| This is one of my first tattoo designs. It's a gay, tribal thingamabob with Angelina Jolie's eye as the "all seeing eye". I designed this in 2002. It's inspired by Tomb Raider... I was obsessed... what more can I say. Whatever. Your mom goes to college. |
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| "Integrity" My First attempt at a Tattoo Ever!- on myself! |
| Without integrity, nothing works. Without integrity; I cannot lose weight, I cannot accomplish my goals or reach my dreams. Integrity is the state of being whole, perfect and complete. Anything else is killing off my Alive-ness. |
| I designed this tattoo 3 months into my relationship with my "first love" Mechelle. I got it tattooed immediately upon designing it and didn't show it to her. I let her find it for herself. I've never told anyone what inspired the structure of this piece. Not even Mechelle. There were a couple of things. I wanted just her eyes firstly. I also used to sit in the back of her car a lot while she drove. We always had other people in the car and I would give up the front seat. I would sit where I could see her eyes through the rear view mirror. Often she would look back at me and we'd connect, but mostly I would be looking at her. She never had the mirror facing the back window, she had it facing herself. I loved that about her so I loved sitting in the back for that reason. |
| Believe it or not, this will be my next attempt at a tattoo on myself. I can't wait to show you the results! This is Buggy, one of my muses. Many times we walk around in the world as if our imperfections, our "ugliness" were visible to everyone. As if people can see right through us and we are being judged for what we dislike in ourselves. Forgetting that everyone else is doing the same thing. It could be the wrong partner, the wrong income, the wrong body, the lack of intimacy, the lack of courage or that little secret that becomes bigger and bigger the longer you keep it. Who knows, it could be anything. Here is a woman that knows who she is and carries it all proudly. To many people she is incredibly sexy for these human qualities. There are so many levels to who she is and is not defined by her thoughts, her past or even by her own perception of who she is. She just is. |
| I've got to say, this is my first time looking at both the original drawing and the tattoo, side by side, in this direction. This piece is tattooed right above my knee. I've only seen it upside-down and next to a copy of the drawing. Now I can see it still needs more work. So I guess this piece is to be continued... |