This is my entry for the #monomad challenge.
This is my friend Annette.She turned 65 the other day and came around to show me her birthday present to herself- some new ink and a major overhaul and recolour of most of her tattoos which she has collected over the years.
She had been thru 2 days of three hour sessions with her tattoo artist, whom she has been with for over thirty years, and as you'd expect she was wrapped to the max and in a piece of pain.I asked her if I could photograph her art,even though it was still raw and bleeding in places and mostly wrapped-I found it beautiful in its' rawness and the Tim Burton inspired figures (her "girls")are to me exquisite. She agreed and was happy for me to take some images that she could keep of her birthday present tattooing in it's brand new state after so many years of fading.
Some details of her tattoos-some still in wrap
Annette loves travel and has been inspired by Goth art and fashion since her teens. She sells her unique fashion styled items at markets and loves collecting clothes,shoes and jewelry. She hasn't been able to travel for a year because of damned Covid so she thought spending some money on her tattoos would be the best gift she could give herself. I agree-they look beautiful after the new recolour,and the new ones are awesome in their detail.
Who says you are too old to get new ink??