Jared's Sleeve Reflects His Journey Through the Music Business

I met Jared back in April outside of Penn Station on Eighth Avenue. He had an interesting sleeve that he offered to share:

Jared explained that the concept of the sleeve was based on his experience in the music industry. He had been a musician, but gave up the professional calling "about six months ago." He elaborated:

"...It's a sacrificial piece ... the heart right there [at the center of the arm, in the ditch] ... music's in your DNA and it rips your heart open ...

... and the sacrifice you have to go through ... two faces are the two faces you had to deal with in the music business..."

The work above was done by two free-lance artists. The top section of the sleeve was done by a guy named Steve, and the bottom section with the two faces was done by another person whose name Jared doesn't recall.

Thanks to Jared for sharing this work with us here on Tattoosday!

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August guest artist info, third and final part

Ok, last one for now. It better be, cause i seriously doubt we have room for more people unless we start using the back rooms too!

As you know, we have Nick coming in August (and might i add a "yay!" to that), but what you don't know is that Nick is bringing more Hong Kong peeps with him.
Or rather, Nick's friend Ross is traveling around Europe and decided to come visit too!

So, Ross Turpin, from Hong Kong will be guesting at the shop from August 16th to 18th.

If you'd like to book an appointment with him, please send an email with your ideas for the tattoo, placement, budget and preferred date to get tattooed to conspiracyinctattoo@gmail.com, and i'll be happy to book you in.

Remember, as always, fun custom stuff only, and the deposit can be paid at the shop.

Scroll down to see some of Ross' work, and check out his instagram (@rossturpin) and his blog for more tattoos!

Ok, that's it for now. No excuses to not come by in August and get a sweet new tattoo from one of our guests!

 

DK: Vi har tre gæste tatovører der kommer på besøg i August, så endelig kommer der en chance for at få en awesome tatovering uden at stå på venteliste i årevis.

Nummer tre er Ross Turpin fra Hong Kong, der kommer fra den 16. til 18. August.

Hvis du kunne tænke dig at blive tatoveret af ham skal du sende os en mail (email adresse står i den engelske tekst) med dine ideer til design og placering, samt evt. budget og dato du kan blive tatoveret.

Og husk, kun sjove ideer!

Depositum kan betales her i butikken.

Håber at høre fra jer!

Tattoos by Ross Turpin

Scroll down to read part one and two!

Vicki's Half-Woman, Half-Octopus Tattoo

I met Vicki at the DeKalb Avenue subway station in Brooklyn last month and I had to ask her about this tattoo.

This design is a half-woman, half-octopus, and was done by Brian Faulk at Hand of Glory Tattoo in Park Slope. She elaborated:

"I went to him [Brian] with a picture from the Victorian era that was of a woman who is all buttoned up, with a high collar, and then her bustle and her skirt are an octopus, so I went to him and said this is something to go from, but I want it to be more modern and not so buttoned up...it was [also] inspired by a song by Carla Kihlstedt, who's in a band called Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, so this is from a song from her band 2 Foot Yard ... the song is called "Octopus" [and] it's the story of a woman and all the different facets of her personality, pulling her in different directions."

Here's another look at the tattoo from the shop's website:

© 2012 The End Is Near - All rights reserved

Brian, the artist from Hand of Glory/The End is Near, has tattooed me before, as reported here and here.

Thanks to Vicki for sharing her woman/octopus with us here on Tattoosday!

Here's a performance of "Octopus" from YouTube:

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August guest artist info, part deux

Ok, who's up for part two of the August Guest Trilogy?

No one in Copenhagen, that's for sure, cause they're all at Roskilde Festival watching Bruce Springsteen right now....*grrr*.... but to everyone else, here's some more guest artist info for you!

Wendy Pham, also from Melbourne, Australia will be guesting at the shop from August 13th to 15th, plus the 23rd and 24th as well.

If you'd like to book an appointment with her, please send an email with your ideas for the tattoo, placement, budget and preferred date to get tattooed to wendy_p@live.com.au.

