InkSpired Magazine Issue No. 39 | Page 76

What inspires the tattoos you chose to get? My tattoos represent my kids, success, childhood, and struggles. I like a lot of styles of tattoos, such as realistic, cartoon, neotraditional, black and grey, color, I have all of those styles. I also like a lot of tattoo artists, so my body is like an art collection. Some people collect paintings, I collect tattoos. Can you give us a rundown of your excellent tattoo collection? My left arm is about my childhood (Strawberry Shortcake) done by someone I’d rather not say. My right arm has a black and grey sleeve that represents death by Vincent Bizzaroid. My chest piece represents my son and my daughter (My Little Pony) and my full color right leg and foot represents my family, done by Olivier Julliand. My left foot represents my lover fail tattoo done by Jeff Palumbo. My left calf represents my brother who passed away a few years ago, done by Yannis Panos. My left thigh is about my favorite movie when I was kid, Labyrinth. I have a few small tattoos, like my ankles, a small “B” logo for the Boston Red Sox, done by Sweets McClellan. I also have Jojo from Horton Hears a Who!, done by my friend Zach. It was his first tattoo, and very well done. Do you think other female models are getting tattoos to further their career? I hope not, because it’s not a high paying job. I hope people aren’t getting tattoos for attention. Do you think tattoos will continue to get more fashionable over the next few years? I don’t know, but I hope I continue to have a lot of passionate customers like I do at the moment. It’s awesome to work with nice tattoo lovers such as my customers. 74 InkSpiredMagazine.com