Serenity from Anthony

I spotted Anthony's ink while biking along the Belt Parkway promenade at the end of May.

Always a fan of word tattoos, I stopped him while he was jogging and he was kind enough to stop and allow me to snap the photo above.

It was only after I got a chance to see it that I recognized the top verse as what is commonly called the Serenity Prayer:

God Grant me

the serenity to accept

the things I cannot change

courage to change

the things I can

and wisdom to

know the difference.

When I asked why he chose the Serenity Prayer as a tattoo, he said, "I think it's a good way to look at life, every day, with a positive attitude."

I am not as familiar with the passage below it

Living one day at a time

Enjoying one moment at a time

Accepting hardships as

the pathway to peace

It turns out that those four lines are the next in the sequence of the verse composed by Reinhold Niebuhr, from which the Serenity Prayer was adopted.

He credited an artist named Omar at a shop on Christopher Street in Manhattan with these tattoos. It likely could have been Tattoo Heaven.

Thanks to Anthony for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

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Dave's Unusual Skull

Just a quick post for Friday.

Earlier this week, I met Dave on the West 4th Street platform and took a picture of this tattoo on his leg:

I like this skull because it's so unusual. It has the feel of a sugar skull, but it's not quite, It's certainly not your typical piece, and the neon colors really make it jump off the skin.

He got this about three years ago at a shop in Atlanta called the Ink Spot.

Thanks to Dave for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!


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Laici's Astrological Cluster

I met Laici last month outside of Penn Station, near the corner of 33rd Street and 8th Avenue. I was intrigued by this design on her upper right arm:

This design consists of several symbols from the Zodiac.

Laici explained, "My dad's a Cancer, my mom's an Aries, my sister and I are Scorpios, and my brother is a Sagittarius."


She designed this piece herself by combining the four symbols into a cohesive design:

The four elements combined on her arm to represent her family unit. It's a neat concept and it is executed rather nicely. I especially like how she combined the last two parts, Scorpio and Sagittarius, to form one fluid symbol that encapsulates her and her siblings together.

Thanks to Laici for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!


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Sierra's Mayflower in June

Last month, I found myself at the corner of 86th Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan, waiting for the crosstown bus.

I looked over to my right and saw a tattoo with incredible line work:

This tattoo belongs to Sierra, who was kind enough to send me a photo of the tattoo later that evening. She also told me a little more about the piece:

"My tattoo is of the Mayflower. My parents took me to Plymouth a lot as a child and it fostered a great love of American History. I wanted something to commemorate that. I chose this scale drawing because I wanted something 'antique-ish' and not to 'pirate-y'."

Sierra credits the talented Mark Harada at East Side Ink with this amazingly well-lined work. "I love [his] work," she wrote me, "and do plan to have him do another for me in the future."

Thanks to Sierra for sharing her Mayflower with us here on Tattoosday!

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DEUS (POR EMERSON C MATOS)

DEUS (POR EMERSON C MATOS)

Anna's Ship, With a Nod to a Favorite Song

Yesterday I posted Bjorn's Michael Jackson Thriller tattoo. When I met him, walking on the Coney Island Boardwalk, he was accompanied by Anna, who also had quite a few tattoos. She offered up this one on her left thigh:

The banner around this classic ship tattoo reads "Yo no soy marinero soy el capitán."

This is a refrain from the Richie Valens song "La Bamba," and is translated as "I am not a sailor, I am a captain." This was Anna's favorite song when she was a kid.

She credited this cool tattoo to Nick Caruso, when he was at Flyrite Tattoo in Brooklyn. Nick has since left Flyrite and opened up Bound for Glory Tattoo in Staten Island.

Thanks to Anna for sharing this awesome tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!


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PROVÉRBIO AFRICANO

HUMOR, PORQUE NÃO?

Um sujeito estava caminhando pela rua quando ouviu uma voz misteriosa dizer:
- Pára!!!
No mesmo instante em que o cara parou um tijolo caiu bem à sua frente. Ele estranhou, mas prosseguiu andando. Algum tempo depois ele ouve novamente a mesma voz, dizendo para ele parar imediatamente. Ele obedece e um caminhão descontrolado passa a meio metro em sua frente e por pouco não é atropelado.
Surpreso, ele pergunta:
- De quem é essa voz que me ajudou duas vezes?
- Minha, sou seu anjo da guarda e tenho a missão de lhe proteger. E agora que está tendo esta oportunidade de falar comigo, deve ter muitas perguntas a fazer…
- Na verdade, só tenho uma: Onde é que você estava no dia do meu casamento?

FUTURO (BOLA DE CRISTAL)

BRUXAS

MAGOS

DUENDES

GLÓRIA DAS BATALHAS (POR EMERSON C MATOS)

CASTELO DE EXU (POR EMERSON C MATOS)

NEGATIVIDADES X PENSAMENTO POSITIVO (POR EMERSON C MATOS)

ORAÇÃO PODEROSA (POR EMERSON C MATOS)

Remembering the King of Pop, Three Years Later

It's hard to believe that it has been three years since Michael Jackson's tragic passing. It only seems fitting that we pay our respects by sharing this tattoo, which illustrates the King of Pop in one of his most famous incarnations: a zombie in Michael Jackson's Thriller.

