Personality

I'm a big fan of personal expression..
your body is a plane..
what you put on it makes you who you are..

I am quoting one of my friends above, it's all very true. Everyone should have the right to express themselves however they want. Some people enjoy painting there body's with tattoo's, others like piercings. For me I am into the tattoos.

I got my first tattoo when I was sixteen. My aunt and her husband traveled to Winona Minnesota, the only place that would do my tattoo so young, there we meet the artists and I explained to them what exactly I wanted. I had two designs I found of two different fairies. One of them was a Gothic styled fairy that was sitting Indian style, kind of shy looking with pink and green hair and clothing. The next one had a European/Hindu fairy with a long Hindu dress on and long black/brown hair. Both of these pictures were brilliantly colored.

Finally I decided to combine the two pictures. In this process I got to bring out my own personality. I am a quiet person that really just likes to be by my self, that is where fairy one came in. Next I looked at the features on each and decide to keep the colors from the first fairy and add the skin color of the second. So I waited, the artist all got to work to put together my fairy.

When they were finally done I was pretty satisfied. It was exactly what I wanted. Next was the hard part, where did I want to put it? I decided to put in on my right leg, on the side, right down from my knee. It was set, the traced it onto my skin getting it all perfect and then it was time to situate where I was going to sit and endure the pain of the actual tattoo.

All was set, they began to slowly outline the tattoo with black ink. I've got to say, it really didn't start out that bad, but once they got to the back part of my leg, the tender part. It was definitely a different feeling, it was pain, but a different kind of pain. When I was finally done, three hours later, I got to see the finished product. It was perfect! Exactly what I wanted.

So this was my story of a way I personalize my body. Everyone should find a way to express themselves!