Joe's Martini Girl

I spotted Joe outside of Madison Square Garden after work last week.

Joe is not sure how many tattoos he has, but offered up this one, on the back of his right forearm:


Joe said that this tattoo is "the first one I ever wanted to get, but the last one I ended up getting."

The piece was inked by Tom Yak at New York Adorned. Tom did add a bra and panties to the pin-up reclining in the martini glass, for the sake or propriety. Work from New York Adorned has appeared on Tattoosday previously here.

Thanks to Joe for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

1º Jacaraípe Tattoo Festival

Vem aí primeiro envento de tatuagem do município de Serra - ES, o Jacaraípe Tattoo Festival. Durante a convenção serão realizados sorteios de tatuagens e piercings. Confira abaixo as informações, categorias e regras do concurso de melhores tatuagens.



Categorias do concurso de melhores tatuagens
Série de desenho preto e branco
Série de desenho colorido
Melhor tatuagem Tribal
Melhor tatuagem Colorida
Melhor tatuagem nas Costas
Melhor tatuagem Feminina
Melhor tatuagem Oriental
Melhor tatuagem New School
Melhor tatuagem Old School
Melhor tatuagem Portrait
Melhor tatuagem Preto e Cinza
Melhor tatuagem Comics
Melhor tatuagem Realista
Melhor tatuagem feita durante o evento

Data: 17, 18 e 19 de julho de 2009
Local: Shopping Jacaraipe de Verão na orla de Jacaraipe, Av. Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes, 100.
Telefones: (27)9935-7536 8119-1017 ou 3052-1282
Orkut
Organização: Oficcina Tattoo Studio

Regras do concurso

Thursday night

thursday night, originally uploaded by daniellehampton.

Currently waiting for Sarah to get up here from Phoenix so we can have a little girl's night out. Hank is having his BFF Matt over for the evening too, how cute. Sarah, Amber Joy, Jenn, and me are going to be heading downtown and maybe, maybe to the Rodeo Dance. I am going to try and remember to document the entire night because this whole weekend (Rodeo weekend) is so adorable and really makes me love living in a small town even more.

Wand Tattoo, Arte na Barra

Meu nome é Wand Tattoo, sou tatuador há cinco anos e sou proprietário do estúdio Arte na Barra Tattoo Clinic. O Arte na Barra Tattoo oferece aos seus clientes toda a qualidade e criatividade dos seus profissionais com a garantia dos mais altos padrões em bio-segurança. Oferece também uma infinidade de desenhos em todos os estilos, além de trabalhos exclusivos. Localizado na Barra do Jucu, em vilha velha E.S. estamos desde 2004 prestando um serviço com a qualidade e o respeito que você merece.

Arte na Barra
E-mail:wandtattoo@artenabarra.com.br

Good morning!

typical morning, originally uploaded by daniellehampton.

Good morning, Thursday! Last night Prescott experienced some beautiful, crazy weather in the form of thunderstorms and rain, and it was the most perfect setting to fall asleep to, windows cracked, and the cool breeze drifting in. We live in a very old house, built in the very early 1900s, and have no AC, so summer can be pretty warm during the day, but the evenings are usually just fine. And last night was just perfect! I woke up this morning around 6am and had the chance to enjoy the overcast morning before meeting my friend Layla for coffee/tea and a hike. It was still wet so rather than do the trails we walked around downtown for over an hour, just talking and catching up. It was a really nice way to start the day. I'm looking forward to a productive morning once I finish my breakfast and get ready- I have a certain puppy to bathe, a few errands to run, a cardio/weights workout calling my name, and things to do before Sarah gets here later this evening, which I am super excited about. I appreciate her so much- she makes such an effort to come visit and it means a lot to me that she is such a good friend. I can't wait to see her! Our friends Melanie and Jonathan are also coming up tonight and I am so happy to have them in our home! Here's to a great day.

Mason's Gypsy, with a New Orleans Twist

I met Mason at the 7th Avenue Street Fair in Park Slope on Father's Day.

He has "twenty or so," tattoos, mostly accumulated from different artists from different places he has visited.

His offering for Tattoosday, however, was inked here in New York. It is a take on the traditional gypsy tattoo which I have been seeing a lot of lately:

Mason went to Kings Avenue Tattoo in Massepequa, Long Island, with a general idea for this piece, which is something he wanted to get for a while.

The artist, Grez, added a Fleur-de-Lis to the piece, per Mason's request, as a nod to the city of New Orleans where he grew up.

Thanks to Mason for sharing this fantastic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Elvis and the Saint

I met Kristin and Jason at the 7th Avenue Street Fair in Park Slope on Father's Day.

Street fairs in New York City generally occur in the summer months and, to an inkspotter like me, they are heaven on earth.

Well, perhaps I exaggerate. They are also hot, crowded, and dangerous. I have seen many a fair-goer clipped by a slowly-moving baby stroller. But I digress.

There were tattoos aplenty at the street fair, and one is so overwhelmed by the sheer volume of great ink, it is often paralyzing to pick just one. Compare it to letting a child lose in a candy store, and tell them they can have all the candy they want, as long as they spend just a dollar.

So when I saw a few people walking along that were festooned with tattoos, I stopped them as soon as I could wend my way through the crowd and get their attention.

When someone has "lost count" of how many tattoos they have, it is safe to say that they have a lot.

Kristin offered up her inner right forearm:


She loves Elvis Presley and this portrait, based on a shot of him from the film Girls! Girls! Girls!, is wonderfully done.

She noted that this was an older Elvis, but definitely pre-Vegas.

Jason, who was walking with Kristin, and also incredibly inked, offered up his right forearm as well:


Upon returning from a trip to India several years ago, Jason brought home a poster of a Hindu saint. He loved the poster so much, he decided to have it tattooed.

I'll be honest here. I was initially disappointed that these were the tattoos that Jason and Kristin offered. Not that they're bad tattoos. Far from it. But, they had other work I admired more.

However, I do ask people which tattoos they'd like to share, so I certainly have no right to complain.

But, in the week or so since I shot these photos, I've come to appreciate the level of skill and artistry with which these pieces were created.

Both were inked by Josh Carlton at the Great American Tattoo Company in Indianapolis.

If you look closely, he has infused each tattoo with colorful highlights that really accentuate the tattoos with an extra element of artistry.


It's a brilliant effect.

Thanks to both Kristin and Jason for sharing these two amazing tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!