ダブル・ケンゴ：KENGOs

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato

今日はダブル・ケンゴが立ち寄ってくれました。元プロ総合格闘家の謙吾と現パンクラス・世界ウェルター級チャンピオンのウラ君（宇良健吾）です。謙吾は先日のメキシコに同行しました。ウラくんはLAから一時帰国中。
彫倭

Kengo & Kengo Ura visited by the shop today. Kengo is ex-pro MMA fighter and Kengo Ura is Pancrase World Welterweight Champion. Kengo went to Mexico with me and Kengo Ura is going back to LA soon.
Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato.

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!

ダニーボーイ：Daniel O. Sawyer a.k.a. Dannyboy

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
イタリア・ミラノの『イタリアン・ルースター・タトゥー』からチカーノ・タトゥー・アーティスト、ダニーボーイが来日します。10月7日と8日の二日間TATTOO SOULにて仕事をします。興味のある方はお問い合わせ下さい。彼は以前来日したゲスト・アーティストMr. JJの実弟でもあります。メキシカン・タトゥー、チカーノ・タトゥー、スペイン語、イタリア語の文字にも対応します。
彫倭

Chicano tattoo artist Daniel O. Sawyer a.k.a. Dannyboy will come to TATTOO SOUL from ITALIAN ROOSTER TATTOO Milano, Italy. Schedule will be 7th and 8th October. If you are interested in his tattoos please contact us. He is a brother of TATTOO SOUL's guest artist Mr. JJ. Mexican tattoos, Chicano tattoos and he can do Spanish letters and Italian letters also.
Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato.

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!

ラスベガス：Las Vegas

Posted by 彫しゅん Horishun
先日アキラさん（彫倭）がメキシコから帰国しましたが、次回は自分と俊宝が来月10月1日〜3日にラスベガスで行われるタトゥーコンベンション『THE BIGGEST TATTOO SHOW ON EARTH』に参加予定です。9月29日から10月10日の日程になります。
彫しゅん

Akilla(Horiyamato) came back from Mexico few days ago and next will be my turn. I'm going to Las Vegas to join "THE BIGGEST TATTOO SHOW ON EARTH". Shunho will go with me. Our schedule will be Sep 29th to Oct 10th.
Horishun.

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.