This piece belongs to Bjorn, who I met earlier this month, out on the Coney Island boardwalk.

The tattoo is inked by Alex McWatt at Three Kings Tattoo in Brooklyn. It was part of one of their Friday the 13th tattoo extravaganzas.

Thanks to Bjorn for sharing this timely tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

And just because it is such a timeless video, here is Michael Jackson's Thriller:

 

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DIA 24 DE JUNHO, DIA DE CIGANO IGOR

Update from the Mermaid Parade, 2012

Yesterday I attended the 30th Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. It was my first excursion to Coney Island for this specific occasion and, let me say, it is sensory overload, especially if you are interested in tattoos.

Fueled by Coney Island lager, I managed to meet a few people, take photos, and even get some ink stories for future enjoyment. What you'll see here today are pictures of people and tattoos of folks who I have no information on. I gave them cards and fliers, so I'm hoping seeing their photos here will prompt them to reach out to me so I can give their tattoos proper Tattoosday treatments.

First I want to share my favorite pic of the day:

That would be a sailor kissing a mermaid. But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the cool New York City tattoo, with the Chrysler Building prominently displayed.

Here's a random shot from the parade on Surf Avenue:

I snapped this tattoo on the Boardwalk:

After taking this picture, I turned on my voice recorded and said, "Bailey Robinson, um, out on the Boardwalk. I have no idea what I just took a picture of. It was really cool and there's tattoos everywhere. Bye."

A day later, I can clarify this. It's obviously a circus lady sitting on an elephant. Bailey Hunter Robinson is a Brooklyn-based tattoo artist, and he actually posted this piece on his website when he first outlined it here.

From the Boardwalk I headed to the Tattoo Shot Lounge to cool off and regroup.

Hanging out there, I met a lot of people, two of whom shared their tattoos. The place was loud and I have no information on these tattoos:

I did find out that "Attempting to discover where to begin" were song lyrics and a little research reveals that the words are from the song "Waiting" by an artist named City and Colour.

Perhaps I'll hear from these inked women who can give me a little more info about their tattoos.

I also met Katy, who got this tattoo in Arizona:

And from the inside of her arm:

Stay tuned in the weeks ahead to see more tattoos spotted at the parade.

Thanks to all of the participants in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade who allowed me to photograph them, and who spoke to me about their tattoos!

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DIA 24 DE JUNHO, DIA DE CIGANO IGOR

DIA 24 DE JUNHO, DIA DE CIGANO IGOR

DIA 24 DE JUNHO, DIA DE CIGANO IGOR

Coney Island on My Mind

Earlier this month I met Jamie outside of Macy*s on 34th Street. She has eight tattoos and shared this fantastic piece on her inner right arm:

Jamie got this because she is from Brooklyn and, like most Brooklynites, Coney Island has a special place in her heart. The piece is a collage of all the Coney Island icons, from the Cyclone, to the Wonder Wheel, the Parachute Jump, with the Boardwalk and the famous grinning face of Tillie, which has become an image synonymous with the location.

She credited freelance artist, Jack Jerz, with this tattoo.

Thanks to Jamie for sharing her slice of Coney Island with us here on Tattoosday!

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from: Aaron S.

to: tiangotlost@gmail.com

date: Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:24 PM

subject: Friend's Tattoo

Here is a pic of a friend's tattoo. She thinks it means, "I am a Goddess." I have already had it translated once but I thought I would get a second opinion just to be sure.

Thanks,

Aaron

It would've said goddess, 女神, only if 神 was not split into two vertical parts.

"HUMOR", PORQUE NÃO?

HUMOR, PORQUE NÃO?

Uma amiga conta a outra:

- No ano passado, uma cartomante me disse que minha filha mais nova 

conheceria um rapaz com quem se casaria e de quem teria dois filhos 

gêmeos.

- E aconteceu de verdade?

- Tudo, menos o casamento.

HUMOR PORQUE NÃO?

HUMOR, PORQUE NÃO?

HUMOR, PORQUE NÃO?

CAMPANHA DO BLOG

PARA ALGUNS EVANGÉLICOS QUE MANDA EMAILS CHATOS

RELIGIÃO

OS INTOCÁVEIS

E QUE FUTURO, NÉ?

SACRIFÍCIO DE ANIMAIS SEM CUNHO RELIGIOSO UMBANDISTA (APENAS POR MOTIVOS FÚTEIS)

DEMAGOGIA 

(MAS SE É PARA O CARNAVAL PODE SACRIFICAR ANIMAIS)

Nicky Shares a Famous Mermaid

With mermaids on the mind, how about this tattoo from Nicky?

I spotted Ariel, aka The Little Mermaid, on Nicky's arm while walking through Penn Station last month.

When I asked him why he got this tattoo, he replied that she was "my favorite since I was little - she's awesome." He credited an artist named Dan at Cliff's Tattoo in Long Island.

Thanks to Nicky for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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FUNDAÇÃO CULTURAL PALMARES

VOCÊ SABIA?

GATO PRETO