0 Bonafide Bags Winners and Special Discount for Tattoosday Readers!

By thr_80 | At 8:42 PM | Label : giveaways | 0 Comments

Congratulations to the following readers who were among the winners selected among the 51 commenters on the original Bonafide Bags post.American Pride winners:Theresa Senato EdwardsBeverly CornellThumperDay of the Dead winners:Kristina V.JasonAlexKoi Winners:AliciaCrackleSammie KAmerican Traditional...

0 A Reaper for a Saturday

By thr_80 | At 1:16 PM | Label : Grim Reaper | 0 Comments

A couple weeks ago, I ran into Vinny at a Duane Reade on 86th Street in Brooklyn.He had several tattoos and shared this one, on his left forearm:Thanks to Vinny for sharing his ink with us here on Tattoosd...

0 Ashley's Ink: On Her Own Two Feet

By thr_80 | At 3:05 AM | Label : Harry Potter , Snowflakes , Tattoo Nation (Wayne) | 0 Comments

I met Ashley in the New Jersey Transit section of Penn Station last week after I spotted this tattoo on her right foot:Now, if you've not read the Harry Potter series, perhaps it is best to skip the rest of the post, because it might not make a lot of sense.Those in the know will understand what I mean when I explain that the ghostly creature on the top of Ashley's foot is the patronus of Severus...

0 Melanie's Marilyn

By thr_80 | At 3:02 AM | Label : Marilyn Monroe , New York Adorned , Virginia Elwood | 0 Comments

A trip to the laundromat on Saturday yielded a meeting with a young lady who had a couple visible tattoos on one of her feet and an ankle. Fortunately, my curiosity got the better of me because, when I asked her about them, she revealed much better work, namely this phenomenal Marilyn Monroe portrait on her inner right forearm:This stunning work was created by the incomparable Virginia Elwood at New...

0 Tattoosday's Bonafide Bags Giveaway!

By thr_80 | At 8:39 AM | Label : Bonafide Bags , Promotions | 0 Comments

Last month I enviously watched as the good folks over at TattooSnob had a contest in which they gave away some really cool items from Bonafide Bags. I reached out to the good people at Bonafide and asked if they'd like to do something with our readers, and they were very receptive to the idea.So check these out:Bonafide's Japanese Koi (left) and Traditional (right) DesignsBonafide's American Pride...

0 Jenise's Tattoo is Decorative and Practical

By thr_80 | At 3:00 AM | Label : bracelet , medical , Willie's Tropical Tattoo | 0 Comments

Normally I would have prefaced this as a "Tattoos I Know" post, since the contributor, Jenise, has been a friend of mine since 1984. However, since we haven't actually seen each other in person in over twenty-five years, I've never actually met her tattooed self in the flesh.Nonetheless, Jenise has been a fan and supporter of Tattoosday since its inception and has, from early on, told me that "one...

0 Miguel's Vision Reveals What Lies Within

By thr_80 | At 3:08 AM | Label : demons , Sunset Tattoo | 0 Comments

A few weeks back, I popped in at my wife's workplace, and she introduced me to Miguel, the husband of one of her colleagues. In warmer weather, she had seen that Miguel had a tattoo, and she thought I would be interested in talking to him about it. Unfortunately, at the moment, it was in the high 20's outside and Miguel had on layers of clothing, which covered the artwork on his upper right arm. I...

0 Jenny's Skeleton Key

By thr_80 | At 3:08 AM | Label : keys , Omega Tattoos , Skeleton keys | 0 Comments

January was a bleak month here in New York City. The second snowiest month ever did not bode well for inkspotting, but on the last day of the month, I met Jenny, a graphic designer, at my local bookstore.Jenny had two tattoos visible, but has nine others as well. She offered up this cool skeleton key tattoo on her inner left forearm:She told me that the tattoo's orientation on her arm is, if you'll...

0 A Quartet of Tattoos from Greg

By thr_80 | At 3:06 AM | Label : Dragons , Irish heritage , Lucky Hearts Tattoo , Skulls , Wizards | 0 Comments

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 that, on his forearm, is this fiery skull:And, in a tribute to his Irish heritage, is this coat of arms, with the Irish colors:Greg credited Eddie and Ray, at Lucky Hearts Tattoo...

0 Rilke On the Flesh

By thr_80 | At 3:16 AM | Label : Literary Quotes , Literary Tattoos , Poetry , Rilke , Twelve 28 Tattoo | 0 Comments

It's February 1, which means we are only two months away from the start of a new edition of The Tattooed Poets Project, and I have begun assembling the first posts for this annual extravaganza.What better way to acknowledge this looming event, but to post a poetic tattoo?The following piece is one that I spotted at the end of last summer on Penn Plaza. Belonging to a young lady named Rosa, it has...