Tattoo Created: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Tattooed Poets Project: Vicki Iorio

We're kicking off this year's Tattooed Poets Project with a tattoo that seems, ahem, apropos-etic:

This poetic foot belongs to Vicki Iorio, a New York poet. She explains the tattoo:

"My group of Long Island poets have the pleasure of reading at the Wyld Chyld Cafe and Tattoo Parlor in Merrick, NY. I watched Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan, the poet laureate of Suffolk County get "poet" tattooed across her shoulder blades. [Tammy will be appearing on the site later this month.] She recited poetry while her back was bleeding, I knew at that moment I would have to get one!

It was a cold January night, Sixx tattooed my right foot with a beautiful scripted "poet." It was a beautiful moment and I love my tat and all it signifies. A slew of woman poets have been tattooed by Sixx. A tattooed sisterhood, indeed."

Here is a poem from Vicki:

Tattoo 56

I will get a tattoo next birthday
no one will care
it won't be like birthday 13
when I dyed my hair purple on a shoplift heist
shaved off eyebrows
pierced frozen ears with a needle
hacked off bushy black fur under stockings

I will find an illustrated man
his head bald and shiny
eyes so blue I will see straight through
to his good heart, diamond stud in one ear
massive arms shocking to the touch.

My spider will go willingly to his fly.
I will tell him what I want
where I want it.

After validating plastic worth,
my pirate will lead me to his table
gift me with little hurts
celebrate me electrically
wrap me in gauze
sing the praises of Bacitracin
wish me a happy birthday.

Vicki Iorio is a Long Island poet who hangs around tattoo parlors. Her poems have been published in various publications including hell strung and crooked. She is saving up for another tattoo!

Thanks to Vicki for sharing her poetic tattoo and tattoo poem with us here on Tattoosday!

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Who will act as Angelina Jolie's lover in Cleopatra?

Angelina Jolie is confirmed to act as Queen Cleopatra. But who will act as her lover. Will Brad Pitt be the best candidate?

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Tattoos I Know: Beth's Ink Ushers in the New Baseball Season

Well, folks, it's March 31, which means several things, First and foremost, after a long, cold winter, and a rough start to spring, baseball season starts today. And although, the last time I checked, there was a 70% chance of rain for the New York Yankees home opener against the Detroit Tigers today, baseball fans everywhere are just a tad excited that their team's 162 game-long drama is about to begin.

So, it seemed fitting that we share this tattoo, belonging to our cousin Beth:

Photo by Melanie Cohen

Beth is a diehard Yankees fan and she got this inked on September 16, 2005. For the record, the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays north of the border that day 11-10 thanks, in part, to two Robinson Cano home runs and Mariano Rivera's 40th save of the year.

This is one of Beth's three tattoos, a fact not lost on me, as I have been wanting to post her ink on the site ever since we started back in 2007. However, we just never got around to it and this photo was shot last June in New Jersey by my wife, Melanie, at another cousin's baby shower. I thought, at the time, that we would save this picture for the day the Yankees won the World Series, but last year that ambition fell short in the ALCS. So we saved it for Opening Day, instead.

The tattoo was done by Thomi Hawk at K & B Tattooing & Piercing in Hightstown, New Jersey.

I should also add that, back in August 2007, I was sitting in my seat at PNC Bank Arts Center, between sets, when I noticed a very similar tattoo several rows ahead of me. I thought, "Man, that tattoo looks just like Beth's, and in the same spot [on her upper right back] too!" Of course, it was Beth, and we were both unaware that we were attending the show. And to think I spotted her in all that humanity by noticing her tattoo!

I mentioned at the top of the post that it being March 31, meant several things. Aside from Opening Day, it's also opening day for the inkspotting season, as far as I'm concerned. Posts have been few and far between over the past few months and that's about to change. Tomorrow begins National Poetry Month, and we will be embarking on our third annual Tattooed Poets Project: 30 days of tattoos from poets across the country. And, I will assume, that I'll be having regular Tattoosday encounters, which will reappear in May, throughout the month.

Play ball!

Thanks again to Beth for sharing her cool patriotic Yankees tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Angelina Jolie has her own comic book

Angelina Jolie has her own comic book with the title "Female Force: Angelina Jolie" which will be on the book shelf on Wednesday.

It pertains 32-page book with the price $3.99.

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Gretchen Rossi wants to have kids like Angelina Jolie

Gretchen Rossi wants to have a big family, just like Angelina Jolie.

