Kathy's Back, The Beginning

I spotted Kathy walking in front of Madison Square Garden, near the corner of Seventh Avenue and 33rd Street earlier this month and, although I couldn't see specifically what she had going with her tattoos, I was intrigued enough to ask.<br /><br />Some folks are often dismissive of me when I approach them, but Kathy was the total opposite. She was joyful and excited to share her ink and, when she removed her outer layer and adjusted her tank top, it was abundantly clear why. She had recently embarked on a full back piece and was proud of the foundation for what is ultimately going to be a phenomenal work of art:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamo12uCkv5bU1UpkWTCgb1g7yD0qHfkStufA8oykbPil1PFQmKCwGCP3MxvCe13NpZR8ViiPmqA4rkdqk1_wBCuWk7StfvGwxdOYyCMF6Nw8TZrw-_RMx61dXSZG0oSpqYlxzAceSOo8/s1600/Kathys+Back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamo12uCkv5bU1UpkWTCgb1g7yD0qHfkStufA8oykbPil1PFQmKCwGCP3MxvCe13NpZR8ViiPmqA4rkdqk1_wBCuWk7StfvGwxdOYyCMF6Nw8TZrw-_RMx61dXSZG0oSpqYlxzAceSOo8/s400/Kathys+Back.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><br />Kathy had enlisted <a href="http://www.dereknoble.fatzombie.com/">Derek Noble</a> of <a href="http://www.luckydeviltattooparlor.com/where.html">Lucky Devil Tattoo Parlor</a> in Seattle to create this tattoo. She explained, "he's really into horror, traditional, and all that kind of stuff, so I went to him back in January."<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br />Kathy is an interior designer with twelve tattoos and agreed to share the back piece in its early stage (approximately three and a half hours in). She has tentatively agreed to keep us posted when she heads back to Seattle at the end of the summer so that we can see the work develop.<br /><br />She explained further:<br /><blockquote><br />"I broke my back about two years ago, so I figured I'd make something nice out of a bad thing. There's little vertebrae holding candles and I love zombies ... I gave [Derek Noble] the time period, I said I wanted something Jack the Ripper era, and he went full out for it. I saw [the design] the day of, and I never even thought I wouldn't like it."</blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal">Well we here at Tattoosday can't wait to see how this turns out. With just the outlines, the piece looks incredible and, well, it's <i>Derek Noble</i>, after all, so we know it's going to turn out magnificently.<br /><br />Thanks to Kathy for sharing the early stage of her new back piece with us here on Tattoosday! I know we can't wait to see more!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></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>

Kathy's Back, The Beginning

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Ivan's Sleeve: Doom, Zombies, and The Joker

