Kerry King Tattoos

Kerry King is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Slayer.

Kerry King has a tremendous amount of tattoos, most of which are tribal in nature, plus other tattoos including a cross, two dragons and a ghoulish creature on the back of his head.

He has also has a very detailed sleeve tattoo on his left arm.

Jaime King Tattoos

Jaime King is an American actress and model, known for her work in the movie Bulletproof Monk and Sin City.

Jaime King has a handful of tattoos on her body which includes a pagan star on the back of her neck, along with the name "King" at the top of her back with a small star.

She has a rather large fairy tattoo on her lower back, plus a few other tattoos which include, a symbol on her lower abdomen, a small phrase on her left arm, plus a diamond and club on her wrists.

Val Kilmer Tattoo

Val Kilmer is an American actor, featured in the movie Real Genius and The Doors.

Val Kilmer had a grim reaper back piece tattoo while filming the movie The Salton Sea, however the actor isn't believed to have any real tattoos.

Renee's Feathered Serpent

I was walking down 31st Street in Manhattan when a woman walked by with a hummingbird and flower on her left shoulder. I turned back to talk to her and I was stunned to see a bright colorful tattoo spanning the top of her back> I called after her and had a nice chat.

To my delight, Renee was my familiar with the site, as her artist, Joy Rumore, had just been featured on Tattoosday here. Taking a photo of the tattoo in question was not possible due to the presence of clothing covering sections of it, but I gave Renee my card and asked her to keep in touch. However, after a few messages on Twitter, not only did I have the link to photos of the tattoo from the artist's blog, I also had an open dialogue with Renee, who explained the tattoo for me.

As Joy says on her original post here, "All hail the mighty Kukulcan!":

I asked Renee to elaborate on why she got this incredible tattoo across her back. I'll let her words speak for themselves:

"I got this feathered serpent tattoo when I advanced to candicacy in my doctoral program where I study Aztec art. I think we did it over three or four 90-minute sessions ... The feathered serpent was an old Mesoamerican god, a version of which dates back to the Olmecs (about 400 BCE) and is seen at a number of Mexican sites like Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Tula, and the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. The Aztecs called him Quetzalcoatl which translates from Nahuatl (their spoken language) into bird-snake. Joy refers to him on her blog as Kukulcan, which is the version that is seen at Chichen Itza in the Yucatán.

I wanted a tattoo of a feathered serpent because he so relevant to the Aztecs and they took great care in carving beautiful stone images of the animal.  I also knew of Joy's penchant for amazing feather work, and I knew this would be a good match.  I brought Joy a series of images, one from a mural at Teotihuacan, one from a Mixtec manuscript and another of an Aztec stone carving of a feathered serpent.  She used those and her knowledge of imagery from the Yucatan to create a more composite image of the god."

 A huge thanks to Renee and to Joy at Twelve 28 Tattoo for their cooperation in making this post possible!

Anthony Kiedis Tattoos

Anthony Kiedis is an American singer songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Anthony Kiedis has numerous tattoos, most of which are tribal and native American inspired artwork, including a large back piece which has been described as an Incan falcon or perhaps a Haida Thunderbird.

Tattooed on each of his upper arms is a Native American chief, which are Chief Joseph and Sitting Bull.

Some of his other tattoos include, two large tribal daggers on each forearm, a tiger on his right inner forearm and two tribal armbands and other tribal inspired designs.

Anthony's Tribal Tattoo, Inspired by Fiji

Last month I ran into Anthony in Penn Station with this interesting, yet unfinished, tattoo on his left arm:

A visitor from England, Anthony let me take the photo, but he was in a bit of a rush, so I didn't get too much information from him, other than this was a Polynesian-themed design, inspired by a trip he took to Fiji.

He credited Toni at Lycan Ink in Liverpool, England, with the work.

Thanks to Anthony for sharing with us here on Tattoosday.

Repost: Happy Independance Day!

Happy 4th of July. I am away for the weekend up in Woodstock, New York, so I'm reposting a patriotic tattoo that appeared here back in 2008. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!


I ran into Rob in my neighborhood in late August and he gladly shared his patriotic tattoo.

Rob is a Revolutionary War buff and has a distinct interest in American history.