She said “We want to be on the Brad and Angelina plan and have like six kids,” Rossi says about “popping” kids out one after another.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Reasons that some women dislike Angelina Jolie

Some women dislike Angelina Jolie, despite that she contribute a lot for charity. Nancy Tracy wrote this article to list out the reasons. Click here to read.

Among the reasons that she listed out were:

Too friendly with married co-stars

No gal pals

She's a celebrity's kid

Chooses bad movies

Too-luscious lips

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Friday, March 25, 2011

Angelina Jolie addicted to Angry Birds video game

Angelina Jolie is addicted to video game Angry Birds.

One source told The Enquirer, “Angelina’s completely consumed with ‘Angry Birds.’ If she had even 10 minutes of downtime, she’d challenge anyone to a quick game."

“She’d get so into it that she’d scream and yell and make screechy bird sounds. The crew was scared to beat her because if they did, she’d demand a rematch.”

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Home is Where the Star Is

Yesterday in Penn Station, I met Jonathan, whose one tattoo caught my eye when I passed him in the Amtrak waiting area.

Except, sometimes, a fragment of a tattoo doesn't necessarily reveal the whole piece. As in Jonathan's case, I saw the back of his arm, and this segment, which resembled (to me, at the time), a crude figure with the beginning of a speech bubble emanating from its mouth:

I felt rather silly, however, when Jonathan agreed to participate and showed me the full tattoo:

The figure I imagined, of course, is really Long Island, and the balloon was the southern tip of the state of New York.

Jonathan explained that he is from Rochester, marked on the tattoo with a star, and that he lived in the same house growing up there for eighteen years. It's a New York state of mind, indeed.

The tattoo was done at Big Joe & Sons Tattooing in White Plains, New York.

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

Thursday, March 24, 2011

How are Brangelina getting along ?

Angelina Jolie and her partner and kis are currently in New Orleans. How are they getting along?

One source tells PEOPLE, "The family live in a way that can best be described as organized chaos. Of course it's wild when all the kids are there, and evening tends to be a bit chaotic with dinner and bedtime."

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

David Fincher will direct Angelina Jolie in Cleopatra:?

There are reports saying that David Fincher will be directing Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Cleopatra: A Life.

Angelina Jolie will be acting as Cleopatra.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Overseas audience boost earnings for The Tourist

Angelina Jolie's new movie The Tourist,earned just $67.6 million at the North American box office eventhough cost $100 million to produce.

But now, it shoot up to $201.9 million overseas.

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Monday, March 21, 2011

Brad Pitt and family went to get groceries

Brad Pitt and famiy went to Berti Market on Sunday in New Orleans, Louisiana for groceries.

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Angelina Jolie and kids will reunite with Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is currently in New Orleans for his acting in his new movie Cogan's Trade.
His family, Angelina Jolie and kids will reunite with him.

Pax was spotted carrying a laptop bag.

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Friday, March 18, 2011

Angelina Jolie's kids are getting violent

Angelina Jolie's kids are getting violent, especially her boys. They are hard to controlled.

One source said, “They’re the most famous kids in the world, but it seems as if the older they get, the more violent and belligerent they become."

“Brad and Angelina are good parents, but their close-in-age instant family has proven difficult to manage – even with nannies and household staff. It’s beyond chaos, and it’s driving Brad and Angelina crazy."

“The Jolie-Pitt household has almost become a war zone, with kids screaming, punching and scratching each other."

“There are fights between Maddox and Pax, while Zahara and Shiloh regularly throw temper tantrums and violently throw things when they don’t get their way."

“The girls have been involved in fighting and shoving matches with each other and with the boys."

“Maddox likes to fight for fun."

“His wrestling matches and war games with Pax are completely out of control. They throw everything from food to sharp-edged toys at each other, and their brawls often lead to scraped arms and knees, cut faces or bloody noses."

“Brad tries to keep Knox and Vivienne protected and out of the fray."

“With six young children so close in age, and trying to blend biological and adopted kids, it seems they’ve bitten off more than they can chew.”

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Vanessa Paradis ask Johnny Depp to marry her

Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp have been together for thirteen years and Johnny Depp have been asking her many times to marry him. Both of them have two kids together.

Eversince he acted together with Angelina Jolie in The Tourist, she has been feeling insecure. She told him “marry me or we are over”.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Did Angelina Jolie's partner Brad Pitt Dye His Goatee?

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Angelina Jolie's partner spotted with full goatee

Angelina Jolie's partner Brad Pitt was spotted with full goatee on the set of his new movie Cogan's Trade.

Click here to see his new look.

