Tattoo Doocuments: 2008-10-26

Jason's Astrological Ink: Three Taurus Brothers

I met Jason and his father Charlie (see his ink here) at Penn Station while they were in between trains on a Miami-Boston journey.

Charlie caught my attention first, but he proudly indicated that Jason had tattoos as well. After talking to the father, I turned to the son and took this photo:

In the astrological race on Tattoosday, Taurus clearly has the lead. It helps that bulls make for such great tattoo art. Check out previous Taurus ink on the blog here.

Jason explained that, of his four tattoos, this one on his left bicep is particularly special, not just because he was born under the astrological sign of Taurus, but because his two brothers were as well.

The DJD under the bull represent his and his brothers' first initials (Dakota, Jason, Derry).

This piece was tattooed at his house in Florida by a family friend, "Crome," who specializes in tattoo and graffiti art in Miami. Check here to see Crome's work in Miami. He apparently is one of the trailblazers in the form of "MSG," or Miami Style Graffiti.

Thanks to Jason for sharing this astrological tribute to him and his brothers here on Tattoosday!

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES ARTWALK

THIS THURSDAY NOV 13TH IS THE DOWNTOWN L.A. ART WALK. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWNTOWN DURING ONE OF THESE, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY BE DOWN HERE TO CHECK THIS OUT. I WILL BE AT THE THE LAST LAUGH WITH MY TEAM DURING THE ART WALK TATTOOING. THE GALLERIES AND RESTAURANTS WILL BE OPEN LATE FOR THE CROWD. WATCH AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FLOOD THE STREETS IN SUPPORT OF THE DOWNTOWN ART COMMUNITY. THE DOWNTOWN ART WALK IS THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH. CLICK ON THE MAP TO VIEW MORE DETAILS.

TRADITIONAL LOS ANGELES

HERE IS A CLIENT THAT WANTED TO GET SOME OF MY TRADITIONAL WORK. BROADS,ANGELS AND CLOWNS ARE NOT ONLY ICONS THAT I'M KNOW FOR, THEY ARE TRADITIONAL ICONS THRU LOS ANGELES.

I have featured a lot of Jessica's work before. The previous post here will link you back to earlier posts.

This seemed an appropriate piece for Halloween. It is on the other side of the leg that features Beetlejuice holding a pumpkin. You can see the pumpkin in the photo.

The image is of a child in a ghost costume holding a rock and a paper sack. It's based on a scene from "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". A bunch of kids are comparing their goodies and Charlie reaches into his bag and sadly proclaims "I got a rock."

Happy Halloween everyone! And thanks to Jessica for sharing her ink!!

Here's a little "I got a rock" bonus:

HERE IS A PROGRESS FLIK.. STAY ToONed FOR THE LATEST SESSION, JUST WAITING FOR IT TO HEAL.

A cold and dreary day drove me underground on Tuesday, as I spent some of my lunch hour inkspotting, and meeting some new tattoos.

Since it was Tat-Tuesday, it only seemed fitting that I met a father and son, Amtrakking from Florida up to Boston, who had four tattoos apiece.

I met Charlie first, who had a tiger on his forearm. However, he offered up this piece on his right bicep instead:

As a parent with child-inspired ink, I certainly appreciated this tattoo which honors the birth of his youngest son, Derry.

He wanted to do a tribute, but didn't want to do a portrait, which is a popular method for doing so. Instead, he went for the footprints, name and birth date.

Whereas a portrait is a snapshot in time, footprints and/or hand prints are a record of your child's beginning, and a literal imprint of part of their flesh on one's own. There's something remarkable about the historical record contained therein, like the door jamb in the family home that displays the height-marks of the child, growing over the years.

This piece was inked by "Old School" at AK's N Chevrolets in Hollywood, Florida.

I can't find an active link for the shop, and it appears as it was renamed Almost Famous 2 Tattoos (not to be confused with Almost Famous Tattoos in Miami).

Check back in the coming days to see the tattoo offered up by Charlie's older son Jason, that ties in to this piece as well.

Thanks to Charlie for sharing his little piece of family history here on Tattoosday!

EYE OF THE TIGER!!

HERE IS A BACK PIECE I DID A WHILE BACK. HE WANTED TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE BY GETTING A BIG ASS TIGER. BACKPIECES ARE ALWAYS A PROCESS. DANIEL ALSO WENT ON TO GET TWO SLEEVES. HE IS MY HERO...

LIFESTYLE C.C. COTTON CADI

CHECK OUT PART OF THE MURAL I JUST DID FOR ONE OF MY CLUB BROTHERS ON THE FAN SHROWD OF HIS 1979 COUPE DE VILLE. I MURALED ALL THE JAMS OVER 7 YEARS AGO. LOOK OUT FOR FLIKS OF THE PROGRESS ON THE REST OF THE CAR.

I technically didn't meet Ryan, but he did respond to a flier I passed out. I gave it to his girlfriend, we're guessing around 34th Street in Manhattan, she passed it to him, and he e-mailed me the following photo:

Initially, all he told me was "It's a Derek Hess piece. It's my blood around it in the ... photo. It was done by Nick [Males] @ Silk City Tattoos".

Of course, I know inquiring minds would want to know more, so I asked him for more specifics.

"It's a piece of art that Derek Hess did [it's entitled "Hemorrhage"].
I have the print on my wall in my room, among others by him...this is just my favorite one. My girlfriend was getting her garter done on her leg and I had asked [Nick] if he could do it. He said yeah, so when she went for her second sitting, I got mine done. I think it took about 3 hours, theres a lot of detail in it. The black didn't hurt much but the blood was the worst part, non-stop pain with little to no breaks. A lot of fun."