Mama Got Some New Ink!

I earned a little street cred when I went for 4 1/2 hours at the tattoo shop yesterday -- enough time for the lovely and talented Leslie Mah to start and finish my new tattoo! Yeah! I had some Vicodin leftover from my root canal earlier in the week, so that helped. Here I am, so cool I can hardly stand myself:




I love my beautiful violets! You can not tell at all that there was a tattoo on my shoulder before, but you can see a little bit of the star peeking through the leaves on the bottom part. Some fine tuning will take care of that, though. Overall, I'm really, really happy with the end result. I love how she used shadowing and light to make the overall effect tropical and bright.



Working with such dark shades of green and purple on top of an area already saturated with color could have resulted in something murky, or dense, and the fact that the entire piece is diffused with light and space is a testament to Leslie's talent and skill. If you live in the Bay Area, may I recommend Leslie Mah for all your tattoo needs? I'll be going back to her at the end of the summer for some witch hazel on my other shoulder. Because, really, what kind of mother would I be if I didn't have both my girls represented in permenant ink somewhere on my body? ;) Maybe I'll see you there!