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Four from Christine

I met Christine at the Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side yesterday evening and she shared these four tattoos:

Moving clockwise from the upper left in the photo above, we start with an outline of Brooklyn, in honor of the borough in which Christine was born and raised.

At the top of the other forearm is an om symbol, which captures her focus and has occasionally "helped with panic attacks."

The two butterflies on opposite arms were inked in honor of her nieces, who both love these colorful insects. The shade of each represents their favorite colors.

The Brooklyn piece was inked at Asylum Studios in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The om and the butterflies were done by artists at Three Kings Tattoo. Both shops are in Brooklyn and have had work appear on Tattoosday previously here (Asylum) and here (Three Kings).

Thanks to Christine for sharing these four of her eleven (!) tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Monday, March 14, 2011

Sneha admires Angelina Jolie

Female action star Sneha admire Angelina Jolie. She acted Bhavani.

She said, “I am a great fan of Angelina Jolie and have watched her film Lara Craft – Tomb Raider at least half a dozen times. The film changed Jolie’s image overnight. I get deeply inspired by Jolie’s films.”

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Brad Pitt visited Angelina Jolie on the set

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Chris's Cherry Blossoms Grace His Forearm

On Friday afternoon, I ran into Chris near the 34th Street subway station near the Manhattan Mall.

He had this wonderful tattoo on his left forearm:

Chris explained that this tree resembles a cherry blossom tree that he played on with his cousin when he was a kid. His cousin has passed, so this is, in essence, a memorial, "without being over the top".

I found it interesting and quite poignant that I spotted this piece on the day of the earthquake in Japan, when the plight of the residents in the northern part of that country was on so many minds. The cherry blossom, as many know, is often associated with the temporary, fleeting nature of life.

I particularly like the shadowy effect in the background of the tattoo:

Chris credited Ryan at ArtCore Tattoos in Naples, Florida with this tattoo.

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

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Angelina Jolie just signed with United Talent Agency

Angelina Jolie has just signed with United Talent Agency. This will make her as a writer and director.

UTA partner Rich Klubeck said, "Angelina has a distinct and powerful creative voice, and having read her work and seen parts of the film she's directing, we're very certain that she's entering a new and fruitful phase of her extraordinary career."

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Will Angelina Jolie adopt again?

According to Renegade reports:

"Several local entertainment sites report the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie allegedly inquired at the Hospicio de San Jose in Manila on the process on how to adopt a child. The information was first shared by Harold Geronimo, a columnist at Manila Standard Today. Geronimo said on his tweet: “It was just an inquiry of adoption process, etc. according to sources (at) Hospicio. No concrete final details yet.”...However, no official statement from Hospicio de San Jose in Manila was released either to confirm or deny the report. The couple had not also released any word as regards to any plans of adopting a child, and in particular from the Philippines."

So, will they adopt again?I don't know how they can handle so many kids. Not doubt they have nannies but they can't fully depend on them too.

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Angelina Jolie and kids will join Brad soon in new orleans

Brad Pitt is busy with the set of his new movie, "Cogan's Trade" and later Angelina Jolie and their kids will join him.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Vanessa Paradis can't stand Angelina Jolie

Vanessa Paradis can't stand Angelina Jolie because Angelina constant keep in touch with her partner Johnny Depp .

One source said, “If it’s not calling up to set up play dates with their kids, [Jolie] is asking if he’s going to the Oscars or for French school recommendations,” a source said."

“Angelina invited herself to a three day cruise on Johnny’s yacht to celebrate Independence Day this July.

“Vanessa flipped. She said that Angelina knows she can’t stand her.”

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Tomb Riders is back

GK Films has obtained film rights to Tomb Raider and will be produced by King and Tim Headington.

According to GK Films, the goal is to "create daring new adventures for the young and dynamic Lara Croft."

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See Emily's Foot Tattoo

I met Emily in Penn Station and asked her about this, one of her three tattoos:

The phrase "Be not afraid, only believe" is from the Bible, more specifically, the Book of Mark, Chapter 5, Verse 36, King James version.

What does this mean to Emily? "No matter what," she said, "always remember what's mean to be will happen...".

A nice sentiment indeed. This tattoo was done by "Petey" at Immortal Ink in Clinton, New Jersey.

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

Monday, March 7, 2011

Video clip of Angelina Jolie's second trip to Afghanistan Mission

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Repost: Whole Lotta Rosary

This post originally appeared here, three years ago on March 6, 2008:

So it was another Saturday night in Bay Ridge and we had just got home from a friend's house. The kids were getting ready for bed. My youngest, Shayna, was having a birthday party the next day. We were pretty much set on the party planning, but needed gift bags for party favors.

