Katya's Pumpkin Patch

(We here at Tattoosday have survived Hurricane Sandy relatively unscathed. Now back to some ink appreciation....)

I've been hanging on to this photo for over six months:


This tattoo belongs to Katya, who I met back in April in Penn Station. This seemed more appropriate to post around Halloween. since it features pumpkins.

Katya credits this work to a friend of hers named John Murphy in California with starting this piece, which she conceives as the start of a sleeve, which will rise from the earth and the pumpkins, up her arm to a cityscape and an homage to the television show Bewitched.

Thanks to Katya for sharing this autumnal tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Davy Jones Tattoo by Teba


Sì lo so, è vecchio e lo conoscete già..ma è così bello che d'ogni tanto lo devo ripubblicare!

New realistic tattoos By Teba!


Betta splendes - Pesci Combattenti (work in pro)


Peacock feather - piuma di pavone


Cat skull - teschio di gatto

Spesso si confonde il tatuaggio realistico con la ritrattistica pura, la verità è che qualsiasi soggetto (più o meno) si può riprodurre in questo stile. Per esempio basta prendere una composizione o un soggetto tipici del tatuaggio classico old school e riproporlo creando un effetto molto elegante.

People often mistake realistic tattoo and portraiture, actually you can reproduce almost every theme and create a very stylish effect!

Miss Juliet: a journey into her microcosmo


fresh golden bug


finished salamander




This girl started out with two robins, and then decided to go for the whole upper back! 
We're putting lilies and a frame with a poem, later we'll add butterflies and some fairytale stuff!

Part 3 of Tattoo Age's Profile of Mutsuo is Up!

I've been really enjoying the current profile of the Japanese tattoo artist Mutsuo, of which the third and concluding part has just gone live on Vice's Tattoo Age series.

Behold:


There is a certain Zen quality to this last installment, as Mutsuo visits a Buddhist/Shinto shrine, and talks a little about the acceptance (or lack thereof) of tattoos in Japanese society. You can also click the "Tattoo Age" tag at the bottom of this post to see previous entries.
CLOCKWORK TATTOOS NATURNS ZIEHT UM!

Nach 8 Jahren haben wir beschlossen einen Schritt weiter zu gehen! Ab dem ersten Mai 2013 sind wir in unserem neuen Privatstudio in Meran! Das heißt alle Termine werden ausschließlich über Telefon oder E-mail vereinbart! Der Vorteil an einem Privatstudio ist der, dass wir nur für den einen Kunden der tätowiert wird, da sind. Also keine lästigen Paus
en während der Tattoositzung, keine Störung durch Laufkundschaft oder Telefon! Jeder einzelne Kunde bekommt einen Besprechungstermin für sein Tattoo! So können wir aus jeder Idee das Beste raus holen!
Wir danken allen unseren treuen Kunden für die vergangenen Jahre und hoffen dass sie uns auch weiterhin besuchen!


CLOCKWORK TATTOOS NATURNO SI TRASFERISCE

IMPORTANTE!!!

Dopo 8 anni, abbiamo deciso di fare un passo avanti!
Dal primo maggio 2013 ci spostiamo nel nostro nuovo studio privato a Merano!
Questo significa che tutti gli appuntamenti verrano presi esclusivamente tramite telefono o e-mail!
Il vantaggio dello studio privato è che siamo a disposizione esclusivamente della persona che sarà tatuata.
Quindi niente piu noiose pause durante la sessione di tatuaggio, nessuna interferenza di passanti o telefonate!
Ogni cliente riceve un appuntamento per discuttere del suo tatuaggio!
Così siamo in grado di tirare fuori il massimo da ogni idea!
Ringraziamo tutti i nostri clienti da molti anni affezionati, sperando che continuino a farci visita!


