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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Kristen's Trilogy of Knots

The 34th Street Platform for the A Train has been very kind to us here at Tattoosday, even more so this summer than in years' past.

Take Kristen, for example. She generously offered up this small portion of her corporeal canvas:

Estimating that she is at least a quarter covered by ink, this "trilogy of knots" was the artist's response to Kristen's request to attach the cobwebs on her elbow to the end of her wrist.

The artist, identified only as "Batman" near Canal and Broadway, was also asked to incorporate a Celtic pattern, as well.

The final result was to Kristen's liking and we here at Tattoosday thank her for sharing the tattoo with all of our readers!

Friday, July 30, 2010

Happy Bloggiversary to Me!

Three years ago today, Tattoosday was born.

On July 31, 2007, I put up a post on BillyBlog, featuring a tattoo on a co-worker named Sephora.

The idea was to post a weekly tattoo on Tuesday, and use this is a vehicle to expand my horizons a bit; meet interesting people and learn about tattoos.

There was one problem. I enjoyed it too much. There weren't enough Tuesdays in the week. I was impatient and wanted to post right away, not wait until Tuesday. And so, as Kurt Vonnegut would say, it goes....

So a month later I threw the previous months post up on the stand-alone blog, Tattoosday. And BillyBlog faded.

It's still there, but Tattoosday is my passion and I couldn't have even imagined, back in 2007, how easy it would become for me to talk to strangers about their ink.

The once-a-week project produced forty-five separate interactions in July, we have a 30-day backlog of material, and this past week we registered our 650,000th hit. Not too shabby.

Go see the original post here to see how far we've come.

And a hearty thanks to all our contributors, all our fans, and all the tattooists out there creating wonderful, interesting, portable art. Without all of you, Tattoosday would have been a blip of an idea, and nothing more.

Nick Remembers Billy, I Remember Siki

My first tattoo was modified from a piece of flash at Body Art Studios by an artist who goes by the moniker "Siki". Shortly thereafter, Siki left the shop and went on his way.

My friend Pete knows who he is but, until recently, I hadn't met anyone with ink from Siki, other than myself.

Then, I met Nick on the R train one day after work and, while discussing his many tattoos (he "lost count after 45," they've all connected) , I heard him talking about Siki.

So today's tattoo is by Siki and was, like my lynx, modified from an old piece of flash. Although he adapted it a lot more fully and developed a more unique tattoo.

Siki and Nick had a mutual friend named Billy, who Nick would often go with to get tattooed. When he passed away, they added Billy's name to the bottom of the tattoo as a tribute to their departed friend.

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

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Body Painting On Sexy WOmen Body

Audi A1 tuning from Abt

Abt Sportsline – company, generally, very serious. It is enough to recollect its sport cars time and again winning championship DTM. But in a case with Audi A1 masters of tuning have considered that the model is focused on youth, so the most appreciable element of the tuning complete set – original labels-graffiti: florets, skulls and blots on a body. Except frivolous paint the machine has got a spoiler over the third door, mirrors of the changed form, the rear choke tube with the dual chromeplated branch pipes of an exhaust system and ventilating gills in front fenders. Besides, engineers Abt Sportsline have finished a suspender, exhaust system and "have put" on the machine. In interior all changes were reduced to occurrence of floor rugs with logos Abt Sportsline.

Engineers Abt Sportsline have glanced in under cowl space. Thanks to a special package of improvements Abt Power, capacity of all three motors (1,2 l, 1,4 l, 1,6 TDI) was possible to hoist on the average on 20 h.p. So the 1,4-litre motor instead of 86 develops now 116 h.p., capacity of the 1,4-engine has increased from 122 to 150 h.p., and two versions of a 1,6-litre turbodiesel which were earlier giving out 90 and 105 h.p., now can brag of capacity in 110 and 125 h.p. accordingly. How many there is similar "bleeding", is not declared yet. But, judging by that tuning becomes "with small losses", hardly the price list will strongly frighten the buyer.

Jessica's Feather for her Mother

I met Jessica on the express platform at 34th Street earlier this month.

