Saturday, 26 September 2009

Avril Lavigne Tattoos

Lets take a quick look at the tattoos of the lovely pint sized punk rock princess Avril Lavigne.

She has a handful of cool tattoos, including a punk rock looking dragon on her arm along with a skull above it. Avril also has a small star tattoo on her inner left wrist and a heart on her right wrist.



Marcio Freitas, Alta Volta Tattoo & Piercing

Marcio Freitas (Finho) uns dos fundadores do Estúdio Alta Volta Tattoo & Piercing localizado no Rio de janeiro - Tijuca. Estudante de Belas Artes da UFRJ no qual têm influênicas dos mestres (Anfonse Musha, Gaudi) Art Noveou (Monet, Degas) Impressionismo entre outros como Simon Bizley... Venho por meio desta divulgar meus trabalhos neste conceituado site, abraços e sucesso.


Alta Volta Tattoo & Piercing

Rua: Haddock Lobo 200, Lj J - Tijuca, Rio de janeiro
Telefones: 55 - 21 - 2264-2970 / 8428-4570
Email: altavolta@gmail.com
MSN: alta_volta_tattoo@hotmail.com



Cogito Chuck Robbins (Literary Ink)

Sometimes I abbreviate post titles and they seem nonsensical, like one of those captcha messages, or a subject line in a morsel of spam.

So I'm sticking with this title "Cogito Chuck Robbins" because I like the way it sounds. So there. It will all make sense eventually.

I met Chris outside of Penn Station one Friday afternoon, intrigued by his forearm tattoo:


"Cogito ergo sum" is a Latin phrase that means, in English, "I think, therefore, I am." It is attributed to the 17th Century French philosopher René Descartes.

This was the first of Chris' three tattoos. He is a philosophy and creative writing major at SUNY New Paltz. This phrase is the "missing link in a belief system," or, in his words, "what I always knew, but never knew".

The tattoo was done at a shop in East Meadow, New York.

Chris also has this dead bird near his right elbow:


Inked at Skin Deep Tattoo in Levittown, this is inspired by the art on the cover of Chuck Palahniuk's Lullaby.

Work from Skin Deep has appeared previously on Tattoosday here. Palahniuk also has quite a cult following, and his work is the most often represented in ink here on Tattoosday. Check out other Palahniuk tattoos here.

And Chris' third tattoo is based on the cover art from one of my favorite authors, Tom Robbins:


This echoes the front of the great book Still Life With Woodpecker, which has made many people a fan of the writer.


The piece, which was inked by Mike Vlad at Triple X Tattoo in Manhattan, is a subtle nod in appreciation of Robbins and his great book. Work from Triple X has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

If you like these pieces, and are a fan of literary tattoos, you should certainly check out Contrariwise, a site dedicated solely to contributors' literary ink.

A hearty thanks to Chris for sharing his tattoos with us here on our site!




Friday, 25 September 2009

Colin's Left Leg is Traditionally Flash-y

I spotted Colin one afternoon while I was waiting for another tattooed individual to get off of her cell phone.

(Not only have I come up with individual terms for things that are associated with inkblogging, but I follow a code, as well. One of its tenets is to never bother someone talking on a cell phone.)

Colin ambled by and I bounded after him, stopping him and asking about his tattoos.

His left leg is covered with traditional flash, from swallows and bombs, roses, death's head moths,


and a pin-up girl, done in the Sailor Jerry style.


He explained that the sleeved left leg is a result of being "overzealous and excited" about tattoos.
Usually I try to talk about one or two pieces, but because most of his work is just flash, I captured most of his calf.

No fascinating stories to tell, just tattoos.

Thanks to Colin for sharing his ink with us here on Tattoosday!

Thursday, 24 September 2009

Asia Argento Tattoos

Asia Argento has a number of cleverly located tattoo on her body, including an angel in a naughty location, the number 23 and a third eye on her back.



Valmor Seixas, Guapirim, RJ


Sou de uma cidade do interior do Rio de Janeiro (Guapimirim) e tatuo há mais ou menos sete anos. Atualmente com um studio que montamos faz um ano e meio, eu e minha esposa que é Body Piercing também.

Já tatuei no studio Hélio Tattoo em Ipanema. Ficaremos muito felizes em participar de seu site e assim divulgar nosso trabalho ainda mais!



Valmor Seixas Tattoo Studio
E-mail: valmorseixas@yahoo.com.br
Site: http://valmorseixastattoo.blogspot.com/
Endereço: Rua Ita, número 200, Centro - Guapirim, RJ
Telefones: 21-26322691 / 99391001 / 85871812







Sweet Pea Shares More Classic Brooklyn-Style Ink

My last tattoo (here) was inked by Pete who uses the moniker "Sweet Pea".

I stopped by to say hi a few weeks back and I got a glimpse of him tattooing a koi on a client's leg.

Sweet Pea invited me to snap a shot of his own leg, recently inked by legendary tattoo artist Tony Polito:


This piece of classicly-inspired flash, signed by Polito himself, is another fine work of body art on Sweet Pea's canvas. See the original post featuring his ink here.

Thanks to Sweet Pea for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday.