Marisa's Polychrome Calves

I met Marisa walking down 40th Street in Manhattan late one October afternoon. She had just crossed Broadway when I spotted her and asked her about her tattoos. Namely, these two gracing the back of her calves:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUriuBu0i7xe7vVK_gOuIOoxDKLU7KG6OS9lFA2coP6LG46GVuuh8_yhBCOTw9fdvttHTRjAXU-b8pzMEgigzNf-KjJlOSLnWBYWDtqrZ4OnG7I3ZUpivVu8_kQ0eQL79_hRfWmMK1R1o/s1600/Polychrome+Both+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUriuBu0i7xe7vVK_gOuIOoxDKLU7KG6OS9lFA2coP6LG46GVuuh8_yhBCOTw9fdvttHTRjAXU-b8pzMEgigzNf-KjJlOSLnWBYWDtqrZ4OnG7I3ZUpivVu8_kQ0eQL79_hRfWmMK1R1o/s640/Polychrome+Both+wm.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br />These tattoos are based on the work of artist <a href="http://www.johnrneill.net/">John R. Neill</a>, who illustrated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum">L. Frank Baum's</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz">Wizard of Oz</a> books. The female figure in both designs is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychrome_%28fictional_character%29">Polychrome</a>, the Rainbow's daughter.<br /><br />Both legs were tattooed at <a href="http://www.islandinktattoos.com/">Rock Star Tattoos</a> in Honolulu. <a href="http://www.islandinktattoos.com/Conors%20piercing%20front%20page.html">Conor</a> did the left calf:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBfAxhGbx0o1oP_RqAeC6iVuvA05bto8nHzgfRiltz9rKIy3lmD8OJEuum7EIkxc_56jFXWo5l7Di3mbFq4UxCqzdXZP1y320fmKu2Ks9QF5MnVc4bcspJ31fdrPEPwV8DqCLvDzoaHg/s1600/Polychrome+L+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBfAxhGbx0o1oP_RqAeC6iVuvA05bto8nHzgfRiltz9rKIy3lmD8OJEuum7EIkxc_56jFXWo5l7Di3mbFq4UxCqzdXZP1y320fmKu2Ks9QF5MnVc4bcspJ31fdrPEPwV8DqCLvDzoaHg/s640/Polychrome+L+wm.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><br />and Kazan did the right:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lhYJux9W2yhyphenhyphenWLPAe2RuNZnCRoihJFwGcOMCVmg0aFy1z3I97rYMce6wCm8jOEt0m6my-iI_c_RTHeNFvPirwlIbg_e1hoE0fmski60QfgjkhsSeQRKCUlSdS_dPCgv1O-kkXn1WSh0/s1600/Polychrome+R+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lhYJux9W2yhyphenhyphenWLPAe2RuNZnCRoihJFwGcOMCVmg0aFy1z3I97rYMce6wCm8jOEt0m6my-iI_c_RTHeNFvPirwlIbg_e1hoE0fmski60QfgjkhsSeQRKCUlSdS_dPCgv1O-kkXn1WSh0/s640/Polychrome+R+wm.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><br />Marisa has 11 tattoos in all. Incidentally, having heard she grew up in Hawai'i, I played the small-world game with her and discovered we both had the same history teacher, two decades apart, when he taught at different schools.<br /><br />Like many people who have Oz tattoos, Marisa loved the books and was inspired by the magic in them, vividly illustrated.<br /><br />Thanks to Marisa for stopping on the street and consenting to share her wonderful tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Marisa's Polychrome Calves

I met Marisa walking down 40th Street in Manhattan late one October afternoon. She had just crossed Broadway when I spotted her and asked he...

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