She shared this gorgeous peacock feather tattooed on the upper right section of her back:

The piece is an homage to her mother, who loves everything peacock, and has countless items, like bracelets and other jewelery, that emulate the vivid colors of these beautiful birds.

She credits this tattoo to an artist known only as Allison.

Thanks to Jessica for sharing this wonderful tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Official presentation Audi A7 Sportback has taken place in Munich

Company Audi has officially presented the new model A7 Sportback. This five-door compartment – attempt of the company from Ingolstadt to be fixed on the market of sports coupes with rear doors. The car personifies lines of the practical versatile person, a sports sedan and an elegant coupe. The facilitated body from aluminium and high-strength steels has allowed designers to manage exclusively motors V6, and the 8-cylinder unit will appear a bit later.

First the car will receive two petrol units and two diesel engines capacity from 204 to 300 h.p. All versions A7 Sportback will be completed with automatic gear boxes: transmission Multitronic is intended for models with a drive gear on a front axle, and seven-step box S tronic will be delivered with all-wheel drive sport cars.

Models Quattro will receive system of distribution of traction effort and an interaxle differential, capable to transfer to 75 % of a twisting moment on front wheels and 85 % - on rear. The parity 40:60 by default remains. Novelty sales in Europe will begin in the autumn, thus its cost in Germany will begin from 51 650 euros.

Super hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder goes to a series!

Top management Porsche has officially approved plans on a batch production of a roadster 918 Spyder which will receive a hybrid power-plant. Such decision was accepted after huge number of positive responses about the model which premiere has passed in March of this year on a motor show in Geneva. In the middle of August the demands acceptance on the car will be already opened, and buyers even will have an opportunity to bring an advance payment (thus definitive cost 918 Spyder yet is not informed).

Shown in Geneva concept had at once three engines. Petrol V8 at volume 3,4 l (500 h.p.) worked together with two electromotors which gave out 218 more h.p. As a result easy 918 Spyder can be dispersed from a place to 100 km/h of all for 3,2 sec, and the maximum speed makes 320 km/h. Amazes also fuel consumption – only 3 l on each 100 km of a way! And if the driver should not hasten anywhere it and at all can not spend fuel – 20 km Porsche 918 Spyder can pass only on one electropull-rod.

Bentley prepares restyling Continental GT

In 2012 Bentley prepares to present absolutely new generation of coupe Continental GT, however up until that time we should wait for a premiere restyling version of this model. According to magazine Autoweek, the updated coupes at the moment pass finishing stage of tests, and the official presentation of the car will take place at the end of September on a motor show in Paris.

Apparently, anything cardinally new will not occur to design Continental GT. Unless it is necessary to wait for occurrence hardly other bumper, the updated radiator enclosure and other head lights. Thanking these innovations Continental GT begins hardly to resemble more on flagman Bentley Mulsanne. Can be changed and a suspender, and here the power unit, most likely, remains precisely same.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Body Art Competition Exhibition Body Paintings Festival Austria

Recently on July 18 a very exclusive Body Art Competition Exhibition and Body Paintings Festival held in Austria, Europe. Austria always inspire the body paintings and work for the world wide publicity. It was one of the world's largest festival of Body art. Body Art Artists from 50 different countries attended this great festival. Each of the model turned an ordinary person into an artistic object. Some of the very beautiful photos of this festival is presented here.
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Special series Mopar Dodge Challenger

Dodge has presented the special series Mopar Challenger constructed on the basis of model Challenger R/T. This car has received brilliant-black colour of a body with contrast strips (dark blue, red or silvery), and also a ventilated cowl in style T/A, the dark-chromeplated furnish and 20-inch glossy-black wheels.

Inside appears leather upholstery, the lever of gear box Mopar, a wheel in a manual leather braid and the tablet with number. Among other pleasures – extensions in a front suspension, new rear quarter pillars and a unique cover of the engine.

