Tattoo Endels

Friday, January 6, 2012

Tattoorism: Naveed's Cobra

Occasionally we'll post a reader submission, referring to it as "tattoorism," as this is, for the most part, a New York City site. There are plenty of websites that cater solely to reader submissions but, I figure, once in a while, it's nice to see someone making the effort to send me a photo with a narrative.

The following submission comes from "across the pond":

This cool tattoo belongs to Naveed, who writes:

"I am 18 years old currently a student in the UK and I live in Bristol. I would like to submit a tattoo, I know you prefer to upload tattoos from people you've met but I am particularly proud of this tattoo as it is my third. It is a king cobra wrapped around a harp with jasmine flowers surrounding it. They are all national symbols of my ethnicities, the king cobra is the national snake of India, the jasmine flowers are the national flower of Pakistan and the harp is the national symbol of Ireland. It was done by Phil Webster at Tattoo House in Dewsbury."

I should note that Phil Webster is not on the Tattoo House website, but is currently be co-owner of Integrity Tattoo Lounge in Ossett, West Yorkshire. I was able to find a much crisper photo on his Facebook page, so I am reprinting it here for the sake of fully representing what a nice tattoo this is:

Thanks to Naveed for sending along this tattoo to us here on Tattoosday!

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Michael and The Legend of Zelda

I was walking up Seventh Avenue back in August when I spotted Michael, taking on break on the sidewalk, soaking in the summer pedestrian traffic.

He is a video game programmer who works for a firm called Atom Apps and has his own company called Broken Home Studios.

I noticed he had tattoos and, given his vocation, it made sense that the ink he shared with me had a gaming theme:

These logos are from the classic video game, The Legend of Zelda, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2011. When I asked why he had an affinity for Zelda, Michael explained:

"It helped me get through a very violent parent thing. It was like, the little boy, sent into the world, by himself, alone, to fight all the bad things coming at him. And, he didn't do this on his own. He was put into this against his will, like I was, with my situation. He was able to survive and fight and conquer and have a happy ending, and that's why I have that affinity for that character and that game - because I vicariously lived through that character to escape my own issues."

He got both Zelda pieces at Screamin' Ink Tattoo off of Route 4 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Ian Shafer did the piece on the left

and he attributed the piece on the right to an artist he only remembered as Bob.

I'm familiar with the artists at Screamin' Ink, having witnessed their work up close at the last two NYC Tattoo Conventions. In fact, the work highlighted in this post, by Ian, is among the more amazing tattoos I have had the privilege to see up close.

Thanks to Michael for sharing these tattoos with us here on Tattoosday, and for being so forthright about the inspiration behind them as they related to his difficult childhood.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Tattoo Aftercare

Tattoo Aftercare - you need to know about epidermis image after proper care because you are ready to get a new tattoo!

It may be your new, or it may be your 10th time, but in every case, you should evaluation your epidermis image after proper care guidelines prior to getting your new epidermis image. You might wonder about the sense about looking at the guidelines before getting your new epidermis image, but it is like preparing your receipee a food, you just don't want to create any faults with these guidelines because new tattoo designs are begin injuries and subject to contamination.

You must be aware of your new epidermis image, and keep it as clear as possible to ensure that it cures as easily as possible so you avoid contamination and end up with the best looking epidermis image possible.

While the treatment periods of a epidermis image will be as unique to each personal as there are people in this world, the epidermis image recovery process does follow a common design. The essentials of each tattoo's recovery process is determined by the different type of epidermis of the person, the location of the epidermis image on the body, an the techniques of the epidermis image artisan. These aspects can all cause a difference in the recovery process from personal to personal.

You will be given aftercare guidelines by your epidermis image artisan. These aftercare guidelines change from artisan to artisan. My professional recommendation to you is if in uncertainty about anything, always go rear to your epidermis image artisan before searching for the help of a physician. Your epidermis image artisan can take a look at your epidermis image and tell what to do if their is a issue to correct any treatment problems.

