Anita's Gorey Tattoo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3xRf7baBs8AGvrZjVCy8BEECbMu6DuFvk4QGEchYgtUPhj9NOmfXJdAYkBcDgK4mPpzOPytOn4-gd7HS_ndPb40mrBdk2A2SEZ765H-tgfD_LHcZHNoM488MAxNXtptlXcs3PpAFpT4/s1600/Gorey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3xRf7baBs8AGvrZjVCy8BEECbMu6DuFvk4QGEchYgtUPhj9NOmfXJdAYkBcDgK4mPpzOPytOn4-gd7HS_ndPb40mrBdk2A2SEZ765H-tgfD_LHcZHNoM488MAxNXtptlXcs3PpAFpT4/s640/Gorey.jpg" width="372" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>When I spotted Anita's tattoo, at the corner of 7th Avenue and 34th Street, I knew it was based on the artwork of <a href="http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/">Edward Gorey</a>. In fact, <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Edward%20Gorey">this link</a>, will display all the ink tagged "Gorey" on Tattoosday.<br /><br />Despite their popularity, I never tire of tattoos based on Gorey's work. This particular piece is from a series of illustrations from Gorey's <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0151003084/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399353&creativeASIN=0151003084%22%3EThe%20Gashlycrumb%20Tinies%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0151003084&camp=217145&creative=399353%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E%3Clabel%20id=showTextCategoryLinkPreview_l1%3E%20%28See%20all%20%3C/label%3E%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/Pen-Ink-Drawing-Books/b/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399357&creativeASIN=0151003084&ie=UTF8&node=1859%22%3EPen%20&%20Ink%20Drawing%20Books%3C/a%3E%29%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0151003084&camp=217145&creative=399357%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E">The Gashleycrumb Tinies</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9JHWDAB-AClQynQsQAqZgk7yKWdV8TAp2V8k_MyfbxZj7TeI5z3fVkIKoXL7QAl8kPGy3T8Ni0HeyMASpfO_yxRbvbbnp_pUU4oeHrP3KTQ7IdemeLyy2MHMBHGbnQfTVdW3HTL-Bhk/s1600/gorey-gashlycrumb_tinies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9JHWDAB-AClQynQsQAqZgk7yKWdV8TAp2V8k_MyfbxZj7TeI5z3fVkIKoXL7QAl8kPGy3T8Ni0HeyMASpfO_yxRbvbbnp_pUU4oeHrP3KTQ7IdemeLyy2MHMBHGbnQfTVdW3HTL-Bhk/s320/gorey-gashlycrumb_tinies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Anita got this piece at <a href="http://www.crazymonkeytattoo.com/">Crazy Monkey Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn. <br /><br />Thanks to Anita for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0151003084" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><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 http://tattoosday.blogspot.com 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>

Anita's Gorey Tattoo

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