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Storm Tattoos

Repost: Eddie Graces Egghead's Shoulder

For Halloween, I felt like re-posting a piece that appeared here back in November 2009. To date, this tattoo is in my Top 10 that has appeared on Tattoosday. Enjoy! And have a safe, happy Halloween!

I recently met a gentleman from England, along with his wife, as they were milling about outside of Madison Square Garden.

He referred to himself as "Egghead," I'm guessing due to his bald head. I first noticed the logo for the band Slayer on the back of his calf, along with several other interesting looking tattoos. He estimated he has about a dozen tattoos.

But, like the best Tattoosday stories, he shared this amazing tattoo on his right shoulder, hidden under a sweatshirt, which he pulled off so I could see it properly:

That's a phenomenal piece, courtesy of his artist Ben Boston at The Tattoo Studio in Bristol, England.



The tattoo is a likeness of Eddie, mascot for the band Iron Maiden, one of the premiere metal bands that came out of England in the late 1970's/early 1980's. I won't bore the reader with the catalog of my Iron Maiden fandom, but it certainly made the tattoo even that more wonderful for me.

I even had a nice chat with Egghead and his wife about concerts we had attended.

I thank Egghead for sharing this awesome tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Lailahaillallah | There is no God but Allah

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ

There is no God but Allah

Lailahaillallah NASHEED | Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy

Sahih International

So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah ," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

( Al-Baqarah - 79)

Sahih International

Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

(Al-Baqarah 117)

Sahih International

Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One,

(Al-Ikhlas 1)

Sahih International

He neither begets nor is born,

(Al-Ikhlas 3)

Sahih International

Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
 (Al-Ikhlas - 4)

Sahih International

And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah , who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.

 (QS. Fushshilat 37)

Sahih International

So have you considered al-Lata and al-'Uzza?

Sahih International

And Manat, the third - the other one?

Sahih International

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

Sahih International

That, then, is an unjust division.

Sahih International

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.

Sahih International

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

Sahih International

Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

(An-Najm 53: 19 -25)

Sahih International

O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs.

(An-NISA - 171)

 

Sahih International

Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah , then indeed, Allah is swift in [taking] account.

(Al- Imran 19)

أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله و أشهد أن محمد رسول الله.

ʾašhadu ʾan lā ʾilāha ʾilla (A)llāh, 

wa ʾašhadu ʾanna Muḥammada(n) rasūlu (A)llāh

There is no god but ALLAH, and Muhammad is the messenger of ALLAH

Source: QURAN.COM

Snake Tattoos

Mary's Call of the Wild

I met Mary outside of Penn Station on Seventh Avenue a couple weeks ago. She shared this tattoo on her right calf:

Mary explained:

"I got my wolf tattoo at some place on St. Mark's Place, I don't remember, I was drunk, after I read [The] Call of the Wild. I had broken my foot and they let me leave work early, so I went to a bar with my best friend and started drinking. And then, I was like, 'We should get tattoos' and she was like 'I'm gonna go home' and then ... she was like 'I'm not gettin' tattooed'. So we went to some shady tattoo shop where they let me run around without shoes on and drink beer like a crazy girl. And all I remember is him asking me if I like lavender and I said, 'yeah, I like lavender' and that was that."

Not your ideal tattoo story but, all things considered, this came out well.

Thanks to Mary for sharing her cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Star Tattoos For Women

A Girl in a Cape and a Book

I met David last month at the Bay Ridge green market at 95th and 3rd. He shared this tattoo on his calf:

David credited this, his first tattoo, to Tony at Citizen Ink on Avenue U in Brooklyn. "I just gave him the concept, and he drew it up," David told me, "A girl in a cape and a book."

Thanks to David for sharing his first tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Gun Tattoos

Website Link Correction & Call to All Artists/Writers et al

Dear Readers,

Greetings on a rainy, gloomy day! I just have a quick correction to make (already made on the original post but it doesn't hurt to tell you now as well)—the link to writer Mary Beth Ellis on this previous post about Mira's List fans' residency experiences was wrong. The real website link should be this: http://www.blondechampagne.com in case you want to read more about Mary Beth. Sorry for the mistake.

If any others would like to send me a couple photos from a residency they did in the last year or so, one they found on Mira's List, please send them to me as jpgs (no larger than 400 KB) and write a few words on what the place was like and what you did there. I need to know:

1. name of place and location (and link if you have it)
2. your website link (if you have one and if you'd like me to link your name to it)
3. whether or not you want me to post your full name

Thanks!
Mirabee

tattoo disasters

hello fellow friends from around the world, welcome.

Collin's Gypsy Snake and Time

I met Collin back in August in the middle of Broadway, between 35th and 35th Streets, sitting at one of those tables that New York City had installed in the middle of the street.