CLOCKWORK TATTOOS NATURNS IS MOVING

After 8 years we decided to move a step forward! As from the first of may 2013 we’re going to be in our new private studio in Merano. This means all appointments can be arranged by phone or email only. The advantage of a private studio is that the artist is in the studio for the specific customer exclusively. So no annoying breaks during a tattoo session and no disturbance because of walk- in customers or a telephone! Each customer gets a meeting appointment for his individual tattoo, thus we can make the best out of each idea!
We’d like to thank all of our loyal customers for the past years and we hope that they’ll stick to us in the future too!

Tattoos In the News: Hilo on My Mind

Tattoosday may be a New York City-based blog, but we here at the home office have roots deep in Hawai'i. We showed a whole slew of islands-based ink back in our "Tattoosday Goes to Hawai'i" posts back in 2010 (this tag lets you see most of those entries).

I was on the phone with my mother yesterday and she told me that the cover of the local Hawaii Tribune Herald featured "Hilo's Illustrated Man," a guy named Bryston "Sonny" Savella:


The full article here details how Savella was inspired by images of people who had Route 66 tattoos. He wanted a similar concept, only with images from the town of Hilo.


Among the expected sights, his work also features "...a Big Island Candies dipped cookie ... and a smorgasbord of menu items from Ken's House of Pancakes." 


The work is credited to local artist John Butler, who is owner and operator of Tattoos by Butler.

It's a great article and a nice slice of Hawaiian life for a quick read. I encourage you to check out the piece and see Butler's work on his Facebook page. You may even want to book an appointment on your next trip to the Big Island!

Mahalo to my mom for tipping me off and to Savella and Butler for combining forces on this Hawaiian-style project!

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Rose Tattoo

Non vedo l'ora di tatuare questa rosa...novembre...arriva presto!!!



Lindsay's Grandfather Resonates in Her Tattoos

I met Lindsay in Penn Station back in August and she shared two tattoos, starting with this incredible blackbird inked on her thigh:


She credited this amazing piece to Grez at Kings Avenue Tattoo. He is one of those artists whose work I see occasionally in my travels. As always, I am impressed with his workmanship.

What does this tattoo symbolize? Lindsay explained, "I actually have the key as a necklace of mine that I found in my house and then the poppy is for my grandpa." And the blackbird? She told me, "I like the myths of death behind it."

Lindsay also has this tattoo on her arm:


Lindsay explains:
"This is my grandpa's suitcase and I actually found it with the key [from the op tattoo] and it was in the wall of my house. It was really awesome. It's like this really old style suitcase."
This is a great tribute to her grandfather and was also tattooed by Grez.

Thanks to Lindsay for sharing these awesome tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

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Kara's Kara-cature (and a Killer Back Piece, to Boot)

I spotted Kara on 7th Avenue back in July.

She was headed south while I was headed north. When I turned and saw her back piece, I whirled around and caught up to her to ask her about her work. She was kind enough to share. Check it out:


She credited an artist named Augustin Espinosa with this piece and most of her tattoos are "all about decoration." Espinosa was at A-List Industry Studios in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn when he did the back piece, but he was at New York Hardcore in Manhattan when he tattooed her left arm:


Kara explained,
"My arm piece is basically a caricature of me ... I am a marathon runner ... I wanted a pin-up tattoo and I'm a narcissist so I wanted it to be about me ... I gave Augustin basically what I wanted and he drew this."
Thanks to Kara for stopping when I asked her about her tattoos, and for sharing them with us here on Tattoosday!

UPDATE: I learned just recently, while researching this post, that Kara has joined the ranks of the many burlesque performers that have graced these illustrious pages. She performs under the name Magdalena Fox and is, by my best estimation, the fifth performer (that I am aware of) that has been featured here. Just one of the fun perks of being a tattoo blogger!

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Sunday+Sketching

La domenica e' il giorno perfetto... musica,amore,e disegno... vorrei le giornate sempre piu' lunghe ma mi sforzo e disegno anche il lunedi per recuperare le ore perse!!






