The couple were visiting from Sweden and it was Joakim's sleeves that jumped out at me.
He shared this one segment on his lower right arm:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct9PBGYoKw-gsDehu-W1uzwraO1d3q8ZLnfWB13S8ysWkE77QFjSVr5-9rAh6R7s6OJH80XGsHVhIj_SqyM4o9bW4Q6KOmqWgAO2yLZSgRK5cNJnGvFED-N2ryUhMFeTww358h_rR/s400/Hawaii+Calling.jpg)
He asked me if it looked familiar. It did, but I couldn't quite place it. He smiled, and told me it's a variation on the cover of The Clash's quintessential album, London Calling,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAVJQlz-JTE4-CBFhC1cpQP8QRcl-ZKDrL_nmTY0pFe01AE5GdDNm7-Gc4fH1-u2MWjt4-9mbD9jusGnLHaecR7G1pzMOGU7QBtUt-jO7MHLRj1kZFYd1CgIEDPkUZVQ8yfzzpn4c/s400/album-The-Clash-London-Calling.jpg)
Joakim loves the Clash and loves Hawaiian culture, so he
The piece was inked by Big Fat Joe at a shop called Art by Fafnir in Stockholm.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z3DBIi0M9Wzd2yIlGkqDRp5Must27VQPNdcSvOkzZGXN6wMl842yZaJ-wZBw43wqsaUIuMNKOvCfDO7_3dIK8Oe5yVUQieBAF_MBIJsyIEIWw9vvVxkC4A1oKdH1eDLf-zQZ9J9r/s400/art+by+fafnir.jpg)
I turned to Marina and asked if she had any tattoos. She smiled and said she did, removing her jacket to reveal this piece, also by Joe:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0VPXrhXYqyfzloPU8LexwdD0g9Xadj20IixVHdSoklCu_GE0NIu-6ILoBLBnwB5lnRzgKjys5JBZxTa2m77JflB94y2k59a1TB_KPBKbA9iYTB9_VZOIKifjdvgl3OtrO_XicClD/s400/Sailor+Pin+Up.jpg)
"It's my pin-up boy," she laughed. Her variation on the traditional pin-up girl is going to tie in with a sleeve she is working on, as well.
She remarked that the artist was "thrilled" to do this tattoo, because it was not the typical pin-up tattoo.
Thanks to Joakim and Marina for sharing their great tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
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