Not Your Typical Knuckles Tattoo

Last month I was trying to figure out why so many interesting people were walking around the Penn Station area when a trio of tattooed guys enlightened me: it was the Friday commencement of the <a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/">New York Comic Con</a>.<br /><br />Now, I realize, I could go to one of these events and have a field day with some amazing tattoos on some very committed fans, but then I'd also be writing up posts for another month or two, as well, so I was content to chat with Rob and his two friends (who will appear in subsequent posts - stay tuned-).<br /><br />Rob offered us one of his three tattoos, this animated creature on his inner right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4Vu3U836hN82126Q7sUG-LVyjmcIo5oKHm9pu15gThWsab0xVCv7dEG9wnwSHKXmbqK0Fn8327nR7vjCSQAYOGhGrmJm2rsXHW0dDtB_U9E5Q4V4jSeXxPv8Zl2DBSVc9PpQQf2ANB8/s1600/Knuckles+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4Vu3U836hN82126Q7sUG-LVyjmcIo5oKHm9pu15gThWsab0xVCv7dEG9wnwSHKXmbqK0Fn8327nR7vjCSQAYOGhGrmJm2rsXHW0dDtB_U9E5Q4V4jSeXxPv8Zl2DBSVc9PpQQf2ANB8/s640/Knuckles+wm.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><br />This is, I'm sure many of you may know, a character from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_%28series%29">Sonic the Hedgehog</a>, an iconic video game series that appeared in the early 1990's and has since sold, according to Wikipedia, 70 million units worldwide.<br /><br />Rob explained that he grew up playing Sonic games and his favorite character was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckles_the_Echidna">Knuckles the Echidna</a>, who first appeared in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3">Sonic the Hedgehog 3</a>. "He was the only one I wanted to be," Rob told me. An echidna, by the way, is another name for a spiny anteater.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1y5VylRSqiGmaQz3MteoBs3QO_ux2oPSgrQrwLbcyUNQxeiGFFpodHZfk2mHB-yacjdUwvzjb0jdYVJ3BoGkQaDthYVsmOE9yzoDDb8jw7L2yAeYT0Z5ydbQpRWMrTrSHLQshnohbVo/s1600/Knuckles-the-echidna-sonic-forever-14378590-350-447.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1y5VylRSqiGmaQz3MteoBs3QO_ux2oPSgrQrwLbcyUNQxeiGFFpodHZfk2mHB-yacjdUwvzjb0jdYVJ3BoGkQaDthYVsmOE9yzoDDb8jw7L2yAeYT0Z5ydbQpRWMrTrSHLQshnohbVo/s320/Knuckles-the-echidna-sonic-forever-14378590-350-447.gif" width="250" /></a></div><br />Rob credited this tattoo to "<a href="http://www.myspace.com/xxdooxx">Debbie Doo</a>" at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/skindeepny">Skin Deep Tattoo</a> in Levittown, New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Rob for sharing his Knuckles Tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Not Your Typical Knuckles Tattoo

Last month I was trying to figure out why so many interesting people were walking around the Penn Station area when a trio of tattooed guys ...

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Preston's Invaders Take Tattoosday

I met Preston in early May on the train platform at West 4th Street.<br /><br />I spotted his tattoo and we talked about it.After along wait, we finally get to see this, one of Preston's five tattoos, here on Tattoosday:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY144PrduO0K36gK70SdkD3EFuQgozDqfxTSU_iHtrpdy7d1G4zM55D2DNriaE5Ue2r7pORgBx6XjXHqC-HXX0OKBcKPcGHCD2lAeh2Ske4nHtqLaX-xSK9MNFoxelJ8fdTDTo5F9F/s1600/Space+Invaders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY144PrduO0K36gK70SdkD3EFuQgozDqfxTSU_iHtrpdy7d1G4zM55D2DNriaE5Ue2r7pORgBx6XjXHqC-HXX0OKBcKPcGHCD2lAeh2Ske4nHtqLaX-xSK9MNFoxelJ8fdTDTo5F9F/s400/Space+Invaders.jpg" width="337" /></a></div><br />These are,of course, images from the original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600">Atari</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders">Space Invaders</a>, one of the forerunners that was the first video game to truly take the world by storm.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CbqcNW29PqfP9OfbJ6tzKKSfc9bVS170Aw-_fUTQRIEsC8bLr4FGgJsvdzk6iJpNAm1GHYdHul03VjdfTx8s-QGKfxyE4PAOOCZ0FSPiuvL-F3XbJfgADjAKEHY3N5jUlgbNKB9Y/s1600/SpaceInvaders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CbqcNW29PqfP9OfbJ6tzKKSfc9bVS170Aw-_fUTQRIEsC8bLr4FGgJsvdzk6iJpNAm1GHYdHul03VjdfTx8s-QGKfxyE4PAOOCZ0FSPiuvL-F3XbJfgADjAKEHY3N5jUlgbNKB9Y/s320/SpaceInvaders.jpg" /></a></div><br />Preston told me that these symbols represent space invasion. The neon green color makes them stick out even more and, he added, they make a "great ice breaker".<br /><br />As a result, he continued, "people invade my space" when they question him (as I was doing) about his tattoo.<br /><br />Preston is a musician by trade, who goes by the moniker Press Reset. Check out his website <a href="http://pressreset.com/">here</a>. And <a href="http://pressreset.com/itunes.html">this link</a> will take you to his new record <3 on iTunes, where you can listen to (and hopefully, buy) his music.<br /><br />Preston credits the tattoo to an artist named Ziggy who tattoos out of South Florida.<br /><br />Thanks to Preston for sharing his alien neck tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Preston's Invaders Take Tattoosday

I met Preston in early May on the train platform at West 4th Street. I spotted his tattoo and we talked about it.After along wait, we finall...

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