TRAILER OF THE WEEK
Once again its that time of week..
In a day of Remakes and Special effects, its hard to take your kids to see a good film. So here is another classic for all of you to watch with the family.
Gabby Celebrates the Beautiful Life
I met Gabby in the laundromat down the street.
She had this lovely tattoo at the base of her neck:
This translates, in the Italian, to "the beautiful life".
Simply, Gabby has Italian heritage and she had this done at Psycho Tattoo in Georgia at a particularly "good time in [her] life".
Thanks to Gabby for sharing her three words with us here on Tattoosday!
UPDATE: Right around the time I posted this, I had heard Ina Saltz discuss typographic tattoos (see my recap here). I have since discovered a cool website tool called WhatTheFont which helps identify typefaces based on samples that can be uploaded. Using this new tool, I have identified the font in Gabby's tattoo as Commerical Script Regular. That probably doesn't mean much to a lot of people, but it's pretty neat for those who may be interested.
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She had this lovely tattoo at the base of her neck:
This translates, in the Italian, to "the beautiful life".
Simply, Gabby has Italian heritage and she had this done at Psycho Tattoo in Georgia at a particularly "good time in [her] life".
Thanks to Gabby for sharing her three words with us here on Tattoosday!
UPDATE: Right around the time I posted this, I had heard Ina Saltz discuss typographic tattoos (see my recap here). I have since discovered a cool website tool called WhatTheFont which helps identify typefaces based on samples that can be uploaded. Using this new tool, I have identified the font in Gabby's tattoo as Commerical Script Regular. That probably doesn't mean much to a lot of people, but it's pretty neat for those who may be interested.
Natasha Henstridge Tattoos
Natasha Henstridge is a gorgeous Canadian fashion model and actress, featured in the movie Species and The Whole Nine Yards.
Natasha Henstridge has a couple of tattoos we have spotted, including a lion wearing a crown located on her left butt cheek, along with what appears to be the gender symbol of female on her lower back.
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Natasha Henstridge has a couple of tattoos we have spotted, including a lion wearing a crown located on her left butt cheek, along with what appears to be the gender symbol of female on her lower back.
Taraji P. Henson Tattoos
Taraji P. Henson is a wonderful American actress, featured in movies such as Baby Boy and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Taraji P. Henson has a single tattoo which she has recently added onto, the tattoo design is two rather large angel wings located on her lower back and now has a vine that sweeps around to her stomach.
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Taraji P. Henson has a single tattoo which she has recently added onto, the tattoo design is two rather large angel wings located on her lower back and now has a vine that sweeps around to her stomach.
CORDIALLY INVITED
It was an honor to be invited by the organizers for the NHRA Motorsports Museum for their Twilight Cruise event. The event is held the first Wednesday of every month(April-December) So if your ever out in the exotic city of Pomona California come check it out.
Thanks to JaeBueno.com for the photos.
Tattoosday Goes to Hawai'i: Jolie's Archipelago
It was the first episode of Miami Ink in which Ami James tattooed a huge piece on surfer Sunny Garcia's mid-section. The subject: the distinct pattern representing the view of the Hawaiian islands (video here).
It wouldn't surprise me if everyone from Hawai'i who has spent time away from "home" has, at some time, if they have a penchant for ink, considered such a tattoo. I know I have.
During my brief stay on Oahu recently, I saw several people with Hawai'i tattoos. But I only took a picture of one, the first I saw, on the calf of Jolie, while I milled about Ala Moana Center:
It seemed fitting to me that Jolie's island chain tattoo was inked not in the Aloha State, but across the Pacific, in Las Vegas, where she was living at the time.
A friend of hers there was tattooing out of a studio in his house and she got this piece because, in her words, "I missed home". Of course, I nodded in understanding.
A hearty mahalo nui loa to Jolie for sharing her Hawai'i tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
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It wouldn't surprise me if everyone from Hawai'i who has spent time away from "home" has, at some time, if they have a penchant for ink, considered such a tattoo. I know I have.