Under a cowl is 5,7-litre HEMI V8 with system of a cold admission which develops 377 h.p. and 542 Nm. The car is already accessible to the advanced order in the USA. The version with an automatic gear box costs from 38 000 dollars, and ponies-penalties with mechanical transmission will manage on one thousand more expensively. In total will be constructed such 500 cars, the first deliveries will begin in August.

Michelle's Tattoo Takes Your Breath Away

Michelle has a lot of ink, twenty-one tattoos, all told, but when I stopped her in Penn Station, she chose to share this one with us:

Boldly planted on her upper right arm, Michelle explained that she paraphrased and pared down a longer quotation to read, more simply, "Live for the moments that take your breath away". I believe she was referring to the saying, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

The flowers in the photo are cherry blossoms that were done in blue, rather than the traditional pink because, as Michelle tells it, she's "not really a pink kind of girl".

This tattoo was inked by Fat Tony at Hobo's Tattoo Shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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

New Chevrolet Captiva spy photo!

The new image of following generation Chevrolet Captiva appears on site auto.qq.com. This compact crossover executed in stylistics of latest models Chevrolet, urged to freshen perception of the present model which are in the market since 2006.

New Captiva has received completely modified front bumper with bottom and top radiator lattice. Also new headlights of head light and side panels are clearly visible.

Developed for GM experts Daewoo, crossover Captiva of the first generation has been constructed on the basis of prototype Chevrolet S3X. In some countries this car is known as Daewoo Winstorm, and in Australia and New Zealand it sold under mark Holden. The car uses platform Theta and is completed with the 2,4-litre motor with a five-step manual gear box, or 3,2-litre V6. The Same chassis forms a basis and for Opel Antara.

Mercedes has stopped manufacture CLS

The management of a Mercedes-Benz has made decision to stop manufacture of present generation of 4-door coupe CLS. Yesterday last car CLS black colour with 5,5-litre motor V8 has descended from the conveyor in German small town Zindelfingen(this car will be sent to the buyer in the USA).

It is necessary to remind that Mercedes-Benz CLS in 2004 has opened a new class which now named «four-door coupes». However it was necessary to the pioneer hardly – the excessive demand on CLS was not, and for all time of manufacture has been sold an order such 170 000 cars. Now four-door coupes became much more – such models already now are in scale Audi, Volkswagen, Aston Martin. Therefore at Mercedes-Benz are assured that the second generation CLS which will be already shown this autumn on a motor show in Paris, will use much bigger demand – the market has already got used to such body type.

The price on Chevrolet Volt is declared

General Motors, at last, declared the price for the new hybrid Chevrolet Volt which will go on sale in the near future (in 2011 model will reach Europe and China).

In USA Volt will be accessible at the price of $41 000. Company Chevrolet is assured in sales volumes and offers in the USA the leasing program for Volt with very low monthly payments - $350 for 36 months. The beginning of deliveries Chevrolet Volt is planned in states California, New York, Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey and Washington, district of Columbia this year.

The main feature Volt in comparison with other hybrids is that it can be charged from a usual electrical network or from special 240-volt charging station. Thus if accumulators are discharged, action will be entered by the small petrol unit which begins to charge batteries.

It is necessary to notice that $41 000 is quite decent sum for the American automobile market. For example, big Chevrolet Impala costs in the USA from $24 290, and hybrid Toyota Pruis is on sale for $22 800.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Mercedes CL AMG debuts in Moscow

Updating of series Mercedes CL, as one would expect, has come to the end with occurrence restyling super cars such as CL63 AMG and CL65 AMG. The greatest interest represents Mercedes CL63 AMG

