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John's Tattoo Identity (With a Bonus Vendetta)

I met John recently in a local drug store in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn.

I had actually seen John once previously in the store, but had been unable to speak to him at the time, so I was happy when I ran into him again.

His upper right arm is a Star Wars tribute, but I shot the left arm instead. He was laughing because he had just been questioned by several people at a nearby department store and now that he had escaped to a different shop, here I was questioning him about his work.

This is a shot of his left arm:



Like the Star Wars theme on his right arm, the left arm embraces outer space, what John called his "tattoo identity".

He did note that this had been reworked and represented the repairing  of a much smaller piece. He sung high praise to Alex Franklin of Brooklyn Ink, who did the majority of this work and made the piece what it is today. Alex and Brooklyn Ink are no strangers to Tattoosday. This link takes the reader to all posts tagged "Brooklyn Ink".

Before explaining that tattoo to me, however,  he had shown me something that had not been visible in the department store. He pulled up his shirt to reveal this awesome V for Vendetta tattoo in the top center section of his back:


John loved the graphic novel and the movie as well.




The character of V makes a striking tattoo. This was inked by the incomparable Designs by Michael Angelo in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Work from his shop has appeared previously here on the blog.

Thanks to John for sharing his incredible tattoos with us here on Tattoosday! We hope to bring his Star Wars sleeve to the site some time in the future.
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Tribute Tattoo

Tribute Tattoo
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hardy boys tattoo

hardy boys tattoo
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TRAILER OF THE WEEK

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Rob Kardashian Tattoos

Rob Kardashian is an American television personality and model, known for his role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Rob Kardashian has a handful of tattoos on his body, including a sleeve on his left arm which contains a portrait of his father, along with the praying hands of Jesus Christ.

His other tattoo designs include, the name of his ex girlfriend Adrienne Bailon, plus a large goose on his right side.
Rob Kardashian praying hands tattoo.
Rob Kardashian portrait tattoo on forearm.
Rob Kardashian ribcage tattoo.
Rob Kardashian goose tattoo.
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Rob Kardashian Tattoos

Rob Kardashian is an American television personality and model, known for his role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Rob Kardashian has a handful of tattoos on his body, including a sleeve on his left arm which contains a portrait of his father, along with the praying hands of Jesus Christ.

His other tattoo designs include, the name of his ex girlfriend Adrienne Bailon, plus a large goose on his right side.
Rob Kardashian praying hands tattoo.
Rob Kardashian portrait tattoo on forearm.
Rob Kardashian ribcage tattoo.
Rob Kardashian goose tattoo.
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Rob Kardashian Tattoos

Rob Kardashian is an American television personality and model, known for his role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Rob Kardashian has a handful of tattoos on his body, including a sleeve on his left arm which contains a portrait of his father, along with the praying hands of Jesus Christ.

His other tattoo designs include, the name of his ex girlfriend Adrienne Bailon, plus a large goose on his right side.
Rob Kardashian praying hands tattoo.
Rob Kardashian portrait tattoo on forearm.
Rob Kardashian ribcage tattoo.
Rob Kardashian goose tattoo.
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Kim Kardashian Tattoo

Kim Kardashian is an American television personality, model and actress, known for her role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Kim Kardashian doesn't have any real tattoos which we know about, however she was spotted with a cluster of temporary flowers tattooed her shoulder.
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Kim Kardashian Tattoo

Kim Kardashian is an American television personality, model and actress, known for her role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Kim Kardashian doesn't have any real tattoos which we know about, however she was spotted with a cluster of temporary flowers tattooed her shoulder.
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Kim Kardashian Tattoo

Kim Kardashian is an American television personality, model and actress, known for her role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Kim Kardashian doesn't have any real tattoos which we know about, however she was spotted with a cluster of temporary flowers tattooed her shoulder.
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Khloe Kardashian Tattoos

Khloe Kardashian is an American television personality, known for her role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami.

Khloe Kardashian has four tattoos on her body, including the letter "L O" on her right hand, which is the initial of her husband Lamar Odom.

Her other tattoos include, a script tattoo which reads "I love you" in her late fathers hand writing, plus a small cross and the word "Daddy" on her lower back.

She also has a white tattoo on her wrist of the letters "KK".
Khloe Kardashian right hand tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian right wrist tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian lower back tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian left wrist tattoo.
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Khloe Kardashian Tattoos

Khloe Kardashian is an American television personality, known for her role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami.

Khloe Kardashian has four tattoos on her body, including the letter "L O" on her right hand, which is the initial of her husband Lamar Odom.

Her other tattoos include, a script tattoo which reads "I love you" in her late fathers hand writing, plus a small cross and the word "Daddy" on her lower back.

