Dragonfly and Russell
Many of Dragonfly’s tattoos, including the ones on her face, were done using the “ta moko” hand tapping method. The skin is pierced with a small tool before inserting the ink. Dragonfly, 39, had already [...]
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Tristan Fitch
Friday, October 21, 2011
Tristan Fitch, 40, was flipping through an archeology book when he came across an image that spoke to him and he knew instantly that he wanted it tattooed on him. Something “clicked” when he saw [...]
JC Ortiz
Friday, October 21, 2011
For half the year JC Ortiz, 29, works on a fishing boat in Alaska. He spends the other half in Williamsburg, playing the banjo in his band, The Keeps. Ortiz got his first tattoo three [...]
Oldschool Alex
Friday, October 21, 2011
Oldschool Alex, a tattoo artist, sees tattoos as a commitment. He says he doesn’t have a reason for every one of the many inscriptions that adorn him; they simply mark his ability to express himself [...]
Jonathan Romain
Friday, October 21, 2011
Jonathan Romain, a 23 year-old bookbinder and self-described day wanderer, “connects with animals more than people.” The “self-portrait” on his arm, a bear on one side and deer on the other represents the two sides [...]
The Brooklyn Ink Speaks to Brooklyn’s Inked
Friday, October 21, 2011
People give many reasons for getting a tattoo. The stories behind them range from the emotional – those commemorating the death of a loved one – to the lighthearted – those that were the result [...]
Kenneth Yulfo
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Kenneth Yulfo, 39, from Sheepshead Bay, got his first tattoo in 1996. Yulfo says he chose to have a dolphin because he’s drawn to the creatures’ “beauty, intelligence and grace.” Yulfo, a body shop owner, [...]
Tim Ryans
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tim Ryans had a sunflower with Peter Pan sleeping inside tattooed on his chest after he had his heartbroken (Anna Codrea-Rado/The Brooklyn Ink) Peter Pan sleeps inside a sunflower on the left side of Tim [...]
Friday, October 21, 2011
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