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"I swallowed the dice; I make my own luck now." A line from "Fighting Fish" by @dessa. I hand-poked this on myself; it took nearly 6 hrs to do bc tattooing by hand without a machine, one dot at a time, is a B. 😂🤪 This was my 2nd go at hand poke technique. I'd love to play around w/ it more, especially now that I have a fancy grip tool for it. I know it's silly doing a horizontal design on a vertical part of my body & hand poking geometric shapes, hahaha. For some reason, though, this is just what I envisioned for this piece. You know, obviously the polyhedral dice are a nod to table-top role playing games, and that ties into the "swallowed the dice" portion of the lyric. Life is a blend of luck, skill, and sheer grit. The past handful of years have really been about taking charge of where my life goes for me. Sure, you could leave life up to chance, but you could also play the cards you were dealt & make the best of whatever numbers you roll. 
I was also asked if I wore the rain

"I swallowed the dice; I make my own luck now." A line from "Fighting Fish" by @dessa. I hand-poked this on myself; it took nearly 6 hrs to do bc tattooing by hand without a machine, one dot at a time, is a B. 😂🤪 This was my 2nd go at hand poke technique. I'd love to play around w/ it more, especially now that I have a fancy grip tool for it. I know it's silly doing a horizontal design on a vertical part of my body & hand poking geometric shapes, hahaha. For some reason, though, this is just what I envisioned for this piece. You know, obviously the polyhedral dice are a nod to table-top role playing games, and that ties into the "swallowed the dice" portion of the lyric. Life is a blend of luck, skill, and sheer grit. The past handful of years have really been about taking charge of where my life goes for me. Sure, you could leave life up to chance, but you could also play the cards you were dealt & make the best of whatever numbers you roll. I was also asked if I wore the rain

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This was a super emotional piece for me to work on, and I want to shout out to Michelle for entrusting me with such an important and meaningful project. The lotus flower over her heart is dedicated to her husband who very recently passed away due to cancer. This particular flower was chosen because of how deep its roots grow, causing it to be difficult to pull out of the earth by the roots, which holds a lot of symbolism for the two of them. For those who don't know, I lost my father to cancer nearly six years ago. Much of the conversation between Michelle and her daughter (who was with during the tattoo for moral support) regarding life moving forward, firsts (holidays, birthdays, etc.) without him, and interacting with people who know the situation, really hit home for me. My heart goes out to the friends and family during their journey through healing. For everyone who is dealing with the loss of a close loved one: allow yourself and others space for grieving in whatever way feeI might as well spend some of my free time during the world ending to update my portfolio with the buttload of tattoo work that I'm behind on posting. This is a coverup of a stick & poke. The mandala design was a slightly modified version of the client's drawing (I mostly just simplified some details to avoid blurring together over time). I wanted to keep it as true to her vision as possible. This is on an inner bicep, and she sat like a champ! nikkifirestarter.com . . . #tattoos #bodyart #bodymod #modification #ink #art #queerartist #queertattooist #mnartist #mntattoo #visualart #tattooart #tattoodesign #thetattooedlady #tattooedladymn #nikkifirestarter #firestartertattoos #firestarter #minnesotatattoo #mandala #mandalatattoo #coveruptattoo #meaningfultattoo #blacktattoo #armtattoo #biceptattoo #eyetattoo #symbolictattoo #solidblack #blackandgray
It was a pleasure for me to be a part of this project, it reminds me one of the best period of my life. 2008 was a great year! if you guys obviously dont know, i was an “active member” of the scene. who wants to see some photos of that period? of me, of course! 😂🖤 . .A special thanks to my bro @blindmachines aka (matty murder ) for collaborate with me and lend me his pictures from the 2008💖“I have always had the sensation of having to choose which path in life I should take. I have been torn between the decision of excelling in this physical reality, and doing everything in my power to make my time here on Earth truly incredible. Or to dedicate my life to the exploration of the universe found within, however this would result in excluding myself off to the world around me. After trying the latter for a year I came to the realisation that I need to find a balance, I discovered that love is at the core of both paths but one cannot work without the other, there is a symbiosis at work. I need to find a way to do both…” – Elliot Thank you Elliot for the beautiful thoughts, your trust and complete freedom with your idea! Project was done a few months back. By @peterlaeviv To join the waiting list: art@peterlaeviv.com . . . . . #tattoodo #singleneedle #londontattooartist #tattooart #blackandgreytattoo #microrealism #finelinetattoo #fineline #inked #tattooing #tatto