I met Darya coming out of the subway in Bay Ridge and asked if I could take a picture of her tattoo. She kindly allowed me to do so and share it here with everyone on Tattoosday:Darya explained that she always wanted a peacock [...]
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Showing posts with label Brooklyn Ink. Show all posts
Darya's Bi-Coastal Peacock and Cherry Blossoms
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, December 19, 2010
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Tattoo from a Francophile
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Earlier this summer, I posted a couple of tattoos from Joe, seen here.Needless to say, Joe became a fan, and updated me with a new tattoo, below: Joe explains:"The picture is fresh from the artist finishing it. It is "C077X" [...]
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Sara's Psalm Speaks to the Desires of Her Heart
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, September 22, 2010
I met Sara on the 36th Street subway platform in Brooklyn last month during the late afternoon rush hour commute.What can I say? I'm a sucker for words and this tattoo looked poetic:Sara filled me in. She has three tattoos [...]
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Two Segements of Renae's Arm
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, August 31, 2010
I spotted a whole lot going on with Renae's left forearm, while browsing at the Chelsea Salvation Army store, so I just had to ask.Let's deconstruct:The first part of this tattoo is the dark heart on the inner part of the [...]
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Marie's Anchor of Hope
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, August 8, 2010
I met Marie outside of Penn Station last month after spotting her sleeve of naval designs. She picked this one on the inside of her upper right arm:This tattoo reminds her the importance of "loving where you're from" and [...]
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Anthony's Dragon (and more!)
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, June 23, 2010
I spotted Anthony on the N train in Brooklyn and was happy to see him also switching for the local R train at 59th Street.As luck would have it, both of us were headed home to Bay Ridge.Anthony has a bunch of tattoos, and [...]
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John's Tattoo Identity (With a Bonus Vendetta)
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, June 12, 2010
I met John recently in a local drug store in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn.I had actually seen John once previously in the store, but had been unable to speak to him at the time, so I was happy when I ran into him again.His [...]
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Siobhan's Phantom Tattoo
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Although it is April and we are posting the tattoos of thirty poets over the thirty days, it's hard to ignore the good people who make Tattoosday possible, my fellow inked New Yorkers, and visitors from afar.It's even more [...]
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Any Port in a Storm: Chris Wears His Clipper Ship with Pride
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I spotted this beauty of a tattoo in Bay Ridge on the calf of Chris:He explained that it is a cover-up and took Alex Franklin at Brooklyn Ink about four hours to complete. Work from Alex and the other artists from Brooklyn [...]
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Re-post: Paul's 9/11 Memorial
Posted by Unknown on Friday, September 11, 2009
This post ran last year and it seems appropriate to re-run it again today:Earlier this month, I mentioned meeting Paul here, on the bike path that runs along the southern tip of Brooklyn.I saved the other tattoo photo I [...]
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Valarie's Sugar Skull
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tattoosday is no stranger to sugar skulls. They are popular tattoos and always welcome additions to the site. It certainly seems, like snowflakes, no two sugar skull tattoos are exactly alike. Clicking here will allow you [...]
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Meredith Shares Two Inspirational Pieces for Tat-Twosday
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Let's just say the third time's a charm.It started with me getting off the subway in my neighborhood and noticing the woman walking several paces ahead of me. I saw that she had words inked around her wrists. As I generally [...]
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Xavier's Pocket Watch Flies Through Time
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, July 11, 2009
I knew my birthday was going to be a good one when I not only spotted ink first thing in the morning, but I talked tattoo and got a story before 7:00 A.M. on the R train at 95th Street.Xavier has a dozen or so tattoos which [...]
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A Viking Design Commemorates Brian's Ancestry
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, July 9, 2009
Back on June 29, while pacing the 59th Street platform in Brooklyn, waiting for an R train, I spotted this interesting design on the right calf of Brian:According to Brian, the piece is based on an ancient Viking symbol [...]
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