I headed off to the 24-hour Duane Reade, six blocks away. By the time I arrived, there were already a half-dozen things added to my list. I grabbed a cart (although in Brooklyn they refer to it as a wagon) and was somewhere in the haircare section (shampoo for kids) when two young ladies walked by.

I had brought, as always, my Tattoosday folder with fliers in it, along with my camera, despite the fact that it was cold and in the thirties. But one can never be too prepared. These women were dressed for the clubs, coatless, bare-armed, and high-heeled. I spotted a tattoo on one of the women's feet.

I thought about asking her then and there about it, but I balked. These were two attractive young women in a drugstore late at night and I wasn't up for the challenge of being scrutinized as a creep.

Besides, I reasoned, it's only a rosary tattoo. Nothing extraordinary about that. Let me just leave them alone, I thought, they're obviously headed to some club.

But I ran into them/passed them a couple more times and, each time, I cursed myself more for being too cowardly to ask. So what if its just a rosary? Here at Tattoosday, it's not just about the ink, but about the story behind the ink.

I was at the front part of the store, trying to decide which individually-wrapped candies would be the least damaging to my children's teeth (for the party bags), when they headed my way, on their way out of the store. I figured, "what the heck?" and asked the young lady about her tattoo.

This was not the first tattoo I took a picture of. Before I knew it, woman said "Wanna see a sick tattoo?" And she turned around and lifted the back of her shirt up to reveal, indeed, this very sick tattoo:

Wow. Sweet. Which just goes to show, Tattoosday Rule #1: Don't dismiss the "ordinary" tattoo. There may be extraordinary ones just out of sight!

Her name is Layla and she was very cool. I snapped the above shot and then asked if I could take the rosary one as well, since that's what caused me to stop and talk to her.

Both were inked by her friend Vito at King's County Tattoo Co.. She got the rosary modeled after Nicole Richie's tattoo. The awesome lower back piece she inked when she was 19. She was young and rebelling against her parents, she said, and she didn't want a small lower back tattoo like everyone else had, she wanted something big and bold. Check out this detail:

It's beautiful work.

I noticed that she also had a cross on her left forearm and I gave my standard Tattoosday patter: check out the blog in a few days, and feel free, if you like what you see, to email me if she wants to share more of her ink with the world.

I turned to her friend, , and said, naively, and when you get a tattoo, let me know, and I'll put yours on too. She proudly replied, "I have seven already." Silly me, and then I noticed the rosary on her right foot.

Like Layla, Lisa's rosary tattoo is inspired by Nicole Richie's. In fact, Lisa said, hers is an exact replica of Nicole Richie's (below):

I extended the same offer: if you like what you see on the blog, let me know, we can always have you come back as a recurring tattoo feature.

I thanked both ladies and they headed out while I went back to searching for the elusive gift bags.

Thanks to Layla and Lisa for their willingness to put their night on hold, and sharing their tattoos!

Angelina Jolie went to Afghanistan

Angelina Jolie went to Afghanistan on Wednesday. This is her second trip to this country.

When she was there, she visited families and gave education materials to local schoolgirls in Qala Gudar village.

According to UNHCR, she also paid for a school in the remote returnee settlement of Tangi in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.

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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Angelina Jolie is number 67 in Top 99 Women Askmen

Askmen.com has listed 99 beautiful women. One of them is Angelina Jolie. She is in 67th place. Jennifer Aniston is not listed there. Will Jennifer curse away?

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Friday, March 4, 2011

Tattoosday Weekend Recap, March 4, 2011

Mixing it up here on Tattoosday as I anxiously look toward spring and the third annual Tattooed Poets Project.

One of the things I've taken to doing from time to time is googling "tattoo" and watching the "real time" feed, mostly tweets that appear and get swept up by the google logarithms.

How else would I have found about DMBTattoo.com, billed as "A Dave Matthews Band Tattoo Collection Site"? This reminds me, of course of Tattooed Everything, a site dedicated to Pearl Jam tattoos, which seems to have vanished.

Of course, this parlays into my Tattoosday scenario of a semi-regular feature, yet to be launched, called Garden Ink, which will be posts that stem from my close proximity, Monday through Friday, to Madison Square Garden.

Rather than spotting ink, the idea is to seek it out, on days that there are events at the Garden, the world's most famous arena. This means approaching people who are not necessarily visibly inked and asking them if they have tattoos specific to whoever is at the Garden that night. I did this once, successfully, here, with a Green Day fan. The idea recently resurfaced when the 'hood was besieged by Little Monsters waiting to see Lady Gaga.

