I met Greg outside of Madison Square Garden last fall, and he happily shared several of his tattoos, inspired by magic and mythology. On his upper left arm is this wizard:On his upper right arm, he shared this dragon:Below [...]
Showing posts with label Dragons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dragons. Show all posts
A Quartet of Tattoos from Greg
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Two-for-Tattoosday, Brazilian-Style
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Sometimes, due to a) a language barrier and b) the passage of time, we're not always able to give you the most in-depth story about our subjects' tattoos.Such is the case with Celso and Reginaldo, who I met back in September [...]
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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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Tammy's Earth Fairy
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tammy says that, within an hour of meeting her, Steve Gagliano of Tormented Souls in Kings Park, New York, knew exactly what to do with the tattoo she wanted covered up. He began freehanding a design over the existing tattoo, [...]
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The Tattooed Poets Project: Brendan Constantine
Posted by Unknown on Monday, April 19, 2010
One of the more satisfying aspects of this year's Tattooed Poets Project has been completing posts for poets who first contacted me in 2009 during our inaugural year of the endeavor.In Brendan Constantine's first e-mail [...]
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Tattoorism: Dean's Samurai
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Last Saturday, I posted some tattoos sent to us from Tammy in Texas. Her son Dean is also tattooed and, in a much bigger way. We'll let him explain:My very first tattoo was done on my 18th birthday in 2005...[it is] a black [...]
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Doug's Dragon
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Back on July 13, I posted a photo of Doug's Geisha. Doug was waiting around the Penn Station area before heading down to see Horisei, at tattoo artist working out of Rising Dragon's Chelsea Tattoo Company.Doug followed up [...]
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Danny's Incredible Tattoos
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, November 4, 2009
On occasion, I will wander from 7th Avenue to 8th Avenue, through the campus of F.I.T., hoping to spot some creative work. One of my first posts (documented here) featured tattoos from someone I met on that stretch of street.Last [...]
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