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Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Tattooed Poets Project: Vicki Iorio

We're kicking off this year's Tattooed Poets Project with a tattoo that seems, ahem, apropos-etic:

This poetic foot belongs to Vicki Iorio, a New York poet. She explains the tattoo:

"My group of Long Island poets have the pleasure of reading at the Wyld Chyld Cafe and Tattoo Parlor in Merrick, NY. I watched Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan, the poet laureate of Suffolk County get "poet" tattooed across her shoulder blades. [Tammy will be appearing on the site later this month.] She recited poetry while her back was bleeding, I knew at that moment I would have to get one!

It was a cold January night, Sixx tattooed my right foot with a beautiful scripted "poet." It was a beautiful moment and I love my tat and all it signifies. A slew of woman poets have been tattooed by Sixx. A tattooed sisterhood, indeed."

Here is a poem from Vicki:

Tattoo 56

I will get a tattoo next birthday
no one will care
it won't be like birthday 13
when I dyed my hair purple on a shoplift heist
shaved off eyebrows
pierced frozen ears with a needle
hacked off bushy black fur under stockings

I will find an illustrated man
his head bald and shiny
eyes so blue I will see straight through
to his good heart, diamond stud in one ear
massive arms shocking to the touch.

My spider will go willingly to his fly.
I will tell him what I want
where I want it.

After validating plastic worth,
my pirate will lead me to his table
gift me with little hurts
celebrate me electrically
wrap me in gauze
sing the praises of Bacitracin
wish me a happy birthday.

Vicki Iorio is a Long Island poet who hangs around tattoo parlors. Her poems have been published in various publications including hell strung and crooked. She is saving up for another tattoo!

Thanks to Vicki for sharing her poetic tattoo and tattoo poem with us here on Tattoosday!

This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday.

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Tattoos I Know: Beth's Ink Ushers in the New Baseball Season

Well, folks, it's March 31, which means several things, First and foremost, after a long, cold winter, and a rough start to spring, baseball season starts today. And although, the last time I checked, there was a 70% chance of rain for the New York Yankees home opener against the Detroit Tigers today, baseball fans everywhere are just a tad excited that their team's 162 game-long drama is about to begin.

So, it seemed fitting that we share this tattoo, belonging to our cousin Beth:

Photo by Melanie Cohen

Beth is a diehard Yankees fan and she got this inked on September 16, 2005. For the record, the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays north of the border that day 11-10 thanks, in part, to two Robinson Cano home runs and Mariano Rivera's 40th save of the year.

This is one of Beth's three tattoos, a fact not lost on me, as I have been wanting to post her ink on the site ever since we started back in 2007. However, we just never got around to it and this photo was shot last June in New Jersey by my wife, Melanie, at another cousin's baby shower. I thought, at the time, that we would save this picture for the day the Yankees won the World Series, but last year that ambition fell short in the ALCS. So we saved it for Opening Day, instead.

The tattoo was done by Thomi Hawk at K & B Tattooing & Piercing in Hightstown, New Jersey.

I should also add that, back in August 2007, I was sitting in my seat at PNC Bank Arts Center, between sets, when I noticed a very similar tattoo several rows ahead of me. I thought, "Man, that tattoo looks just like Beth's, and in the same spot [on her upper right back] too!" Of course, it was Beth, and we were both unaware that we were attending the show. And to think I spotted her in all that humanity by noticing her tattoo!

I mentioned at the top of the post that it being March 31, meant several things. Aside from Opening Day, it's also opening day for the inkspotting season, as far as I'm concerned. Posts have been few and far between over the past few months and that's about to change. Tomorrow begins National Poetry Month, and we will be embarking on our third annual Tattooed Poets Project: 30 days of tattoos from poets across the country. And, I will assume, that I'll be having regular Tattoosday encounters, which will reappear in May, throughout the month.

Play ball!

Thanks again to Beth for sharing her cool patriotic Yankees tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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T-shirts with Maori tattoo prints

Hi,

It has been a while, but I'm working on a set of T-shirts for a company "Ainofea" in Hawaii.
They asked me to design several t-shirts with my maori inspired tattoos. The shirts will be available from their website soon. Here are a few examples of the tattoo prints I created:

shirt with maori printed tattoos buy for sale

maori tshirts tattoo prints for sale online shop

Kind regards, Mark Storm
info@storm3d.com
www.storm3d.om

Monday, March 28, 2011

Nerd Alert!!!

This one is for all of you Force lovers.

I'm painting /drawing Star Wars related designs from time to time.

And it would be great to finally tattoo those ideas. So if anybody is interested send me a message on jankowzki@gmail.com

I would love to do those tattoos in full color but I am open for other suggestions.