And finally, just when I thought I'd seen it all with Ed Hardy lighters, earlier this week I found, wait for it, Ed Hardy Hand Sanitizer! It actually smells not half bad.

Johnny Depp praise Angelina Jolie for being a great mom!

Johnny Depp, who is Angelina Jolie's co-star in The Tourist, praise Angelina Jolie for being a great mom!

He said, “She is such a versatile, wonderful person who can portray anything. She is a down to earth, clever, funny, woman and shockingly great mother."

“She is very calm even if she’s surrounded by paparazzi. I don’t know what I would do. I could’ve been in prison by now!”

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Angelina Jolie spoke out on behalf of refugees

Angelina Jolie spoke out on behalf of refugees, escaping from Libya.

She said in a statement, "We don't want to look back and find their deaths on our hands. As we witness these newest crises unfold in west and north Africa, it is critical that all parties respect the fundamental right of people in danger to flee to safety. All I'm asking is that civilians be protected, and not targeted or harmed."

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Tattoos I Know: A Medley from Maida

It's safe to say that Maida has been a fan of Tattoosday from its earliest days.

Over the last three years, a day generally doesn't go by without our discussing ink. As a co-worker, and a friend, she's a regular visitor to the site.

Which is why one might wonder why her tattoos have taken this long to appear on Tattoosday. I even recall discussing with her potential designs as she researched new ideas.

We always talked about me taking pictures, but it never came to fruition.

However, yesterday the stars aligned and we got our collective acts together. Let's take a look, shall we?

I'm starting with my favorite pair of the three she is sharing (out of four, in all):

These two are pretty cool, and the top one. a triquetra, I remember her spending a lot of time thinking about.
She feels that it also acts as protection, warding off the evil eye:

Below that is a butterfly that is not your standard design. The wings' patterns resemble skulls:

Maida says this dual image, the softness of the butterfly and the roughness of the skulls, represents the two sides of life, and is a double-edged sword. The kanji represent the symbols for power (top) and strength (bottom).

Maida also shared this tattoo on the outside of her right calf, above the ankle:

Maida got this, along with her friend Kathy, as a testament to "the strong bond and love between two best friends". They each have it on the same spot, although Kathy's butterfly has lavender wings, whereas Maida's are turquoise.

All of Maida's tattoos above were inked by an artist named JStar, whose website is here. The site includes photos of more of her work and is well worth a look.

Thanks to Maida for sharing her tattoos with us here, finally, on Tattoosday! We look forward to seeing more in the future!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Angelina Jolie's partner Brad Pitt's handsome photos

Here is a video pertaining Brad Pitt's handsome photos

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Susan Downey wore Angelina Jolie's designs

Susan Downey wore earrings that were designed by Angelina Jolie at the Oscars that was held on Feb. 27.

Angie teamed up with Robert Procop to create the accessories.

Click here to view the earrings she is wearing

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Erika's Ink: Something Old and Something New

On Sunday, spring-like temperatures made being outside enticing. I was heading home when I spotted, from a good fifty yards away, a young lady approaching. Even from that distance, I noticed her bare calves and the discernable mark of a tattoo above her left ankle.

So, as she approached, I slowed down to talk to her. When I asked her about the tattoo, she indicated that I had stopped her before, which puzzled me, as I didn't recognize the ink. She then clarified that her right arm hosted a honeycomb sleeve, with bees. Since it was covered, I didn't recognize her.

I first met Erika in July 2009 and stopped her after she walked by me on the street. At the time, she said that the sleeve was a work in progress, and she'd rather not have it posted. I asked if I could take a picture anyway, and promised it wouldn't go live until she was done with the art.

I believe I ran into her (or maybe just saw her on the subway) last summer, and the sleeve still amazed me.

So here, on the last Sunday in February, she was again. Since her arm was covered, I asked if I could take a picture of the tattoo I had spotted on her ankle. She agreed, although she qualified it as one of her oldest tattoos:

Erika said this piece is about 15 years old and called it an omkara or aumkara. That would be an om symbol floating above a lotus flower.

She also said that she had not had any more work done on the sleeve and she didn't mind sharing it at this stage of the game. The artist is in Portland, Maine, so it's not easy to just go and get it periodically updated.

Here's the sleeve covering the upper two thirds of Erika's arm:

Definitely worth taking a closer look at the details:

The artist of this honeycomb and her "killer bees" is Chris Dingwell of Sanctuary Tattoo.

Thanks to Erika for sharing one of her older tattoos, as well as this phenomenal sleeve-in-progress!