If your epidermis image artisan cannot help, they should deliver you for medical treatment from a physician. If they do not, then of course, you must go yourself to create certain that your health is not at risk. This is your liability.

Many periods physicians don't know much about tattoo designs and will recommend needless remedies that may harm your tattoo's recovery process. Some physicians may even be opinionated against tattoo designs. That is why I recommend that you go to the epidermis image artisan first if you suppose their is a treatment issue with your new epidermis image. The artisan operates with tattoo designs day in and day out and is well known with the best way to cure their work.

When you depart the epidermis image business, you will have a bandage on your new epidermis image to secure it from outside contact. This bandage should be eliminated 2- 3 time after getting your epidermis image. Your epidermis image may hemorrhage a little for the first 24 time, remember, your new epidermis image is similar to an begin ended.

Before you eliminate your bandage, create sure to clean your arms and hands and fingers with detergent and trouble, in between the hands and fingers, and under the claws. Then dry your arms and hands and fingers with a clear newspaper side towel. Do not use any old side towel that is installing there, or even a clear side towel as lint may be moved to your arms and hands and fingers.

Make sure you have not let a lot of system dry on your bandage so that it stays. Be very, very soothing as you eliminate your bandage so as not to begin the epidermis image swelling again. If you just rip off your bandage, you can harm the physical overall look of your new epidermis image, and you don't want to do that, now do you?

Wash your epidermis image softly, very softly with anti-bacterial normal water and detergent to clear it. Do not detail your epidermis image, do not use a clean cloth, or anything else other than your hands and fingers or side to clear the epidermis image. Do not rub, but "pat" the epidermis image as you rinse it. Then, when you are completed, pat the epidermis image dry with a clear dry newspaper side towel. Or, use clear make-up even, if you don't have any sponges on side.

Let your epidermis image air dry for 15 minutes or so. This will enhance treatment.

After your epidermis image has dry, apply a few comes of Emu Oil to your epidermis image. The use of fat along with the hyper-oxygenation of Emu Oil normally raises the movement to the utilized place which is why Emu Oil operates so well and so quickly to cure.

Even though it is an oil, it has been demonstrated that Emu Oil does not block skin pores (unlike most retail made epidermis image aftercare products that are oil based), therefore enabling the epidermis to inhale and exhale during the recovery process. Emu Oil enters through all seven levels of the epidermis and is full of vitamins and minerals (essential oily acids) that feast the epidermis to aid in new cellular progression that can speed the recovery process. Emu Oil is also a normal emollient keeping the epidermis wet and flexible.

The application of the Emu Oil right after the epidermis image has been cleansed will also reduce the irritation and decrease the soreness and soreness of the new epidermis image. Emu Oil will help set the new colours due to its deeply just one qualities and will help decrease lcd oozing.

Using Emu Oil 2-3 periods a day after saying the cleaning process while the epidermis image cures will keep the place wet decreasing or removing the shedding or scabbing that often happens as new tattoo designs cure. Emu Oil can avoid the need for touching ups which will save the artisan money, and makes for a happy epidermis image client.

New tattoo designs will look red and inflammed instantly following the epidermis image process. The epidermis image will continue to appear this way for several periods throughout the epidermis image recovery process. Within a week to ten periods the epidermis encompassing the epidermis image should be more normal again - most tattoo designs are completely treated in three months time.

While it is treatment it is important not to do the following things or you may harm your tattoo:

- Do Not the begining your new tattoo

- Do Not select at your new tattoo

- Do Not present your epidermis image to natural light or getting brownish normally furniture under any circumstances

- No boating, spas or bath the first two months after getting your new tattoo

- Do Not eliminate the inked place for at least Calendar month following the epidermis image procedure

- Only touching your epidermis image with clear arms and hands and fingers, do not let others touching your tattoo

Not only is Emu Oil excellent for treatment new tattoo designs, it is excellent for reestablishing mature, outdated, sun broken tattoo designs as well. This is due to the normal hyper-oxygenation of Emu Oil which provides system and fresh air to the epidermis. This, as well as Emu Oil's ability to hydrate through all seven levels of the epidermis, allows customers to see fast when the oil is utilized to mature tattoo designs.

