Melanie's Phoenix Helps Her Rise Above

I met Melanie in Penn Station and had to stop her to ask about this colorful phoenix on her back:

She originally had just the Yin and Yang tattoo, but expanded the work to include the legendary bird rising through the ashes. To Melanie, this represents being "better and stronger" after picking up the pieces from life's challenges, overcoming difficulties and rising above everything.

The tattoo was inked by Rick Schreck at House of 1000 Tattoos in Middlesex, New Jersey.

Thanks to Melanie for sharing her cool phoenix tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

I Have Tiiiiiiime:

While Saturdays are pretty well booked for a few weeks,
it looks like I have a bunch of time during the weekdays.

Sometimes, I can stay late if you have a work conflict.

Wed 10.6:
Noon-6pm

Thurs 10.7:
Noon-8pm

Fri 10.8:
Noon-5pm

Tues 10.12:
Noon-6pm

Wed 10.13:
Noon-2pm

Thurs 10.14:
Noon-8pm

Sew You Want a Cool Tattoo? Check This One out from Vicky...

I met Vicky back in August outside of Penn Station and marveled about the colorful vibrancy of this beautiful tattoo:

Vicky explained that she is a seamstress for a new company called Cupcake Provocateur. Check out their site, it's pretty cool. Vicky's boss, Cynthia, is the brainchild behind the business, designing all of the aprons and other housewares, as well as making the cupcakes. There are several tattoo-inspired apron designs on their site, including this one, which would make a great holiday gift, no?

But back to the tattoo, Vicky hopes to grow this tattoo into a half-sleeve, and it started out as a design that she had Angelique Houtkamp design for her. "It wasn't drawn exactly the way I wanted it," Vicky explained, so she took it to Sunday Dawne-Marie at Skinflower Cosmic Arts in Phoenecia, New York and, she continued, "Sunday went with my basic idea, an antique sewing machine in a cameo, and re-drew and re-designed the entire thing."

I am most familiar with Sunday's work at Lark Tattoo on the poet Adam Deutsch.

Thanks to Vicky for sharing her amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday! We look forward to seeing the sleeve grow in the future!

New Team

Hi all, I hope you all will take a minute to read what I am going to say...

So far I have found 5 Fake Websites that carries My Works and my Rants - http://magic-tattoo.blogspot.com/ , http://tattoo-7610.blogspot.com/ , http://immortaltattoo.blogspot.com/ , http://immortaltattoossingapore.blogspot.com/ - http://immortaltatto.blogspot.com/ - Whats Next?

As most of you should know the real website for Immortal Tattoos is Http://Immortal-Tattoos.blogspot.com/

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There are some who have been going around creating fake emails by using Diamond_Fangs@live.com and whatever shit and adding whoever on MSN and claiming to be me. Well, to make things easy - I have registered DiamondFangs.com to prevent any more scams to assure you all, there is only one Diamond Fangs around.

So, I have decided to form a team to take care of different sectors that I am working on.

My new personal MSN will be - Kugan@DiamondFangs.com - ( Pls do not send me any emails to this address ) This is MSN only.

Models who are interested to work with me, can email or add up on MSN - Models@DiamondFangs.com - ( A representative will respond as fast as she could )

My clients/sinners/canvases or for any enquiries can now EMAIL to Tattoos@DiamondFangs.com or Immortal_Tattoos@mail.com ( NOT MSN )

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Project X will be a 8-12 month project which my team will be working on and I have enough photographers and web designers for now. Thanks to all who have emailed me. Hope to work with u guys soon.

I am still in need for Female Alternative Models who are pretty much interested in getting INKED by Immortal Tattoos or would still like to work with me regardless. Do get back to me.

Sinners/Clients/Canvases - The search never ends, so don't be shy. Just drag your carcass to me .... !

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I am also looking for anyone who wants to get Devils, Demons or anything related to Darkness tattoos, here is your chance !!

October Sacrifice 2010 !!

- I am charging $66 per session ( usual $300 ) for the first 6 people who are interested !!
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Thank U all for your time.

Jackie's Vintage Postcard

I caught up to Jackie after she passed me in Penn Station and I was delighted when she agreed to share her tattoo with us:

It's a truly remarkable piece, and I was thrilled to hear it was tattooed by the amazingly talented Amanda Wachob at Dare Devil Tattoo in New York City. She is well-known for an amazing eye for detail for tattoos that appear as if they were just painted on. I mean, look at this delicate touch on the back side of the piece:

Jackie explained that the tattoo is inspired by art in a book of vintage, early 1900's postcards that she found from Pleiades Press. She credited S. Solomko as the artist who created the original piece which inspired this tattoo.

She loved the vintage appearance of the original and Asked Amanda to recreate that feel.

She also loves, from an artistic perspective, the female form, and the sensuality of the peacock feathers fanning out at the bottom of the tattoo.

 

Again, I can't help but marvel at Amanda's artistry and how she paints on a tattoo:

Thanks again to Jackie for sharing her amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Sandra's Cherry Blossoms

I met Sandra at the local laundromat at the end of August and she shared this lovely tattoo on her upper right arm:

There are two elements to this design, the cherry blossoms and the quote. The cherry blossoms were inked after her father was initially diagnosed with cancer. The quote was added when Sandra decided to move to New York from Oregon.

Reading "When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme...", this quote is from the film Pinocchio, in the song "When You Wish Upon a Star".

The tattoo was done by Dragon at Star Tattoo, in Portland, Oregon.

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


Here's a little bonus:

Frank's Anvil

When someone is "not sure" how many tattoos they have, the one they do offer up can seem a bit random.

Take Frank, for example, who volunteered this anvil for us here at Tattoosday:

Why an anvil? "I'm a big Looney Tunes fan," he told me. The anvil, falling from great heights, is often a cartoon catalyst for one of those big expanding bumps on the head of say, Wile E. Coyote, for example. Thus the name on the anvil, ACME, which was said coyote's chief supplier of items designed to aid in the capture of the Roadrunner.

This particular piece was inked by Jae Connor at Electric Lotus Tattoo in Boonton, New Jersey. Work from Electric Lotus has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Frank for sharing this nostalgic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!