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Friday Dec 02, 2005
Every BODY Has A Story - Heather
"The idea of a Tattoo started as a birthday gift certificate present from my husband. It was my first tattoo. I agonized for months over what picture to have done. I knew I didn't want flash, and I didn't want something very small. This tattoo takes up most of my upper thigh, probably about 8 inches wide... I searched the internet for pictures and found the artist Julie Bell. I had a fascination with the Marvel comics X-men and the earlier art was done by Julie and her husband Boris Vallejo (popular sci-fi). Julie had a series of "chrome" art she had drawn. This was one of her drawings and was also featured on the cover of Heavy Metal magazine. I love the water and this was kind of edgy so I printed it out and set it on my desk for several months. I never got tired of looking at it so I decided this was it. I wanted it in a location that I could enjoy seeing it, and was not always visible to public unless I wanted it to be. I get a lot of comments on it. The tattoo artist is Steve at House of Tattoo in Tacoma Washington. It took 2 3-hour sessions to finish. I think he did a good job of trying to capture the chrome look of the shark."
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second "large carnivorous sea creature tattoo" post in a row. nice.
Posted by: matt at December 2, 2005 9:31 AM
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