Out With the Old.....

As we wind down 2010, and look ahead to 2011, I wanted to take care of one of my several loose ends from the past year.

Back in July, I met a guy named John on the D train. He had tattooed arms and we chatted a bit. He said he'd send me photos and he did a few weeks later.

I never posted the photos because the resolution was low, and when I tried to increase the size, they blurred. I was going to include these in the Christmas housecleaning post, but the work is just too good.

So hear you have them, small photos, but recognizably amazing:

I mean, what is there to say? This work is quite excellent. The koi, the tiger, the sailing ship, sugar skull, nautical stars - it's all quite a body of work!

The artist is Nacho, who appeared once before on the blog here. You can check out Nacho's work here. in New York, he tattoos out of Studio Enigma on Avenue U.

Thanks to John for sharing these amazing tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

And thanks to all of our fans and contributors for making 2010 a successful year of inkspotting!

Bridgitte Brigod sexy model tattoo

I got my first tattoo when i was 16 in some crappy shop in Vegas and its of the milky way. A lot of people ask why i got it and i tell them basically when i was little one big nightly thing me and my dad would do was watch the stars and he'd always point out the milky way to me and id get so excited n say yup that's my favorite so i guess my first tattoo reminds me of my dad who plays a huge role in my life and were really close but my sleeve is a collaboration of Dr. Sues stories cat in the hat, Horton hears a who, green eggs and ham, and a few more. i just loved the books when i was little! apparently enough to tattoo them on me forever hahah