Timothy Shares a Luis Royo-Inspired Tattoo (and More!)

When I met Timothy in Penn Station last month, I approached him because I noticed a tattoo on the back of his calf. But when I introduced myself, and explained what Tattoosday was all about, he rolled up his right sleeve to reveal a much better tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1_wbcqzY5xUNGxE7k0kAjhILzp7jAPseve1Ss-mpcA4cyTLSvrRU-oTyo_SquUZjrJ7Se_nnen18LWOoA2h7kBsZCIjRY5P1HHD0aYpbowC701VvvuXEMWAdoRyCSM_5wwtRnglwXTI/s1600/Royo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1_wbcqzY5xUNGxE7k0kAjhILzp7jAPseve1Ss-mpcA4cyTLSvrRU-oTyo_SquUZjrJ7Se_nnen18LWOoA2h7kBsZCIjRY5P1HHD0aYpbowC701VvvuXEMWAdoRyCSM_5wwtRnglwXTI/s640/Royo.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br />Timothy explained that the woman "is from a piece of artwork I love by <a href="http://www.luisroyo.com/">Luis Royo</a>, who worked for <i><a href="http://www.heavymetal.com/">Heavy Metal</a></i>." His tattoo artist, Tim McCormick at Wild Rose Tattoo in upstate New York, added the headdress to the original image "to make it more unique." Royo, Timothy, explained, has been his favorite artist since he was 13, and he got the tattoo at 29. The detail is incredible:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZ8UJ91Nwb8oTsN-2OKCcxiDutyxCKfJIpKxxlO_QloHitK6ilYf5Va-BVSoVBFX7gWC_4D1tz6f-Cj6npJDWbx0jW4PniSIlmzIRudJvOCsTWRNH9vybVp7f8PRWip9n0G0sDquDxLU/s1600/royo+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZ8UJ91Nwb8oTsN-2OKCcxiDutyxCKfJIpKxxlO_QloHitK6ilYf5Va-BVSoVBFX7gWC_4D1tz6f-Cj6npJDWbx0jW4PniSIlmzIRudJvOCsTWRNH9vybVp7f8PRWip9n0G0sDquDxLU/s400/royo+detail.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />But what about the tattoo I first spotted on Timothy that prompted me to approach him in the first place?<br /><br />"I've always been a big pirate fan since I was four....I got it in Puerto Rico. I drank a half a bottle of rum and my last day there decided to get a tattoo," Timothy explained. Considering the locale and the liquid that inspired the inking, the final product seemed more than appropriate:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMe1c8_nbbOCwUMoAgbMo_1Y3KwJzHKIycq3b-10vlfH3t2n5q8sCTsRMUs10QGrmiqpNVip9_uiCSEBQT0fgCkjd3dolajSU2rHlLIIq8whZGYBNkWE8xCJtf9hqt7E_gxyzYqzCFOQs/s1600/Pirate+Skull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMe1c8_nbbOCwUMoAgbMo_1Y3KwJzHKIycq3b-10vlfH3t2n5q8sCTsRMUs10QGrmiqpNVip9_uiCSEBQT0fgCkjd3dolajSU2rHlLIIq8whZGYBNkWE8xCJtf9hqt7E_gxyzYqzCFOQs/s400/Pirate+Skull.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Timothy for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[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]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><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>

Timothy Shares a Luis Royo-Inspired Tattoo (and More!)

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