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I've never felt that I was either hiding nor hiding body lines. I've always enjoyed watching the body's muscles and tendons move under the ink - which is/was far more interesting than without . . . and a sedentary inked body always has more to enjoy.

Andrew Stortz has a new podcast, BOOKS CLOSED, about the Internet and how it has changed tattooing. It's an interview series that has, so far, featured Chad Koeplinger, Jason Scott, Todd Noble and Chris O'Donnell. Pretty damn interesting.

Living right, @Gingerninja!

Breathe. Give yourself a minute to adjust. It's rad. 🙂

I had been wanting this tattoo from Laurent for two years! It was a total fluke that it came to fruition on my trip. While Theo was working on my mermaid, I told Laurent that I really wanted a kewpie in a horseshoe from him some day. He was like "how does Thursday work for you?". Hahaha...booked and done! @Oiocha

It's a great tattoo! Don't forget, it won't look as black in a couple of months, once it's settled properly.

I've got a DUDE on my entire back. it freaked me out when I first saw it. but after a while I got used to having a Buddhist deity on my back, which is what I had wanted to begin with. I think a great tattoo compliments rather than hides the lines of the body. and I think yours is a great tattoo.

Another souvenir from my trip to Spider Murphys last month by Laurent Trelaun.

The Dobleman enhancement. ❤️

I have two so far and planning a third by the end of the year. I had one small one when I met my husband 16 years ago, which I have since gotten covered up/enlarged. He has none and is not interested in ever getting any for himself. Apparently I told him that I planned on getting more when we met, but I don't remember that conversation. He appreciates art and he likes my tattoos. He is very supportive of my future ideas. He laughs that my second was barely healed and I already have my third and fourth ideas planned in my mind. He actually gets pretty excited for me when I show him my ideas, and he likes my artist's work so much that he suggested that I "don't cheat on him". Funny way to put it, right? I'm feeling lucky that he supports me with whatever choices I make for my own body, I personally know others that aren't so fortunate.