Significati

Ci sono sere in cui mi fermo e rifletto,si lo so bisognerebbe farlo ogni sera ma a volte svuoto la mente e mi dedico solo al disegno quasi fosse un lavoro automatico,comunque a volte rifletto... rifletto su quello che le persone scrivono e mi dicono e ultimamente mi e' stato chiesto diverse volte se ci fossero significati dietro i miei disegni o dietro i miei tatuaggi,perche' disegno sempre lumache o falene,perche' sono fissata con le fasi lunari,perche' disegno lune calanti,perche' perche' perche'....
Niente e' lasciato al caso. disegno perche' e' una necessita' "primordiale" per me, e' come respirare o sedermi a tavola e mangiare, sono cresciuta cosi e non so fare bene nient'altro... ma questo non significa che disegno solo "fronzolini" senz'anima, io vorrei raccontare una storia attraverso le mie semplici illustrazioni, non voglio che siano guardate come: "ah che bel disegno ma niente non mi dice nulla",ovviamente non posso trasmettere un emozione a tutte le persone ma gia' riuscire a suscitare qualcosa rende la mia esistenza piu' piena e vitale.
Sono stata cresciuta da una madre incredibile che ha cambiato la vita a molte persone attraverso la sua forte personalita' e carisma ed e' questo a cui aspiro.. lasciare una piccola traccia nel cuore delle persone che incontro.
Forse sono solo aspirazioni da ragazza ingenua e sognatrice,ma perche' non provarci??
Attraverso i miei disegni faccio entrare per un istante molte persone nel mio mondo... e vorrei che le persone capiscano quanto amo e quanta passione ripongo in tutto quello che faccio... ah che stupida ragazza emotiva che sono :)
Comunque si dietro ogni disegno c'e' una piccola storia e un piccolo mondo...
Per esempio non disegno cristalli solo perche' sono belli da disegnare, i cristalli rappresentano una parte o meglio una fase della mia vita, sono una divoratrice di libri sullo sciamanesimo da diversi anni e per uno sciamano i cristalli sono d'importanza vitale e rappresentano per diverse tribu' il passaggio di neofita a sciamano trasformandosi da "luce solidificata" a "cristallo umano"... quale migliore descrizione di questo periodo della mia vita??qui potrei dilungarmi con nozioni che la maggior parte delle persone ritiene noiosa,quindi mi fermo...ma consiglio a tutti di leggere qualcosa in riguardo!!
Altro esempio sono i mille disegni di lumache, io stessa mi ritengo una "lumaca" e' un piccolo animale che si porta in giro la propria casa...ha sulle spalle il proprio mondo e gira con esso, e' quasi una metafora della mia vita... 
le falene invece per me rappresentano la mia bellezza. forse non attirano per colori forme o delicatezza ma hanno un fascino nascosto piu' intrigante,e' come se ti dovessi abituare alla loro bellezza e io a volte mi sento cosi...
quindi ci sono significati ovunque,c'e' spirito ovunque,c'e' passione ovunque e in tutto quello che faccio altrimenti...non lo farei proprio!!

Dopo questo momento di delirio forse chi mi sta leggendo puo' toccare con mano la mia follia :) 
volevo farvi entrare per qualche minuto nel mio caos mentale !!!


Robins tattoo-pettirossi tattoo

Se i sabati fossero tutti cosi potrei diventare la donna piu' felice della terra... quando i miei adorati clienti mi lasciano carta bianca riesco ad esprimermi al meglio e torno a casa sempre super soddisfatta!
Oggi con Annalisa abbiamo continuato la schiena,tutto era nato dall'idea di fare due piccoli pettirossi e ora ci stiamo allargando, aggiungiamo gigli e prossimamente una bella cornice lavorata che decorera' una bellissima poesia e tutto sara' circondato da farfalle...
un atmosfera fiabesca direi!
ecco alcune foto:




skulls and crystals!

Alla fine faccio una settimana da record in cui scrivo sul blog e pubblico foto quasi tutte le sere ,forse esagero diciamo 3 volte alla settimana,e altre in cui proprio non mi faccio viva...vorrei che si aggiornasse automaticamente...che fosse collegato al mio cervello da psicopatica !!!
comunque sono viva e vegeta e disegno...come sempre...quindi tutto ok!






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