this post is half "get this inked " and half portfolio-show. but jiro bevis is the man ! check out his website. tons of stuff there !!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Three's Not a Crowd
I met a trio of friends hanging out in Penn Station in early October, waiting for their train back to Rhode Island.
I spotted Darius first, which was understandable, as he has seventeen tattoos. Kenny and Katie, his friends, each boasted a modest three tattoos apiece, and offered up theirs as well.
Let's start with Darius, who has this traditional Mom and Sparrow tattoo on his forearm:
He said that he and two other friends got the same tattoo.
This was done by Jae Audette at Mcinnis Tattoo Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Work from the shop appeared previously on the site here.
The other tattoo, on his bicep, is this set of brass knuckles that says "Knuckle Up":
This was done by Forrest Curl at Altered Images Tattoo Studio in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Also from Altered Images is this still-in-progress rib piece on Kenny:
This is a depiction of The Crimson King from Stephen King's Dark Tower Series. As you would imagine, Kenny is a huge fan.
Rob Young is the artist who is working on this piece.
Katie then generously offered to show me her tattoo, which runs down her spine:
When I asked if she wouldn't mind sending me another photo, since the tattoo was partially obscured by her bra strap, she didn't hesitate to unhook it so I could photograph the whole tattoo, unobscured:
Katie explained that her heritage is Armenian, and that the letters down her spine spell the word for "family".
She added that two of her cousins have the same tattoo, but inked on their arms.
She also noted that the infinity symbol at the base of her neck speaks to the Armenian text and symbolizes, for her, "family forever".
She did not recall the name of the shop where she had this done, but recalled it was on Long Island, New York, and that the artist was "Joey D".
Thanks to Darius, Kenny and Katie for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
I spotted Darius first, which was understandable, as he has seventeen tattoos. Kenny and Katie, his friends, each boasted a modest three tattoos apiece, and offered up theirs as well.
Let's start with Darius, who has this traditional Mom and Sparrow tattoo on his forearm:
He said that he and two other friends got the same tattoo.
This was done by Jae Audette at Mcinnis Tattoo Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Work from the shop appeared previously on the site here.
The other tattoo, on his bicep, is this set of brass knuckles that says "Knuckle Up":
This was done by Forrest Curl at Altered Images Tattoo Studio in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Also from Altered Images is this still-in-progress rib piece on Kenny:
This is a depiction of The Crimson King from Stephen King's Dark Tower Series. As you would imagine, Kenny is a huge fan.
Rob Young is the artist who is working on this piece.
Katie then generously offered to show me her tattoo, which runs down her spine:
When I asked if she wouldn't mind sending me another photo, since the tattoo was partially obscured by her bra strap, she didn't hesitate to unhook it so I could photograph the whole tattoo, unobscured:
Katie explained that her heritage is Armenian, and that the letters down her spine spell the word for "family".
She added that two of her cousins have the same tattoo, but inked on their arms.
She also noted that the infinity symbol at the base of her neck speaks to the Armenian text and symbolizes, for her, "family forever".
She did not recall the name of the shop where she had this done, but recalled it was on Long Island, New York, and that the artist was "Joey D".
Thanks to Darius, Kenny and Katie for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
Friday, January 7, 2011
HER NAME IS IRA PEOPLE
speaking of sources and quoting and all that. the girl from above has a blog. yeah i know, i didnt know that too ( i mean, the fact that she is human and stuff and could of course have the willpower to get a tumblr account ) . anyway, she seems to be kinda pissed about the fact that someone donwloaded/edited/and uploaded oen of her pictures.aaaanyway, her ( Ira Chernova. 23. on the road. Photographer ) blog is pretty cool and you should check it out.
" btw that’s the original photo. i do like “the second edition” with all that grain etc. at the same time it’s like hhhm photos are ending all over the internet without credits (that’s okay cause it’s just the part of how internet works). but somebody editing already existing photos and uploading it back in the internet is totally the different story. even if you do not like how is looks that has been already done exactly as photographer wanted it to see. that’s a little bit not respectful i think "
HEHE
wow. this image created a little buzz. it has been reblogged over tumblr 309283 trillion times it seems. but for an image being reblogged thats nothing i guess. yeah, we dont quote that often too or give credit for a source but it would have been cool. hello to fuckyeahgirlswithtattoos.tumblr.com
Thursday, January 6, 2011
T-MAGAZINE
look at this. t-magazine also has this interesting illustration of four artists suggesting new tattoos. two of them could totally make the cut for me. If you hit the search button you'll find alot of tattoo related stuff there. an interestig article about scott campbell for example who we recently blogged about and "who branched out from branding skin to brand development. "
edit: and we posted a video.
MARKER TATTOOS
Petra Nemcova almost got a nice looking chest tattoo here. It reminds us of the bubblegirls a little ( a lot. )
SNATCH / ON SET
here are two pretty awesome snatch images. the none black and white version was shot by greg williams. unfortunately i have no information whatsoever about the other one. feel free to contact us if you know more.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Jill Walks On with Her Ink
I spotted Jill in the beginning of November sitting in the New Jersey Transit waiting area at Penn Station.
She has eight tattoos, five are symbols and three are word-based, including this one on her forearm:
The one she shared with us is based on the song lyrics of U2 and their song "Walk On".
The letter G and the date refer to her grandmother and the day she died, March 2, 2010.
The lyrics are "And I know it aches/And your heart it breaks/You can only take so much/Walk on".
Jill said that listening to music got her through a difficult time and this song, in particular, carried and sustained her through the mourning process.
Coincidentally, March 2 marked the anniversary of her meeting the band in 2009.
She chose an Edwardian script and the tattoo was inked by Mike at Fat Kat Tattoos in Keyport, New Jersey.
Work from Fat Kat has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.
Thanks to Jill for sharing this special tattoo with us here on the site!
A little extra treat, video of U2's "Walk On":
She has eight tattoos, five are symbols and three are word-based, including this one on her forearm:
The one she shared with us is based on the song lyrics of U2 and their song "Walk On".
The letter G and the date refer to her grandmother and the day she died, March 2, 2010.
The lyrics are "And I know it aches/And your heart it breaks/You can only take so much/Walk on".
Jill said that listening to music got her through a difficult time and this song, in particular, carried and sustained her through the mourning process.
Coincidentally, March 2 marked the anniversary of her meeting the band in 2009.
She chose an Edwardian script and the tattoo was inked by Mike at Fat Kat Tattoos in Keyport, New Jersey.
Work from Fat Kat has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.
Thanks to Jill for sharing this special tattoo with us here on the site!
A little extra treat, video of U2's "Walk On":
SPIRIT HOODS
ouff, i want my girlfriend to wear one of these, please. i just recently stumbled across the SPIRITHOODS. of course it doesnt hurt the brand that miss supercute is wearing one of them. what actually does hurt them are those super small images on the website!!!!
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