<div>Last month I met Ivan in Penn Station, and I took a bunch of photos of his right arm, fully-sleeved. There's a lot going on here, so let's take a look:</div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPrS6A0u6ERZNiaSltyfrKRcHyrwN0TJdT4v1P-KDW2rVgIjIvUks6AD1gjqW_hvd8l60JaNVZbk2WYd3frj2ohJv06uEL0bNdKeq5_2tNqTUDC0UXP_0nvKVcLqZAYWpC1y98wN9I7k/s1600/521+full+sleeve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPrS6A0u6ERZNiaSltyfrKRcHyrwN0TJdT4v1P-KDW2rVgIjIvUks6AD1gjqW_hvd8l60JaNVZbk2WYd3frj2ohJv06uEL0bNdKeq5_2tNqTUDC0UXP_0nvKVcLqZAYWpC1y98wN9I7k/s640/521+full+sleeve.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><div></div><div><br />And the inner part of the sleeve:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEoPDwgsz1sVX75unxPUhi9vp51GFKcMiAGqU0_kLQL59OuxfGO_-D8rPNSKj6doPvhDOBh_Sfb3wCT0rNFu4mQY6-ECzo4Hz9D-tXoH_Y9d69ek97FGqoRutT41oQ9FZkDGS_VgNAvI/s1600/521+Inner+Sleeve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEoPDwgsz1sVX75unxPUhi9vp51GFKcMiAGqU0_kLQL59OuxfGO_-D8rPNSKj6doPvhDOBh_Sfb3wCT0rNFu4mQY6-ECzo4Hz9D-tXoH_Y9d69ek97FGqoRutT41oQ9FZkDGS_VgNAvI/s640/521+Inner+Sleeve.jpg" width="206" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ivan's tattoo artist is Larry Davis at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/explicittattoo1">Explicit Tattoo</a> in Suffern, New York He also credits Adrienne Levy with the design of the cat on his wrist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ivan explains a little bit about his ink:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgfHQX5Gx0Le-mp7Y9o7s02jh6DHBmz7MXAPTWxStg1VpMksscaaHHCSGWbGS-ixopa5NKaOVyetFbtIWZ-t24vRDYMdBrrLBzoMbGNhLZeQohc0sU_jIGbhyphenhyphenVOC00z4vqlFF_gWgXFk/s1600/521+Top+Zombie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgfHQX5Gx0Le-mp7Y9o7s02jh6DHBmz7MXAPTWxStg1VpMksscaaHHCSGWbGS-ixopa5NKaOVyetFbtIWZ-t24vRDYMdBrrLBzoMbGNhLZeQohc0sU_jIGbhyphenhyphenVOC00z4vqlFF_gWgXFk/s640/521+Top+Zombie.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div></div><div><blockquote>"The zombie on my shoulder is an original that Larry drew from his imagination. The face with the ragged teeth on my bicep is from the video game Doom. </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7ylmTdGcCKkse0VAUZaLRoBogmp51tgErO9QLKpVXuX__Vz2eAFZnTy-K0rSrblhiZ_WtwTGVuWlLZrdOBQegiNDkbgl9YMn-XPVbzQnUAHGVcTjh-4IWwwPPVawmTWa6S4ZMz9gVng/s1600/521+Inner+Sleeve+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7ylmTdGcCKkse0VAUZaLRoBogmp51tgErO9QLKpVXuX__Vz2eAFZnTy-K0rSrblhiZ_WtwTGVuWlLZrdOBQegiNDkbgl9YMn-XPVbzQnUAHGVcTjh-4IWwwPPVawmTWa6S4ZMz9gVng/s320/521+Inner+Sleeve+detail.jpg" width="224" /></a></div></div><div></div><blockquote>As for the totem pole-esque image on my forearm, the middle and upper pieces were drawn by the artist Matt Simonetti.</blockquote><blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjdTc0lPrcVI-IsxDhyphenhyphenjwq_tVxOH5m57L-HGmT8I6pMcodg4Bogy4EzZXdkW2P5cJT5Q7XT1vRtKckd89gchT4NMOyQjwbpFcPP5ILPxY1JsN2EpopQ2ownCoa6VjHqd_Z4eP4nvbEew/s1600/521+Bottom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjdTc0lPrcVI-IsxDhyphenhyphenjwq_tVxOH5m57L-HGmT8I6pMcodg4Bogy4EzZXdkW2P5cJT5Q7XT1vRtKckd89gchT4NMOyQjwbpFcPP5ILPxY1JsN2EpopQ2ownCoa6VjHqd_Z4eP4nvbEew/s640/521+Bottom.jpg" width="270" /></a></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div>The lower piece was drawn by Micki Fever. Larry did the tattooing, as is true for all my tattoos." </div></blockquote><div>Ivan also has this segment of his sleeve which is noteworthy:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJbA26nag05plIKuCATzSmyZ9fKOQXt9sEqYi4p6zIa6Xt_-WCwzGoUhWCP7gr2ZgIWYZJlM9tMqj7LPXPyo5eZ2V6V1GbaZxU7_rVjhuwt7QLKF6CIlDxtnPPaI3azdOQmpgwA5lJFo/s1600/521+Joker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJbA26nag05plIKuCATzSmyZ9fKOQXt9sEqYi4p6zIa6Xt_-WCwzGoUhWCP7gr2ZgIWYZJlM9tMqj7LPXPyo5eZ2V6V1GbaZxU7_rVjhuwt7QLKF6CIlDxtnPPaI3azdOQmpgwA5lJFo/s640/521+Joker.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br />Ivan explained that this tattoo of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_%28comics%29">The Joker</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn">Harley Quinn</a> is based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HarleyqLG.jpg">this illustration</a> by the artist <a href="http://www.alexrossart.com/">Alex Ross</a>, which appeared on the cover of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1563897733/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1563897733%22%3EBatman:%20Harley%20Quinn%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=1563897733&camp=217145&creative=399349%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">Batman: Harley Quinn</a>.<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=1563897733" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></div><br />Thanks to Ivan for sharing his cool tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><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"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><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></div></div>

