Kamis, 30 Juni 2011

Sublime

"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749-1832, Poet, Novelist and Philosopher


Photographed by Peter Ferago

Andrea's Half-Sleeve with Mermaid


Today we are checking out an awesome traditional half-sleeve by Charlie Foos at Reade Street Tattoo Parlour. I spotted it on Andrea outside of the Fuse studios on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan:


Andrea told me this was completed in three sessions of three and a half hours each and was inspired by s piece of jewelery. "I bought this pendant of a ship," she said, "and I decided I wanted a half-sleeve of something traditional." The rest is history.



Thanks to Andrea for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!


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Rabu, 29 Juni 2011

Glorious Disrepair


 
Winter 2012
Photographer: Sonny Vandevelde   Model: Iekeliene Stange

Kerry Unveils Some Masterpieces

A couple weeks ago, I felt like I had won the Tattoosday lottery. In my own neighborhood, I ran into Kerry, who had a bit of a tattoo peeking out of her left sleeve. I stopped her and introduced myself, and she shared some simply phenomenal work. We'll get to that left sleeve in a second, but Kerry figured I'd be impressed with this tattoo on her upper right arm:


Well, she was certainly right about that!  This is a piece by Anil Gupta at Inkline Studio in Manhattan. The detail of this work is astonishing.


Anil Gupta is considered a master of the biomechanical tattoo. Kerry explained:
"I'd seen Gupta's work and I really wanted something in the biomechanical style ... I just thought of a butterfly, which is usually something very feminine and soft, just made it out of parts and steel ... like a cool mix of the styles ... we just kept building and adding more stuff to the design ... he was great to work with."
To get a full appreciation of the tattoo, check out the work from Gupta's portfolio. Simply stunning!
 

That's twenty-five hours of work by a master of the biomechanical.

Remember, it wasn't the Gupta tattoo that caught my attention, but this colorful section of a sleeve, on the lower part of Kerry's left arm:


Kerry rolled up her sleeve to reveal the entire arm:


What you see is approximately forty-two hours of work by the talented Kaz at New York Adorned.

Kerry explained the genesis of this sleeve:
"I saw this picture when I was looking up samurai stories, because I'm a martial artist and, initially, we were just going to do it half-sleeve, but then just decided to go whole hog. Kaz is really good, so I just let him go crazy with it."
Kerry's focus in martial arts is grappling and kick-boxing. 

And to think, I would have missed all of this amazing work, had I not been intrigued by the head of this Japanese monster, peeking out from one of her sleeves!


Thanks to Kerry for sharing her simply stunning tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!


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Selasa, 28 Juni 2011

I think you know it







 Photographer Maurizio Galante - Model Marie Grimaud

 "The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitessimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772-1834, Poet and Philosopher



Rainbow





Colors always makes me happy so here is the House of Holland from the UK  featuring their first resort 2011 collection.
Model Eliza Cummings

Nicole Takes Us to Candyland

At the beginning of the month, I had the pleasure of encountering a young lady named Nicole in Herald Square (34th Street and 6th Avenue, for you out-of-towners).

Nicole is heavily inked, estimating that "about 45%" of her body is tattooed.

So with so much work, where to begin? She offered up her lower left leg, which is fully-sleeved.

I always find photographing sleeves challenging, because it is so hard to capture all of the details accurately and perfectly in a photograph. So here's a collage of Nicole's Candyland sleeve:


Why a Candylamd-themed sleeve? Nicole explained,
"Growing up, that was my favorite game in the whole world.


Getting my tattoos never really meant anything, so that was kinda the one, like, childhood thing . . . I feel like if you're a girl, you should have pretty, colorful tattoos ... otherwise, you don't look 'girly' anymore.


So that's why I did that."
Nicole credited Brian Randolph, formerly of New York Adorned, with this work


Nicole informed me that Brian had moved to California, but he comes back and forth every six months.  She did say that, although this work is solely from Brian, she also gets tattooed by Justin Weatherholtz at Kings Avenue Tattoo in Massapequa, New York.

Thanks to Nicole for sharing her incredibly colorful leg sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!

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Senin, 27 Juni 2011

Inspiration of the day - I will find my way out

"One half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that's the important half, for without discipline you wouldn't know what to do with luck."


Carl Zuckmeyer  1896-1977, Writer and Playwright

Musician Monday: Doug from The Sleeping and Gramp's House

This installment of Musician Monday features Doug Robinson, lead singer from the rock band The Sleeping. I ran into Doug last week in Penn Station and stopped him when I saw all of his tattoos.

Doug has had some of his work featured in Tattoo Magazine and is in the current issue of Tattoo Flash, so I was indeed honored when he agreed to share a piece from his right forearm:


Doug explained that this tattoo is based on a logo created by a friend of his, whose grandfather had passed away and left him his house. Doug's friend, along with Doug and three other guys, lived in the house which they dubbed "Gramp's House." The home was, as Doug told me, "a really important place for all of us," and many of them got this logo tattooed, as a tribute to that special place that they all held near and dear.

Doug credited Jelena Nikolic from Lone Wolf Tattoo in Bellmore, Long Island, with this tattoo.

Thanks to Doug for sharing his work with us here on Tattoosday!

Check out The Sleeping's video for "Don't Hold Back":



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Minggu, 26 Juni 2011

Another lazy sunday




"One day at a time - this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone: and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering."

Ida Scott Taylor
1820-1915, Author

 
Love the work of photographer Cathleen Naundorf

Sabtu, 25 Juni 2011

From Day to Evening

'Sval Gudinna' Isa Asklof by Mikael Schulz for Plaza Kvinna June 2011 7


'Sval Gudinna' Isa Asklof by Mikael Schulz for Plaza Kvinna June 2011 1 

Plaza Kvinna June 2011  Photography by: Mikael Schulz  Model: Isa Asklof

Charmante - Glamour Italy June 2011











     PHOTOGRAPY by: Stefania Paparelli     Model: Odile Coco

Just Chiling

"I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties."
James Cash Penney
1875-1971, Entrepreneur and Founder of J.C. Penney Department Stores

 
Have a fab! weekend

Abundance










Emerging talent Angela Brandys