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Monday I go in to get my first tattoo. This is going to be one of several sessions, 'cause I am crazy and decided to get something rather large. I have been saving up for a while to get this done and it is also a birthday present from Tom. (Thank you honey!!) However, I still feel like I'm nuts doing this when I'm about to make a 2500 mile trek cross country. I guess it will be a commemorative I'm leaving North Carolina thing for me.
To give you an Idea of what it's going to look like, it will start at my right shoulder blade and end at my right elbow. On my shoulder blade will be a stargazer lily. (About the same size as a real one too!) A swirly black vine will start from the bottom portion of the lily traveling up to the top of my shoulder and swirling to an end. Another swirl starts from the top of my shoulder and connects to a pansy on my upper arm then down to a African violet. The vine ends with a swirl around my elbow. The flowers will be shaded in grey wash, no color. Now, as a filler there will be several small fern like plants coming from both sides of the vine throughout the tattoo in a lighter grey and non outlined. They will look like subtle waves in the background making the flowers really stand out. The flowers represent my grandmother (violet), my mother (pansy) and I (lily). When I have children I'd like to expand the tattoo to have flowers representing them. Anyway, this is a much bigger tattoo than I ever thought I'd have. (holy crap 0_o) And I'm getting the start of it Monday.
This will have to be done in, I guess, four sessions. It will not be finished by the time I move to California. I'm hoping I can get it finished when I visit N.C. in October. It'll still look good, I just won't be able to get the background ferny things done before I leave.
Some thoughts that I have are of excitement and fear. I worry I'm gonna look ridiculous when I get older and my skin stretches and wrinkles. I worry that I may not get hired at places because it will be down to my elbow. I worry that my mom and grandmother will hate it and disown me. ( My mom thinks people with tattoos have personality disorders.) Hopefully, my they will love it when they know the meaning behind it. The meaning behind the tattoo, is a sort of maiden, mother, crone type thing. It'll also be a reminder that the two women I hold dear to me are always with me and I can look at the flowers and smile and think of them. My mom and grandma live in NY and I can't visit them often. On my mom's side of the family they are the only ones left that I'm close to and know. (With the exception of a cousin that I haven't seen in years) The vine will represent the connection of all of us (like a family tree). I'm excited to have beautiful artwork on my body though and I have wanted a tattoo for years. I just didn't know what until this Idea I came up with last year.
I'm having Kathryn at Dogstar Tattoo do the art. I really love her work. Specifically her gray wash and floral section. When I walked into her studio and saw all of the beautiful drawings on the wall I wanted them all over my body! (She is very inspired by Alphonse Mucha me thinks) I cannot imagine how much this is going to cost me though; However, it's going to be gorgeous when it's done.
To give you an Idea of what it's going to look like, it will start at my right shoulder blade and end at my right elbow. On my shoulder blade will be a stargazer lily. (About the same size as a real one too!) A swirly black vine will start from the bottom portion of the lily traveling up to the top of my shoulder and swirling to an end. Another swirl starts from the top of my shoulder and connects to a pansy on my upper arm then down to a African violet. The vine ends with a swirl around my elbow. The flowers will be shaded in grey wash, no color. Now, as a filler there will be several small fern like plants coming from both sides of the vine throughout the tattoo in a lighter grey and non outlined. They will look like subtle waves in the background making the flowers really stand out. The flowers represent my grandmother (violet), my mother (pansy) and I (lily). When I have children I'd like to expand the tattoo to have flowers representing them. Anyway, this is a much bigger tattoo than I ever thought I'd have. (holy crap 0_o) And I'm getting the start of it Monday.
This will have to be done in, I guess, four sessions. It will not be finished by the time I move to California. I'm hoping I can get it finished when I visit N.C. in October. It'll still look good, I just won't be able to get the background ferny things done before I leave.
Some thoughts that I have are of excitement and fear. I worry I'm gonna look ridiculous when I get older and my skin stretches and wrinkles. I worry that I may not get hired at places because it will be down to my elbow. I worry that my mom and grandmother will hate it and disown me. ( My mom thinks people with tattoos have personality disorders.) Hopefully, my they will love it when they know the meaning behind it. The meaning behind the tattoo, is a sort of maiden, mother, crone type thing. It'll also be a reminder that the two women I hold dear to me are always with me and I can look at the flowers and smile and think of them. My mom and grandma live in NY and I can't visit them often. On my mom's side of the family they are the only ones left that I'm close to and know. (With the exception of a cousin that I haven't seen in years) The vine will represent the connection of all of us (like a family tree). I'm excited to have beautiful artwork on my body though and I have wanted a tattoo for years. I just didn't know what until this Idea I came up with last year.
I'm having Kathryn at Dogstar Tattoo do the art. I really love her work. Specifically her gray wash and floral section. When I walked into her studio and saw all of the beautiful drawings on the wall I wanted them all over my body! (She is very inspired by Alphonse Mucha me thinks) I cannot imagine how much this is going to cost me though; However, it's going to be gorgeous when it's done.