Jessica: A Sugar Skull and Scream and Scream Again

<div class="MsoNormal">In <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/06/coreys-traditional-creatures.html">yesterday's post</a>, I talked about meeting Corey and Jessica in front of Penn Station, and we featured two of Corey's tattoos. Today it's Jessica's turn. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1TquBRacTQihajhai8ijgOVl-aWJTLgz8wJ3fn_Ew6J2gaun43M-Lym9Iock06hf4HDHyL2JkBOpvmDWKVAt6jrRRdL0PKq1V6kiryUBsaCU_fVX_AuQIzwOJ7B2oRA5j7rTJCWHbeY/s1600/Jessica+Sugar+Skull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1TquBRacTQihajhai8ijgOVl-aWJTLgz8wJ3fn_Ew6J2gaun43M-Lym9Iock06hf4HDHyL2JkBOpvmDWKVAt6jrRRdL0PKq1V6kiryUBsaCU_fVX_AuQIzwOJ7B2oRA5j7rTJCWHbeY/s640/Jessica+Sugar+Skull.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She praised to no end the tattoo artist who did this sugar skull, her friend Chris Handford at <a href="http://www.perkinsroadparlour.com/">Perkins Road Parlor</a> in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">"They do a lot of traditional and he's originally a painter, so we just said, 'Do Whatever," and he drew up these awesome things ... he's actually a really new artist, but I would say already, skills-wise, far beyond a lot of people who have been doing it longer, especially in the South."</div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">Jessica also shared this incredible piece on her right calf:</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAgH_oRKcHHXfyXy45iKIlQruUKGaIHvYgdbLzccHJ99OfHltOl8tkLnvGbxwL9YEiaLvkvlvsmpfXVL9E3qdpsvA_H4_pmCzo2053RSTORAdXXVV4Ut9GiJtbPTIkEUl00KIQIT-rYE/s1600/scream+and+scream+again+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAgH_oRKcHHXfyXy45iKIlQruUKGaIHvYgdbLzccHJ99OfHltOl8tkLnvGbxwL9YEiaLvkvlvsmpfXVL9E3qdpsvA_H4_pmCzo2053RSTORAdXXVV4Ut9GiJtbPTIkEUl00KIQIT-rYE/s400/scream+and+scream+again+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jessica credited this tattoo to a different artist, <a href="http://www.artaddictiontattoo.com/richard_hart_portfolio">Richard Hart</a>, who currently works in Baton Rouge out of <a href="http://www.artaddictiontattoo.com/">Art Addiction Tattoo Studio</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jessica explained the story behind this interesting piece:</div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">"[Richard Hart] is excellent at photo-realism. I found this ... it's from a movie called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064949/">Scream and Scream Again</a> (1970).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLpc3yCDfk862PWnHME6YN8FPGa6-V1gMxW_ltxEPlUlYkA9f-wMBkt-niNbSJUyLdlVaX4NQqwqasCosspErLgpKxb_LKsthS7tG5Y_eecPQEuk-EJs0bmEcg2R3ne5Pa9muy1SQnUY/s1600/SCREAm+AND+SCREAM+AGAIN+vhs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLpc3yCDfk862PWnHME6YN8FPGa6-V1gMxW_ltxEPlUlYkA9f-wMBkt-niNbSJUyLdlVaX4NQqwqasCosspErLgpKxb_LKsthS7tG5Y_eecPQEuk-EJs0bmEcg2R3ne5Pa9muy1SQnUY/s400/SCREAm+AND+SCREAM+AGAIN+vhs.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I just loved it and he drew it up on the spot ... I've never seen anyone just draw it, make a quick stencil, look at a computer, and then go off the picture itself. It looks exactly like the picture; I mean, it's insane. Insane. He's definitely awesome!"</div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal">It's always great to hear tattooed folk talk so exuberantly about how much they like their artists, and it was certainly nice to encounter some talent from a part of the country we don't see too often up here in New York.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />Thanks to Jessica (and Corey) for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. 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Jessica: A Sugar Skull and Scream and Scream Again

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Corey's Traditional Creatures

I met Corey and Jessica last month outside of Madison Square Garden on a bright, sunny afternoon. Between the two of them, they have dozens of tattoos, so I had a lovely time chatting with them. They're originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and had been tattooed by a couple of artists who are friends of theirs working out of <a href="http://www.perkinsroadparlour.com/">Perkins Road Parlor</a>.<br /><br />Corey credited Brent McCarron and Chris Handford with this pair of cool, traditional-style tattoos: <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbl4KfP1UbGYtrqwRFZZBVA3RC5KWhkuwNPO8vQqO6d5IOvGVbkfoM8rcyXOMLDr3TcZ2rEDj05ibS1onDh07OdEWlvTwYrwJo3rf4Bz-Jh8lAIeI2rik2ogIBbHAKcHQyM3Z8j09gwuE/s1600/sabre+toothed+spider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbl4KfP1UbGYtrqwRFZZBVA3RC5KWhkuwNPO8vQqO6d5IOvGVbkfoM8rcyXOMLDr3TcZ2rEDj05ibS1onDh07OdEWlvTwYrwJo3rf4Bz-Jh8lAIeI2rik2ogIBbHAKcHQyM3Z8j09gwuE/s400/sabre+toothed+spider.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Corey, who has 14 or 15 tattoos, just asked them to draw him something and they did.  This sabre-toothed tiger and his newest piece, the spider, about two weeks old in this photo, have a very traditional feel about them. I particularly love the yellows in the spider.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWKcF8Jz8Tn-aXkN1uUwmsLRIh7GM1CELM-tVLjH07B-b4BBTxrNXmsAfMn6otSnuBjv7maXkAWFJkRKSfeY5FhDRZSMwReQrEfDx7U2mxIuaT-ilzfC4XNXyhMrmcJdwqLcVOmNuu3c/s1600/Spider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWKcF8Jz8Tn-aXkN1uUwmsLRIh7GM1CELM-tVLjH07B-b4BBTxrNXmsAfMn6otSnuBjv7maXkAWFJkRKSfeY5FhDRZSMwReQrEfDx7U2mxIuaT-ilzfC4XNXyhMrmcJdwqLcVOmNuu3c/s640/Spider.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks to Corey for sharing these tattoos with us! Check back tomorrow to see what Jessica had to offer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Corey's Traditional Creatures

I met Corey and Jessica last month outside of Madison Square Garden on a bright, sunny afternoon. Between the two of them, they have dozens ...

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