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Two for Tattuesday Saturday: Wanderful Love Under the Cherry Blossoms

In honor of the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) , we're sharing this tattoo, which I spotted back in September:


This belongs to Rich, a musician and rap artist. He's a big Harry Potter fan, as exemplified by the magic wand. The snake at the base of the wand not only symbolizes infinity, it is a nod to Severus Snape, a character associated with the House of Slytherin, of which the serpent is the mascot.

The concept of the tattoo is exemplified by the music coming out of the wand, illustrating that sounds can be magical and that Rich is under music's spell.

The piece was inked by Chris at Lady Luck Tattoo Studio in Montville, Connecticut.

When I met Rich, he was sitting with his girlfriend in Penn Station. She introduced herself as Kytti, and asked if I wanted to see her tattoo.

But of course!

She actually has two tattoos, but lifted up her shirt to show me this beautiful design:


Kytti explained that this represents her and Rich together in Japan. They've been together for over a year and they'd both love to go there together and experience the culture. The tree is filled with cherry blossoms, a flower often associated with Japan.

Chris at Lady Luck also was the artist behind this tattoo.

Thanks to Rich and Kytti for sharing their magical and romantic tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
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TRAILER OF THE THE WEEK

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Tattoos from Italy by Alex De Pase

IT39S ME AGAIN, self portrait
IT'S ME AGAIN, self portrait
See more at www.AlexDePaseTattoo.com
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Hilarious tattoos from loltatz.com




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Inspired



Javier F came through to get this traditional tattoo, the inspiration came from My recent trip to Asia and i tried to tie in a previous tattoo Javier has.
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Hot tattoo pics from last nights party....

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Rebecca Loos Neck and Lower Back Tattoos

Rebecca Loos is a Spanish-Dutch model and reality television star, featured on the television program Shownieuws and Celebrity Love Island.

Rebecca Loos is known for having a few tattoos, including a heart, sun, moon and stars design on her upper back and neck area.

She also has a tribal inspired tattoo on her lower back, and a tribal sun on her lower stomach.



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The Great Thanksgiving Tattoo Event!

Loyal readers may remember this past August when I called on fans of Tattoosday to choose (and generously bankroll) Friday the 13th tattoos for Melanie and me. If not, relive it here.

Well, a recent email from the good people at Skin Actives Scientific got me thinking. They asked if I wouldn't mind receiving some samples of their Troll Skin Aftercare products and talking about them here on Tattoosday.


I thought, what better way to promote something but to actually use it? The problem was, I had no immediate plans on getting a new tattoo. But then it hit me, as the good people at Hand of Glory Tattoo, who inked our Friday the 13th tattoos, announced that, starting today, through the end of next week, they have another tattoo special, in honor of Thanksgiving!

So we connected the dots and put our heads together to announce the following:

Behold the flash for the Hand of Glory Thanksgiving specials:


Now, dear readers, what tattoo should I get?

Send your first, second and third choices to Tattoosday@gmail.com. Every email (one per person please) will enter a reader into a random drawing for Troll Skin samples. Plus you'll have the pleasure of knowing you had a hand in deciding how I will be permanently honoring this most thankful of holidays.

You have until Wednesday at 9:00 AM (EST) to vote and when you wake up on Turkey Day, you can tune into Tattoosday to see which tattoo won and who will get Troll Skin samples!

Then, in a couple of weeks, you'll hear back from me about how the tattoo healed and what I think about the product.

And before some of you start scratching your heads about why I would indiscriminately get a tattoo just for the heck of it, I would remind you it is Thanksgiving, and what better to have on the human tapestry, than a reminder that we should always be thankful for the important things in life. I have a lot to be thankful for, above and beyond my awesome wife, Melanie, my kids, and my family and friends.

I am thankful for you, the Tattoosday contributors, fans and readers, for inspiring me with your stories and supporting me with your comments and emails.

And, of course, to the good folks at Skin Actives, for agreeing to support me in this Thanksgiving adventure, a special thanks this holiday season.

Stay tuned and don't forget to vote!
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More Nikko Hurtado tattoos



Check out his pics on yfrog.com HERE
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Food Fight in Costumes!!!! Gotta love East Oakland Dennys


And of course heres the REMIX with funny commentary..