During my brief stay on Oahu recently, I saw several people with Hawai'i tattoos. But I only took a picture of one, the first I saw, on the calf of Jolie, while I milled about Ala Moana Center:
It seemed fitting to me that Jolie's island chain tattoo was inked not in the Aloha State, but across the Pacific, in Las Vegas, where she was living at the time.
A friend of hers there was tattooing out of a studio in his house and she got this piece because, in her words, "I missed home". Of course, I nodded in understanding.
A hearty mahalo nui loa to Jolie for sharing her Hawai'i tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
Mandy's Leopard Stars
I spotted Mandy on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan last month and I had to stop her to ask about this, one of her three tattoos:
She came up with the design and made sure to include the leopard print that she likes so much.
She credits the artist Eric Newby at Ink Xpressions on Ringgold Road in East Ridge (Chattanooga), Tennessee.
You may notice another tattoo peeking into the picture, so let me show you the larger perspective and a glimpse of the piece to the left of the stars:
Mandy informed me later, via e-mail, that the floral piece
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She came up with the design and made sure to include the leopard print that she likes so much.
She credits the artist Eric Newby at Ink Xpressions on Ringgold Road in East Ridge (Chattanooga), Tennessee.
You may notice another tattoo peeking into the picture, so let me show you the larger perspective and a glimpse of the piece to the left of the stars:
Mandy informed me later, via e-mail, that the floral piece
"was actually a stencil I found, and I really liked the design a lot. I had two black and white tattoos, so I wanted bright colors and we decided no outlines would look cool. It was a long process to get the colors I wanted to absorb, but it was well worth it in the end. The artist was Shane Hartline at Evermore Galleries in Chattanooga".Thanks to Mandy for sharing these tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
Anne Heche Tattoo
Anne Heche is a successful American actress, featured in the movie Six Days Seven Nights and Psycho.
Anne Heche has been pictured while donning a large butterfly tattoo on her lower back, however we cannot confirm if this tattoo design is real or fake.
Let us know if this tattoo is real, using the comment form below.
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Anne Heche has been pictured while donning a large butterfly tattoo on her lower back, however we cannot confirm if this tattoo design is real or fake.
Let us know if this tattoo is real, using the comment form below.
Salma Hayek Tattoos
Salma Hayek is a breathtakingly beautiful Mexican actress, featured in movies such as Desperado and Frida.
Salma Hayek doesn't have any real tattoos that we know of, but she has been seen with a couple of fake tattoos while filming movies and on the red carpet.
The fake tattoos she has been spotted with are, a tribal design on her stomach and a couple of butterflies on her shoulder and arm.
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Salma Hayek doesn't have any real tattoos that we know of, but she has been seen with a couple of fake tattoos while filming movies and on the red carpet.
The fake tattoos she has been spotted with are, a tribal design on her stomach and a couple of butterflies on her shoulder and arm.
Goldie Hawn Tattoo
Goldie Hawn is an amazing American actress, featured in movies such as Private Benjamin and The First Wives Club.
Goldie Hawn has a single tattoo which she had done on her 60th birthday while vacationing in Tahiti. The tattoo is a simple little heart on the top of her right foot.
She explains "It wasn't a plan, we were all together on my birthday, we were in Tahiti and my older son said, 'You know what would be really cool? Why don't we all get a tattoo for Mom's birthday?'"
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Goldie Hawn has a single tattoo which she had done on her 60th birthday while vacationing in Tahiti. The tattoo is a simple little heart on the top of her right foot.
She explains "It wasn't a plan, we were all together on my birthday, we were in Tahiti and my older son said, 'You know what would be really cool? Why don't we all get a tattoo for Mom's birthday?'"
Tattoosday Goes to Hawaii: A Floral Sneak Peak @ O'Hare, Courtesy of Jennifer
When I first booked my trip to Honolulu and saw I had a brief layover in Chicago, I challenged myself to find at least one cool tattoo at the airport.