So enjoy

Yodaruma available

"It's a... Carp?!" Available

Available

Lucky charm Ewoki Neko also Available

I'm not done yet, so there is gonna be much much more.

Stay cool and don't copy or steal.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Home is Where the Star Is

Yesterday in Penn Station, I met Jonathan, whose one tattoo caught my eye when I passed him in the Amtrak waiting area.

Except, sometimes, a fragment of a tattoo doesn't necessarily reveal the whole piece. As in Jonathan's case, I saw the back of his arm, and this segment, which resembled (to me, at the time), a crude figure with the beginning of a speech bubble emanating from its mouth:

I felt rather silly, however, when Jonathan agreed to participate and showed me the full tattoo:

The figure I imagined, of course, is really Long Island, and the balloon was the southern tip of the state of New York.

Jonathan explained that he is from Rochester, marked on the tattoo with a star, and that he lived in the same house growing up there for eighteen years. It's a New York state of mind, indeed.

The tattoo was done at Big Joe & Sons Tattooing in White Plains, New York.

Thanks to Jonathan for sharing his stately tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Elemental Tattoos officially opened for business!

Well, the time has finally come! I have been practicing for many months now, I recently graduated from grapefruits to human flesh, and I have completed a couple of very well executed tattoos, that you can look at here. I am now confident that I can do a very professional job for anyone wanting a tattoo, HOWEVER, I am going to be starting with much simpler designs, lettering, symbols, and smaller pieces. If you are looking for a very large or complex tattoo, please feel free to contact me with design ideas, and I will do top notch design work for you and keep you posted as my skill level increases and I eventually am ready for the larger more complex tattoos. This should be relatively soon at the rate I am learning and improving my skill as a tattooist. My promise to ALL my clients is that the work will be expertly executed, and with the utmost attention to sterile and healthy working techniques. I will not tackle anything that I do not feel 100% ready to do PERFECTLY. So if your tattoo idea is extremely ambitious, please be patient and I will get to it when my skill level and confidence is exactly where it needs to be.

My most recent work was the 'Damaged Goods' tattoo you see below, for my dear friend Wilson. The work flowed smoothly, and the precision and details are clean and as close to perfect as possible. This was the tattoo that made me realize I am ready to start working professionally. In the next few weeks I will be adding a great deal of equipment to my inventory, new tips, inks, needles, shaders, and autoclave etc. So the work will be getting more sophisticated very quickly. Drop me a line at directly if you want me to get to work on a tattoo design for you.

My pricing will be extremely fair, both for designs and final tattoo execution. I will price each individual job to suit the client, so you can expect to pay far less than you might at a typical tattoo shop. So let the creative fun begin! I look forward to hearing from you and working with you to create a tattoo that will live on you and in you, and be a great source of pride and inspiration for a lifetime!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Tattoosday Book Review: Tattooed by the Family Business

I’ll cut right to the chase: if you’re going to buy one tattoo book this spring, make sure it’s Tattooed by The Family Business, a feast for the eyes and a new standard by which all tattoo photography books should be judged.

Simply stated, this book is gorgeous, heavy on high-quality photography, focusing on the wonderful body art created by Mo Coppoletta and his crew of talented tattooists at The Family Business Tattoo Shop, a London-based establishment that has been producing breath-taking work since 2003.

If you're not familiar with Copoletta, or his studio, the book gives readers a peek inside the world of the Family Business. But aside from a one page foreword, and a couple pages of introduction, this lovely book is light on text, and heavy on images from photographers Fredi Marcarini and Chris Terry.

Image copyright: Fredi Marcarini and Chris Terry
Taken from Tattooed by the Family Business (Pavilion)

The two hundred plus pages are filled with lush images of life in the shop and, more importantly, the high quality work created by the artists. Divided up into five sections, titled "The Family," "The Business," "The Art," "The Work," and "The Patrons," this is not just about Coppoletta and his own work. The reader is also introduced to the whole family: Kanae, Mie Satou, Dominique Holmes, Diego Brandini, and Diego Azaldegui.

Some may draw comparisons to the books the American tattoo artist Kat Von D, which I have favorably reviewed in the past on this site. Tattooed by the Family Business is in a different league. It is as you would expect, Von D's books are busy and filled with words and images; whereas Coppoletta's book exudes a classiness to which other artists can only aspire.

In fact, an online review hardly does it justice. Photography dominates and, whereas the tattoo, or the process of tattooing is always at hand, the beauty of the book also lies in its images. Ultimately, I believe, it's what most serious artists want to see in a tattoo book. Although some may criticize that, in some of the photos, the details of the tattoos themselves are lost in the framing of the photograph, I would argue that these images are just as compelling as the close-ups, as one sees the way the tattoos are placed, and how they flow along the lines of the human form.