With the proper excellent your epidermis image from the begin, there is no reason why you shouldn't enjoy the great thing about your epidermis image for a life-time tattoo aftercare.

Tattoo Designs for Men and Women

Tattoo Designs for Men and Women - Thinking about a body art is much more confusing than you first believe it might be. A lot of individuals abandon finding 1 because they anxiety that they won't definitely much like the outcome. You may discover several negatives of getting 'inked', as some individuals say these days. By far the most difficult of all of it is you not generally personal preference the design you got.

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Escher, Anyone?

I met Justin in Penn Station last month and snapped this quick photo of his right forearm:

Justin said he was familiar with Tattoosday because I had previously featured work by his friend Erick Lynch at Redemption Tattoo. He was likely referring to this post.

This work on his sleeve is based on the work of M.C. Escher. The tattoo artist responsible is Chris Dingwell, whose amazing work has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

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

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Jenn's Lily of the Valley

I stopped Jenn outside of Madison Square Garden when I noticed the cool floral tattoo wrapping around her right ankle onto her foot:

Jenn identified the artist only as Roland, at a shop in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego. "I had the idea for the design and he drew it," she explained. The flower depicted is a Lily of the Valley.

When I asked why she chose this flower, she elaborated:

"I'm not super religious, but there's a story that, whenever Mary cried after Jesus' death, a lily of the valley would grow. I happen to believe that, through tears and feelings, that it really brings a person to life."

Jenn is a therapist, and this expression of emotion leading to new life goes hand-in-hand with her vocation. The full context of the flower in a religious context can be read here.

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

Monday, January 2, 2012

Tattoosday at the Cincinnati Airport: Patrick’s Ink

Happy New Years from us here at Tattoosday! We still have some old 2011 encounters to recall which, for one reason or another, got postponed until now.

Regular readers may recall that I went briefly to Covington, Kentucky at the end of April and I spotted a few tattoos in my travels.

On my way back to New York, I was navigating the maze that is the TSA security checkpoint when I spotted a guy with a lot of interesting ink. However, common sense dictated that a crowded airport checkpoint was likely not the best place to start taking pictures and interviewing people.

So I put on my shoes and headed off to the gate. I just missed the little shuttle that transports travelers 150 yards or so from one section of the airport to the gate section of the terminal, so I waited, and who should walk up and stand next to me, but the guy I saw at the security checkpoint.

Knowing I couldn’t possibly ignore a clear sign from the fates that this gentleman should be on Tattoosday, I started up a conversation about his ink and five minutes later we were at the airport bar, talking about his tattoos, as I snapped photos of his sleeve, between sips of a very tall frosty glass of Shocktop Ale.

Patrick was kind enough to not only answer all my questions, was also nice enough to buy my beer for me. He works as a bartender on a river barge in the Cincinnati area and has a full sleeve, along with a separate piece on his left biceps. The work was finished in 2004 and took about four to five years due to the fact that he took some breaks between ink sessions.

Patrick is a Christian, and many of his tattoos are reflective of his faith.

For example, this quote, that reads, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart/with all your soul/with all your mind/ And with all your strength”.

The text on the forearm says “that was/to the/Rose/make/tenfold”.

The roses reflect the rose of Sharon.

The kanji on Patrick's right biceps, he told me, symbolize “truth, love and happiness.” The bird inked nearby is a dove.

The triangle at the top of the arm represents Christianity’s Trinity. And obviously, the crosses are also representative of his faith.

The tattoo on Patrick’s left biceps is a design representing the eye of God.

He got that tattoo in 2003 from Kenny Smith at Karmic Tattoo in McDonough, Georgia. Kenny Smith and Kenny Thompson, also of Karmic, are the two artists responsible for all of Patrick’s ink. It should be noted, however, that both Kennys are not listed as staff on the current Karmic website

Thanks to Patrick, not only for sharing his work with us here on Tattoosday, but for buying me the beer, and helping me pass the time at the airport.