Tattoo Tool: 2010-01-17

Alessandra Ambrosio Tattoos

Alessandra Ambrosio is a hugely successful Brazilian model, best known for her modeling work with the Victoria's Secret company.

Alessandra Ambrosio only has one visible tattoo on her body, which is on her lower back, just above her left butt cheek.

The tattoo is of a small cat, resting on crescent moon while dangling a tiny star.

Alessandra Ambrosio Tattoos

Summer Altice Tattoos

Summer Altice is a lovely celebrity fashion model and occasional actress, perhaps best known as Playboy Playmate of the Month (August 2000).

Summer Altice has a couple of tattoo designs which we know of, including an absolutely beautiful butterfly with a small dolphin in the center, on her lower back.

She also has a tiny butter fly tattooed on the top of her right foot.

Summer Altice Tattoos

Lily Allen Tattoos

Lily Allen is a lovely and talented English pop star and occasional actress, best known for her smash hit single, Smile.

Lily Allen has a handful of various little tattoo designs on her body, including the word "Shhh..." on her right index finger, identical to the tattoos of Lindsay Lohan and Rihanna.

She has a very interesting and puzzling choice of small symbols which wrap around her right wrist, including a smiley face, star, barking dog, and Homer Simpson.

Her final tattoo is on the lower portion of her back, and its of a beautiful lily flower.

See these pictures of Lily Allen and her tattoos, below.

Lily Allen Tattoos

Tattoorism: Tammy from Texas

Last summer, my wife Melanie met Tammy on the staff message board of their company's website, where she and other employees across the country can exchange ideas and feedback. As a leader for Weight Watchers, Melanie often comes across members and co-workers who have used tattoos for inspiration and to mark milestones.

When talking to Tammy, a leader in Texas, she learned that she was inked, as well. She sent her the link to Tattoosday, and Tammy sent us photos of a few of her eleven tattoos.

We'll let Tammy describe them for us:

"I got my very first [tattoo] when I was 21 in Virginia while getting a tattoo for my younger brother but I didn't get another for several years at which time I had my uncle in Arkansas place a rose under the butterfly I had done first. It is old and faded but holds so much meaning to me as my uncle passed away in his 40s about 5 years ago so I have him with me at all times...I then waited a couple more years and had a dolphin put on my left ankle as a reminder of a trip we had made to Florida. About a year later an apprentice in Shreveport added an ankle wave under the dolphin.

I then took a long break from tattoos and the rest have all been done in the last 5 years here in Wichita Falls, Texas, with the exception of the tribal butterfly [seen below]. I had it done in Lawton, Oklahoma, when my son was getting his rib piece finished up [a subject of a later post].

On my right thigh I have the New York Yankees logo:

On my left shoulder blade my husband and I got kanji symbols for Eternity for our 19th wedding anniversary. I have a tribal butterfly (the only tattoo I have ever picked off a wall) put on the top of my left foot and I love it:

When I hit 50 pounds gone, my oldest son paid for the star that everyone sees in pictures I post:

And a Pisspot with my husbands name [pictured left]. My husband just retired with 26 years in the service and was AMMO-I always wanted this but was never brave enough nor skinny enough for that so called "tramp stamp"... it actually looks awesome although this picture is a little blurry.

And of course when I hit Lifetime [when a Weight Watchers member reaches their goal and maintains it for six weeks], my rib piece came alive:

The photo above is the tattoo right after it was completed. Here is how it healed:

Most of Tammy's work was done at A Different Drummer Tattoo Studio in Wichita Falls.

Thanks to Tammy for sharing some of her photos with us here on Tattoosday!

Laila Ali Tattoos

Laila Ali is a tremulous professional boxer, she is also the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his wife Veronica Porsche Ali.

Her career record is an amazing 24 Wins and 0 Losses or draws.

Laila Ali has a couple of cute little tattoos on her viciously fit body, including a a teddy bear holding a heart with a blank ribbon, which is on her upper right arm shoulder.

She also has a beautiful vine with flowers bracelet, on her right wrist.

Does Laila Ali have any "hidden" tattoos that you know about? Share them with us.

Laila Ali Tattoos

Art Alexakis Tattoos

Art Alexakis is the singer, lead guitarist and songwriter of the rock group, Everclear.

Art Alexakis has quite a few tattoo designs, mainly focusing on his arms which are covered in two very colorful sleeves.

Some of the tattoos within the sleeve on his right arm include, a handful of cartoon characters, like the Cat In The Hat with the Grinch on his bicep, on his forearm is all three of the "Powder Puff Girls" Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. Plus a large 3D spiderweb on his elbow, and a man with an umbrella and top-hat.

The designs on his left arm include, a large band of tribal markings on his upper arm, a Koi fish on the inside of his forearm and fish gills pretty much cover his entire left arm.

Art Alexakis has a slew of other tattoo designs, including the name of his ex wife behind his right ear, and a tattooed wedding ring, for which he has been quoted as saying "Well, it is very romantic and a lovely idea, but I don't recommend it"

Checkout these pictures of Art Alexakis's tattoo artwork.

Art Alexakis Tattoos

A Lull

On January 20, I logged the following notes:

12:10 PM. Rather than wander in search of ink, I am trying something else. Staying put, here in front of the Amtrak Departures board in Penn Station, and seeing what walks to me.

I have only successfully met 2 of the inked nation in the last 27 days, and I'd like to resume posting more regularly.

I figure, sooner or later, this wintry drought will end.

12:20 A woman walks by with two interlinking gray hearts behind her right ear. I hesitate and decide not to approach her as she walks by. The tattoo didn't speak to me.

12:35 Still nothing. 5 minutes left in my little experiment.

12:36 Ed Hardy baseball cap.

Experiment Fail.