I do know that I have passion.
I have passion for anything Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Okay, let’s make it a little less broad;

Tattoos
This comes as no surprise to the people who know me, as in 2009 I got three fairly large tattoos in three months. I love everything about tattoo’s, and I’m doing further research on the history of tattooing. I even went as far as looking into drawing classes so I could get myself a portfolio going.  Here’s to dreaming.
I think tattoos play a massive part in my fashion sense. I find myself far more attracted to traditional printed tattoo clothing than most other things. At the moment, I adore Sailor Jerry and Sour Puss clothing most.

First Tattoo Ever

My first tattoo ever. This one was done by Zak at Illustrated Man in Sydney, Australia. It was a very poorly done tattoo and I grew to almost hate it after about 15 months of having it. I got my act together in Feburary and paid a visit to Inner Vision, also in Sydney Australia. Their touring artist Seth Arcane did a great job in making it into something really fantastic (well, I think so anyway):

I love the look of fresh, shiney ink

Six hours after session

My second tattoo was done when I was 19, and it was done in a rush. I did not put enough time into planning it because it was something I just wanted done, and settled for the artist as well as the art.

Eight hours after first session

Fresh after second session

It has since faded drastically. The colour is cloudy and a lot of the detailing has just disappeared. I do plan on getting this fixed up by a decent artist when funds allow it!

This year, aside from having Seth’s talent living on my arm I was luckily enough to discover Amanda Cain who specialises in traditional style tattoo’s (my favourite), then she was born:

Taken straight after a 2.5hr session

And lastly, my most recent tattoo which was also done by Amanda Cain:

Three hours after session

I have reasons for getting the above tattoo’s, but I’m not going to make up some huge epic story on “why?“, because a good tattoo is a real work of art and I think having your own design or idea transformed into something beatiful and permanent on your body “because I like it”, is enough.
For me anyway.

Check out a few of my favourite tattoo artists’ work online here:

*Amanda Cain; Sydney
Website
Myspace

*Ashley Love; North Carolina (her work still amazes me)
MySpace

*Seth Arcane (UK artist. In AU until June)
MySpace

*Angelique Houtkamp; Amsterdam (A very well known drawer/painter who specialises in tattoo design. Her work is just darling)
Website
MySpace

*Nikki Lugo/ Nikki Balls; New York
MySpace

Next entry I’ll be talking about tattoo fashion & labels, and where to find some really creative and gorgeous tattoo-inspired fashion stores online.