Nicko McBrain Asian Tattoos
Nicko McBrain is a great English musician, best recognized as the drummer of heavy metal band Iron Maiden.Nicko McBrain has a pair of Asian themed tattoos, one on each arm. The designs appear to be a dragon and samurai warrior. …
Virginia's Flowers Forecast Spring
This is a quick one for Monday morning, on the last day of February, with spring looming just around the corner. Here's one of Virginia's tattoos:Virginia is a long-time reader and fan of Tattoosday who I have met on anumber of occasions. This is the first piece she has shared with us.This floral ta…
Mark's Tattoo is Bound by Faith
I met Mark in Penn Station on Friday, as I was passing through the New Jersey Transit waiting area. It was a rainy, unseasonably warm day, so I spotted his tattoos easily, as he sat in a short sleeve shirt waiting for his train.Mark has six tattoos in all, and he shared this one on his left forearm:…
Tattoosday Weekend Recap
I just wanted to share some interesting tidbits that have come my way over the last few weeks:First, someone has been sharing links in the comments section anonymously on several recent posts. As is my custom, I only approve comments if they are related to the post in question. Nonetheless, the link…
Repost: The World is Full of Kings and Queens
In lieu of something new, something borrowed, or something blue, I am offering up a post from three years ago, in Tattoosday's infancy, from January 2008: I've been relying heavily on Tattoos I Know since the end of summer, but today, in the chill of January, I spotted a cool tattoo on a stranger an…
Misty May-Treanor Lower Back and Shoulder Tattoos
Misty May-Treanor American professional volleyball player, perhaps best known for winning the gold medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics alongside her teammate Kerri Walsh.Misty May-Treanor has a pair of tattoos, including the Roman numeral 5 along with her grandmothers initials on her lower ba…
Lost and Found: Toni's Cameo
I'm calling this a "lost and found" post because it features a tattoo that was a buried treasure in my e-mail archives. I was sitting on my living room couch when the existence of the photo surfaced in my head. "Whatever happened to that e-mail?" I asked myself and, after a brief search I found it. …
Cat's Hands-ome Tattoos
I met Cat earlier this week at Borders, which has been the go-to locale for inkspotting during a very sparse winter.He has fifteen tattoos, but we discussed the two I noticed, on the tops of his hands:The tattoos are variations on Celtic pagan designs that he modified to make his own.The right hand …
Maxwell Celtic Arm Tattoo
Maxwell is a fabulous American singer-songwriter and producer, perhaps best known for albums including Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, Embrya, and BLACKsummers'night.Maxwell is confirmed to have a single tattoo on his right shoulder, which is celtic in nature and appears to be an umbrella or perhaps a m…
Frank's Laserbeak Tattoo Transforms His Flesh
I met Frank in the Penn Plaza Borders yesterday and stopped to ask him about his tattoos."How many do you have?" I asked and he responded vaguely "a lot". That generally means at least a dozen, if not more, and he offered up this two-part tattoo, from his right arm:This is a Transformer. More spec…
Sal's Tattoo Takes Wing
Today's tattoo comes to us courtesy of Sal, who is making his third appearance on Tattoosday. We first met him in 2008 when he shared this Guns N Roses tattoo, and then again, in 2009 with this quote, inked on his forearm.Both times I ran into Sal at the video store where he works in Brooklyn Hei…
Masuimi Max Dragon Flower Tattoos
Masuimi Max is a mesmerizingly stunning American model and actress, known for appearing in numerous magazines and music videos, also featured in the movie XXX: State of the Union and The Devil's Muse.Masuimi Max has a wealth of tattoos, including an extensive design on her back of a black dragon and…
Bonafide Bags Winners and Special Discount for Tattoosday Readers!
