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Girly Tattoo Design Ideas - A Man's Perspective

You recognize many people say girls opt to have cute fairy tattoos to represent their caring nature. Where is the fun in that? What would a girlie tattoo design idea be with out a little spice and rebellion? I love nothing greater than women with attractive ink. My list of designs that you can fathom over are below. No order to these mind you.

1. Wings- Freedom, inspiration, memorial,, to name a few. In my opinion, color does nothing for wings, black and grey or solid black work prove to be a good fit for this tattoo. Avoid the back for placement unless you are prepared to choose a full back piece. Nothing looks weirder than a tiny couple of wings on someones back. Add your girly flair, one could be broken for example. Feathers aren’t really the only things that could make up an adequate set of wings, how about black tribal wings or wings crafted from shattered glass, daggers, rifles. The purpose is to be creative. Portraits, Black and grey portraits done properly can look amazing. But to hold the theme alive with girly tattoo design ideas again the creativity has to come alive. Have your artist add a intensely colorful background that wraps the portrait. A Brilliant colorful coy fish & flower mix or perhaps floral and cherry blossoms. The Black and Grey mixed with a strong color background can really be an eye catcher if done by the right artist.

2. One of my personal favorites would be the classic pinup girls. Not just any pin up girl, a devil girl pinup. Red hot and slightly scandalous. Bright, shiny red full figured women aided by the classic devil tail and horns. Fully pre-loaded with a domineering persona. Excellent for the strong willed inked up girly. The ribcage or the side of the hip is a favorite placement of mine for the pinup of any style.

3. These are just three of my preferred girly tattoo design ideas. Let your imagination free, hopefully my two cents will aid to your creativity. Dont forget to include that rebel side and keep it unique to you. Why else would you be searching for a tattoo? I'd love to listen to your ideas and plans for the tattoo. Get in touch with me to obtain some tattoo visual aids, pictures and videos. I have managed to get a large assortment over the years. Good luck on your search for your girly tattoo design ideas.

Star Tattoo Designs and Considerations For Men and Women

The number of star tattoo designs available for women and men is virtually limitless. This is not surprising. Since tattooing is an art form, the only design limitations are those relating to the level of creativity for any given tattoo artist. So if what you are after is an eagle soaring in front of a red sun off of your left shoulder or a terrifying skull sitting on your left triceps just glaring at anyone daring to look at it, you should have no difficulty finding an artist to do it.

Before taking the plunge, it is important to remember that a tattoo is permanent. So be prepared that there may be repercussions to you as you go through life. You might find the ideal man or woman, only to discover that they loathe tattoos. Your boss may invite you to a day at the beach, see your star tattoo, and find it utterly unprofessional. And years later you should be prepared to field questions about it from your grandchildren.

Another matter worthy of serious consideration is potential health risks. Not all tattoo artists are reputable. Not all of them follow local health regulations or even basic sanitary procedures. This can lead to serious blood diseases like hepatitis. Even if the star tattoo has been applied safely, failing to adhere to proper aftercare can lead to infection and damage to the tattoo itself.

Once you have reached the decision to get a tattoo, now you need to decide which star design is right for you. The body of tattoo artwork for men and women is enormous. For men, some of the most popular designs include: skull, tribal, winged, kangi, dragon, and cross patterns mixed with star patterns.

Since the mid-90s, lower back tattoos have become popular with women. The lotus flower and Celtic tribal symbols, along with dragons and lions, have emerged as some of the most sought after figures with stars.

Using your skin as a living canvas is a significant choice. Your choices in star tattoo designs and of tattoo artists is also pivotal. Consider taking advantage of the Internet to research artwork for ideas that appeal to you, and to read reviews of tattoo parlors in your area.

Flower Tattoos - Why Are Flower Tattoos So Popular Among Women?

The popularity of Flower tattoos has a great deal to do with their simplicity, beauty, and additional design elements which meld so well together. They have meanings, symbolism, and an ancient heritage which works well with the delicate tattoos women love so much. Their variety, their capacity for being small and unnoticeable, or large and flowing give flower tats another popular push to forefront of being desirable by woman.

Women love bright colors, delicate designs, symbols of womanhood and femininity; and flower tattoos design structures give them all of that and more. The colors used in tattoos show up well on every skin type and tone. The timeless beauty and classic elegance of flowers only heighten their appeal.

