that accentuates his faith. The top of the arm is done, with the main focus on the guardian angel on his bicep:
His grandfather passed before he was born and he has always thought of him as the guardian angel that watched over him.
This piece was inked at Aces & Eights Tattoo in Augusta, Georgia.
He also has a couple of tattoos featuring angels on the inside of his bicep and on the outer section of his upper arm as well:
These were done at Third Dimension Tattoos in Marshalls Creek, Pennsylvania
Tom is a member of HHC 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division.
Thanks to Tom for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
Tom is eventually going to have a full sleeve that accentuates his faith. The top of the arm is done, with the main focus on the guardian angel on his bicep:
His grandfather passed before he was born and he has always thought of him as the guardian angel that watched over him.
This piece was inked at Aces & Eights Tattoo in Augusta, Georgia.
He also has a couple of tattoos featuring angels on the inside of his bicep and on the outer section of his upper arm as well:
These were done at Third Dimension Tattoos in Marshalls Creek, Pennsylvania
Tom is a member of HHC 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division.
Thanks to Tom for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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But, I have seen enough rock stars and professional athletes running around to know that body art tattoos are now acceptable by almost anyone (OK, so I won’t get a job in a bank with a tattoo running down my arm, but I can live with that!).
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I decided to use my much-honed internet skills and searched for tattoo designs online. I came across Tattoomenow.com, which has a catalog of several thousand tattoos. They are separated into specific categories: religious, athletic, Asian, vine, barbed wire, etc. I was able to find one that I loved and I took my design down to the local tattoo parlor and made a commitment to being young again. I can’t lie to you and tell you it wasn’t painful. It was horrendous. The longest two hours of my life. I came out of it, though, with a nice piece of body art and a small piece of my youth recaptured.
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Two Tattoos from Taylor
I met Taylor where she works at Kaleidoscope, a toy store in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
I gave her a flier after admiring her really cool feather tattoo that was inked behind her right ear.
A week later, I was zipping by on my bike and saw her on a break outside the store. That was when I had a chance to speak to her about her tattoos and take the photos for this post.
This is one of her nine tattoos, and was done by an artist named Chris who works out of Puncture Tattoo in neighboring Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
Taylor says the tattoo is inspired by the fact that she feels free-spirited, like a bird, and that her aunt, who died in a plane crash, used to call her a "little Indian girl". The dangling feathers behind her ear seem to capture both sentiments nicely.
Unlike the first time I met Taylor, on this occasion she was wearing a shirt that showed off this cool tattoo at the top of her back:
Taylor explained that she loves cats and her sister's gray cat Dusty passed away from breast cancer, which has also been a disease that has run in her family, as well. She had the tattoo artist, Peter Cavorsi, of Body Art Studios, model this piece based on Dusty's eyes.
As always, Peter did a superb job. He is no stranger to Tattoosday, having inked one of my tattoos (seen at the bottom of the page) and several of my wife, Melanie's. This link will show you all of Peter Cavorsi's work that has appeared on the site over the last two-and-a-half years.
Thanks again to Taylor for sharing her two beautiful tattoos on Tattoosday!
I gave her a flier after admiring her really cool feather tattoo that was inked behind her right ear.
A week later, I was zipping by on my bike and saw her on a break outside the store. That was when I had a chance to speak to her about her tattoos and take the photos for this post.
This is one of her nine tattoos, and was done by an artist named Chris who works out of Puncture Tattoo in neighboring Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
Taylor says the tattoo is inspired by the fact that she feels free-spirited, like a bird, and that her aunt, who died in a plane crash, used to call her a "little Indian girl". The dangling feathers behind her ear seem to capture both sentiments nicely.
Unlike the first time I met Taylor, on this occasion she was wearing a shirt that showed off this cool tattoo at the top of her back:
Taylor explained that she loves cats and her sister's gray cat Dusty passed away from breast cancer, which has also been a disease that has run in her family, as well. She had the tattoo artist, Peter Cavorsi, of Body Art Studios, model this piece based on Dusty's eyes.
As always, Peter did a superb job. He is no stranger to Tattoosday, having inked one of my tattoos (seen at the bottom of the page) and several of my wife, Melanie's. This link will show you all of Peter Cavorsi's work that has appeared on the site over the last two-and-a-half years.
Thanks again to Taylor for sharing her two beautiful tattoos on Tattoosday!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Mike's Incredible Aquatic Sleeve (and More!)
I had the good fortune of meeting Mike outside of Penn Station last week and, despite first noticing him because of his leg tattoos, he was extremely generous and unveiled an incredible sleeve that covered his right arm:
Mike is a fisherman and a loves the brightness, color and variety of oceanic life. Such things translate well to the body's canvas and make for some amazing tattoo work...
The giant octopus actually curls up over his shoulder and onto his chest, with one tentacle moving down his arm....
The deep sea diver punctuates the middle of his arm...
At the bottom of the arm are tropical motifs including a huge tiki god and a hibiscus....
On the inside of his inner bicep is this fish which is a cross between an anglerfish and a razorfish:
And we ended with this piece that was so fresh at the time, that Mike had to peel back the protective plastic covering this amazing blowfish:
The artist behind this amazing work is Steve Woison formerly of Electric Tiki Tattoo in Patchogue, and now at Studio 520 in Oakdale, on Long Island.
Thanks again to Mike for taking the time to share his amazing aquatic sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!
Mike is a fisherman and a loves the brightness, color and variety of oceanic life. Such things translate well to the body's canvas and make for some amazing tattoo work...
The giant octopus actually curls up over his shoulder and onto his chest, with one tentacle moving down his arm....
The deep sea diver punctuates the middle of his arm...
At the bottom of the arm are tropical motifs including a huge tiki god and a hibiscus....
On the inside of his inner bicep is this fish which is a cross between an anglerfish and a razorfish:
And we ended with this piece that was so fresh at the time, that Mike had to peel back the protective plastic covering this amazing blowfish:
The artist behind this amazing work is Steve Woison formerly of Electric Tiki Tattoo in Patchogue, and now at Studio 520 in Oakdale, on Long Island.
Thanks again to Mike for taking the time to share his amazing aquatic sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!
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