Lucky for me, I found Jennifer from Portland, Maine, sporting this lovely hibiscus foot tattoo:
The hibiscus being the state flower of Hawai'i, I saw this as a good omen.
Jennifer explained that she based the design for this tattoo on a photo in a magazine.
Why the foot? She had one tattoo on her back and "wanted one she could see".
This floral piece was inked in about two and a half hours at Pins and Needles Tattoo at home in Portland. Work from Pins and Needles has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.
Thanks to Jennifer for humoring this traveling inkspotter and sharing her hibiscus with us here on Tattoosday!
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Lucky for me, I found Jennifer from Portland, Maine, sporting this lovely hibiscus foot tattoo:
The hibiscus being the state flower of Hawai'i, I saw this as a good omen.
Jennifer explained that she based the design for this tattoo on a photo in a magazine.
Why the foot? She had one tattoo on her back and "wanted one she could see".
This floral piece was inked in about two and a half hours at Pins and Needles Tattoo at home in Portland. Work from Pins and Needles has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.
Thanks to Jennifer for humoring this traveling inkspotter and sharing her hibiscus with us here on Tattoosday!
Mike & Norma Share Some of Their Ink
I met Mike and Norma at a local drugstore in Brooklyn in early April and they both had amazing work they were willing to share.
Their post was preempted by the Tattooed Poets Project, so I thank them in advance for their patience.
Mike shared this enormous black panther tattoo that covered a huge section of his left calf:
Mike, who estimates he has about 15% coverage, also told me that this was a cover-up. "What did you cover?" I asked. "A dolphin with a tribal design," he replied. Norma indicated that covering that tattoo had been an excellent aesthetic choice.
Mike credits Chad Smith at Screamin Mimi Tattoo in Amarillo, Texas with this piece.
I then turned to Norma, who was gracious enough to share this incredibly beautiful geisha tattoo on her left calf:
Roxxy, an artist at Elite Tattoo Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas, free-handed the design. The Japanese characters form a haiku, the meaning of which Norma didn't have with her. Regardless, it's a stunning work of art.
Thanks to Mike and Norma for sharing a little bit of their extensive ink with us here on Tattoosday!
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Their post was preempted by the Tattooed Poets Project, so I thank them in advance for their patience.
Mike shared this enormous black panther tattoo that covered a huge section of his left calf:
Mike, who estimates he has about 15% coverage, also told me that this was a cover-up. "What did you cover?" I asked. "A dolphin with a tribal design," he replied. Norma indicated that covering that tattoo had been an excellent aesthetic choice.
Mike credits Chad Smith at Screamin Mimi Tattoo in Amarillo, Texas with this piece.
I then turned to Norma, who was gracious enough to share this incredibly beautiful geisha tattoo on her left calf:
Roxxy, an artist at Elite Tattoo Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas, free-handed the design. The Japanese characters form a haiku, the meaning of which Norma didn't have with her. Regardless, it's a stunning work of art.
Thanks to Mike and Norma for sharing a little bit of their extensive ink with us here on Tattoosday!
Davey Havok Tattoos
Davey Havok is a excellent American rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band AFI.
Davey Havok has a tremendous amount of tattoos on his body, including two complete sleeves. Many of Davey Havok's tattoos are Halloween themed.
Here is a brief run down of some of Davey Havok's tattoo designs, six nautical stars and a flaming heart on his chest, huge angel wings covering his entire back, his left arm has a black cat, ghosts, praying hands of Jesus, pumpkins and bats.
The tattoos on his right arm include, a dark haunted looking city, Jack from the night before Christmas, brick wall, pumpkins, witch, along with several other tattoos.
Feel free to post more detailed information regarding Davey Havok's tattoos in the comment section below.
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Davey Havok has a tremendous amount of tattoos on his body, including two complete sleeves. Many of Davey Havok's tattoos are Halloween themed.
Here is a brief run down of some of Davey Havok's tattoo designs, six nautical stars and a flaming heart on his chest, huge angel wings covering his entire back, his left arm has a black cat, ghosts, praying hands of Jesus, pumpkins and bats.
