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Ok, so this is out of the theme, in that I am in no way involved with the photography of this tattoo. But it is a big story and so I thought I’d throw out some ink news.

Diablo Cody won the Oscar for best original screenplay last night, and she made the New York Post front page, along with her pin-up tattoo.

But there’s more to this than meets the eye…

Click here to read about Diablo Cody’s tattoo “drama”.

She actually just recently had “Jonny’s Girl” covered up. Actually quite a fine job…you’d never know it’s a cover-up.

A little plug, here’s her book:

You can buy it here.

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i guess i must be doubting a lot.

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1. Symbolism
Star tattoos have great symbolism and meaning behind them, as well as a meaningful history. Sailors used to navigate their way with the help of stars. The north star was essential to find in order to go in the direction in which you desirable. Hence the star tattoo design took on a symbol for guidance and finding one’s strength.

For Sailors, the nautical star tattoos are tattooed on the forearms to symbolized a good luck charm to guide themselves back home safely from the lonely ocean. Further symbolization translates into finding the right way in life, or steering one’s self on the right path.

2. Star Tattoo Wearers
Many existing military get the nautical star tattoo design, as guidance to return home from war safely. Militant punk individuals tattooed with the star tattoo to remembers its history and to provoke guidance symbolism at the same time. For martial art fighters, nautical star tattoo is a symbol of good luck guidance for the victory in the arena and guiding them safely through the match.

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One of my co-workers, Paul, has been and still is, one of my subject matter experts when it comes to the tattoo. As far as I am aware, he is the only one at my company with a full sleeve.

In addition, he has a leg done as well. I’ve been keeping him in the loop on Tattoosday matters since I started blogging about ink last summer. We have talked about featuring his work for a while now and, with the meat of winter sending shorts and sleeveless apparel into hiding, it seemed like a good time to get his Tattoosday feet wet.

So, we are starting with the beginning, the dragon on the inside of his right forearm:

Many people may not realize, but tattooing was illegal in New York City until 1997. (More on that here.) Paul’s first tattoo dates from “the Dark Ages,” circa 1983.

As Paul relates, when he was 16, he went with his father to a tattooist in Alphabet City in Manhattan. The artist lived in an attic apartment, and one had to a) make an appointment to see him and b) know the password to gain admittance.

So while a young Paul was watching his father get tattooed, he realized that he wanted one, too.

His father agreed, as long as he thought long and hard about it and paid for it himself.

He found a dragon design he liked and returned with the money at a later date.

He told the tattooer, whose name he remembers as Davita, that he wanted it on his chest, but the artist looked at his slight frame (at 16, Paul estimates, he weighed 140 or so) and refused, saying Paul wouldn’t be able to take the pain.

So it went on his arm. And he remembers that he paid $30 for the piece.

There was no significance to the dragon, other than Paul liked the aesthetics of it and had always liked dragons. Paul’s left arm and leg are done in a Japanese style. He also has another tattoo on his chest and one on his back, perhaps the subjects of later posts.

Thanks to Paul for joining us on Tattoosday!

Update: After this posted, Paul remembered why he had the dragon done on his inner arm. He recalls an episode of Kung Fu, starring David Carradine, in which the main character lifts a barrel that is very hot. As a result (and I am certainly oversimplifying), he has a dragon burned onto his inner forearm. To the sixteen-year old Paul, this was way cool, so he chose that particular tattoo in that particular location after being told by the tattoo artist that a chest tattoo was out of the question.

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Always be professional.

The South lost, but that doesn’t mean you have a right to judge the guy getting a rebel flag on his throat. But you have every right to make fun of him in the back of the shop.

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Flower tattoo is one of the most popular tattoo designs in this decade. Flower tattoo represent the beauty and they hold different deeper meaning according to different kind of flower.

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Il brand che senza mezzi termini rappresenta il fenomeno dell’anno negli Stati Uniti, nasce dall’unione delle energie di due veri e propri geni: lo stilista Christian Audigier e il tatuatore californiano Ed Hardy.
Il brand prende il nome proprio da quest’ultimo: uno dei più grandi tatuatori viventi, l’uomo che è conosciuto come il padre sacro del tatuaggio moderno. Chrstian Audigier, invece, è lo stilista, l’enfant prodige che a soli 19 anni era chiamato da Sportswear International come il ‘re del jeans’. Oggi all’età di 45 anni, dopo aver lavorato con alcuni brand come Levi’s, Fiorucci, Diesel, American Eagle, Americanino, Naf Naf, Kookai, Liberto, Lee e più recentemente Von Dutch, ha avuto l’idea geniale di lanciare questa fashion-line ispirata alla grafiche del mitico Ed Hardy. Ecco allora nascere t-shirt, maglie e cappellini caratterizzati da stampe e ricami di altissima qualità con teschi, tigri pin-up e iconografie rock e harleystiche dove non mancano ispirazioni orientali. Il risultato? Pazzesco.
Il brand nato nel 2004, sta avendo un successo planetario. All’ultima fiera di Los Angeles, il Magic Show, è riuscito a fatturare la cifra record di 6 milioni di dollari in soli 3 giorni. Le star dello show biz sembrano avere apprezzato, e infatti il suo marchio è fieramente indossato da personaggi del calibro dei Rolling Stones, Adrien Brody, Usher, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Ewan McGregor e moltissimi altri.

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