She also has a white tattoo on her wrist of the letters "KK".
Khloe Kardashian right hand tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian right wrist tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian lower back tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian left wrist tattoo.
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Khloe Kardashian Tattoos

Khloe Kardashian is an American television personality, known for her role on the television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami.

Khloe Kardashian has four tattoos on her body, including the letter "L O" on her right hand, which is the initial of her husband Lamar Odom.

Her other tattoos include, a script tattoo which reads "I love you" in her late fathers hand writing, plus a small cross and the word "Daddy" on her lower back.

She also has a white tattoo on her wrist of the letters "KK".
Khloe Kardashian right hand tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian right wrist tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian lower back tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian left wrist tattoo.
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Happy Friday from loltatz.com

Happy Families

Happy Families

Unless you live on 18th street (wiki entry) in which case, you're probably questionably safe in that you're semi situated. Still, Life choices: def made some bad ones. 18st face for Life.

Gangsta Boo

Gangsta Boo

The husband in question better be tough as constipation.

Oh you bad ass bear

Oh you bad ass bear
You're evil, guy. I like you.
It all depends
...On how you look at it? The Virgin Mary? Giant Clam/Oyster? Vagina? Oh well.
See more at www.LOLTATZ.com
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DJ Affecta

Guess what Boys and Girls !! Diamond Fangs Inked DJ Affecta today !! For those of you who don't know who DJ Affecta is, check out http://www.facebook.com/DJAFFecta or you can Google or search her on You Tube.

It was a blast to ink the Russian Playboy Playmate who is also a Topless DJ. Immortal Tattoos is reaching greater heights and we have more to show you and blow your mind away !!


Feast your eyes....









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Bigfoot and a Bowl of Fruit

I stopped Tony and Emily, an Australian couple, as they were crossing 33rd Street near Eighth Avenue late last month. No offense to Tony, but Emily's half-sleeve really jumped out at me from across the street, so I was thrilled when they agreed to stop and talk tattoos with me.



First, here's a collage of Emily's upper right arm:


Emily explained she wanted a colorful tattoo, and she loves fruit, so this was the path she chose. What I like is that, since she is Australian, we get some more exotic fruit here, like dragon fruit and passion fruit in the culinary collage.



This is one of seven tattoos Emily has and was inked by Josh Plum at Yakuza Tattoo in Sydney, Australia.

When I showed the photos to my wife, Melanie, she wanted to know more. Aside from being colorful, why the fruit basket? I e-mailed Tony and he sent the following reply:

"...She said she wanted fruit for a few other reasons other than colourfullness....1) she is really into nutrition and a healthy living style; 2) she had never seen anybody else with a fruit basket tattoo; 3) fish, flowers, etc. are way too common (which is true when you think about it, everyone has koi fish..."
Speaking of Tony, let's not forget him. He had nine tattoos when I met him. He may have another now from New York, I'm not sure. SO, of course I asked him if he would share, as well. He offered up this rendition of Bigfoot on his right forearm:


This tattoo was the artist's rendering of Bigfoot, as interpreted by Sanchez at Steel Lotus Body Arts in Darlinghurst, in Eastern Sydney.

Why Bigfoot? Tony is a huge fan of cryptozoology.The tattoo took about four and a half hours to complete.

Thanks to both Tony and Emily for taking the time to share their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
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PRESIDENTS 2 REPRESENT ME


Here is a piece on a client who came thru from Oxnard to add to his collection.
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FIRST OF THE MONTH


The Homie Dj Xscape just put together an Old School Funk Mix for us..
CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT!
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Sherry Shares Her Lone Star Birthmark

I met Sherry on Penn Plaza at the end of May and asked her about this tattoo:


Situated in the center of her back, Sherry's only tattoo merges the Texas longhorn symbol and the Texas state flag and serves as what she calls her "birthmark".

Originally from Texas, Sherry is a New York City resident who loves her tattoo, "especially here in NYC," because she gets "lots of comments on it when I show it off".

The tattoo was inked at a shop in Amarillo, Texas, by an artist she identified as Brian Baker. Alas, my net-scouring skills were unable to illuminate the artist or the shop, so I will assume he has moved on to another location.

Thanks to Sherry for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday. Feel free to check out her blog here.
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Paintings by tattoo artist Joshua Carlton on display at Last Rites Gallery, NYC till June 27, 2010

Hope to see you there!
My Photos | oil on canvas- available | Joshua Carlton
oil on canvas- available
My Photos | oil on canvas- available | Joshua Carlton
oil on canvas- available
Get more details at www.lastritesgallery.com
See more of Joshua's work HERE
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