  I think I'll get the hang of this picture thing eventually. My first tattoo (rose) I got as soon as I turned 18. I had wanted a tattoo for years and as soon as it was legally possible for me to do so, there I went! The legality had more to do with my parents than with the tattoo parlor! I took a friend with me and she wussed out...but I was hooked. My second tattoo was added about a year and a half later when I went out to Arizona to visit my mom. She had made a joke about 6 months earlier that the next time I came to visit her, she would get a tattoo. She didn't think I'd be back 6 months later! I gave her the general idea of the moon/stars and she drew that tattoo for me. Mom also got a rose on her ankle at the same time. (Have I mentioned that my mom rocks? ) My third tattoo was done with my "tattoo buddy" Dave.
Once again I had an idea of what I wanted...this time I went to the tattoo artist and he came up with a tattoo to incorporate all I wanted. (The sign in the ocean is my astrological symbol Pisces. ) I am most proud of this tattoo so far. It is so much me, it's ridiculous! My fourth tattoo was also done with my tattoo buddy, Dave. It's the chinese symbol for Wolf. I still plan on getting an actual picture of a wolf but didn't have the funds at that time, so settled for the symbol.
I plan on adding to my art the next time I'm in Arizona...I am now very loyal to Michael Bacon of Artistic Tattoo in Mesa. If you're ever there, you can see my ocean tattoo in his book. That's right baby, multiples of anonymous people see a picture of my tattoo every day! (I'm so cool, ok not really, but I'll keep thinking it.
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