Rob Lowe Shoulder Tattoo
Rob Lowe is an American actor, known for his role in movies including Tommy Boy, Wayne's World and The Outsiders.Rob Lowe has a single visible tattoo, which is rumored to have started as a heart, and then later with additional artwork. …
Introducing...Dirtbird!
Occasionally in my wanderings, I will meet not just tattooed people, but tattoo practitioners, and often those visiting from outside of New York City.So it was no surprise, when I approached a gentleman across the street from where I work, at 31st and 7th, to learn that I was talking to an artist…
Courtney Love Tattoos
Courtney Love is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress, known as the lead singer and guitarist of rock band Hole.Courtney Love has a smattering of tattoos on her body, including an angel and two hearts on her back right shoulder, several small cherry blossoms on her arms and chest, plu…
Ride the Cyclone!
In college we had a game room at the Student Union.I claimed to be a master at Arkanoid, but would occasionally play pinball. Earthshaker was fun, but there was another, carnival-themed game that would often beckon, "Ride the Cyclone!" It was, naturally, called The Cyclone.Fast forward ten years a…
Something Girly This Way Comes
I met Nadya one afternoon in the beginning of October in Borders on Penn Plaza.She shared this tattoo, which covered up a date she had initially inscribed on her arm:Nadya told me that she wanted something "girly".What I found most interesting about this tattoo is that when I asked her who the artis…
Happy Thanksgiving!
In honor of the holiday, I am sharing this, my newest tattoo, located above my knee on my right thigh:This was done at Hand of Glory in Brooklyn yesterday as part of the shop's $75 Thanksgiving Tattoo Special and was sponsored by Troll Skin, produced by Skin Actives Scientific.For those of you just…
Mari's Prayer, with a Twist of Math
I met Mari in front of Madison Square Garden on a sunny day in October. How could I not stop and ask her about this tattoo?Mari explained that this is an Ananda prayer, that her friends were meditating on it for a week.The text, which is attributed to Sri Paramhansa Yogananda, reads:Make me thy butt…
Julia's Pin-Up
I met Julia briefly in a Hudson News in Penn Station.The flash of color on her foot caught my eye:Julia explained that she is a visual artist that likes to do pin-up illustrations. This particular design she wanted to be transformed into a tattoo. She brought it to Morgan Reed at Electric Lotus Tatt…
Fajah Lourens Tattoos
Fajah Lourens is a wonderful Dutch actress, featured on the television soap opera entitled, Good times, bad times.Fajah Lourens has an array of tattoos, including a batch of roses on her lower stomach, the zodiac sign of pisces on her right shoulder, a red devil on her back left shoulder blade, and …
