Ink"d:A Look into Tattoo Design

Ink'd was a great sucess and 140 to 150 people came to this intimate exhibit. I just want to thank all those who took the time to check out the exhibit. For those who were not able to make it, here's a video of what you missed:

Tattoo of the Week: Memorial Shoes

Maria, a Purchase College student, got her tattoo done in memory of her gradmother that passed away recently, her gradmother always wore her trademark oxford shoes so she thought it would be the perfect image to get tattoo'd with. The artist behind the shoes is Amanda from Daredevil tattoos who is known for her watercoloresque tattoos. I love this tattoo cause of how simple and clean it is. It is always refreshing to see a different take on the traditional take on the memorial tattoo.

Tattoo of the Week: Michael Myers Portrait

Jessica, a Purchase student, got this tattoo a year ago when John Jagz of Peter Tat-2 in West Hempstead, New York was given out free horror tattoos. She decided to get Micheal Myers of Halloween because it is her favorite movie and grew up with the movie and it's imagery. This portrait took 3 hours to complete but it is the beginning of a whole leg piece she is working on that will depict varies scenes from the movie.

Tattoo of the Week: Tribal-Inspired Ink

Another great tattoo design here at Purchase. Katie was one of the many that showed interest in being photographed for a tattoo project I'm doing at Purchase College. It was done by Mehai from Fine Lines Tattoo in NYC back in August 2009. This was her own design that she based on tribal tattoos of tribes in New Guinea and Inuit. What drew her to tribal art was that it is the culture from which tattooing originated and it connects her to a time where there were no distractions. When I asked her why she designed her own tribal she said while she respected these cultures and their art, she could never get a traditional design because there is so much cultural meaning that it can be insulting for an outsider to copy those designs.

Below are some of her other designs she has: