My Tattoos

In 1994, I went to Ashford to get my first tattoo. It's on my left shoulder. I designed it myself - it's loosely based on a knot found in the Lindisfarne Gospels, which makes it Anglo-Hibernian rather than Celtic ;-p It doesn't really mean anything, other than 'this body is mine, to do with as I see fit.'

 

Guy drew this in 1989, when he was 18. When he died last November, it struck me as the perfect thing to have done as a tat. So on 29th February, 2008, I got it done!

Original pic The transfer goes on After the outlining: After black detailing: And finished! After two months
original picture, (c) Guy Dunsterville 1989 Transfer image on shoulder Shoulder showing black outlining Shoulder showing black infilling Tattoo completed, 29th Feb 2008 Tattoo, 26th April 2008

The artist was Keith Goodwin, from Blaze Tattoos, Northgate, Canterbury.

And no, actually, it didn't hurt a huge amount, except for a bit at the top where it was over my shoulder-bone. After a while, you get used to it.

 

Page updated 06/07/2008

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