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• Jodie Marsh Covered Tattoos
  on Oct 3, 2011 in Tattoo Celebrity
  Jodie Marsh is a strikingly voluptuous British glamour model and media personality, featured on the television reality show, Totally Jodie Marsh.Jodie Marsh has a boatload of tattoos on various locations of her body, including portraits of Buddy Holl...
• Tattoo Sleeve Trends
  on Oct 3, 2011 in Sleeve Tattoo
  Tribal Sleeve - Leo Zulueta is credited with bringing tribal style tattooing from the South Pacific to the United States in the late 70's. But is was George Clooney's character in the movie From Dusk Till Dawn that caused the tribal sleeve to explode...
• Flower Tattoo Designs
  on Oct 2, 2011 in flower tattoo
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• Kim Kardashian Tattoo
  on Oct 2, 2011 in Kim Kardashian Tattoo
  The Kardashians took part in the TV reality show "Keeping up with the Kardashians" staring Kim and her sisters and stepsisters as well as her mom and former Olymian stepdad Bruce Jenner.Growing up in an affluent Los Angeles family, Kardashi...
• Kim-Kardashian
  on Sep 17, 2011
  Kim Kardashian can’t remain single for too long. Or to be more precise, the media doesn’t like the idea of seeing this bootylicious babe in this boring situation for too long. And hence the fresh reports that Kim babe has a new man in her life -...
• Emma's Monarchs, and a Spalsh of Verlaine
  on Aug 31, 2011 in Monarch butterflies Claude Debussy Paul Verlaine Eden Tattoo Chronic Tattoo Poetry
  At the end of July, a young woman named Emma missed her train in Penn Station and had some time to kill. Her wait was shortened when I chanced upon her and asked about this lovely tattoo she had going on her left arm:She explained the origins of this...
• Gowrish Shares His Blessing, Amma in Ink
  on Aug 29, 2011 in Amma Denise de la Cerda Inkline Studio
  There are times when I feel lucky to find a tattoo by an amazing artist and then there are times I find something that is so breathtaking, I feel honored to be able to share work by a true master of the craft.Last week, I was walking down Crosby Stre...
• Kareem's Tattoo is So Brooklyn....
  on Aug 27, 2011 in Brooklyn Big Fish Tattoos Subways
  Earlier this year, I met Kareem, one of the many inked employees at the Upper West Side Trader Joe's. I gave him my card when I spotted him in the aisles, and saw him on subsequent visits, but I generally won't trouble people while they're working.Ea...
• Three Tattoos from Sabrina
  on Aug 26, 2011 in East Side Ink hieroglyphs Owls butterflies
  I met Sabrina on Penn Plaza back in June after stopping to admire her tattoos. She has three and talked me through them chronologically.She explained , "I like to get [a tattoo] for every place I lived," and her first one was this butterfly...
• Emily Picks Her Poison
  on Aug 25, 2011 in Sailor Jerry Tattoos Sinister Ink Revolver Tattoo Brooklyn Ink
  It's always interesting when I meet someone with a lot of tattoos, trying to guess, when you ask them to pick just one, which piece they will choose to share. A couple weeks ago, I met Emily, who has two full sleeves, along with her chest and back ta...
• Ryan's Tattoo Commemorates the Life of Dolly
  on Aug 24, 2011 in Skulls Roses guns Derringer Memorial
  Earlier this month I met Ryan, who has a whole host of tattoos. We were working on a project together, so we spent a bit of time chewing the fat, and he wanted to share this particular tattoo, which is on his right forearm:Ryan explained how he was r...
• Daniel Gives Us a Lady Liberty Update
  on Aug 23, 2011 in Statue of Liberty Guido Baldini Brooklyn Tattoo
  Last May, we featured this great tattoo, courtesy of Daniel:Read the original post here.Daniel recently sent me updated photos of his sleeve, which I thought we'd share here. This work is all by the amazing Guido Baldini. He tattooed Daniel during a...
• Sean's Garnish, Inspired by a Friend
  on Aug 22, 2011 in Cherries Regeneration Tattoo pineapples Mom Fat Ram's Pumpkin Tattoo
  When I met Sean last month, he had several tattoos to choose from. We ended up selecting this piece, on his left wrist:Granted, there's two tattoos in this photo, but I was fascinated by the pineapple and cherry tattoo. That's not something you see e...
• Alison's Violet Lotus
  on Aug 21, 2011 in Third Eye Lone Wolf Tattoo Red Rocket Tattoo lotus
  I spotted Alison's tattoo as in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, back at the beginning of July. She was kind enough to share this lovely lotus tattoo:This lotus has a spiritual meaning for Alison, and she pointed out the third eye at the center of the flower. Th...
• Anthony and Evolver, Interpreting the Anatomy of Time
  on Aug 20, 2011 in Time Musicians
  I spotted this unusual tattoo on the back of Anthony's arm in a Borders and just had to ask about it:He explained that this image, called "Evolver," is his interpretation of the "anatomy of time". The design is from an album that...
• A Panel's Worth a Thousand Words
  on Aug 19, 2011 in Comics En'vie Ink Love and Rockets
  A few weeks ago, I ran into Steve in the Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side. He has this striking tattoo on his upper right arm, and he kindly agreed to share it with us:Steve explained that this tattoo is based on a panel from Love and Rockets, a c...
• Mike Illustrates His Passion for DC Comics
  on Aug 18, 2011 in Venus Modern Body Arts Captain Marvel Blue Lantern Superman Green Lantern DC Comics
  Last month, I had it all laid out, and was doing a weekend of comic-themed posts coinciding with the opening of Comic-Con 2011 in San Diego.Alas, one such post went awry when the pictures I took of Mike's tattoos went AWOL on my computer, leaving me...
• Ariel's Elm: Rising Upward, but Steadfast
  on Aug 17, 2011 in Maple Tree Divine Machine Tattoo Trees Body Electric Tattooing and Piercing
  I met Ariel last month in the soon-to-be-shuttered Borders bookstore on Penn Plaza and of her three tattoos, she shared this tree on her upper right biceps:Ariel explained that this tattoo "was originally an actual photograph of a maple tree, bu...
• Christina's Frankenstein Girl
  on Aug 16, 2011 in Tattoo Frenzy Frankenstein Mindless Self-Indulgence Album Covers
  I met Christina at the end of June, unable to help noticing this colorful neck tattoo:Christina, who is a prep chef at a catering hall, as well as a club promoter, explained that this tattoo is based on the album art from a group called Mindless Self...
• Adrian's Ink Celebrates His Heritage
  on Aug 15, 2011 in St. James the Apostle gypsy Red Star Irons Puerto Rico masks Marcus Kuhn
  I met Adrian last month on a fluke - I was on the D train headed to Brooklyn going to a dentist's appointment, having left work early.I approached him about his ink and we had a really great discussion about tattoos and art.Adrian is a wonderful arti...