Jessica's Heart Flutters With Birds

Above, I mentioned a man with a heart on his outer left bicep.

Later that same day, I met Jessica on the R train.

A California transplant now living in Brooklyn, she had this beautiful heart done at the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention:


It's your standard heart on the sleeve motif, but this piece is a little more biologically correct and features two small birds holding a ribbon up around it.

Jessica wasn't sure of the name of the artist on whom this work was based, but the end result was a tattoo that recalled the original piece, although not copying it.

This tattoo was inked in a little over an hour at the convention by Rick Lohm at Scarab Body Art Studio in Syracuse, New York.

Work from Scarab has appeared previously here on Tattoosday.

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

Skeleton Emerging

I met Javier outside of Madison Square Garden back in July and he shared this incredible tattoo on the back of his right calf:


He had the idea in mind and took it to Uccio, a tattoo artist in a shop in Salamanca, located in western Spain.

This amazing piece has an incredible three-dimensional feel, with a skeleton emerging through the torn flesh of Javier's leg.

Thanks to Javier for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

UPDATE:

Javier was kind enough to clarify for us that the shop where this was done is called Stres Tattoo in Salamanca.

He also sent me images of the sketches upon which this amazing tattoo was based:




Thanks to Javier for the update!

Chris' Koi on His Inner Arm

I ran into Chris in Penn Station and spotted this colorful tattoo:


He had this tattooed on the inside of his upper arm because it seemed like a more original place to have it done, as opposed to going straight for the outer bicep. Here's a different perspective with the koi angled down:


He originally just wanted the flower, but everything else was added for the purpose of flow and artistic continuity. The detail and color are remarkable:


The tattoo was created by Jack Kowalzyk at Primal Graphics Tattoo in Albany, New York.

Work from Primal Graphics has appeared previously on the site here.

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