The tattoos on his right arm include, a dark haunted looking city, Jack from the night before Christmas, brick wall, pumpkins, witch, along with several other tattoos.
Feel free to post more detailed information regarding Davey Havok's tattoos in the comment section below.
Carey Hart Tattoos
Carey Hart is a phenomenally talented American freestyle motocross motorcycle and off-road racer.
Carey Hart's entire upper body including both arms are virtually completed covered in tattoos, sans his face and neck.
Here is a quick rundown of a few of his tattoo designs, checkout the great pictures below for more details.
Carey Hart tattoos: two cars, several flowers, dice, flames, clouds, triple sevens, star, castle, sacred heart of Jesus, evil smile with flames, roulette wheel, torch, skull, horseshoe, heart, Welcome to Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas, bird, luck and heart on knuckles.
One of Carey Hart's most recent tattoos is a morbid portrait of his wife Pink, located on his leg.
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Carey Hart's entire upper body including both arms are virtually completed covered in tattoos, sans his face and neck.
Here is a quick rundown of a few of his tattoo designs, checkout the great pictures below for more details.
Carey Hart tattoos: two cars, several flowers, dice, flames, clouds, triple sevens, star, castle, sacred heart of Jesus, evil smile with flames, roulette wheel, torch, skull, horseshoe, heart, Welcome to Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas, bird, luck and heart on knuckles.
One of Carey Hart's most recent tattoos is a morbid portrait of his wife Pink, located on his leg.
SANCTIONED SIX O
Here are a couple of fliks of the Sanctioned 1960 Impala that we put together for TapOut a while back..
Tattoosday's Brush with Greatness: Joan Jett in Union Square
"Timing is everything," goes one saying, and "it's the little things" is also a phrase true to my heart.
Before we venture on a little diversion, let's remind ourselves that Tattoosday is about "meeting and appreciating body art (okay, tattoos) in the New York City area". Unless I go on the road, of course.
There are numerous sites that can give you a road map to celebrity tattoos, for example, but I generally don't encounter star ink, so it rarely graces this site.
Yet yesterday found me down by Union Square, seeking out a copy of Ina Saltz's Body Type 2, which I hope to bring with me tomorrow night to the Upper West Side where Ms. Saltz will be discussing the book.
On the way back to the subway, I had the pleasure of running into a cluster of people milling about a tattooed individual who is a genuine rock star: the lovely Joan Jett.
I was going to just gawk and move on, like a polite New Yorker, but Ms. Jett was there for a reason, she sported a black tank with an "I ♥ PeTA" slogan and she was talking to folks about a cause near and dear to her, vegetarianism.
Unbeknown to me, this was a bit of public relations, as indicated by a PeTA press release.
At some point, I thought, well maybe I could get Ms. Jett to talk about one of her tattoos, in exchange for some publicity on Tattoosday.
Good idea, and even the PeTA people seemed to think so, but I only managed to squeeze in a mutual "hi" and eye contact, as I competed with fans with much more passion than me. But more on them later.
I took these shots of one of her tattoos as I stood nearby:
I even took the obligatory self-portrait of myself with Ms. Jett being interviewed in the background, just to see how dorky I could make myself appear in public:
I had a great post formulated about the piece, but found myself a little late to the party, based on this great entry by Marisa over at Needles and Sins, which includes links to discussion about the meanings of her tattoos.
But, remember, here on Tattoosday, it's often as much about the encounter as it is about the tattoos.
Remember the fans I mentioned before? I met Danielle, who sports a black heart tattoo (similar to one worn by Victor here), but had just shown Ms. Jett this cool Runaways piece in the center of her back:
Danielle co-hosts a web show on the Hunter College radio station called Activity Grrrls' Radio Revolution on Tuesdays at 2:00pm here (whcs.hunter.cuny.edu), "where to go for your weekly dose of rock n roll".
She was thrilled at meeting Ms. Jett and loved that it was in conjunction with a PeTA promotion. Danielle is a vegan and the tattoo artist in New Jersey used vegan ink for the tattoo.