Image copyright: Fredi Marcarini and Chris Terry
Taken from Tattooed by the Family Business (Pavilion)

One of the neat features within this volume are several sketches on pages designed to resemble transparencies, where are laid over images of the tattoos themselves. The reader is treated to the full-page two-dimension image from which the artist drew his inspiration, and then can compare it to the end result.

Here on Tattoosday, where most of the tattoos we see are from New York-based artists, I have, in several years, only had the pleasure of encountering Coppoletta's work once, documented here. Therefore, getting to see a more expansive look at his work, as well as that of other artists in The Family Business, is a real pleasure.

Tattooed by the Family Business is a veritable feast. I keep returning to it, marveling at the craftsmanship and beauty of the tattoos. I highly recommend it to artists and aficionados alike. The book is a work of art in and of itself, and the fact that it so beautifully and simply celebrates the art makes it a must-read, a must-relish, and a must-have for every tattoo library.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Flash-Set in progress

This is part of my very first "real" Flash-Set. I hope I can finish it soon, can`t wait to see it all come together...

Don`t know how to categorize it, yet...

I also like taking pictures..

Fantoft Stavkirke, Norway...

Since i own this blog for a very short time yet, I guess the layout will still change, the posts will be more in order to a certain topic but for now I post stuff as it comes... Enjoy

First Tattoo Post

Here`s some of my recent work... Enjoy

So, here we go. I finally managed to get myself a blog.

Maybe something short about me.
My name is Billy.
I am a tattooer, born in Germany, currently working at FaRbulös Tätowierungen in Nuremberg.

I always loved to draw and be creative somehow. As soon as I turned 18 I got my first tattoo
and that was the moment when i completelly fell in love with the art of tattooing.

My general inspiration comes from basically everything from comics, art-nueveau, nowadays tattooers and
everything with color and shape...

I will try keeping this updated and come up with recent drawings, tattoos, and photographs.

So check out from time to time and I wish you all the best...

B

Sneak peek part 2

Almost a year ago I started Alice in Wonderland sleeve with Yuri. Yesterday we had another productive session and this time it was time for The Hatter.

When finished I´ll post the whole piece after long photo-shoot session.

And since I show you work in progress I want to share some other projects I´m working on.

That tiger is up to something...

Dragon contra Phoenix fight.

Koi fish half sleeve.

A huge dragon leg sleeve.

And Matt Verges inspired Moby Dick piece.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Four from Christine

I met Christine at the Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side yesterday evening and she shared these four tattoos:

Moving clockwise from the upper left in the photo above, we start with an outline of Brooklyn, in honor of the borough in which Christine was born and raised.

At the top of the other forearm is an om symbol, which captures her focus and has occasionally "helped with panic attacks."

The two butterflies on opposite arms were inked in honor of her nieces, who both love these colorful insects. The shade of each represents their favorite colors.

The Brooklyn piece was inked at Asylum Studios in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The om and the butterflies were done by artists at Three Kings Tattoo. Both shops are in Brooklyn and have had work appear on Tattoosday previously here (Asylum) and here (Three Kings).

Thanks to Christine for sharing these four of her eleven (!) tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Updates by Gabriel!!

Hey hey ho, updates again. In like another 3 weeks or so, Eric and i will be travelling to Europe once again. Augustine will also be in Europe. Will have to ask him to update his travel dates asap.

Some updates on Jeremy's back. This young dude can really sit long and still.

Koi fish, AGAIN! But i like.

Yonghao's arm. Soon to be completed!

Ben's Koi fish. It's done up and he will be back to do a continuation to his chest. Can't wait.

Here are the dates again, just in case some of you guys miss it.

8th - 10th Apr
Tattoo Ink Explosion 2011 Monchengladbach Germany

11th - 14th Apr
Buntland Ink & Gallery Monchengladbach Germany

15th - 17th Apr
Frankfurt Tattoo Convention, Germany

18th - 24th Apr
Inky und Stretchy, Germany

25th-28th Apr 2011
Buntland Ink & Gallery Monchengladbach Germany

29th Apr - 1st May 2011
Oslo Tattoo Convention

6th -8th May 2011

Roma Tattoo Expo

-please write me if you have any queries.
inkedz@hotmail.com
+65 93388479

-Gabriel

Sunday, March 13, 2011

A Dying and Childish Breed

What advice can I give not only the students at Aberration Pro Custom Tattoo and other shops that have recognized the need for our industry to get away from the Rock Star Prices as well as the Rock Star image? A student of mine found out first hand how fast a person in this industry can go from being a friend to a foe. He was posting advertisements on Craigslist for people to come in and get tattooed for a certain amount of money. After all you cannot ask a person to drive in and tattoo someone without making money back for his supplies or gas now can you? Anyways I had an artist come in from another shop to teach a class or two at our school. Everything was great and he actually made some extra money by giving some tattoos to the staff.