He had a lot of ink, and chose to share this section of his upper left arm:

This piece, a snake with a gypsy head, circling an alarm clock, was done by Grez at Kings Avenue Tattoo in Manhattan on the Bowery. We promoted the shop opening back in May here.

Collin explained the elements of this piece that curves around the arm:

"The clock represents when I was born ... the candle's my life, burning, it's the time I have left ... gypsies are usually known to be good luck ...  the snake is for the fucked up parts of my life and the gypsy head is for the good parts of my life, you know, the future."

Collin explained that Grez initially was concerned about all of these elements combined into one piece. "At first he [Grez] thought it was going to be too much," Collin told me, "but it worked out and I'm happy with it."

The clock is particularly remarkable:

Grez's work has appeared on Tattoosday before, here and here. He's a great talent, and I'm always happy to stumble upon his work.

Thanks to Colin for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Emergency Grants & Emergency Travel Funds for Artists & Performing Artists

Hey there...thinking a lot lately about the need for more emergency grants in this downward economy! Don't forget to check out my sidebar on the right for more links to organizations that help artists and writers in need. Here is one for today...love y'all,
Mirabee
p.s. if any of you are local, i.e. living in Western Massachusetts, my very last local event is tomorrow, Thursday, October 27th, at Greenfield Community College in the library. It's at 4 pm and is the Writer's Harvest benefit for the GCC Food Pantry. Hope to see some of you there! xox

(ARTISTS & PERFORMING ARTISTS) Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants—Created in 1993, Emergency Grants provides speedy funding for visual and performing artists who have unanticipated, sudden opportunities to present their work to the public, or who incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates. The grants are intended to support the creation of innovative and experimental work, and are meant to assist individuals and groups when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding.

Requests are primarily granted to artists who are "emerging" and have few sources of financial support. Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists working anywhere in the United States.

Emergency Grants applications are accepted year round; there is no deadline. There is no application form; please check the website for application requirements. Grants are determined on a monthly basis by the Emergency Grants Panel, a volunteer committee of established artists. In 2010, grants ranged in amount from $200 to $2,000; the average grant was $900.

Special funds for travel to Asia, Central Europe and Eastern Europe:

In addition to providing support for artists with immediate needs related to performing and exhibition opportunities, FCA has special funds for last-minute or unexpected travel or other expenses for US-based artists presenting work throughout Asia, Central Europe and Eastern Europe. Such requests must meet general Emergency Grants program guidelines in order to be eligible.

http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_programs/immediate_needs.html

Angel Tattoos

Animated Wallpapers

How to use Desktop Wallpapers
Mohammed Suhail

If you're at your computer for work or at home most of the time, it's no surprise to today's technological world. The world «paperless office, the soft copy of the software must be updated to provide information, etc. can all be pushed to the PC you use. Control and sooner or later you will surf the web, write letters, editing, and maybe get a sneak peek at family photos for social networks.

Regardless of your age and what can be linked to the field, the first thing you are looking for a few heavy first seconds of the desktop background on your computer screen. Before you start risking your own blog, website, photo shopping a picture or download music and video files that you just love fluttering butterfly to see very large raindrops, the mysterious sunset and turquoise ocean in the warm sunshine each image in the Desktop poster. As long as your desk is a mess of files and software, you can enjoy these great shots all the time, otherwise the first half minute or so before the Bureau to see all that you larger, clearer picture.

Animated Wallpapers

Animated Wallpapers

Animated Wallpapers

If you all of the above wallpapers will and feel of the game or try a few new people, then here are some considerations:

* Screen resolution is usually one of the following on the screen resolution, 1440x1280, 1280x1024 and 1024x768: You can use any size desktop image as a background, using one of these formulas. Great scenery and a little more than a thumbnail.
* Position options: Here again, you have 3 options, tile, center, or stretch. You can get it by right clicking the desktop, you click on "Properties and select" Desktop ", eventually the 3 versions to get there.
* The center of the "post your picture in the middle surrounded by icons of all your past and you see your peaceful scene than any obstacle.
* A "fall for" a lot closer to the selected images on the screen resolution. There is no need for the small image settings to stretch, as it distorts the picture. You can change it to the center.
* The tile will forward a double image on your desktop in the form of tiles. Just a clever enough to correct the image of the tiled look well to choose.

Other than this, you will be very different background styles, designs and colors of your favorite car, PET, Accessories, model, actor, home and even your family can do to the image refreshing Desktop background.

Backgrounds come a long way to a year before the static image: Animated Wallpaper is the new thing. You can get a rain shower, call screen, blowing wind, cute cartoon characters, as well as flash animated wallpapers or see: They are as much fun as the typical images. Screensavers Wallpapers is a type that appears when your computer is static for 5 minutes or more (according to your settings). They actually prevent overuse of force. Just be sure Wallpapers Screensavers or larger or not hamper system performance.