Amanda and Her Koi

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzCXZtdhQKCtr2VfBAjCntuQoXbOynOCO9G5z5jGo8kUedxQPHVVmX72UCc80FawEur5M3RZ-IdhNpm0ILiIjTIK0B3-IGHBgSTxvKPHBJ8XjdBKtVdwmth4qrWPHNxVec_bu0DkE3wM/s1600/Koi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzCXZtdhQKCtr2VfBAjCntuQoXbOynOCO9G5z5jGo8kUedxQPHVVmX72UCc80FawEur5M3RZ-IdhNpm0ILiIjTIK0B3-IGHBgSTxvKPHBJ8XjdBKtVdwmth4qrWPHNxVec_bu0DkE3wM/s640/Koi.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br />This <i>koi</i> is swimming upstream on Amanda's left arm.<br /><br />Talking to her in Penn Station, Amanda explained that she was "really interested in the Japanese style".<br /><br />She received the tattoo from Pat James Dean at <a href="http://www.neptunetattoo.com/">Tattooville</a>, in Neptune, New Jersey. Done in two sessions, Amanda told me that she selected Pat, in part, because he had his whole back inked in the traditional Japanese fashion. I'm going to take a leap and say it might have been by Horiyoshi III of Yokohama, based on a reference in his bio on the <a href="http://www.neptunetattoo.com/">Tattooville site</a>.<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks to Amanda for sharing this, one of four tattoos she has, with us here on Tattoosday.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></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><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><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>

Amanda and Her Koi

This koi is swimming upstream on Amanda's left arm. Talking to her in Penn Station, Amanda explained that she was "really interest...

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Andrew's Traditional Sleeve by Horisei

<!--[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="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ps9JgoTyHqwLxPRGBgeRFmYIcY552tH7_yOBKgu5Jp0MywQzJmOETly7evEg9dXJTGI-jeH_nIpU-QrnQhoFdB_MCzBzAhIiITosFu_px8YHvesn8r9xAWSVR82tez8tueM9PeEsN1s/s1600/horisei+super+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ps9JgoTyHqwLxPRGBgeRFmYIcY552tH7_yOBKgu5Jp0MywQzJmOETly7evEg9dXJTGI-jeH_nIpU-QrnQhoFdB_MCzBzAhIiITosFu_px8YHvesn8r9xAWSVR82tez8tueM9PeEsN1s/s400/horisei+super+detail.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Every once in a while, it's nice to appreciate a tattoo for its own sake. This is especially rewarding for me when I am familiar with the artist, and I know people who have been tattooed by him or her, which has allowed me to appreciate their craft over time.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Two of my friends have been fortunate enough to have been tattooed by the wonderful <a href="http://www.horiseitattoo.com/">Horisei</a> (their work appeared <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/02/tattoos-i-know-paul-part-5-or-great.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/06/robs-traditional-japanese-dragons.html">here</a>). Horisei works out of <a href="http://www.chelseatattoocompany.com/">Chelsea Tattoo Company</a>, former location of <a href="http://www.risingdragon.com/">Rising Dragon</a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">So, when I spotted Andrew, coming out of Penn Station last month, I was more than thrilled to take shots of his Horisei-crafted sleeve.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmqc1nw_-mv38qpOXW2TeML9dUcKyHhz2UcMAxsFbrgwAzMetJ7w2VmLct0jk3Hql7-eq8KtCNLi_m2jMLNQVB5AlNJMcsQ2pGcbLpwI12g8r_V4prsD9C51asWHPIn4LzIcKrrhZmas/s1600/horisei+sleeve+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmqc1nw_-mv38qpOXW2TeML9dUcKyHhz2UcMAxsFbrgwAzMetJ7w2VmLct0jk3Hql7-eq8KtCNLi_m2jMLNQVB5AlNJMcsQ2pGcbLpwI12g8r_V4prsD9C51asWHPIn4LzIcKrrhZmas/s640/horisei+sleeve+front.jpg" width="116" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvR8KLPLdf-4G074TBShRIbTIbQvymYLJdfW-JHVUM1z52wxIMitldGuUZA9LzsPZkmv9ms_E2lclAeY03j8w90GGJOFhx9DICsQblAz2hEMFvCiY7gxOayI-3kWV3KPsfXmksOmLfJ-w/s1600/horisei+sleeve+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvR8KLPLdf-4G074TBShRIbTIbQvymYLJdfW-JHVUM1z52wxIMitldGuUZA9LzsPZkmv9ms_E2lclAeY03j8w90GGJOFhx9DICsQblAz2hEMFvCiY7gxOayI-3kWV3KPsfXmksOmLfJ-w/s640/horisei+sleeve+back.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"> Andrew estimates that this took about twenty hours of work, over a two to three month period.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18pb7vmKfR2Kr7rHtq1EpriRADhyphenhyphenNTafzXvLCBlsX29jblKFHPFIzBHAHiUOm80_YehyphenhyphengBz5LSVOcdRSvd1Ibk6EyXYay4nqVYEtby_tQK817M4leDhlE4ul5Wo2Bll4Vr8pAxsO5EQM/s1600/Horisei+sleeve+tiger+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18pb7vmKfR2Kr7rHtq1EpriRADhyphenhyphenNTafzXvLCBlsX29jblKFHPFIzBHAHiUOm80_YehyphenhyphengBz5LSVOcdRSvd1Ibk6EyXYay4nqVYEtby_tQK817M4leDhlE4ul5Wo2Bll4Vr8pAxsO5EQM/s640/Horisei+sleeve+tiger+detail.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">His traditional Japanese sleeve consists of a tiger, two koi, and peonies, in addition to the water background.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_u0C4jOr3QF2-0ka0QfrYOJ6HYCwR0HQEB5OXr7ykV5mY-7rCe81AclxTRX4NW5FPIcpqn8O0tMO3tdYD2nUSionG-NLugh4HgNYSpHTNdnLA7WabkbTV0banBCEzkICEUmnR1JpDMjY/s1600/horisei+sleeve+front+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_u0C4jOr3QF2-0ka0QfrYOJ6HYCwR0HQEB5OXr7ykV5mY-7rCe81AclxTRX4NW5FPIcpqn8O0tMO3tdYD2nUSionG-NLugh4HgNYSpHTNdnLA7WabkbTV0banBCEzkICEUmnR1JpDMjY/s640/horisei+sleeve+front+detail.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div>Thanks to Andrew for sharing his awesome sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><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><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 class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Andrew's Traditional Sleeve by Horisei

