Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style ここ数日の仕事をまとめて

Melinda's Medusa

Last month I met Melinda on the West 4th Street subway platform, a location I came to appreciate this past summer for its diversity of interesting tattoos.

Our conversation began on the platform in Manhattan and ended in Brooklyn after a trip on the D train.

Melinda has two tattoos and she shared this one, from her inner left forearm:

She explained that this tattoo is based on the shield of Minerva (in the Roman pantheon) and Athena (in the Greek pantheon).

The shield features the head of the serpentine-tressed Medusa who, if you didn't know, could turn creatures (men, mostly) to stone with a simple gaze.

Melinda loves the contrast between the Minerva and Medusa figures and the relationship between the two mythologies.

The tattoo was inked by Kelly Krantz, of the now defunct Hold Fast Tattoo in Brooklyn. Kelly now tattoos by appointment only, and more details can be found on his website here. Work by Kelly has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Melinda for her good company on the D train back in August, and for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Liz Flexes Her Tyrannosaurus Rex

I met Liz last month on the West 4th Street platform as we were waiting for the D train.

She has six tattoos, including a really cool Brooklyn Bridge tattoo that she designed and, she proudly told me, Exene Cervenka once complimented her on.

The tattoo she shared with us, however, is this design of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, inked on her upper right arm:

The piece was modeled after the fossil displayed prominently in The American Museum of Natural History, where her brother had worked for a period of time. The tattoo is an homage to the time she spent there.

The tattoo was inked by Christopher Depinto aka The Ink Shrink at Shotsie's Tattoo in Wayne, New Jersey. Work from Shotsie's has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Liz for sharing her dinosaur tattoo with us here at Tattoosday!

Tyler's Bald Eagle

I spotted Tyler outside of my office building on Seventh Avenue last month.

Actually, the first thing I noticed was Tyler's eagle:

One of three tattoos he has, Tyler explained that he really likes traditional designs, and that eagles, in his opinion, are among the coolest animals.

He also likes the way feathers look in tattoo designs, and this eagle's plumage is inked exceptionally well.

He credits Jeremy at Imperial Tattoo in Portland, Oregon with this piece.

Thanks to Tyler for allowing his eagle to fly here on Tattoosday!

Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style 龍 Dragon

本日一件のみ。
龍。
本日終了。
明日は定休日です。


Only one today.
Dragon.
Today's end.
It is a regular holiday tomorrow.


Único hoy.
Dragón.
El fin de hoy.
Es una fiesta regular mañana.

Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu style tattoo machines

今回友人から貰ったタトゥーマシン。
ありがとう。大事にします。(^-^)/


Tattoo machine gotten from friend this time.
Thank you.I will values it. (^-^)/


Máquina del tatuaje recibida del amigo este tiempo.
Agradezca que you.I manda lo a los valores. (^ - ^)/

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イベントの写真があまりありません。(^-^；）

仕事してたから。

で、今回はこんな感じです。

一緒に行った先輩や友人から写真が回ってきたらまた掲載します。

すいません。なんか旅行気分で。

本日より通常営業です。

There are not so many photographs of the event. (^-^;)

Because it worked.

It is such feeling this time.

When the photograph turns from the senior and the friend who did together, it publishes again.

I'm sorry. In feelings of just travel.

It is usually business today.

No hay tantas fotografías del evento. (^ - ^;)

Porque funcionó.

Es el tal sintiéndose este tiempo.

Cuando la fotografía vuelve de la persona mayor y el amigo que hicieron juntos, publica de nuevo.

Lo siento. En sentimientos de sólo viaje.

Es normalmente el negocio hoy.

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