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Buddha at the NYC Tattoo Convention

Sometimes when you go to tattoo shows, you don't always get the full story behind people's work. For many people; it is just art for art's sake, and people like me, who ask "What does it mean?" can be annoying little nuisances.

Here's a piece I spotted at the NYC Tattoo Convention earlier this month. I took the photos and I met the artist, but I'll let the work speak for itself:

This is a Buddha tattoo by Sid Lopes at 7 Tattoo Gallery in Newark, New Jersey. Here's a different angle with less glare and a better shot of the om symbol:

And then a better perspective of the paint-splattered lotus blossoms:

I never caught the name of the wearer of this tattoo, but I did get a chance to profess my admiration of it to the artist.

Thanks to Sid Lopes for sharing his work with us here on Tattoosday!

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TATTOO OF THE DAY....

Kerry's Owl for Gavin (at the NYC Tattoo Convention)

Another one of my favorite tattoos spotted at last weekend's NYC Tattoo Convention was this owl on the thigh of Kerry:

Kerry explained that this owl is for her son, Gavin. It was done by her husband, Kris Geer, who works out of Victorian Ink in Oxford, Massachusetts.

I love how he merges the popular owl motif with the style of sugar skulls.

Thanks to Kerry and Kris for sharing this awesome tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Joe's Sinatra and Monroe Tattoos Honor His Grandfather

Last week at the New York City Tattoo Convention, I ran into Joe at the Leathernecks Tattoo booth up on the balcony at Roseland Ballroom.

He shared these tattoos which are eventually going to be part of a larger sleeve:

I wasn't able to track down the original image for the Marilyn Monroe cover, but I did find the Frank Sinatra one:

Joe credited the artist Kenny Restrepo for this tattoo and elaborated on what he is working on:

"My grandpa was a decently-famous singer in the 50's, so he was in a few magazines. I still have them, so I'm gonna have my grandfather in the pictures that he was in ... I'm going to put them on my upper arm ... I'm going to do this whole side of my arm for him."

Thanks to Joe for sharing these cool tattoos with us on Tattoosday!

A lady and a special cat

Haven't posted anything in a while. A lot of projects in progress. Here is one of them. The photo is taken with my phone and is very soft. Some parts are healed and some fresh in this.
And then a little one sitting tattoo from today, which I thought was fun.