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Our 1000th Post! David's Mermaid and Seahorse Blow Us Away......

Pardon the royal "we," but this is our 1000th post, and we feel a little celebratory.<br /><br />To honor this milestone, we are sharing this amazing half sleeve belonging to David:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoklJgxRxdvCll5Vx6AWNQ9W3BvFuzdDxWjiWAYmjmpY-QhIxk2MbGGSv3rYSqQg-cqYwxS2CZVuvRLdqUjfLE1SGk9sQ_Q8gfVnrQ_HiXkPQkOGzJOW5JCKZBbk7b3snTeuB9J-3wJ0/s1600/mermaid+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoklJgxRxdvCll5Vx6AWNQ9W3BvFuzdDxWjiWAYmjmpY-QhIxk2MbGGSv3rYSqQg-cqYwxS2CZVuvRLdqUjfLE1SGk9sQ_Q8gfVnrQ_HiXkPQkOGzJOW5JCKZBbk7b3snTeuB9J-3wJ0/s400/mermaid+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This astonishing work is the creation of artist <a href="http://www.redemptiontattoo.com/2/GalleryMain.asp?GalleryID=71208&AKey=XAPSX3K7">Erick Lynch</a> at <a href="http://www.redemptiontattoo.com/2/Artist.asp?ArtistID=28105&Akey=XAPSX3K7">Redemption Tattoo</a> in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<br /><br />David said that he had wanted a mermaid, as his wife loves mermaids, and that Lynch's work reflects a traditional Japanese style, thus the female figure appearing as a pearl diver, which is more in line with Japanese artistic tradition.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6-qskFmCCc8XaMKQRLwqImHxywKpLAao7EqgkS52aAFa5PPJPV0Nii9iQwgNmxFMs8PQI9wVPD9FOI_LwCamMvp138uSeRD5ddO-WSfEsHCjAgCAB-nCYd-XBLVoMerbS85NgJBN7pE/s1600/mermaid+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6-qskFmCCc8XaMKQRLwqImHxywKpLAao7EqgkS52aAFa5PPJPV0Nii9iQwgNmxFMs8PQI9wVPD9FOI_LwCamMvp138uSeRD5ddO-WSfEsHCjAgCAB-nCYd-XBLVoMerbS85NgJBN7pE/s640/mermaid+detail.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><br />The whole of the half sleeve represents about 12 hours of work, in David's estimation, which includes the inside of the biceps, and this phenomenally vivid seahorse:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjGqtRIRDz94aAI8Y9UzKsUqrbxEEsxbi05wOCoDI3zS9-AHTxMRsOHDX-bIn5f5ZMagiNEKAeknuUTDgEwKpDKUL25zZIWC2BnEvPI-0w9TyRhiV7IiEiiKRRG0xuOWIjkiXfyiUZY8/s1600/seahorse+big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjGqtRIRDz94aAI8Y9UzKsUqrbxEEsxbi05wOCoDI3zS9-AHTxMRsOHDX-bIn5f5ZMagiNEKAeknuUTDgEwKpDKUL25zZIWC2BnEvPI-0w9TyRhiV7IiEiiKRRG0xuOWIjkiXfyiUZY8/s400/seahorse+big.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />David points to Erick Lynch's use of white highlights in the seahorse, which really makes it "pop".<br /><br />All in all, this is a remarkable piece of work that we are honored to have as our 1000th post here at Tattoosday. Thanks to David for sharing it and to Erick Lynch for his mastery of the art form!<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 style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />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></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>

Our 1000th Post! David's Mermaid and Seahorse Blow Us Away......

Pardon the royal "we," but this is our 1000th post, and we feel a little celebratory. To honor this milestone, we are sharing this...

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