GIRLS N COLOR

i feel like: if you run a blog and you havent been posting much lately you ought to appologize to your readers. is that weird ? i dont want to feel sorry for that. aah, whats going on. i know whats going on: dana hasnt been much of a help lately. my life is busy. still: here is a little colorfull monday update.

JESSICA ALBA

jessica alba ladies an gentlemen. photos taken by terry richardson.

Tattoos I Know: Paul's Taíno Ink

Last summer, my friend Paul had some new work done by Pierre at The Fort Apache Tattoo Studio near Penn Station. You can see some of his old work here and here and here and here (yes, he's a regular!).

Fort Apache is up several flights of stairs, but it is conveniently close to my day job, which makes up for the aerobic ascension to the shop on 31st Street.

This is what Paul had tattooed on his right forearm:

These four symbols are petroglyphs from the Taíno culture in Puerto Rico. They are one way Paul has chosen to acknowledging his and his ancestors' culture, in ink.

From top to bottom, the symbols each have literal meanings, and then personal meanings for Paul. The triangular piece is a zemis, pointing in three directions - to the sky and the Creator, to the underworld and the realm of the dead, and to the world of the living.

The second petroglyph is Sol, or the sun and the fourth design is the coqui, or frog.

Thanks once again to Paul for sharing his latest installment of ink here with us on Tattoosday!

BRENTON DUVALL - PRETTY LITTLE PENTHOUSE

" Brenton with a new track right here. He samples Michael Jackson’s “PYT”, and layers it with 18 year old rapper Tayyib Ali’s lyrics from “Penthouse Minutes”. The result, as always with this kid, is some audio gold. He just refuses to make a half-assed beat. Also, get me Tayyib’s shirt. "

via the chuckness 

RUFF

PHARRELL

 

Pharrell really really used to be the man music wise but has been disappointing for a while now. 

ANGELINA

 

no words.

STRIPPER

 

i actually dont know if she is a stripper or not, but she reminds me of one. not a bad thing.

BLACK AND WHITE IX

pete doherty is sick ( in the head ) but a lil stylish as well. more super awesome b/w photography at hedi slimane diary. ps: the "silent bob" image isnt by hedi.

Niki's Memorial Foot

Alas, with winter setting in, spotting tattoos in public is seasonably challenging. Thank goodness for ink on uncovered extremities, like hands and the occasional foot!

Case in point, earlier this month I met Niki in Penn Station after spotting this dagger on her foot:

She had this, one of her three tattoos, done three or four years ago a couple of years after her father had passed away.

It is a memorial that is based on a necklace her dad wore. When I asked her, after the fact, if she still had the necklace, she said she didn't, but said it was a lot like this one. She added "my dad bought it the Christmas before he passed away and it really showed off his sarcasm and style because he was very much into motorcycles and whatnot".

Wisely, in my opinion, she kept the design, but excised the words on the necklace from the tattoo!

Niki had this done by Marc at Ink Link Tattoos & Piercings in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Thanks to Niki for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

GET THIS INKED

some lovely images to get inked as we think. jean jullien is a great artist !! check out his website.

FASHIONABLE

M.V.P.