He wanted an "old school" tattoo back in 2000, and wanted something patriotic back "before it was fashionable". He's referring of course, to the explosion of post-9/11 red, white and blue ink. He wasn't disrespecting or being critical of patriotic tattoos done after 2001, he was merely clarifying for me that his piece was not a product of the huge wave of emotion that surged through the country after that day of infamy seven years ago.

Rob's "Land of the free, Home of the brave" banner with the original 13-star flag was inked by Darren Rosa at Rising Dragon in Manhattan. Work from Rising Dragon has appeared on Tattoosday previously here.

Thanks to Rob for sharing his red, white, and blue patriotic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday on this occasion.

Kid Rock Tattoos

Kid Rock is a successful American singer-songwriter and rapper, known for hit songs such as Bawitdaba and Only God Knows Why.

Kid Rock is known to have four tattoos, including a huge eagle with the phrase "American Bad Ass" located on his back.

His other tattoos include the name "Paul" on his left arm along with the Detroit Tiger's D and another letter/design on his forearm.

Kid Rock tattoo pictures.

Anchor Tattoos

Here we have a few top notch pictures of anchor tattoos.

Anchor with rope located on left shoulder.

Anchor with small stars and dad tribute on upper arm.

Colorful 3D tattoo on top portion of forearm.

Anchor with splashing waves of water tattoo.

Cute artwork on foot with flowers.

Mermaid with skull and pirate ship background.

Skull and anchor tattoo.

Checkout Hilary Duff's small anchor tattoo on her left ankle.

The Lovely Tattoo of Legs Malone

I couldn't help notice the striking woman standing on the subway platform waiting for the R train. She was tall, had long shapely legs, a close-shaven head, and a small tattoo on the back of her left calf.

The R pulled in and, as luck would have it, we sat down next to one another on the train.

I had to introduce myself.

Turns out, I was sitting with a burlesque performer named with the stage name Legs Malone.

We didn't have a lot of time to talk, as she was exiting the train a stop or two earlier than me, but she obliged me for a photo by taking my camera and shooting the tattoo on the back of her leg:

She told me that this small tattoo (the only one visible on her frame) was inspired by a heart-shaped bruise that she wanted to replicate on her skin, but in a more aesthetically-pleasing way. The flowers around the heart are cherry blossoms.

The tattoo was inked at Fly Rite Studio by Charlie Foos, who is now at Read Street Tattoo Parlour in Baltimore. Charlie's work most recently appeared on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Legs Malone for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Stephanie's Serpentine Strength

Under normal circumstances, I may not have stopped to chat with Stephanie about her wrist tattoo. However, she was playing with her new corn snake, which is not something you see everyday when passing through Pennsylvania Station.

Stephanie introduced me to her new friend Muñeca (the Spanish word for "doll")

and then elaborated on one of her three tattoos, the word "Strength" on her inner left wrist:

She had this done at a time in her life when she was depressed, so she put the word on her wrist to remind her to always be strong.

What's truly interesting about this tattoo and the juxtaposition of the snake is the serpentine nature of the letter "S". My friend and co-worker Maida also pointed out, when I showed her the photo, that muñeca also has the anatomical meaning of "wrist" in Spanish.

The tattoo was done at Progressive Tattoo in Lindenhurst, New York.

Thanks to Stephanie for sharing her tattoo and Muñeca with us here at Tattoosday!

Alicia Keys Tattoos

Alicia Keys is an amazing American recording artist, musician and actress.

Alicia Keys doesn't have any real tattoos which we know about, however she has been spotted with a couple of fake tattoos on her lower back, including the phrase "THINK 4 URSELF" and a heart design.

Miranda Kerr Tattoo

Miranda Kerr is a strikingly beautiful Australian model, known for her work as a Victoria's Secret Angels.

Miranda Kerr has a small star tattoo on her wrist, in white ink.

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Kristina's Labyrinthine Symbol of Hopi

A few weeks back, I met Kristina, after spotting the top of her tattoo peeking out from under her shirt and reaching toward her neck.

I was intrigued and asked her about it. She revealed it to be a much larger piece than I initially observed and explained that it is a Hopi symbol of mother-daughter unity that accompanies her on her spiritual journey through life.

From what I can gather, this is a variation on the symbol for Tapu'a, or Mother Earth, and the maze-like construction of the emblem represents one's journey through life.

She had this inked at a shop in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

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