TATTOOSBYMASAMI.COM http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog Tattoo portfolio & blog by a tattoo artist Masami @ gemini tattoo in NE Philadelphia. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:43:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 IN-PROGRESS: SAMOTHRAKE NIKE http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-by-theme/greco-roman/in-progress-samothrake-nike http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-by-theme/greco-roman/in-progress-samothrake-nike#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:11:50 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3538 This is a in progress tattoo of nike.

We have one more to go to finish all the details :)

Love doing classical piece.  At the art school i have attended, we had a reprica of this very sculpture.

As i work on this piece, it brings me back some of my fond memories <3
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]]> http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-by-theme/greco-roman/in-progress-samothrake-nike/feed 0 NINJYA CHICK TATTOO: In progress http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/color-tattoo/ninjya-chick-tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/color-tattoo/ninjya-chick-tattoo#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:59:23 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3504 Finally got to work on it some more <3
We booked a whole bunch of appointments so this is gonna get finished soon!

Stay tuned ;)

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]]> http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/color-tattoo/ninjya-chick-tattoo/feed 0 HAMSA TATTOO http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/back-of-the-neck/hamsa-tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/back-of-the-neck/hamsa-tattoo#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:43:00 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3482 Hamsa tattoo on very fun client. We are working on something else currently but she never lets me down with a great laugh :)  I’m definitely feeling lucky to have many fun client-el for sure!

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]]> http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/back-of-the-neck/hamsa-tattoo/feed 0 EYE OF HORUS TATTOO http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/tattoos-done-on-arm/eye-of-horus-tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/tattoos-done-on-arm/eye-of-horus-tattoo#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:16:05 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3462 i have promised mr.C to put this photo up on my blog for so long! That i believe was late summer….

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]]> http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/tattoos-done-on-arm/eye-of-horus-tattoo/feed 0 NEW!THUMBNAIL GALLERY http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/thumbnail-gallery/newthumbnail-gallery http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/thumbnail-gallery/newthumbnail-gallery#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:07 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3347 collection is under construction. 2010 links are going to be working as of now-ish.

2010

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2009

Few items from work done in year 2009. Currently more updates are being added.
Some links just might be broken. Still checking out to see if they are all working.

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iron-maiden-eddie-tattoo-th koi-fish-pair-thumbnail lilly-tattoo-thumbnail sun-and-moon-thumb cross-rose-coverup-thumbnai ganesh-tattoo-thumbnial eagle-thum

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2008

still catching up on updates here.

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2007

More update should be coming in the future from the past work.

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]]> http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/thumbnail-gallery/newthumbnail-gallery/feed 0 SHARK, GREAT WHITE TATTOO http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/shark-great-white-tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/shark-great-white-tattoo#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:54:08 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3420 First two photos show the healed tattoo. Thanks Beth for the great shot!

Below two are photos of fresh tattoo from when it was finished.

I had really great time tattooing her. She is the mighty enabler for my new photo project “hello kitty challenge!”. mhahaha <3

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]]> http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/shark-great-white-tattoo/feed 0 CROSS, ROSES&CAPERING HANDS. COVER-UP&MEMORIAL TATTOO http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/tattoos-done-on-arm/cross-roses-carering-hands-cover-upmemorial-tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/tattoos-done-on-arm/cross-roses-carering-hands-cover-upmemorial-tattoo#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:41:12 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3409 Reverse process can be seen as you scroll down. We got to finish pretty good amount each sittings to get this project done. The color did come through and we just had a touch up session to cover it up :)

Also there is going to be some expansion to inner arm near future to complete it as a half sleeve.

Thank you for your patience, Steve!

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]]> http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-sorted-by-location-on-the-body/tattoos-done-on-arm/cross-roses-carering-hands-cover-upmemorial-tattoo/feed 0 Documentary: MANUFACTURING CONSENT http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/my-nonsense-of-a-blog/norm-chomsky http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/my-nonsense-of-a-blog/norm-chomsky#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:06:29 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3408 Mr. Grant inspired me to look this one up.

Gets pretty interesting @35:xx on.

“The classic Canadian documentary Manufacturing Consent based on the Noam Chomsky/Edward Herman book by the same name. Explores the the propaganda model of the media.”

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Looking forward to finish this project when you come back, Mr. P!

Please be safe & Thank you for serving our country!

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]]> http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/color-tattoo/pin-up-tattoo-09/feed 0 IN PROGRESS: KOI TATTOO, SLEEVE http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/color-tattoo/in-progress-koi-tattoo-sleeve http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/tattoos-done-by-masami/color-tattoo/in-progress-koi-tattoo-sleeve#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:19:43 +0000 masami @ gemini tattoo http://tattoosbymasami.com/blog/?p=3375 Still in progress at this point. We are just adding some background and also to make the 2nd pass for the color for better saturation.

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