Fast forward a few months and now that all the apprentices are basically on skin and charging what they are suppose to charge this particular person who has a shop 40 minutes North of us is starting to bash their work as scratchers and trying to discredit them by throwing out that "Good Tattoos are not Cheap and Cheap Tattoos are not Good" crap we've heard in the industry for well over 20 years now. Actually thats the saying the industry came up with so everyone would fix prices. It was an unwritten rule that everyone would charge a minimum of at least $40 for anything coming through the door. Well now that tattoos have become main stream these same people are furious that consumers are actually smarter then they are and know that they can get good art for better pricing. Lets face it because it happens everyday. People would rather have Cousin Bill do their name tattoo for a few bucks rather then go to shop and get raped.

Time to evolve people who run shops. Time to see the trend!!! You people can go out of your way trying that old tired line on people and it won't matter a bit. Economics is what drives every business. Tattoo Kits are sold to everyone these days. I rather see people go to a shop with good prices and work over someone going to a house for one. No matter how much you boneheads try to preserve the minimums your destined to fail. Not only must you depend on return clients, you have to get new ones as well. So call us a street shop, I'm actually happy with the compliment. I will never and I hope either does my students ever conform with the popular image of the Tattooist. You guys can keep your Rockstar Image and Prices and I'll watch your doors shut. I on the other hand prefer to be more customer friendly. I'm in business for me and no one else. I believe in no alliances here or there, with this person or that person.

Oh yea. By the way guys you'll be hearing our commercials on a major Rock Station that concentrates right around ol boys shop. One thing that you have to learn about competition is don't worry about defending yourselves. Always go on the attack and stay on the attack when someone engages you in this business. The whole point of them going after you in the first place is jealous childish crap wanting to put you out of business. If they start it the saying goes woop that ass. Well in business thats called going after the jugular. You better believe now that ol boy started you can bet all advertisement will be going his general direction.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Chris's Cherry Blossoms Grace His Forearm

On Friday afternoon, I ran into Chris near the 34th Street subway station near the Manhattan Mall.

He had this wonderful tattoo on his left forearm:

Chris explained that this tree resembles a cherry blossom tree that he played on with his cousin when he was a kid. His cousin has passed, so this is, in essence, a memorial, "without being over the top".

I found it interesting and quite poignant that I spotted this piece on the day of the earthquake in Japan, when the plight of the residents in the northern part of that country was on so many minds. The cherry blossom, as many know, is often associated with the temporary, fleeting nature of life.

I particularly like the shadowy effect in the background of the tattoo:

Chris credited Ryan at ArtCore Tattoos in Naples, Florida with this tattoo.

Thanks to Chris for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Butt frog tattoo exchange

Yesterday I tattooed the godmother of my sister. She makes crazy delicious and crazy good looking cakes. Just incredible tastes of all kinds of flavours and a huge sugar bomb. That's what we all could use yesterday: a big sugar calorie bomb.
She is also nuts about frogs... can't explain it, all I can tell is that she collects all kinds of different frog figures. No Kermit's. Just frogs, like those green ones that swim in the European rivers. And she wanted to get a green frog as a tattoo.
So we kind of traded cake for a butt frog tattoo.

And here the mighty delicious Kynst cake before it got cut and eaten. Yummy!!!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

See Emily's Foot Tattoo

I met Emily in Penn Station and asked her about this, one of her three tattoos:

The phrase "Be not afraid, only believe" is from the Bible, more specifically, the Book of Mark, Chapter 5, Verse 36, King James version.

What does this mean to Emily? "No matter what," she said, "always remember what's mean to be will happen...".

A nice sentiment indeed. This tattoo was done by "Petey" at Immortal Ink in Clinton, New Jersey.

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

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Ian Francis updates from Gimmelove1 @ 40b Sago Street

Below are some new pieces by ian n a couple of sketches for his upcoming pieces...Super clean n neat works as usual...If you're a fan of b/g tattoos, look no further as he will provide you with the most original n ideal b/g work that one could possibly asked for. Enjoy the pictures below...Oh and if you guys would like to book an appointment with Ian, pls contact him either by phone or email at +65-90026234 / emntattoos@hotmail.com.

-Baldwin-

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