I met Blaise on a sunny spring day near the corner of 8th Avenue and 33rd Street.
He has a lot of ink, the majority of which was tattooed by Alex McWatt of Three Kings Tattoo in Brooklyn.
He has a lot of ink, the majority of which was tattooed by Alex McWatt of Three Kings Tattoo in Brooklyn.
Blaise pointed out the sugar skull in the center of his arm:
This is a sugar skull with a twist - note the rainbow spilling forth from the jaw and, in case you can't tell from the photo, that's a shark riding the rainbow wave.
Blaise singled this out because the tattoo was conceived in partnership with his little sister. It refers to a project they had done together.


