I see tattoos in
Foodtown, my local grocery store, all the time, but I had yet succeeded in getting someone to contribute from there. Granted, I had only asked once, and was shot down. However, last weekend, I met Jay, a totally cool inked dude with a full sleeve and a couple of nifty leg pieces. Here's the sleeve:
Jay swears by the artists at
Brooklyn Ink.
The work of Brooklyn Ink has appeared previously
here. He credited the sleeve to the artist
Alex Franklin.
Because I interrupted Jay while he was shopping, we didn't have the luxury to chat at length. However, he did discuss two elements.....the word "
Vegan" is prominent at the top and the bottom of the sleeve. That's self-explanatory: Jay is a vegan. The "X X X" aspect of the tattoo also refers to the fact that Jay is also drug and alcohol-free. There may be more to that, but the triple X referred to a straight-edged lifestyle.
I hope to catch Jay again in the future, so I can update this post and, hopefully, snap some shots of his leg work.
Thanks, Jay, for your cooperation with the Tattoosday project!
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