Brian's Mat-tree-monial Tattoo

Late last month, I met Brian on the 34th Street A platform and he shared this amazing tattoo:

The piece was relatively fresh, having been inked only a couple weeks before.

He explained that this tree represents the Tree of Life. He alluded to the roots that spread out, firmly symbolizing family.

Brian also explained that it was an investigation piece: he added a key, hanging from a branch. This symbolizes his desire to unlock the meaning of life.

What's doubly special about this tattoo is that it is also a marriage tattoo. Brian's wife has a similar tree on her right arm (Brian's is on the left), only with cherry blossoms instead of a key, and a baby in the design as well.

The couple are linked not only by their vows, but by their similar ma-tree-monial tattoos. Sorry, I couldn't help it.

The tattoo is by Kaz at Brooklyn Adorned. Work from Kaz has appeared previously on Tattoosday here. And this tag, links all previous Adorned work on the blog.

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

Matching Tattoos

The great thing about tattoos are you can express yourself in your own unique way. Its a technique of using small needles covered with ink to pierce the skin and color it, thereby displaying some sort of picture or logo on one’s skin. A matching tattoo may have quite some character about it. When thinking about getting a matching tattoo design for your body, its essential that you take into consideration whether you will be still happy with it when you are a bit older. Wearing a matching tattoo may either enhance your image, although it can sometimes create discrimination especially in the work place. If you prefer, you could first try out a fake paint-on or stick-on matching tattoo. You can find many love matching designs on the internet. You will be able to access thousands of brilliant tattoo sketches at home on your computer. Access hundreds of tattoos from around the world including matching tattoos for you and your partner to enjoy. So, whether you want to get a matching tattoo for you and a friend, you and a lover or you and a family member then you can be sure there are tons of designs at your disposal.

These matching tattoos look to be a pair of sharks or possibly dolphins. They are identical in nature and the only difference appears to be that one is on a guys leg and one is on a girls leg. And most like this guy and girl are either boyfriend and girlfriend or husband and wife. We can also see that these matching tattoos both have the same date on them. And this could mean almost anything. It could the date they got the tattoo. It could the date the fell in love. It could be the date they got married or it could be the birth date of their first child. If I were mine that is what I would prefer it would be because that is the one thing that will never change and therefore render my tattoo meaningless. The date of my child being born will always be there for me.

Of course matching tattoos are very popular among couples and that is primarily who is going to get them. Though good buddies and good girlfriends do it as well. And there is nothing wrong with that. Anyone can declare their undying friendship for another if they wish and doing it with a tattoo is a nice way of doing it.

Ricky & Jessica's Matching Nightmarish Tattoos

I met Jessica and Ricky outside of Penn Station during the last week of April.

I had spotted one of Ricky's four tattoos on his right bicep:


This is, of course, a tattoo based on the great film A Nightmare Before Christmas, with the character Jack Skellington in the foreground and his girlfriend Sally in the background, standing on the recognizable Tim Burton hill.


What's particularly cool about the leering Jack tattoo is that it was inked at the same time as Ricky's girlfriend Jessica's piece:


This tattoo, one of eleven that Jessica sports, is on her right ankle. The design is similar, with the hill in the background, only the roles are reversed.

In the foreground is Sally, and Jack stands in the background.

The two tattoos, a matching set, were customized for the couple that sports them by Sean at Spanky's Tattoo Studio in Camden, New Jersey.

As a fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas, I totally appreciate the representation of the two main characters in ink, and the romantic in me loves the fact that Jessica and Ricky expressed their relationship in this fashion (Full disclosure: my wife and I have matching Jack and Sally coffee mugs).

A Nightmare Before Christmas tattoo has appeared on the blog previously here.

Thanks to Ricky and Jessica for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Punx: Two Friends from Texas

This is a continuation of sorts, from the post above.

When I met Kelly, she was hanging out with her friend Amber. And although Kelly appeared to be the more inked of the two, Amber was very positive and enthusiastic about the concept behind Tattoosday.

So after taking a picture of Kelly's tattoo, I turned to Amber and asked if she wanted to share as well.

The two decided to show off their "Punx" tattoos, both inked on their wrists on the occasion of their 21st birthdays.

According to Amber and Kelly, the "Punx" label is affiliated with the band The Transplants, headed by Lars Fredrickson, formerly of the band Rancid. According to Kelly and Amber, it is common for fans of the band to get this tattoo as a mark of solidarity.

They don't remember the name of the shop where they had these spur of the moment tattoos done, but they do recall that it was a place near the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas.

Thanks to Amber and Kelly for being so cool and sharing their ink with us here at Tattoosday!