Ivan's Sleeve: Doom, Zombies, and The Joker

Last month I met Ivan in Penn Station, and I took a bunch of photos of his right arm, fully-sleeved. There's a lot going on here, so let...

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Nesting Dolls and a Zombie, Courtesy of Kristin

Last month, I ran into Kristin at the Penn Plaza Borders store.<br /><br />She has ten tattoos, but the piece on her shin was the first one I spotted:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfh5qYW1WUYFeaC4GznvcW7mHn02FSCeqycSBvQeJSGQ5xcn987W6hiIPd2M1I6wtHYHVt_Wbw71yCVLFoqx9ZpFdDxRZ68DoH4jMrVWubLf7aD4aSHUup7Ybwzagj39qtcepY8qzb/s1600/Nesting+Dolls+wm2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfh5qYW1WUYFeaC4GznvcW7mHn02FSCeqycSBvQeJSGQ5xcn987W6hiIPd2M1I6wtHYHVt_Wbw71yCVLFoqx9ZpFdDxRZ68DoH4jMrVWubLf7aD4aSHUup7Ybwzagj39qtcepY8qzb/s400/Nesting+Dolls+wm2.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><br />These Russian nesting dolls represents the friendship Kristin has with her friend Kyle (thus, the merging of their names into "Kryle").<br /><br />It was tattooed by Bret from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/electrictattoo666">Electric Tattoo</a> in Pasadena, Maryland.<br /><br />Kristin also shared another tattoo, one certainly more appropriate for our current season. Check out this amazing tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_dcCGBWW-gDkbpFC8jA3GHo5kTUXKFB2n1CnjBv_E_TIblN3g3_e8wNZu4cBI2ou-ATfAQRGcUqAHzDezIjIjl_szWdxIpuB3QeHuJYm_ROicdPlbWRcVDWVv80OzisYDYVC93mc/s1600/Borders+Zombie+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_dcCGBWW-gDkbpFC8jA3GHo5kTUXKFB2n1CnjBv_E_TIblN3g3_e8wNZu4cBI2ou-ATfAQRGcUqAHzDezIjIjl_szWdxIpuB3QeHuJYm_ROicdPlbWRcVDWVv80OzisYDYVC93mc/s640/Borders+Zombie+wm.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><br />This cool zombie piece was inked by <a href="http://www.tattoonow.com/artists/Kike_Castillo/">Kike Castillo</a> at <a href="http://timmytattoo.com/">Timmy Tattoo</a> in Huntington, New York.<br /><br />Kristin says that Kike is one of her favorite artists and she is happy for him to provide her with great body art. "He needed someone," she told me, referring to this particular tattoo, and "I'm always game". Tattoo artists love clients that let them do their thing, and you can tell with this great piece of art.<br /><br />Thanks to Kristin for sharing her cool tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Nesting Dolls and a Zombie, Courtesy of Kristin

Last month, I ran into Kristin at the Penn Plaza Borders store. She has ten tattoos, but the piece on her shin was the first one I spotted: ...

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