Saturday, December 4, 2010

Best Tattoo Japanese Design

When you get body art work, it sometimes requires more than one visit to the tattoo artist to complete. On average, most tat artists require one or more sessions. On the first session, the artist does the outlining of the tattoo. If this goes well, the artist then starts the process, which is begun during the second session.
 
There are several things to consider when decided on an arm tattoo. First is the location: Are you planning to cover up the whole arm? Or perhaps cover the shoulder down to the forearm. Some simple designs include only the lower arm. These are all considerations you need to think about when choosing the best design for you.
 
 There are different types of body art for both men and women. The main difference between sexes is the way they are placed on the arms. Also, different techniques are utilized when the design is applied to the area. Having knowledge about these differences can help you pick the area where you want your design placed.

Sleeve tattoos are that run from the shoulder to the elbows. They usually wrap around the arms like sleeves. The tattoo's name speaks for itself and like sleeves, there are thousands of designs to choose from, you can even mix and match the designs to make it more unique.
 
The second type of tattoo that is gaining popularity today is the shoulder tattoo. There are a wide variety of designs that blend well to the shoulder's contour and can create different effects according to movements you make. These types of art encompass the whole shoulder and arm, but it does not go all the way to the shoulder blade. The upper arm is usually the popular area where men would want the shoulder tattoo to connect.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Robbie's Red Balloon, with a Nod to Seattle

Here it is December and I have all these loose ends, tattoos I photographed in the summer and, for some reason or other, never wrote about.

One such example belongs to Robbie, who is originally from Seattle. I stopped to talk to him at the corner of 34th Street and 7th Avenue, and he was kind enough to share this tattoo on his upper right arm:


Robbie explained that the red balloon is a family reminder about his grandmother, and that in addition to his own tattoo, his mother, brother, cousin and aunt all have tattoos that contain a red balloon, as a nod to the family matriarch.

The skyline depicted is punctuated by the Space Needle, Seattle's most recognizable landmark. Robbie is from Washington State, and the addition of this famous structure to a metropolitan cluster of buildings, which includes a scaled-down replica of the Empire State Building to its right, is a nod to his home town, while also recognizing New York City, his current home.


Robbie credited the tattoo to Liz at Addiction NYC, although he noted she tattoos somewhere out on Long Island now.

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

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Amazing Foot Star Tattoos For Girls

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Amazing Lower Back Butterfly Tattoos

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Amazing Female Side Body Star Tribal Tattoos

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Amazing Upper Back Women Star Tattoos

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Mrs. Dirtbird's Wedding Tattoo

Yesterday we enjoyed seeing the neck tattoo of a Missouri-based artist nicknamed "Dirtbird," as well as a piece he had inked on his friend Shawn.

In addition to meeting both Shawn and Dirtbird across the street from where I work, I also met Katie, who half-jokingly referred to herself as "Mrs. Dirtbird". She shared this tattoo with us:


Katie explained that this is a wedding tattoo. The piece depicts a heart, comprised of a male and female bird, sewn together. Since she married Dirtbird, this seems like and appropriate expression of their matrimony.

The tattoo was inked by Becky "Pink Eye" Ashcraft, who works with Dirtbird at Punkteur Tattoo in Joplin, Missouri.

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