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Tattoorism: Petrina's Beetle by ZSO

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We recently received the following contribution from one of our Canadian readers, Petrina:


Petrina credits the original artwork of this beetle to New York City-based artists and illustrato ZSO, aka Sarah Blake, whose website ZSO highlights her phenomenal work.


The tattoo was created by MelanieWayland of Mel's Tattoos in Goderich, Ontario, Canada.

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

See more art from ZSO at http://www.hellozso.com.

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Spodee. Wine With a Kick!

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I recently got to try a new beverage, produced by White Mule Farms.


It's called Spodee and is, indeed, "wine with a kick".

I'm more of a beer guy, but I will drink wine from time to time with my oenophile wife.

Spodee is based on the legend of "a Depression era hooch that mixed up homemade country wines with garden herbs, spices and moonshine."

I enjoyed the bottle I had, which was a hearty 36 proof mule kick that was a sweet treat indeed. The bottle described it as "grape wine with natural chocolate flavor," and it certainly came across strong. My wife took a sip and crinkled her nose, expressing her distaste. Bad for her, good for me! I didn't have to share any of my Spodee!

I like it because it is different, and I love the old-timey milk bottle Spodee comes in.

Spodee is only on sale in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but it can be acquired through mail order to open states (here).

We don't endorse a lot of hooch here on the pages of Tattoosday, but Spodee is definitely worth a try! 

Check out more about Spodee below.

Michael Wears His Football Heart on His Sleeve

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Last spring, my old friend Michael was up in NYC for a visit. In the early days of Tattoosday, he emailed me out of the blue to share this amazing half-sleeve, which blew my mind, especially since I didn't even know he had tattoos.

Now that he was up for a visit, he shared his other half-sleeve, again throwing me for a loop:


This collage captures the gist of Michael's sleeve, an homage to two of his favorite things, the Manchester United Football Club and zombies.

There's a great sense of humor about the piece, especially the image on the inside of the arm:


That's a commentary on an "American" football player, carrying the ball as if it were the American version of the game of football.

The sleeve also has a small element that pays homage to his wife, Carrie. Behold the smiling sunflower in a field of football-playing zombies:


This amazing sleeve was inked by Eric Doyle at Jinx Proof Tattoos in Washington, D.C.

Thanks again to my friend Michael for sharing this incredible tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Ryan Shares an Amazing Portrait of His Mom

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I know we've been a little sparse with our posting of late, but we're coming back with a bang.

Last February, I met Ryan in my local laundromat and he shared some of his old school ink here.

I've seen him around since, but today when he walked into the laundromat, he had a stunning new piece.

A couple months ago I had run into my friend John (who shared new ink, which is also forthcoming) who tattoos out of Brooklyn Made Tattoo and he had told me that the legendary Freddy Negrete was going to be in the neighborhood doing guest spots at Brooklyn Made.

A few weeks later I was walking down 93rd Street in Bay Ridge and spotted Mr. Kaves outside of his shop. I stopped to say hello and he pointed out that Freddy and his son Isaiah were hard at work inside. They are both based out of Mark Mahoney's Shamrock Social Club in Los Angeles. I was meeting family for dinner so I couldn't hang around, but it was cool to get a glimpse of a legendary artist at work.

Which brings us back to Ryan this morning in the laundromat. I knew it almost as he told me, he got this sweet portrait of his mother from Freddy Negrete himself that week:


Ryan explained that this portrait is based on a photo of his mother from when she was in her early twenties, when he was around two years old. He elaborated:
"My mother died ... about an hour before her fortieth birthday, so this tattoo means a lot to me. It's the most beautiful work I have on me and I wouldn't have let anyone else do it. Freddy Negrete is a great guy ... he's a humbling guy and he's very humble himself and I am grateful to have met him and his son."
It really is an astonishingly beautiful piece of portrait work, and done by one of the true masters of the art here in our own little slice of Brooklyn.

Thanks again to Ryan for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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I made this 3 weeks ago for a turkish guy from istanbul. it was a long,but funny session. thanks a lot.

Bailey's Pocket Watch at the New York City Poetry Festival

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Last month I had the pleasure of attending the second annual New York City Poetry Festival on Governor's Island. I met some great tattooed poets, but I also ran into a few tattooed poetry fans, one of whom was Bailey, who has this cool tattoo on her foot:


The chain from this pocket watch runs up and around part of her calf, which makes this piece even neater. Bailey explains:
"It's the White Rabbit's pocket watch from Alice in Wonderland ... It's always been my favorite story and something that's stuck with me for a long time ... and I thought it was going to be the only tattoo that I got, so I wanted to get something big and meaningful."
I asked her if there was a significance to the time shown on the watch. She confirmed, "Yeah, it's 3:36, it was a time that connected with this band that I was really into and I wanted to make a little tribute without doing their logo and when [the artist] actually put the hands on the clock, he looked up to see where they were placed and it was 3:36."

The band in question? AFI. 336 is the name of one of their EPs. And, as it turned out, Bailey didn't stop with the pocket watch, she also has two sparrows at the top of her chest.

She credited this tattoo to "Pee Wee" at Bolder Ink in Boulder, Colorado.

Thanks to Bailey for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Location: The Trust for Governors Island, Governors Island National Monument, 10 South St #7, New York, NY 10004, USA

Skull tattoo-chest piece!

Ieri ho iniziato questo tattoo... un teschio di bambino con perle e tanti gigli!
questa e' la prima seduto solo linee e qualche sfumatura!non vedo l'ora di finire e mettere i colori!
grande Ilaria!

yesterday tattoo!a big chest piece,a baby skull with lily!!
the best costumer!can't wait to finish it!

Miss Juliet's latest work!



Libellula ingioiellata.
bejeweled dragonfly.



Pugnale piantato nella carne.
Dagger cutting through the flesh.



Un bradipo molto educato.
A well-mannered sloth, so cute. 



teschio di bimbo con gligli, chest da finire.
baby skull with lilies, still under construction.



Gufetti senza padrone! adottatene uno!
Lil' owls! they're looking for their owners!


Space invaders! 




E per finire...un po' di sana tassidermia con gli esoscheletri delle cicale, un modo sano ed educativo di passare i pomeriggi estivi!
Eventually we all need a bit of ol', healthy taxidermy with cicadas exoskeletons, just to spend summer afternoons!
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