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Fresh tattoo from Adam Forman at High Voltage, Hollywood CA

Adam Forman did this
You can see more twitpics from High Voltage HERE
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Ugliest Tattoos from the crew at failblog.com

A Real Friend Would Have Advised Against This
Betty White refused to be a part of this (one of the benefits of not being dead), so we got Desperately Seeking Susan–era Madonna to sit in for her.
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I�d Hate to Be at the Rave When This Guy Takes His Socks off
Oh, come on. Only about half of these things really need to be relegated to UV inkand hidden from the world. I’m actually quite fond of the earthworm wearing a space helmet, and you might as well come out with your love for meth. People will find out sooner or later when the lab blows up.
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If You Hate Kristie so Much, Why Get a Tattoo of Her?
Kristie: part angel, part devil, all terrifying.
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Tattoo Conventions this weekend November 19 - 21, 2010

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Tom's Homage to His Grandmother's Scottish Ancestry

I met Tom in a drug store in my neck of the woods in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

He has four tattoos and offered to share this one with us:



This piece celebrates his lineage, honoring the family crest from his grandmother's side.

The Scottish part of him is descended from the Clan Fergusson.The clan motto Dulcius ex asperis  means "Sweeter after difficulties".


This was tattooed by Lou at Third Eye Tattoo, in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Work from Lou and Third Eye that has appeared on Tattoosday can be viewed here.

Thanks to Tom for sharing his family crest with us here on Tattoosday!
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NEW BIRTH





This is our friend Adam Balsam from NYC, our friend Derek Axelrod hooked us up with this client who came through to frame out his old work and take the eye away with this traditional LA shit girls and skulls cant go wrong !!!!
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Traci Lords Cross Ankle Tattoo

Traci Lords is an American actress, producer, director, writer and singer, featured in movies such as Cry-Baby, Tommyknockers and Frostbite.

Traci Lords has a tattoo located on her left inner ankle, and the design appears to be a cross and flower combination.
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Traci Lords Cross Ankle Tattoo

Traci Lords is an American actress, producer, director, writer and singer, featured in movies such as Cry-Baby, Tommyknockers and Frostbite.

Traci Lords has a tattoo located on her left inner ankle, and the design appears to be a cross and flower combination.
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Traci Lords Cross Ankle Tattoo

Traci Lords is an American actress, producer, director, writer and singer, featured in movies such as Cry-Baby, Tommyknockers and Frostbite.

Traci Lords has a tattoo located on her left inner ankle, and the design appears to be a cross and flower combination.
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Check out the Green Lantern Movie Trailer

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Black and Grey portrait tattoos from Bob Tyrell

Christopher Lee as Dracula!

Second sitting on a Michael Myers half sleeve.

See more HERE
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Mike Shea tattoos rock!!!! reppin' Boston, Mass

finally finished this one,i think we started it 4 years ago






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Amazing Bio Mechanical tattoos from Mike Cole


Sorry about the ellipse at the collar bone. Couldn't get a good angle for the picture. It's straight, promise :) 1st of 2 day session.
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Katie's Astrological Ink: Cancer, with Aries Rising

One of the unexpected joys in inkspotting is approaching someone about a tattoo and having them reveal one that is so much better than the piece you approached them about. It's like receiving a bonus for being curious.

Such was the case with Katie, who I spotted in Penn Station when I noticed a tattoo on her ankle.

When I asked her about it, she laughed and said it wasn't even close to being her favorite tattoo and she took off her jacket to reveal, on her upper left arm, one of her eight tattoos:


This is an astrological tattoo and features the signs for Cancer (the crab) and Aries (the ram). Katie explained that she is a Cancer, with Aries rising.

What this means, astrologically, could take pages and pages of analysis, but Katie explained that the two personalities are both strong and that they traditionally don't get along, which is why she has this relationship depicted as the two symbolic creatures battling in a stormy landscape. It is one interpretation of an astrological description that lends itself to her personality. Here's another.

Of course, as a Cancer myself, I cannot help but love this tattoo, especially my old friend the crab:


Katie credited the artist Christian Masot at Silk City Tattoo in Hawthorne, New Jersey, for this tattoo. She estimated it took about seven hours total in three sittings to create the finished product. Work from Silk City has appeared on Tattoosday several times before (see this tag), but this is the first piece we've seen by Christian.

Thanks to Katie for sharing this awesome tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
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TIMELESS




Another piece from the N.Y. sessions..
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