For women who want to be inked, but work in an environment that is not appreciative of the masterful artwork, tattoos can be placed in small inconspicuous places on the body, and never lose their design elements due to down-sizing. The same works for larger flowers and entire areas of the skin which incorporate entire bouquets; these tattoo designs never lose their charm, no matter their size.

Once a woman places a single flower on her skin, she can add to the flower tattoos until she has reached her level of fulfillment. Adding other elements such as thorns, birds, ribbons, and leaves will always showcase the original inked flower tattoos and never detract from their inherent beauty.

Flower tats can also be added to other tattoo designs and change the entire meaning of the original, or simply deepen the symbolism. Adding a yellow rose flower tattoo to the name of a lost loved one, means they are gone, but never forgotten. Learning about the symbolism of flowers can add richness and depth to their designs when they are chosen for a special reason.

If you have a sharp, complex personality you would never want to place white rose flower tattoos on your skin; white roses symbolize simplicity and charm. For a woman filled with hope about her life prospects to the state of the world; snowdrops could symbolize her positive outlook on life. Choosing these tattoos which match your personality can be a way to tell the world you know who you are, and are proud to display your unique perspective on your inner woman.

For the spiritual woman who believes that life changes us, and we are always growing and evolving towards deeper enlightenment; lotus tattoos would be perfect. From the mud of a river bottom, they spring forth, reaching for the light for life, and they burst forth with beauty and fragrance beyond compare in the natural world.

When you are looking to add ink or receive your first tattoo, remember the beauty of flower tattoos lie not only in their color and genus, but their deeper meanings that are more than skin deep; look beneath your own surface, and find the inner woman you wish to express with Flower tattoos. Designs are as varied as the flowers used in flower tattoos, and each as unique as the woman choosing them.

Eagle chest piece in progress

Idag började jag på Malins chestpiece. En örn och ett gäng liljor i black n grey! 

Little (song)Bird Tattoo

En ny härlig pippi till Antons band! En riktig sångfågel i form av en mås! Gott sällskap till pelikanbasisten och ugglorna!

Orphans

Call them what you will, what I will go with is “Orphans”.

I have a handful of posts that have lingered “on deck,” so to speak, that are, by themselves, sad little bits that were never completed, or, for whatever reason, didn’t pass muster with Tattoosday’s editorial board.

However, by packaging them together, I can cross them off my list once and for all, and move on. A Spring Cleaning, if you will.

So let’s get down to business:

Last March 25, I posted this New York’ish piece on Jonathan. A few days later, Jonathan got another tattoo and sent me a preliminary photo:

I asked him if he could send me a better photo of this pretty awesome owl tattoo. I asked again at the end of April, and again at the end of May.  I followed up again in October, at which point Jonathan said he would send me a new photo soon.

Look, things happen, and I hardly see Tattoosday as the center of the universe. There comes a time, however,  when I’m going to have to assume that it’s fallen by the wayside, and move on. This means, of course, that Jonathan will email me a crisper photo tomorrow.

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At the end of last April, I ran into a guy named Nick on the West 4^th Street subway platform. I snapped this photos:

The reason I balked at posting this originally was because the piece is a cover-up of a cross, and the original tattoo is fairly visible in its new incarnation.

I was concerned that a stand-alone post would incur the wrath of the tattoo purists and the story that this was a memorial piece for Nick’s grandfather would be lost.

Thus, it ended up in Tattoosday’s home for Orphan Tattoos.

Thanks to Nick, nonetheless, for sharing it with us.

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Also last April, I met a guy named Johnny in Penn Station. I noticed as I was passing by  that he had script peeking out from under his shirt at the top of his chest and I handed him a flier and a card. In May, he sent me the following two photos and the accompanying description:

Hey Bill,

We met in Penn Station a couple of weeks ago. I finally got some pictures of a couple of my tattoos. Both of these were done by Krista at Empire Ink in Akron, OH. 

The pin-up girl was drawn by my grandmother when she was 16 for my grandfather while they were dating. The other was an original design.

The Latin quote at the top of the heart is a quote from Julius Caesar. It translates to "From the bottom of my heart". Thanks for the interest in the tattoos and letting me share. 
Johnny

Honestly, I don’t know why I didn’t post these originally. As time passed and the e-mail traveled to the bottom of my inbox, it became an out-of-sight, out-of-mind submission. Thanks to Johnny for sending these in originally, and for waiting so patiently to see them appear on the site.

