Dave's Portrait of His Great-Grandfather

I spotted Dave at the end of July while picking something up at the 34th Street K-Mart.

He kindly shared this wonderful portrait of his Great-Grandfather, tattooed on his forearm:

His grandfather was originally from Cuba, immigrating to the United States in the 1930s.

And although he passed in 1994, Dave recalls something his grandfather always said: "it's never too late, until you're dead".

Tattooed by Lalo Yunda at Sacred Tattoo NYC, Dave has the pleasure of carrying his very important ancestor with him, wherever he goes.

Thanks to Dave for sharing his inked family heritage with us here on Tattoosday!

Andy Honors Hercules

Today's post is noteworthy as it features the final photos taken by my old camera. A day after this encounter, the screen cracked, and that was that. I've been living on borrowed cameras ever since.

This tattoo, offered up by Andy, was spotted in Grand Central Station in a Hudson News shop:

Andy explained that he got this tattoo because the boat pictured, Hercules, is a "great old steam tug".

This historic boat, built in 1907, can be seen at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park.

This tugboat took Matt Adams at Sacred Tattoo about four and a half hours to complete. Work from Matt has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Andy for sharing this great naval tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!