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Sal Shares His Illusion-ary Tattoo
On Tuesday I was in Brooklyn Heights, walking toward Cadman Plaza on Clark Street. As I passed a local video store, Mr. Video III, I spotted some ink on one of the employees and decided to head in and introduce myself.
Sal has seven tattoos, but he chose to share the one above, from his left bicep.
This is, of course, recognizable to anyone who is a rock fan, as the artwork gracing the cover of the 1991 Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion I. A G n' R tattoo appeared on Tattoosday previously here.Sal had this inked because the album was released at a point in his life, when he was a senior in high school, when most people are most impressionable and affected by massive displays of musical force. The album, and by extension, the tattoo, was something he could cling to, a great avenue by which he could "express his rage".
With G n' R classics like "Right Next Door to Hell," "Don't Cry," "Back Off Bitch," and the Wings cover "Live and Let Die," the album is a tour de force of hard rock angst.
Sal also acknowledges that he, like many others who were fans of the band, developed a greater appreciation of classical art, as the image form the record (and its companion, Use Your Illusion II) are based on a detail in the Italian Renaissance painter Raphael's , The School of Athens:
Or, the detail used:
Sal says that this piece was inked around 1994 by an artist named Jason, who worked with the studio of the
Thanks to Sal for sharing his tattoo here on Tattoosday. As I will be passing by Mr. Video III on a more regular basis in the future, I hope that Sal would share more of his tattoos with us in the future!
Violin's Tattoo
Due to the recent popularity tattoo of Ms.Kim's tattoo, ( Which was done on the 2nd Event of Immortal Nite @ Chillies) I had a request from my friend Violin, to do something similar on a bigger scale.
Enoy it !!
Melissa's Biblical Footnote
Strange as it may seem to have back-to-back foot posts, this may be a trend as the weather cools and sleeves grow longer.I interrupted a conversation Melissa was having with someone else in front of Borders on Penn Plaza to ask her about her inked right foot.
The words are based on a passage from the Bible, from the Book of Matthew, Chapter 22, Verse 37, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your mind and all your soul." It's a slightly edited version, but the message is the same.
Melissa explained that these words have even more meaning for her as they are engraved on her father's headstone. He passed away several years back.
This passage was inked by Craig Messina at Lone Wolf Tattoo in Bellmore, New York.
Thanks to Melissa for sharing this tattoo that means so much to her, here at Tattoosday.
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