Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Tattoosday Goes to a Galaxy, Far, Far Away (via Las Vegas)

Last month in Las Vegas I snapped a bunch of random tattoo pictures at the Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival. Here's another:



So it may not be the best Princess Leia tattoo you've ever seen, but the whole concept is pretty cool. 


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Sunday, June 25, 2023

Tattoosday Goes Back to Nature (in Las Vegas)

Last month in Las Vegas I snapped a bunch of random tattoo pictures at the Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival. Here's another:






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Saturday, June 24, 2023

Tattoosday Goes to Vegas .... And Beyond!

Last month in Las Vegas I snapped a bunch of random tattoo pictures at the Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival. Here's another:


This guy's sleeve was, literally, out of this world!

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Tattoosday Goes to Vegas: Forevermore

Last month in Las Vegas I snapped a bunch of random tattoo pictures at the Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival. Here's another:


There's a lot going on here but, ultimately, it was the tattoo of Edgar Allan Poe and the banner "Forevermore" that drew me in.




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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Tattoosday Goes to Vegas: One Dude's Calves

Last month in Las Vegas I snapped a bunch of random tattoo pictures at the Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival. Here's another:






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Friday, June 16, 2023

Tattoosday Goes to Vegas: The Man in Black

Last month found me in Las Vegas, attending the Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival. In addition to great music, I was awash in a mass of humanity with great tattoos for the first time in several years. And although the setting wasn't conducive to interviews, I did snap a bunch of photos for Tattoosday, starting with this one, which got the old juices flowing again:


At first glance, I thought it was Clint Eastwood's man with no name from the Spaghetti-western era, but I soon realized that "The man in black fled across the desert," referred to Roland, the protagonist in Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

Thanks to this concert-goer for allowing me to photograph his tattoo!

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Re-post: Mike's Memorial Day Ink

The following post is from 2009. I have reposted it in 2013 and in 2017, and five years later, it seems worth posting again. This was originally shared to commemorate Memorial Day, and seems well worth sharing again:

It only seemed fitting that, on this Memorial Day, we feature a tattoo that honors our men and women in uniform.

A week ago, I was fresh off of my experience at the New York City Tattoo Convention, and everything I saw on the street was uninteresting. Until I passed by Mike and did a double-take.

This is the tattoo on Mike's inner right forearm:


Mike explained that, as a United States Marine, he was choosing to honor the corps by building a sleeve of iconic military photographs.

If you think this is an impressive tattoo (which it is), seeing the source material further magnifies how phenomenal a replica the artist has created on Mike's flesh:


A page on About.com explains this image further:
"While units of the U.S. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command made an all-out effort to aid embattled units of the First Marine Division and Seventh Infantry Division, the men fighting in Korea were trying desperately to link up in their battle for survival. This marine is shown just as he reached the crest of the ridge at the link-up point. Wet, stinging snow and ice made the operation the most difficult sort, as unleashed hordes of communist troops charge again and again into the United Nations forces. (circa December 1950) "
In addition to this tattoo, Mike has a Vietnam-era photo of a Marine sniper inked on his right biceps.

This astonishing tattoo was created by Randy Prause at Permanent Buzz Tattoo, in Denville, New Jersey.

A hearty thanks to Mike for sharing this tattoo with us here on Memorial Day. More importantly, Tattoosday expresses even more gratitude to Mike and all his fellow soldiers and who have so bravely served our country to ensure the freedoms we enjoy each day.

Have a safe and pleasant Memorial Day!

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