I spotted this patriotic and paternal piece earlier this week at Penn Station.
Jeremy explained this straight-forward tattoo, which is inked on the inner part of his left bicep. The design is a tribute to his father, who died on the 4th of July, 2001. Dad had served in the U.S. army in the Korean War and it seemed fitting to Jeremy, who has six tattoos in all, to honor his memory with this piece.
I met Daniel at Borders and I could tell, from a distance, his tattoo was pretty special. It was only when I saw it up close that I realized how cool it is:
This is based on a limited edition print of the comic book character, Hellboy.
Daniel is a fan of Mike Mignola's creation, one of his favorite comic book characters, and he acknowledges that he's "a bit obsessed" with Hellboy. His hope is to eventually devote an entire sleeve to him. Note the detail on the edges of the panel. This just wasn't the character, but the edges of the piece look as if ripped directly from a comic book panel.
This was inked by Simone at Rising Dragon in Manhattan, when it was still on 23rd Street. Daniel estimates that this finely-detailed piece took about four and a half hours of work to complete.
Work from Rising Dragon has appeared previously here.
Thanks to Daniel for sharing his Hellboy ink with us here on Tattoosday!
An unseasonably warm Monday, when the temperature rose above 60, proved to be a bonus here at Tattoosday.
I met Mike in Penn Plaza, outside of Borders, and of his eleven tattoos, he chose this one to share here on the blog:
I was struck by the diamond in the middle of the chest, which reminded me of the piece in the Tattoosday banner at the top of the page.
Mike told me that the message "Never Fail" was a reminder to himself to always strive to achieve his goals, to do the best that he can, and to never fail.
One of the benefits of Tattoosday is that, because musicians tend to have a lot of ink, I meet a lot of them, and learn about bands that I may never have heard about.
This past Friday, I met Camille (pronounced Cah-mee) outside of Penn Station and he showed me a couple of his tattoos.
Camille is the drummer for the band TV/TV (MySpace here).
They just released their 5-track EP Something to Get Excited About this past year (read a review here). I've heard several of their songs since then, and I've enjoyed their sound (see the bottom of the post for more info). TV/TV is playing at the Highline Ballroom on January 15 and are booked for the Warped Tour in the Summer of 2009.
Of Camille's sixteen tattoos, he showed me this one first:
On the day the world mourned the passing of Bettie Page, it seemed appropriate to get a shot of a pin-up tattoo.
This piece is a vision, like many pin-ups, of the wearer's "dream girl". The top caption, "Isn't She Lovely?" is a nod to the Stevie Wonder song (his "favorite song ever"). Camille notes he's a big Stevie fan.
He says it's not obvious from the piece, but the woman has a knife behind her back, which explains the warning "Trust No One".
Just below the pin-up are the theater's Comedy and Tragedy masks:
See another version of this motif, appearing previously on Tattoosday, here. He added these to his arm because he loves the theater and musicals.
Both tattoos are on his left arm. The comedy/tragedy masks are on the inside of his wrist.
The artist on both pieces were inked by Turk at Guru Tattoo in the Pacific Beach section of San Diego.
Thanks to Camille for sharing these tattoos here with us on Tattoosday!
You can hear the songs from their debut EP here on their YouTube channel. Here's a taste, listen to "Call it Love":
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