Tattoosday

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 ...

Last month, much to my surprise, our old friend Paul (see his most recent work here) told me there was a tattoo shop nearby.I was surprised, to say the least. "New?" I asked him. "Been open over a year," he replied.I was puzzled. ...

On occasion, I will wander from 7th Avenue to 8th Avenue, through the campus of F.I.T., hoping to spot some creative work. One of my first posts (documented here) featured tattoos from someone I met on ...

I recently met a gentleman from England, along with his wife, as they were milling about outside of Madison Square Garden.He referred to himself as "Egghead," I'm guessing due to his bald head. I first ...

I met Scott last month as he was walking down 7th Avenue just south of 30th Street.His only tattoo just jumped out from his right forearm:He referred to this as a "time of my life" tattoo and it was "inspired ...

I met Mike at the end of September, but have been hanging on to this post to share today, on the Day of the Dead:I've posted numerous sugar skulls here (click this link to see all posts tagged as such), ...

Back in September I posted Little Dead Riding Hood, courtesy of Amy, who I met in Penn Station.Amy has a new tattoo, which she generously shared:It's a zombie pin-up girl, and appropriate for the holiday today.Like the previous piece, this was created by T.J. ...

Matt has twenty-three (23) tattoos and he offered up this simple trio of letters:The CTR represents the expression "Choose the Right," a common thread in the ideology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

"Excuse me," I called, loudly, on the 34th Street train platform, "Can I ask you about your tattoo?"Anyone reading this who has been featured here may recognize this as my opening salvo. Most people are open to my questions. ...

Sarah's half-sleeve jumped out at me in Penn Station as I was quietly bemoaning cooler weather and the dwindling of my blog backlog.I was pleased to find Sarah more than accommodating, as she shared several ...

I met Rohan on a Brooklyn-bound A train.He has "thirteen or fourteen" tattoos, and he offered up this one from his right arm:The phrase "Hang the DJ" refers to lyrics sung by Morrissey when he was with ...

Please join me as I extend a metaphor.I approach inkblogging as if I were one of those guys that goes out on the beach with a metal detector.You find a lot of interesting stuff and, every once in a while, ...

One of the pluses of working near Madison Square Garden is that concert-goers and fans are always about.Occasionally, they can be found camped out near the artists' entrance on 33rd Street. The presence ...