In a city of 8 Million...

Three days in a row I ran into previous Tattoosday contributors in different locales.On Wednesday, I ran into Leyna at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square. I had first encountered her ink back in June fifteen blocks uptown coming out of Borders. I spotted her hot air balloon tattoo and had to say hi.Yesterday, after a Trader Joe's run for salsa, I saw Kat getting on the F train, seven blocks from

In a city of 8 Million...

Three days in a row I ran into previous Tattoosday contributors in different locales.On Wednesday, I ran into Leyna at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square. I had first encountered her ink back in June fifteen blocks uptown coming out of Borders. I spotted her hot air balloon tattoo and had to say hi.Yesterday, after a Trader Joe's run for salsa, I saw Kat getting on the F train, seven blocks from

Shaina's Back Piece Blooms

A post-work errand had me walking down 6th Avenue to 23rd Street where, to my delight, I ran into Shaina, whose large back piece stopped me dead in my tracks. Lucky for me, and all of our Tattoosday readers, she had no problem sharing it with us here:This piece is a cover-up (more on that later) and initially was born out of a desire for a large bunch of purple flowers. Shaina explained that, at

Shaina's Back Piece Blooms

A post-work errand had me walking down 6th Avenue to 23rd Street where, to my delight, I ran into Shaina, whose large back piece stopped me dead in my tracks. Lucky for me, and all of our Tattoosday readers, she had no problem sharing it with us here:This piece is a cover-up (more on that later) and initially was born out of a desire for a large bunch of purple flowers. Shaina explained that, at

Two Rocking Tattoos from Joe

I met Joe last month outside of Penn Station and he shared two tattoos with us.First is this hellcat:Why this cat? It's a design, Joe says, inspired by the band Rancid, whose music appears on Hellcat Records. Not to mention, he likes cats. Need he have more reasons? That's on his upper left arm.I'm more excited to share this photo, which actually is a rare Tattoosday shot in which one can see

Two Rocking Tattoos from Joe

I met Joe last month outside of Penn Station and he shared two tattoos with us.First is this hellcat:Why this cat? It's a design, Joe says, inspired by the band Rancid, whose music appears on Hellcat Records. Not to mention, he likes cats. Need he have more reasons? That's on his upper left arm.I'm more excited to share this photo, which actually is a rare Tattoosday shot in which one can see

Kristina's Rooster Crows in Honor of Her Son

It was funny, now that you think of it, the way everything came full circle.I was picking my younger daughter, Shayna, up from camp, when I spotted a woman approaching from the opposite direction.It was after six, on a weekday, and she had a small boy in tow, wearing a t-shirt indicating that he was in the same camp, albeit a younger group, as my child.She was displaying an amazing rooster tattoo

Kristina's Rooster Crows in Honor of Her Son

It was funny, now that you think of it, the way everything came full circle.I was picking my younger daughter, Shayna, up from camp, when I spotted a woman approaching from the opposite direction.It was after six, on a weekday, and she had a small boy in tow, wearing a t-shirt indicating that he was in the same camp, albeit a younger group, as my child.She was displaying an amazing rooster tattoo

Sam's Sleeve Revels in Her Heritage

Last month I had the pleasure of running into Sam on the subway platform at West 4th Street. She had this amazing work on her left arm:Sam's half sleeve is autobiographical in that it celebrates her heritage and her family in the South.Her ancestry is one-half Koren and one-half Scotch-Irish, which explains my favorite part of the tattoo, the pigs holding the fans emblazoned with the flag of

Sam's Sleeve Revels in Her Heritage

Last month I had the pleasure of running into Sam on the subway platform at West 4th Street. She had this amazing work on her left arm:Sam's half sleeve is autobiographical in that it celebrates her heritage and her family in the South.Her ancestry is one-half Koren and one-half Scotch-Irish, which explains my favorite part of the tattoo, the pigs holding the fans emblazoned with the flag of

& (Melissa)

I love typographical tattoos.You've read about them here before in this post, among others.Last month I met Melissa, in Borders at 2 Penn Plaza, and she shared this tattoo, right below her left collar bone:This was Melissa's first tattoo (she now has three) and she got it because it is her favorite punctuation mark.She couldn't recall the exact font, but it resembles old English.This tattoo was

& (Melissa)

I love typographical tattoos.You've read about them here before in this post, among others.Last month I met Melissa, in Borders at 2 Penn Plaza, and she shared this tattoo, right below her left collar bone:This was Melissa's first tattoo (she now has three) and she got it because it is her favorite punctuation mark.She couldn't recall the exact font, but it resembles old English.This tattoo was