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Michelle Hunziker Tattoo

Here we have a great look at the tattoo of Michelle Yvonne Hunziker, a Swiss actress, model, singer and a television personality, best known to Italian and German audiences.

Michelle Hunziker simply has one visible tattoo, which is a tribal armband on her right bicep.

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Michelle Hunziker Tattoo

Here we have a great look at the tattoo of Michelle Yvonne Hunziker, a Swiss actress, model, singer and a television personality, best known to Italian and German audiences.

Michelle Hunziker simply has one visible tattoo, which is a tribal armband on her right bicep.

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Derek Shares a Tattoo, Inspired by Snake Eyes

I met Derek Ostrander earlier this week outside of Macy*s flagship store on 34th Street.

Derek is an illustrator who also works on visual installations for the department store.

It was this tattoo that prompted me stop and ask what it was about:



Derek explained that he was 19 or 20 when his friend Jay Ferrara, who is also an illustrator, inked this on a kitchen table.

The tattoo in question is based primarily on those that are sported by the Arashikage clan of ninjas and, more famously, a character named Snake Eyes, from G.I. Joe.


At the age that he got this, he thought it was particularly cool.

On a deeper level, the symbols represent hexagram #64 in the I Ching. A simple meaning is translated as thus:
Fire over water:
The image of the condition before transition.
Thus the superior man is careful
In the differentiation of things,
So that each finds its place.
A fuller explanation, from which this was excerpted, is here. Earlier this year I posted another I Ching tattoo here.

Thanks to Derek for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
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An Aries Neck Tattoo

I met Stephen walking south on Sixth Avenue this week and I asked him about his neck tattoo:


This is a symbol for the astrological sign Aries. Check out another Aries tattoo on the blog here.

He had this done at Tattoo Nation in the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, New Jersey.

Stay tuned, he may be sending us more ink in the future. He has six tattoos in all.

Thanks to Stephen for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
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No Hope But Home

I met Matthew walking through Penn Station last week. He has several tattoos, and shared this one with me:


On his right arm, this traditional nautical star has been embellished with several design elements that personalize the tattoo.

The banner "No Hope but Home" refers to lyrics from a song by a New Jersey band called Scream Hello.

The nautical star is accompanied by a knitting needle and a fountain pen. These two objects refer to his parents. The knitting needle speaks to his mother who is a homemaker and also knits as a hobby. The fountain pen alludes to his father, who is a writer professionally, and also
writes for pleasure.

The nautical star, traditionally worn by sailors to serve as a talisman to find a way home, serves a figurative purpose here, pointing toward, while also emphasizing the hopefulness of home, but also the importance of Matthew's parents in his life.

This cool tattoo was inked by John Reardon at Saved Tattoo, in Brooklyn. Work from Saved has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Matthew for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
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Mena Suvari Tattoos

Lets have a quick look at the tattoos of delightful celebrity actress, Mena Suvari.

Mena Suvari has three tattoos that i am aware of , all of which are in rather peculiar locations on her body. She has a large beautiful lion face on the back of her neck, and just below that is an interesting script tattoo which reads "Word, Sound, Power".

Her third tattoo is the number "13", which is near the bottom of her breast bone (sternum).

Checkout these photos of Mena Suvari and her lovely tattoos.



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Mena Suvari Tattoos

Lets have a quick look at the tattoos of delightful celebrity actress, Mena Suvari.

Mena Suvari has three tattoos that i am aware of , all of which are in rather peculiar locations on her body. She has a large beautiful lion face on the back of her neck, and just below that is an interesting script tattoo which reads "Word, Sound, Power".

Her third tattoo is the number "13", which is near the bottom of her breast bone (sternum).

Checkout these photos of Mena Suvari and her lovely tattoos.



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Tattoos I Know: Paul, Part 4, or, The Great Cover-Up of 2008, continued...


Late last December, we posted about our friend Paul getting some cover-up work done on his upper right arm. Revisit the report here.

We recently checked in with Paul to see how things were going, and he updated us with the latest efforts by Horisei, who is about a session away from finishing this beautiful work:




Horisei tattoos out of the Chelsea Tattoo Company, formerly the home of Rising Dragon.

Thanks again to Paul for sharing. I'm guessing we'll see the finished product some time in 2010!
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A Cinematic Heart

I met Daniel last week on Seventh Avenue in the 20's.

I spotted this tattoo peeping out from under his left shirt sleeve:


Daniel was a film student at St. John's University, and this tattoo, cleverly designed with film reels as part of the heart, is a tribute to his love of film.

I also spotted another tattoo on his inner right forearm:


A tribute to The Beatles, this tattoo lets everyone know that Daniel is a fan of the Fab Four. When I asked him why the names were McCartney, then Lennon, as all songs penned by the two are credited as Lennon/McCartney, he just smiled and said, "because I like Paul more".

He believes the typeface for this tattoo is Century Gothic.

The film heart tattoo was inked by Dan at Addiction Ink on St. Mark's Place in the East Village. Dan's not currently listed on the shop's website, but work from Addiction has appeared on Tattoosday previously here.

Thanks to Daniel for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
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