The Sideways Of Skin Art

Except the Swedish version was better:

As “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” won praise at the Academy Awards, the real life version of the movie is taking New York by storm.

Fans of the mythical creature are having it inked in studios across the city, inspired by the Chinese zodiac as well as the movie which won the Oscar for best film editing Sunday night.

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The [Year of the Dragon] also coincided with the release of the movie that starred Rooney Mara, a confluence that tattoo artists say has led to a surge in requests for dragon art.

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“Dragons are cool, bottom line.”