 :::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-::: Angel :::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-:::-::: The Tattoo Story  Photo © Angel :::This original piece is on my left arm. At this point I was good friends with my tattooist Turdbo, and his girlfriend Sarah. It was about my 7th tattoo. I had a largish tattoo on my left arm, and felt I needed ‘balancing’. Sarah and I decided that I needed another fairy tattoo. I have long loved Amy Brown’s fairies, I already had one tattooed on my right ankle, so we thought it would be a good idea to choose one of hers, but we were struggling to find the ‘right’ one for my arm. I was torn between three different ones. ‘Wild Violet’, ‘Shy Violet’ and ‘Periwinkle’. I liked the wings on ‘Periwinkle’ but not her feet, I liked the body of 'Wild Violet’ but her wings were too small, and would have looked too small on my arm. Sarah, suggested that we put the wings of Periwinkle on the body of wild violet, and TADA, the fairy design was complete. The design on my ankle had no black outline and I was really happy with it, so I asked Turdbo to do the same with this design. The resulting tattoo is pictured on the left.  Photo © Angel :::I was never completely happy with the piece, my perspective on what was a big or small tattoo was changing, and I felt the piece looked lost on my somewhat large arms. Also the purple outline didn’t work as well on this piece as on my ankle. Turdbo who was only new to tattooing was nervous about putting in her face, so I was left with a blank faced fairy, with no additional skin tone for quite a while. The overall effect was not helped by the fact that I had experienced an adverse reaction to the blue ink in her bodice and it was left looking patchy and uneven, without the definition that it needed. :::My friendship with Turdbo ended and I was left with several unfinished tattoos, and the need to find a new tattooist. I approached Nick Green of Artistic Tattoo in Wrexham, who had previously tattooed my lower back. He was happy to rework the fairy. After the 2, 1 hour sessions the improvement was dramatic and clearly noticeable.
:::Trusting Nick and his talent I gave him free reign to finish the piece off in the manner he felt would look best. I struggled not to look, while Nick tattooed most of my upper arm for 2 hours. The bits close to my underarm were very tender, and I had to ‘endure’ some bits, while other areas, particularly, the dimple in the top of my shoulder, were almost ticklish! :::Charlie, the
studio piercer, has a thing for pink in the same way I do for
purple, and when she saw the finished piece she was dumbstruck!!
See ‘my arm finished’ picture. BACK
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