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Tag: Tattoos

  • Happy Rapture Eve!

    Written by

    Sean Philips

    Well, with all the hoopla surrounding a small group of Christians who think the Big J is coming back tomorrow to take away the good ones and leave the rest of us scoundrels here to face the apocalypse, I felt it only fitting to go with a religious theme today.

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    Even though I am by no means a Christian, I have a long standing affinity for angels, I think watching The Prophecy a few dozen times too often may have led to this. This particular angel backpiece was done by Matt Kramer of Mind’s Eye Tattoo in Emmaus, Pa.

  • Poked and prodded

    Written by

    Rob

    We recently got a slew of photos submitted to the Hand-Poked Tattoo gallery featuring this amazing back piece.

    Unfortunately no information was given about the artist, or where it was done, although there are several shots of the tattoo being done.

    You’ll definitely want to check out the gallery for this one, as they documented everything from start to finish.

  • Sowing the seeds of love

    Written by

    Rob

    Tacocat sent in this piece by Gus from Olde City Tattoo in Philly. With the title “Love Grows”, the tattoo is pretty self explanatory, and is a perfect fit for the Hearts and Love Tattoos gallery.

  • Passion & Ink

    Written by

    Jen Savage

    You may have noticed a lack of posts today. Rob was off dealing with some personal things today so he wasn’t able to do any posts. I hope this sort of makes up for the quiet.

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    This photo was submitted by the photographer, CHRISMDAY. I don’t know if this is a real couple or just something they did for a photoshoot but the passion sure looks real! I love the contrast between her colourful sleeve and his black and grey tattoos. I don’t have any information about the artists who did the ink otherwise I’d share.

    Rob should be back with us tomorrow.

  • The swarm grows…

    Written by

    Sean Philips

    A while back I posted this locust tattoo, that was done in tribute to a BME regular, Adam Aries. I, of course, referred to the locust as a dragonfly, because well I kind of suck like that. In fact, I am pretty sure, Adam had corrected me on that on more than one occasion,  but in my defense, rarely was I sober enough to comprehend such things while with Adam.

    Anyhow, Ryan Oullette shot me this email:

    The one (locust tribute tattoo linked earlier) you posted was from Pino Bros. Ink in Cambridge where he worked, but hasn’t been forgotten in Nashua, NH. Adam did his apprenticeship with me and we all miss him very much. We’ve been doing a bunch of locusts on his friends and family from around the Nashua area. I put up an album on facebook, you’re welcome to use any of them for modblog if you’d like. Adam’s original was done by Nick Kelley, all the recent locusts were split between Nick and Kevin McKeating (who used to be Adam’s roommate). I got mine on my kneecap.

    All of the NH area tattoos can be seen on this direct link or by visiting the Precision Body Arts Facebook page , and Ryan’s kneecap is below. Aside from being a nice tribute it also showcases tattooing over scarring.
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