Congratulations to the following readers who were among the winners selected among the 51 commenters on the original Bonafide Bags post.American Pride winners:Theresa Senato EdwardsBeverly CornellThumperDay of the Dead winners:Kristina V.JasonAlexKoi Winners:AliciaCrackleSammie KAmerican Traditional…
A Reaper for a Saturday
A couple weeks ago, I ran into Vinny at a Duane Reade on 86th Street in Brooklyn.He had several tattoos and shared this one, on his left forearm:Thanks to Vinny for sharing his ink with us here on Tattoosday! …
Maori flash to real tattoo photos
Hi,Today I received two photos, one of a customer who bought "Shoulder tattoo 150" a few weeks ago. The tattoo healed and lookes really nice.The second tattoo is the shoulderblade design I did on february 18th, you can see the sketches and work in progress in the previous posts.Get back soon with so…
Amélie Mauresmo Angel Tattoo
Amélie Mauresmo is a fabulously talented former professional tennis player, with a career record of 544–226, she is best known for winning two Grand Slam singles titles and for once holding the number 1 ranking.Amélie Mauresmo is known to have a single tattoo on her left shoulder, a small angel hold…
Shoulder blade tattoo maori samoan style
Hi,It has been a while, but I just finished a nice tattoo piece. It's a design for the shoulderblade and back.My customer wanted to cover quite some skin, with nice Maori Kirituhi shapes and some Samoan patterns.First I made a template from the measurements I received, and started sketching:I really…
Ashley's Ink: On Her Own Two Feet
I met Ashley in the New Jersey Transit section of Penn Station last week after I spotted this tattoo on her right foot:Now, if you've not read the Harry Potter series, perhaps it is best to skip the rest of the post, because it might not make a lot of sense.Those in the know will understand what I …
Ana Matronic Computer Tattoo
Ana Matronic is a fantastic American singer-songwriter and musician, known as the lead singer of rock band Scissor Sisters, and for albums such as Ta-Dah and Night Work.Ana Matronic has been spotted with a single tattoo located on her right shoulder, which appears to be bionic circuitry, including w…
Melanie's Marilyn
A trip to the laundromat on Saturday yielded a meeting with a young lady who had a couple visible tattoos on one of her feet and an ankle. Fortunately, my curiosity got the better of me because, when I asked her about them, she revealed much better work, namely this phenomenal Marilyn Monroe portrai…
Tattoosday's Bonafide Bags Giveaway!
Last month I enviously watched as the good folks over at TattooSnob had a contest in which they gave away some really cool items from Bonafide Bags. I reached out to the good people at Bonafide and asked if they'd like to do something with our readers, and they were very receptive to the idea.So che…
Urmila Matondkar Fairy Tattoo
Urmila Matondkar is a gorgeous Indian actress, known for starring in movies including Satya, Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya and Bhoot.Urmila Matondkar has been spotted with a single tattoo design located on her back right shoulder, and the tattoo is believed to be a fairy. …
Jenise's Tattoo is Decorative and Practical
Normally I would have prefaced this as a "Tattoos I Know" post, since the contributor, Jenise, has been a friend of mine since 1984. However, since we haven't actually seen each other in person in over twenty-five years, I've never actually met her tattooed self in the flesh.Nonetheless, Jenise has …
Ashley Massaro Dragon and Star Tattoos
Ashley Massaro is a stunning American model and professional wrestler, perhaps best known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment.Ashley Massaro has an assortment of tattoo designs, including a large pink dragon with black Chinese lettering on her left side torso.She also has a pair of nauti…
Miguel's Vision Reveals What Lies Within
A few weeks back, I popped in at my wife's workplace, and she introduced me to Miguel, the husband of one of her colleagues. In warmer weather, she had seen that Miguel had a tattoo, and she thought I would be interested in talking to him about it. Unfortunately, at the moment, it was in the high 20…
Jenny's Skeleton Key
January was a bleak month here in New York City. The second snowiest month ever did not bode well for inkspotting, but on the last day of the month, I met Jenny, a graphic designer, at my local bookstore.Jenny had two tattoos visible, but has nine others as well. She offered up this cool skeleton…
Massari Shoulder Tattoos
Massari is a popular Lebanese Canadian R&B and hip hop singer, perhaps best known for his debut self-titled album and the followup entitled Forever Massari.Massari has a tattoo design on each of his shoulders, on the right is a large vine with his name, and on the left is an arrow and stars tattoo. …