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At the end of June 2011, I met a woman named Christina in Penn Station, whose ink did make the site a couple months later, here. At the time, she was accompanied by two other people, one whose name was Damion. I took a picture of Damion’s tattoo, but it never made the site, until now. Part of the reason Damion’s work never went live was due to the fact that it is an unfinished work, an orphan in more ways than one. Here’s the shot.

Damion loves these wings, calling them his “prize possession”.  Why are they unfinished? He credited the artist Carlos Alfonso at Rising Dragon Tattoo, formerly located under the Hotel Chelsea on 23^rd Street. But, Damion informed me, Carlos passed away. It’s not so easy to have another artist finish the work of a deceased tattooist. Damion’s not the only one who was so affected, as you might imagine. The story rang a bell with me, as I had also featured Carlos’ work in a 2009 post with the ink of performance poet Jackie Sheeler here.

A belated thanks to Damion for baring his back and showing off his wings in Penn Station!

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As summer waned, I had a couple of unsuccessful encounters in September, in which the quality of the photos I took were substandard, and e-mails to the contributors went unanswered.

For example, Chris shared this cool octopus on his leg:

Can you tell it’s an octopus? There’s the issue. Chris’s leg hair and the glare of the sun renders this poor octopus almost invisible. It was inked by a Thai artist named Tong, working out of Tatudharma in Sydney, Australia. Chris was travelling and he “likes octopi,” recognizing that, “as far as invertebrates go, [they are] probably the most intelligent of them.”


In a weird twist of this orphan post, the Tatudharma web site indicates that the shop is closed permanently, a result of it having been firebombed last April. The artists can still be contacted through the website, however.

A couple weeks later, my camera was programmed on the wrong setting, so I ended up with these two washed-out shots of interesting tattoos:

The host of these pieces is Lindsey, a Southern Californian who had both tattoos inked in San Diego.

The plant was done about 8 or 9 years ago by an artist named Alethio.

“I had my boyfriend draw it,” she explained, “I told him I wanted a dictionary-style type of flower, so he kinda came up with a design, so it’s not an actual plant, it’s fictitious … I wanted something organic to be represented on me.”

The bird on her other arm was done by Gary at Ace Tattoo. “That was the beginning of a sleeve that never happened,” Lindsey said with a sigh.

Thanks to Chris and Lindsey for sharing their tattoos and for hopefully forgiving  my camera for betraying them.

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And last, but not least is this piece from December:

Jen acknowledged that it wasn’t done very well, but she said she had a good reason for getting it. I did send an email as a follow-up, but more than one reeks of desperation. Maybe one of these days Jen will find my card or flier and finally e-mail me back to explain what wanderlust means to her. Until then, we’re left with this orphan.

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Believe it or not, we still have a few 2011 photos left in the tank, but this entry takes out a good chunk of our backlog. Thanks for giving these orphans a home, even if its just for a minute or two.

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Ain't he a beaut?

Cleaning Out the Inbox - Post-Valentine's Day February Edition

Occasionally I will post a handful of items that came my way, in one form or another, that may be of interest to our readers.

For example, the other day my mother-in-law gave me a clipping from the New York Daily News that appeared back on Sunday, November 2011.

TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Michael McLeer of Brooklyn Made Tattoo on 93rd St. in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, designed the label for the new Beaujolais Nouveau and has his vintage 1976 Cadillac decorated the same way.

Readers of Tattoosday and/or residents of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where we are based, will recognize "Kaves," as he is known. I first encountered his work back in 2008 here and, last May, he shared a piece on his own canvas, a portrait by Mark Mahoney here. 

Kaves is a true artist  on multiple fronts, and the photo above showcases his latest project, a wine label he designed. Read more about him and his Beaujolais in the full article here. 

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Check out this tattoo-themed wallpaper:

So it's not Valentine's Day any more, but it's still pretty cool. You can grab this on the fFurious website here: http://ffurious.com/index.html?latest.html

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Speaking of Valentine's Day, I missed the opportunity to post this love-related tattoo video. Needles and Sins beat me to it, but I'll share it anyway.

