PinoyTattoos.com at Daly City Fil-am festival Sunday 6/29

I will be sharing a booth at this event on Sunday 6/29 with Malaya Designs. Call me at 925-396-5969 on Sunday if you can’t find me. Hope to see you there.

Daly City, home of the largest Filipino-American Community in the United States, will host the 14th Annual Filipino-American (Fil-Am) Friendship celebration on June 28 and 29, 2008, at the Serramonte Shopping Center Mall. The Daly City festival remains to be the longest-running Fil-Am event in the Bay Area that offers free admission.

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Baybayin tattoo creator

One of the major reasons why people hesitate getting a tattoo is not knowing how it will look like. To help you get a better idea how a Baybayin tattoo might look like on your body, I create the Baybayin tattoo creator. View the screencast to see how it works….

Here’s how to use it:
1) Select the body part you want to put Baybayin on 2) Drag the characters over the photo
*You can also drag the photos below. Whant to find out what the characters mean? I purposely left out character translations so that you could learn Baybayin.
*I wouldn’t use the Baybayin images below as you may have a the same tattoo as someone else. Get a custom design instead.
*More body parts coming soon. Questions? Suggestions? Leave a comment

PinoyTattoos is looking for a STAR

PinoyTattoos.com is looking for an intern to write posts, edit photos, research, and etc. It’s a great opportunity for someone to learn about blogging, business, social media, and of course Tattoos/Baybayin.

If interested, email info@pinoytattoos.com with a resume, some writing samples, and list of favorite websites. No experience necessary.

And speaking of Stars…….Rhoda sent in photos of her lower back star tattoo. Simple but hot looking.

More photos after the jump

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Filipina tattoo artist - Julie Ann Grafia

The Manila Times recently featured Filipina tattoo artist, Julie Ann Grafia.

In the Philippines, Julie Ann Grafia, or Juki as most people call her, has been a freelance tattoo artist for almost three years now. She got her first tattoo when she was 20 and has since been adding to her body of work. She is addicted to the needle. No pain, no gain.

PinoyTattoos.com article feature

PinoyTattoos.com was featured in the Contra Costa Times today along with Bay Area tattoo artists.

Here’s an excerpt of the article:

Christian Cabuay of Walnut Creek, founder of PinoyTattoos.com, is fluent in a Filipino script called Baybayin. Although he is not a tattoo artist, his artistic skills and in-depth knowledge have made him a go-to guy for one-of-a-kind Baybayin designs suitable for body art.

Baybayin, a writing system used in the pre-Spanish colonized society of the Philippines, uses specific characters for certain sounds as do other Asian languages. It has been popularly referred to as Alibata, but Cabuay says that isn’t the correct term.

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Lasik surgery vs Tattoo

I had lasik eye surgery done on Friday and was asked how the pain was compared to getting tattooed. Getting tattooed hurts a lot more than a laser burning your eyeballs. In fairness, the eyes were numbed by drops. It was pretty trippy smelling your eyes being burned for 60 seconds (about 30 seconds per eye).

Underground Filipino artists in Saudi Arabia

Filipino OFW’s (Overseas Foreign Workers or OFI’s - Overseas Foreign Investors as Gloria Arroyo says) are setting up underground tattoo and body piercing spots in Saudi Arabia. It looks like the Filipinos setting up shop are nurses. ArabNews reports:

Young Saudi men and women are increasingly getting their bodies tattooed and pierced, something that is fueling a growth in underground tattooist and body piercers, who are often not only unhygienic but also expensive. Tattooists and body piercers that operate in Jeddah are generally Filipinos, who work from their homes and advertise their services by word-of-mouth.

I’m not sure what the Saudi law is regarding tattoos but I’m assuming the penalty is steep. If any Filipino tattoo artists from the middle east are out there, email me. I would love to interview you.

Here’s a related photo sent in by Roxie from Manila. According to Roxie, the Arabic letting on her lower back is her name. Nice

Filipino tribal tattoo and cross

Here a great shoulder tattoo sent in by RPB from LA. It’s done by the tatak ng apat na alon tribe. What I find interesting is the mixture of “Filipino” tribal and Christianity. Some may say that it shows the confusion of many Filipinos in regards to their culture. While trying to discover and represent our “roots”, we are still living in the colonial mindset. It’s an interesting paradox.

Looking for Asian tattoos for newspaper article

I was recently interviewed for a local (San Francisco Bay Area) newspaper regarding Baybayin and “Filipino” tattoos. The writer asked me if I knew anyone who had any Asian tattoos. If you 1) Live in the SF Bay area and 2) Have any Asian tattoos and would like to photographed, please submit a photo and mention “Newspaper feature” in the message section. Thanks!

Here’s a photo of El’s dragon. Inked by Steve of Pacific Soul Tattoo, Honolulu - pacificsoul-tattoo.com

Leyte Tattoo Festival

If your in Leyte, check out the tattoo festival on May 18, 2008 in Tacloban City. Aleks Figueroa of Dream Jungle Tattoo & FilipinoTattoos.com is scheduled to appear.

PinoyTattoos.com latest posts widget

You can now post the latest Filipino Tattoo photos & posts from PinoyTattoos.com on your website, Myspace, Facebook, Multiply, Friendster, Blogger - where ever your want. Every time a new post appears on PinoyTattoos.com, it will show up automatically in the widget. Click on “Get Widget” below to get the code. Let me know if you need help installing this on your website. Thanks!

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