Outwardly the car has changed slightly – appears new bumper, updated radiator lattice with one chromeplated horizontal strip, original 19 or 20 inch disks and trapezoidal branch pipes of an exhaust system. In interior innovations more less – a new wheel and slightly changed materials of furnish. But under a cowl instead of the 6,2-litre power unit 5,5-litre a bi-turbo eight capacity of 544 h.p. (800 Nm) with seven-step "robot" SpeedShift MCT is aggregated. On assurances of engineers Daimler AG application of this engine has allowed to lower fuel consumption in comparison with the previous motor approximately on 20 %, and blowout of harmful substances at all on 30 %. So in the commixed cycle fuel consumption makes 10,5 l on hundred kilometres of run, and blowout СО2 does not exceed 244/km. By itself, the new engine corresponds to norms of Euro-5. Thus dynamic characteristics have considerably improved. Dispersal to first hundred occupies 4,5 sec, and the maximum speed is limited by electronic "collar" on a mark of 250 km/h. But it's all about the base version. Who loves more hot, for 9 400 euros is offered package AMG Performance at which capacity of the motor will increase to 570 h.p. (900 Nm), and first hundred conquest will occupy 4,4 sec. Thus the maximum speed makes 300 km/h.

Version Mercedes CL65 AMG is still equipped 12-cylinders, 6-litre bi-turbo motor which capacity has been increased by 18 h.p. and now reaches 630 h.p. The Diesel twisting moment has not changed and makes impressing 1000 «Nm». Despite bonus 18 h.p. dispersal to first hundred remained at level 4,4 sec, and at achievement of 250 km/h are worked out by the electronic arrester. With the engine which corresponds to norms of Euro-4, in steam five-step "automatic machine" works.

Both cars, as well as all updated family Mercedes CL, debut in the end of August on the Moscow motor show.

Next Ford Focus RS can become a hybrid

Ford Focus RS next generation possible will be completed with the system of a hybrid all wheel drive similar to system Peugeot Hybrid 4.

According to the data received by edition Autocar from "supervising sources" in company Ford, the hybrid system on the basis of two-litre turbo motor EcoBoost is at an early stage of working out. According to plan, the electromotor will be located on a rear axle that will transform RS into an all-wheel drive sports hatchback.

Petrol EcoBoost which is planned to establish under a cowl of model Focus ST, will develop about 250 h.p. In a case with Focus RS its capacity remains same, and the increase among horsepowers will be provided with the electric motor. It is expected that total capacity of two units will make about three hundred horsepowers. Besides, such approach will allow to reduce fuel consumption essentially.

Porsche will produce electric super cars

Representatives Porsche have confirmed officially the plans on release new hybrid cars. Besides, heads of the company have declared that they start tests electric super cars – it is a question of the ecological pure version of roadster Boxster. However, while details about this model are not present.

But it is known much about hybrid Porsche Panamera. This model will appear on sale next year, and as a power-plant almost same unit as at Cayenne S Hybrid - motor V6 TSI (333 h.p.) begins to work together with 34-kilowatt electric motor located between the motor and a gear box. The power unit will allow Panamera to pass some kilometres exclusively on electropull-rod.

In March of this year on a motor show in Geneva Porsche has already shown non-polluting super car under name 918 Spyder concept. In movement the Spider is resulted by hybrid power-plant – petrol V8 3,4 l capacity of 500 h.p. here work as volume together with two electromotors which give out 218 more h.p. (one motor rotates wheels of the front axle, the second – wheels rear, the petrol engine is in the centre). As a result easy 918 Spyder can be dispersed from a place to 100 km/h only for 3,2 sec, and the maximum speed makes 320 km/h. There is also one more tremendous indicator- a fuel consumption. 918 Spyder, despite the capacity, thanks to presence of electromotors, system KERS and accumulators which can be recharged from the usual socket connection, spends for each 100 km of a way on the average 3 l.

Timmy's Sophisticated Owl

Earlier this month, Melanie and I took advantage of having my sister's car while she was out of the country and we made an unusual shopping trip to the Fairway Market in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn.

There was a gentleman in the produce section with a lot of tattoos, and Melanie pointed out one to me that she thought was cool, this owl on his calf:

Turns out that the guy was Timmy from Timmy Tattoo, an artist whose name rang a distant bell. Work by Timmy appeared in one of Tattoosday's earliest posts, when I met Jackie,an FIT student whose tattoos appeared here.

Timmy's owl was inked by Garrett Ostrowski of Garrett's Tattoos.

Thanks to Timmy for sharing one of his many tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!