That's from Brooklyn comedian Boris Khaykin. Pretty funny!

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Normally, I like to stay positive on Tattoosday, so I've avoided posting all those "10 worst tattoos" lists and other such web features that mock the less-fortunate in the inked nation. However, this link, is actually pretty clever. It's called "10 Horrible and Unexpected Tattoo Consequences" and can be read here. Writer Molly Mahan elicited several chuckles from this here jaded inkblogger. Besides, you can learn a bit about " the first case of nonischemic priapism following penile tattooing". That's worth the price of admission right there.

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Uggla och timglas!

Laddad inför våren...

med schyssta brillor från Dr Zipe....

...och sittpuffar från Slöfock. 

skulls

OH HEY...

SO ITS BEEN FAR TOO LONG SINCE LAST UPDATING THIS AND FOR THAT WE APOLOGIZE. THE ART SHOW WENT GREAT, THANK YOU IF YOU CAME. WE'LL TRY AND STAY UP ON THIS A BIT MORE. HERE ARE SOME RECENT(ISH) JAMMERHEADS FROM RON.

Ivan Shares an Amazing David Sena Tattoo

This post is a straggler from 2011 and readers may wonder why it took so long to appear here on the site.

First, take a gander:

Pretty cool, isn't it?

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of information on it, as I snapped this on the subway one evening last June, and I wasn't able to record a lot of details. This is what I do know: the host of this tattoo is Ivan, and the piece  took 2 sessions and approximately 15 hours to complete. The talented artist behind this is David Sena from North Star Tattoo in New York City.

The detail in the piece is wonderful:

And the scale of the tattoo as it wraps around the arm is impressive:

Unfortunately, there's not much more I can provide in terms of what went into the work, but the quality of the tattoo speaks for itself.

Thanks to Ivan for allowing me to snap these shots on the subway and consenting to sharing them here on Tattoosday!

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Dmitry's Sleeve and Invader Zim

We still have a handful of posts from 2011, including this one, which features a sleeve from a guy named Dmitry who I met in Penn Station back in July. Take a look:

This sleeve is a collaborative effort with Dmitry and his tattoo artist, Gene Coffey, from Tattoo Culture in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

He explained that he has spent a long time working on it, and that it is based on a animated series called Invader Zim, which was created by Jhonen Vasquez and originally aired in 2001.

Dmitry told me "I've always been a big fan of [the show] and I've always loved the artwork." He brought Gene "a few pictures from the show and we put together the piece".

The sleeve starts on the upper arm, featuring Zim at the very top,

The bottom section of the sleeve features other characters from the show, as well.

The back of the lower section of the arm has this illustration:

There's a whole catalog of the characters from the show listed here. I'd venture to try and identify every one seen in Dmitry's canvas, but I would most likely misname one or two. He told me the show has achieved a kind of cult following so, if any fans would like to add comments below, feel free to do so.

Thanks to Dmitry for sharing his fantastic tattoo sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!

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Ekorren Eivind!

Ekorren Eivind är nu färglagd! :)

Jon Paul's Three Cities

Last August, I met Jon Paul,  writer and content producer for the web site Poptimistic (http://www.poptimistic.com). He shared this tattoo, one of three he has, from his upper right arm:

Jon Paul's focus on Poptimistic is travel and food. He credits the work to the artist Friday Jones, who does custom tattoo work out of Senses New York Salon & Spa in the Flat Iron District. I mentioned Ms. Jones back on Tattoosday in 2009 here.

Jon Paul explained that he originally met Ms. Jones in New Orleans when she did "the very first tattoo [he] got ... the compass that the rest of the tattoo is built around." About a year later, he elaborated, "I went back to her and said, 'Now I want you to build a whole piece around my three favorite spots in the world.' So she designed it custom from that." She did it over three sessions.

Represented among Jon Paul's three favorite places are New York City, where he calls home:

The Big Apple is represented by the Statue of Liberty and by the iconic Art Deco style of the landmark Chrysler Buillding.

Paris is represented by the Eiffel Tower:

Sydney, Australia is represented by it's recognizable Opera House:

Jon Paul said " Sydney I love just for the sheer beauty of it and the people ... are lovely." Jon Paul elaborates further on why he loves Australia in this post, which includes another photo of his tattoo.

Thanks to Jon Paul for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!


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