Danielle updated me with the following information:
Thanks to Joan, Danielle, and the folks at PeTA for helping make this post possible here on Tattoosday!
If you're interested in Joan Jett's testimonial about her commitment to the vegetarian cause, check it out below:
You can order a FREE 'Vegetarian Starter Kit' at GoVeg.com.
More vegetarian testimonials here.
And here's a link to the PeTA Vegetarian Starter Kit which Ms. Jett was distributing.
And finally, here's a link to a news brief on the event with some video in which I do not appear.
Full disclosure: I am married to a vegetarian, but I am not one myself. I possess not the willpower to commit to such a cause, but I support and commend those that do.
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Before we venture on a little diversion, let's remind ourselves that Tattoosday is about "meeting and appreciating body art (okay, tattoos) in the New York City area". Unless I go on the road, of course.
There are numerous sites that can give you a road map to celebrity tattoos, for example, but I generally don't encounter star ink, so it rarely graces this site.
Yet yesterday found me down by Union Square, seeking out a copy of Ina Saltz's Body Type 2, which I hope to bring with me tomorrow night to the Upper West Side where Ms. Saltz will be discussing the book.
On the way back to the subway, I had the pleasure of running into a cluster of people milling about a tattooed individual who is a genuine rock star: the lovely Joan Jett.
I was going to just gawk and move on, like a polite New Yorker, but Ms. Jett was there for a reason, she sported a black tank with an "I ♥ PeTA" slogan and she was talking to folks about a cause near and dear to her, vegetarianism.
Unbeknown to me, this was a bit of public relations, as indicated by a PeTA press release.
At some point, I thought, well maybe I could get Ms. Jett to talk about one of her tattoos, in exchange for some publicity on Tattoosday.
Good idea, and even the PeTA people seemed to think so, but I only managed to squeeze in a mutual "hi" and eye contact, as I competed with fans with much more passion than me. But more on them later.
I took these shots of one of her tattoos as I stood nearby:
I even took the obligatory self-portrait of myself with Ms. Jett being interviewed in the background, just to see how dorky I could make myself appear in public:
I had a great post formulated about the piece, but found myself a little late to the party, based on this great entry by Marisa over at Needles and Sins, which includes links to discussion about the meanings of her tattoos.
But, remember, here on Tattoosday, it's often as much about the encounter as it is about the tattoos.
Remember the fans I mentioned before? I met Danielle, who sports a black heart tattoo (similar to one worn by Victor here), but had just shown Ms. Jett this cool Runaways piece in the center of her back:
Danielle co-hosts a web show on the Hunter College radio station called Activity Grrrls' Radio Revolution on Tuesdays at 2:00pm here (whcs.hunter.cuny.edu), "where to go for your weekly dose of rock n roll".
She was thrilled at meeting Ms. Jett and loved that it was in conjunction with a PeTA promotion. Danielle is a vegan and the tattoo artist in New Jersey used vegan ink for the tattoo.
Danielle updated me with the following information:
I got the tattoo done in Lola's Tattoo Shop in New Jersey, the artist's name is Charlie. He's also vegan. I told him I wanted a tattoo of the words 'The Runaways' through two cherries and he came up with a design.So it was quite a productive lunch for me. I got my book, ran into Joan Jett, took a picture of her tattoo, and then got a photo of a piece inspired by her first band, The Runaways.
Thanks to Joan, Danielle, and the folks at PeTA for helping make this post possible here on Tattoosday!
If you're interested in Joan Jett's testimonial about her commitment to the vegetarian cause, check it out below:
You can order a FREE 'Vegetarian Starter Kit' at GoVeg.com.
More vegetarian testimonials here.
And here's a link to the PeTA Vegetarian Starter Kit which Ms. Jett was distributing.
And finally, here's a link to a news brief on the event with some video in which I do not appear.
Full disclosure: I am married to a vegetarian, but I am not one myself. I possess not the willpower to commit to such a cause, but I support and commend those that do.
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