West Coast Ink Issue 6 - 2016 | Page 16

FEATURE MODEL POPPY DEL What are some of your favorite tattoos that you have done? I’ve only been tattooing since May of 2015, but I have a bunch of favourites. The first thing that pops into my head is a poppy flower on my mom. It may not have been the best because it was one of my firsts, but it meant so much because it’s on my Mama. I love anything girly, I enjoyed doing a gem locket lower half sleeve recently. Cute spooky things are also right up my alley, like a bat gem that I did on my pal Chelsey. Other than that I feel like every custom piece I design is my new favourite because I learn a little more from each tattoo and hope to do better on the next. Right now just figuring out my own personal style and growing in designing and executing larger pieces is what I really want to focus on. I work with such a solid, diverse group of artists and I can learn from everyone, but it can also be a little intimidating because they’re all so awesome. 16 16 || WESTCOASTINKMAG.COM WESTCOASTINKMAG.COM of the Cree First Nations originates from Fort McMurray, AB. After living in Vancouver for a while, she moved to Edmonton in 2014 to apprentice tattooing at Capital Tattoo under Jessica Wright.