Jessica Wears Sylvia Ji (from the NYC Tattoo Convention)

At the New York City Tattoo Convention on Saturday, I saw a lot of wonderful work, including this bright and colorful piece on the upper arm of Jessica:

This tattoo is based on the artwork of California artist Sylvia Ji.

© Copyright, Sylvia Ji 2012 

Jessica is an admirer of Ji's work and she collaborated with tattoo artist J.J. Claudio to recreate this piece on her arm. J.J. Claudio just recently joined the crew at Tattoo Frenzy in Lindenhurst, New York.

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

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Christina's Frankenstein Girl

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-Indulgence. I believe she was referring to the band's 2000 release Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy:

She credited an artist named Serge for doing the tattoo at Tattoo Frenzy in Lindenhurst, New York.

Thanks to Christina for sharing her Frankenstein girl with us here on Tattoosday!

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Nick's Rocking Leg Tattoos (Van Halen and Aerosmith)

At the end of July, while searching for Green Day tattoos, I met, perhaps, the ultimate Van Halen fan.

Nick was hanging out at the side of Madison Square Garden, talking with a friend, and I spotted several rock-themed tattoos on his legs.

Nick has seven tattoos and let me photograph three of them. His outer right calf has this Eddie Van Halen piece:


This was done by a visiting artist at one of the Tattoo Lou's locations on Long Island. Work from Tattoo Lou's has appeared on Tattoosday previously here.

The better of the two Van Halen pieces (in my opinion), on his inner right calf, is this one, inked by Thom at Tattoo Frenzy, in Lindenhurst, New York.


The detail on the guitar is incredible:


Nick says, with certainty, that he has seen Van Halen in concert 394 times (as of July 2009).

He also shared this other tattoo, from his left leg:


This piece is based on the cover art from Aerosmith's Just Push Play album:


Thanks to Nick for sharing his rocking tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!