Stephen's Killer Klown

<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the significant changes in the chronology of Tattoosday was the discovery that the Amtrak waiting area in Penn Station was a wonderful place for inkspotting, not just on rainy days, but whenever I had the chance to pass that way.</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Stopping someone on the streets of New York City, especially when they are in a hurry to get somewhere, can be challenging. I have discovered that people waiting for their trains, with nothing but time on their hands, are much more likely to be open to discussing their tattoos with strangers like me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What’s nice, as well, as the trains running out of the Penn Station Amtrak hub go to Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and beyond (New Orleans and Toronto are possible rail destinations).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In early April, I ran into Stephen, who was visiting from Auckland, New Zealand. He has ink on both arms, one leg, and the top of his back, so there was a lot to choose from, once he consented to sharing one of his tattoos.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">He offered up this horror-themed illustration, on the upper section of his right arm:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16muvzOzCkjm1YJn3-Wd8MPCjmrJJg27TlRNXIl_oIcIETCfK6Bq9_fOYUgXZhrG2uKA4C3drOKE6ifQXxBYPHrcDTimORzciiTFQVfvSl90BP6gQKKYQ5daSPcVP-fhE4NQB8phrDe8/s1600/Killer+Klown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16muvzOzCkjm1YJn3-Wd8MPCjmrJJg27TlRNXIl_oIcIETCfK6Bq9_fOYUgXZhrG2uKA4C3drOKE6ifQXxBYPHrcDTimORzciiTFQVfvSl90BP6gQKKYQ5daSPcVP-fhE4NQB8phrDe8/s640/Killer+Klown.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The clown with a cleaver is one of those funny/scary images that appeals to fans of the horror genre. Stephen liked the image and collaborated with the tattoo artist, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/498313312">Jamie Thorburn</a>, to come up with the final design.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27UdB4zC53q_KRNFdoaGU-jYNTC0z3d6R5fNZeoQNjuSVzdOoXN8fbKWJP6hia_uIKStfEH2DR6rAxXxDZMUePSen6GtnmnoTF0qfWbY1fT9jWMZA-WsTFqBun3GOpAjbmPCDMqLR8lo/s1600/killer+klown+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27UdB4zC53q_KRNFdoaGU-jYNTC0z3d6R5fNZeoQNjuSVzdOoXN8fbKWJP6hia_uIKStfEH2DR6rAxXxDZMUePSen6GtnmnoTF0qfWbY1fT9jWMZA-WsTFqBun3GOpAjbmPCDMqLR8lo/s400/killer+klown+detail.jpg" width="267" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks to Stephen for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</span><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></div>

Stephen's Killer Klown

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