Bench pressing mouse

Daniel got his diehard mouse today. 

Kristina Shares Two Stunning Virginia Elwood Tattoos

One of my favorite Tattoosday encounters involves Kristina, who I featured here back in 2010. As I recall in the post, I had originally met Kristina in Manhattan a couple years earlier, and had run into her again in my neighborhood when we were both picking up our kids from camp.

We've since become friends and I've kept up to date on some new tattoos she has had inked since we last featured her on Tattoosday.

Over the summer, we finally had a moment to stop, talk, and take pictures of her newer tattoos, both of which were tattooed by the fantastically awesome Virginia Elwood of New York Adorned.

This is the larger piece on her shoulder and upper chest:

She loves birds and the emblem on the chain was Elwood's idea. Kristina had wanted a compass but, as she put it "Virginia-ized." She added, "she [Elwood] does these beautiful geometric flowers like a spyrograph - I wanted it in that style."

Kristina also has this crane on her right ankle:

Kristina's son Oscar told her to get a crane, "which originally scared me," she said, "because he was little and I thought he meant a construction vehicle."

Clicking here will show you all the work I've featured by Virginia before on Tattoosday. Some day, I hope to get work from her, as well.

Thanks to Kristina for sharing her birds with us here on Tattoosday!

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This is the result of my last 3 working days. I made this on an italian guy. He came from Cesena to get tattoed his leg. Thanks a lot for the confidence and the endurance. peace

Vice Concludes Valerie Vargas Segment on Tattoo Age

The third and final installment of Vice's Tattoo Age is up:
 
This concluding segment was really cool. There's less tattooing and more about the relationship between Valerie and Stewart Robson. You see them hanging at the zoo and it's really interesting to see them and their reaction to some of the animals.

This is definitely a great series!

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Emil Shares His Timon and Pumbaa Tattoos

Back at the end of July, I met Emil in Penn Station. He shared these two tattoos from his left arm:

These are the characters Pumbaa (top) and Timon (bottom) from the Disney animated film The Lion King.
Timon is a meerkat and Pumbaa is a warthog, and both were the characters providing comic relief in the film. 
"Why did you get Timon and Pumbaa?" I asked.

"They are my idols," he told me.

Emil credited an artist named Richard Holm at Magic Man Tattoo and Art in Skövde, Sweden. Believe it or not, these are not the first tattoos we've come across from Magic Man Tattoo. A piece was featured previously here, back in 2009.

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

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Skin & Ink Magazine - December, 2012

Check out Scott's feature... on the shelves now!

Crocodile Tattoo

In questi giorni disegno come una matta!ma devo ringraziare i miei clienti che mi danno sempre delle idee fantastiche!non vedo l'ora di tatuare tutti questi disegni!

nelle prossime settimane mi dedichero' a dversi flash-set per il mio breve guest-spot a Berlino (info molto presto)!!

Birds,insects and roses Tattoo

Oggi ho finito questo disegno gigante! l'ho chiamato il delirio animalesco...

sabato diventera' un super tattoo...

Days off in the Nature

Some basic creatures that I haven't seen for a long long time.

Stefany's Chameleon Explodes with Color

I'm still marveling over the cool tattoos I spotted at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade back in June.

This chameleon tattoo which belongs to Stefany is impressive to begin with....

and then you see the whole piece that wraps onto her back:

This piece was done by Nick Caruso at Bound for Glory Tattoo on Staten Island. Work from Nick has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

You can tell Stefany has a lot of amazing work, including the seascape down on her ribs and hip, as well.

Thanks to Stefany for sharing this beautiful tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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If you haven't stopped in yet...

...you really should

Nekomata

This tattoo is based on a painting that I did a while ago.

One of my customers liked the painting and the idea to represent as Nekomata his 10 years old cat. That's why I made some changes to make this design more suitable. 

Some parts are fresh and some are healed.

 

 

Civetta!

Ognitanto realizzo su commissione dei disegni,ed ecco l'ultimo che ho preparato:

Rose Tattoo

A chi non piacciono le rose?? in questo devo dire che ne sto facendo parecchie...ma e' sempre divertente disegnarle e tatuarle!adoro le rose...
Roses and roses and roses...