Remember, as always, fun custom stuff only!

Scroll down to see some of her awesome work, and check out her instagram for more tattoos and paintings (@wendy_pham).

I might wait with the next guest post until Monday... just to give people a chance to get home from Roskilde.

You think i'm kidding, but i'm not, i'm the only person left in Copenhagen right now!

 

DK: Vi har tre gæste tatovører der kommer på besøg i August, så endelig kommer der en chance for at få en awesome tatovering uden at stå på venteliste i årevis.

Nummer to er Wendy Pham fra Australien, der kommer fra den 13. til 15. August, samt den 23. og 24. August.

Hvis du kunne tænke dig at blive tatoveret af Wendy skal du sende hende en mail (email adresse står i den engelske tekst) med dine ideer til design og placering, samt evt. budget og dato du kan blive tatoveret.

Og husk, kun sjove ideer!

Tattoos by Wendy Pham

Jeniffer's Birthday Tattoo, Honoring Babba

I spotted Jeniffer on the steps outside of Madison Square Garden on the last day in May and couldn't resist asking her about this tattoo:

Jeniffer, who is from Sydney, Australia, was visiting New York in April 2011 and had this Matroyshka doll (more commonly referred to as a Russian nesting doll) done in honor of her twenty-first birthday. It was a gift from her sister, who got the same tattoo.

The tattoo was done by Sarah Schor in Brooklyn.

Jeniffer elaborated on the origin of the tattoo:

"There's three of us [sisters]. I'm the youngest. The sister who got it is the oldest and ...we went to get something together and we were trying to come up with something that came in threes ... three amigos, three musketeers, little pigs, and then we just, we've ... got European background, so we thought babushkas ... Babba is what we call my grandmother ... and all three of us have always been close to her ... sort of a triple whammy ... we meant to actually get differing sizes, but we couldn't convince the middle sister to get it, so, we ended up just getting the same."

Thanks to Jeniffer for sharing this lovely tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!


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August guest artist info, part one

Hey guys!

I know it's been a while since we've had guests at the shop, but that's about to change.

In August we have no less than three guest artists visiting, or four actually, if you count Nick as a guest!

Ok, so the first one up is Matthew Gordon from Melbourne, Australia.

He'll be with us from August 20th to 25th and if you'd like to book an appointment, send an email with your ideas for the tattoo, placement, budget and preferred date to get tattooed to matthewgordon@live.com.au

Remember, fun custom stuff only!

Scroll down to see examples of his work, and click here to see even more on his blog... oh, and look him up on instagram too (@matthew_gordon)!

Next guest artist post is coming up tomorrow... how very exciting!

DK: Vi har tre gæste tatovører der kommer på besøg i August, så endelig kommer der en chance for at få en awesome tatovering uden at stå på venteliste i årevis.

Den første er Matthew Gordon fra Australien (check links i den engelske tekst) der kommer fra den 20. til 25. August.

Hvis du kunne tænke dig at blive tatoveret af ham skal du sende ham en mail med dine ideer til design og placering, samt evt. budget og dato du kan blive tatoveret.

Og husk, kun sjove ideer!

Tattoos by Matthew Gordon

Lakota and the Evolution of Man: A Tattoo Odyssey

This colorful tattoo belongs to Lakota, who I met in Penn Station back in March.

He credited his work to Mike Drexler at Fly Rite Tattoo in Brooklyn.

Lakota explained the origins of this piece:

"It's actually inspired by the opening scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey ... this is the specific moment when  man is elevated from primitive simian ...I really, really liked that concept and that idea. I brought in a couple of pictures. I told [Mike Drexler] what I had in mind and he did the final design."

Lakota estimates that the piece was done in three sessions over an eleven hour span and that the fist at the top of the monolith was part of an original first tattoo that was blended into this new design.

Thanks to Lakota for sharing this cool and interesting tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!


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