Tattoosday

I met Shom very briefly as he was about to board a train at Penn Station.Aside from shoulder pieces and Sanskrit text circling his upper left arm, he has a couple of other tattoos, including this one on ...

I met Drew in Penn Station and he shared this, one of his two tattoos:It's a cool design that he saw in an encyclopedia and took to an artist at State of the Art Tattooing in Southampton, New Jersey.Drew ...

Last week I met Rebecca, who was waiting for an Amtrak train in Penn Station.She had these tattoos on her inner wrists:I recognized that they were kanji, but I didn't know that they were reiki symbols.Reiki ...

Once in a while I check in with old Tattoosday contributors and I recently revisited Sal, who works at a video store (Mr. Video III) in Brooklyn Heights. You may recall his Guns 'N Roses tattoo (here).Earlier ...

Back in August, I met Camilla in Penn Station after spotting an amazing tattoo wrapping around her lower left calf.The piece was still in progress, however, so we posted this tattoo instead.Over this past weekend I was pleasantly surprised when Camilla sent me photos of her finished leg piece. ...

As tattooing has skyrocketed in popularity, the number of ink-related books hitting the shelves has multiplied like rabbits. I picked up a copy of Kat Von D.'s book at Borders the other day (read my review ...

I met Derek Ostrander earlier this week outside of Macy*s flagship store on 34th Street.Derek is an illustrator who also works on visual installations for the department store.It was this tattoo that prompted ...

I met Stephen walking south on Sixth Avenue this week and I asked him about his neck tattoo:This is a symbol for the astrological sign Aries. Check out another Aries tattoo on the blog here.He had this ...

I met Matthew walking through Penn Station last week. He has several tattoos, and shared this one with me:On his right arm, this traditional nautical star has been embellished with several design elements ...

Late last December, we posted about our friend Paul getting some cover-up work done on his upper right arm. Revisit the report here.We recently checked in with Paul to see how things were going, and he ...

I met Daniel last week on Seventh Avenue in the 20's.I spotted this tattoo peeping out from under his left shirt sleeve:Daniel was a film student at St. John's University, and this tattoo, cleverly designed ...

The USS New York was put into service today by the United States Navy.Her hull was forged with steel salvaged from the rubble of the World Trade Center.It's a momentous occasion indeed, and several crew ...

Today is a sad anniversary for us here on Tattoosday, for it marks one year since our friend, Tom Wacker, passed away unexpectedly.Tom was an early supporter of the blog, from its fledgling days as a once-a-week ...