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2010 Looks to be a great year and I am looking forward to ringing in the new decade on January 2nd by visiting a new tattoo shop of the Lower East Side called Thicker Than Water Tattoo Studios.

From Noon to 10:00 PM, artists in the shop, which just opened on December 1, 2009, will be inking Year of the Tiger tattoo specials for $50.00 apiece. It’s first-come, first-served, folks, so don’t show up too late.

In case you were wondering what kind of tattoo this deal will get you, we here at Tattoosday were thrilled to get a sneak peak of the flash from which customers can choose, and got the blessing from Shon Lindauer, designer, tattooer and shop manager, to share the designs with our readers:

So, come on down to Thicker Than Water and start the new decade with an appropriate Tiger tattoo to ring in the year!

  

  

Do you remember Show & Tell from your early school days? It was always my favorite day of the week. I’d get to pick something I liked from home, bring it to school, and stand up in front of the whole class to show what I had brought and tell everyone about it and why it was special to me. To be honest, I was always a bit of a ham for the spotlight and I just liked being the center of attention. Maybe that’s one of the reasons I get tattoos, because I love it when people stop me and ask me about them. Once a ham, always a ham?

Well, now it’s your chance to play Show & Tell! But you won’t have to stand up in front of the class to do it, in case you’re not a sucker for the limelight. It’s a brand new feature on the About.com network, and it’s just perfect for this site because so many of you have great tattoos and great stories, and I just don’t have time to publish them all myself. So, now you have the opportunity to share your own story and read those shared by others. There will be several S&T topics eventually, but right now I’ve just created the first one entitled, “My Favorite Tattoo.” Tell us about your favorite tattoo by filling out the form and uploading a picture (or 2). It’s really easy and I will review your story within a week and publish it directly to the site if it’s accepted.

The first two stories have already been published, so you can take a look at those and see what the whole Show & Tell feature is about! Thanks to Matt and “efhhnt” for getting the ball rolling by sharing your awesome stories.

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On Christmas Eve afternoon, I was passing through Penn Station, I spotted Lindsay, a woman with what appeared to be a sleeve that had a water-inspired design.

It wasn’t until after I approached her and asked if she wanted to contribute to Tattoosday that I saw, as she rolled up her sleeve, what awesome work she had done on her left arm:

Lindsay said that, like all of her 14 or 15 tattoos, none of them have “deep meaning”. She just goes with whatever she describes as an “intense urge” at the time she’s getting the tattoo.

The sleeve above started with her taking photos with stylings to the artist, saying she wanted a bloody shark. This was the first part of the tattoo:

She then expanded it with this segment of shark

which is certainly reminiscient of the movie poster for Jaws.

This piece was created in four sittings lasting 3-4 hours each, by John Reardon at Saved Tattoo (which was the shop responsible for yesterday’s post, too).

Work from John Reardon has appeared here on Tattoosday previously. Work from Saved appearing on the site can be seen here. Reardon is also the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting a Tattoo.

Thanks to Lindsay for taking the time to share her incredible shark sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Imagine this classic comedic scenario: You’ve just exited from an important event, feeling confident that you looked great, smiled at all the right people and said all the right things, only to discover that you’ve got a big green piece of broccoli stuck between your teeth from that luncheon you had earlier. No one told you it was there, and now you’re wondering how many people witnessed your humiliation in silence. The only difference between that and wearing a wrongly translated tattoo is that at least you can remove the broccoli from your teeth easily; the tattoo, however, is permanent.

This article explains the importance of finding out exactly what a tattoo says/means if it’s in a foreign language or from a culture that you don’t understand. Read some of the embarrassing things that have happened to others who didn’t have the benefit of this article beforehand!

What’s with the T-Shirt? This t-shirt is what inspired me to update and revive this article. It’s from ThinkGeek.com, which is an amazing online catalog of unique items for your inner geek. I was shopping for gifts when I came across this shirt and almost sprayed Christmas cookie bits all over my computer screen. Literally translated, the Japanese characters say, “Random Japanese Characters/Words/Language Bits.” If that’s not hilarious enough, here’s their description on the product page:

“We don’t have to tell you this. You know better. But we have to vent. If you’re going to have something permanently inked on your body, please proofread it first. And if you don’t know the language it’s written in, don’t get the tattoo. If you have to get the tattoo in a language you don’t fully comprehend, get someone you trust who has mastered the language to proofread it for you. And then, this is important, make sure your tattoo artist also knows the language. One misinterpreted stroke can totally change what your body says for the rest of your life. So this is our tribute to all those frat boys who have incorrect Japanese or Chinese or Klingon permanently inked on their bodies. We thank you for providing us with amusement.”

Needless to say, I immediately ordered one of those shirts for my husband and then couldn’t resist ordering a second one for myself. Merry Christmas to us!

Imagine this classic comedic scenario: You’ve just exited from an important event, feeling confident that you looked great, smiled at all the right people and said all the right things, only to discover that you’ve got a big green piece of broccoli stuck between your teeth from that luncheon you had earlier. No one told you it was there, and now you’re wondering how many people witnessed your humiliation in silence. The only difference between that and wearing a wrongly translated tattoo is that at least you can remove the broccoli from your teeth easily; the tattoo, however, is permanent.

This article explains the importance of finding out exactly what a tattoo says/means if it’s in a foreign language or from a culture that you don’t understand. Read some of the embarrassing things that have happened to others who didn’t have the benefit of this article beforehand!

What’s with the T-Shirt? This t-shirt is what inspired me to update and revive this article. It’s from ThinkGeek.com, which is an amazing online catalog of unique items for your inner geek. I was shopping for gifts when I came across this shirt and almost sprayed Christmas cookie bits all over my computer screen. Literally translated, the Japanese characters say, “Random Japanese Characters/Words/Language Bits.” If that’s not hilarious enough, here’s their description on the product page:

“We don’t have to tell you this. You know better. But we have to vent. If you’re going to have something permanently inked on your body, please proofread it first. And if you don’t know the language it’s written in, don’t get the tattoo. If you have to get the tattoo in a language you don’t fully comprehend, get someone you trust who has mastered the language to proofread it for you. And then, this is important, make sure your tattoo artist also knows the language. One misinterpreted stroke can totally change what your body says for the rest of your life. So this is our tribute to all those frat boys who have incorrect Japanese or Chinese or Klingon permanently inked on their bodies. We thank you for providing us with amusement.”

Needless to say, I immediately ordered one of those shirts for my husband and then couldn’t resist ordering a second one for myself. Merry Christmas to us!