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I HAD FOLLOWED GULLY TATTOOS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ALWAYS WANTED A PIECE DONE BY HIM. LOVE THE IMPRESSIONED STYLE. THE ANGEL/DEVIL MOTIF DESCRIBES MY PERSONALITY PERFECTLY. WAS THRILLED WHEN I FOUND OUT HE WAS COMING TO AMERICA. THE DAY I GOT HOME FROM A 3 WEEK TRIP TO JAPAN I IMMEDIATELY FLEW TO NYC TO GET THIS DONE. NOT GONNA LIE, IT HURT!!! MY FIRST PIECE ON MY LOWER LEG. BUT WOW IT LOOKS SO COOL!

THE ULTIMATE WAY TO HONOR MY TIME IN JAPAN WAS THROUGH A TATTOO. THIS WAS MY 2ND TIME TOURING THIS COUNTRY WITH MY VOCAL GROUP VOCTAVE, AND BOTH TOURS WE FOUND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE TO BE LIFE-CHANGING. THE PEOPLE, THE CULTURE, THE FOOD, THE CLEANLINESS, THE SOLITUDE, THE RESPECT OF OTHERS; IT WAS ALL LIFE-CHANGING.

YES IT SEEMS A LITTLE CLICHÉ, BUT ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS AND I GOT MATCHING TATTOOS TO COMMEMORATE OUR FRIENDSHIP AFTER SEEING THE MOVIE "WICKED". I LOVED THE MUSICAL AND HAD SEEN IT ON BROADWAY SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE MOVIE TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I SAW IT IN THEATERS 7 TIMES WITHIN A 2 WEEK PERIOD! I FELT THE BEST WAY TO EXPRESS MY LOVE FOR MY FRIEND AND FOR THIS MUSICAL/MOVIE WAS TO GET A TATTOO.

I WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE BRAIN SURGERY FOR SOME VOCAL ISSUES I WAS HAVING LATER IN 2025. MY CAREER AS A SINGER, ACTOR, AND VOICEOVER ARTIST WAS ON THE LINE AND THIS SURGERY WAS THE LAST CHANCE I HAD AT KEEPING MY VOICE. I HAD SO MUCH ANXIETY OVER THE THOUGHT OF NEVER SPEAKING OR SINGING AGAIN THAT I DESIGNED THIS TATTOO WITH DIFFERENT ITEMS OF PROTECTION, NEW BEGINNINGS, AND HEALTH. IT EVEN HAS THE SYMBOL FOR THE THROAT CHAKRA. I FOUND AN AWESOME ARTIST AT A LOCAL FINE INK STUDIO IN ORLANDO TO DO THIS FOR ME AND HE DID AN AWESOME JOB.

SINCE MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH PEACHMOON (AMANDA) WAS SO GREAT, I IMMEDIATELY BOOKED A LARGER PIECE WITHIN THE SAME YEAR. SHE TOOK MY IDEA AND RAN WITH IT! I'M A HUGE LOVER OF CHRISTMAS, PALM SPRINGS, AND MID CENTURY MODERN. SHE WAS ABLE TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO A LARGE PIECE WHICH INCLUDES SILHOUETTES OF ME AND MY HUSBAND HOLDING COCKTAILS IN FRONT OF MY PALM SPRINGS DREAM HOME DURING THE HOLIDAYS. I LOVE THIS TATTOO AND THE AWESOME RETRO COLORS!

FOR SEVERAL YEARS I'D BEEN ADMIRING THE WORK OF PEACHMOON (AMANDA) AND I LEAPED AT THE CHANCE TO GET ONE OF HER FLASH PIECES DONE. THE EXPERIENCE WAS AWESOME. SHE AND I HIT IT OFF, AND SHE WAS JUST SO CHILL AND FUN AND QUIRKY. THE COLORS POP ON THIS ONE AND HER STYLE IS INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE.

MY COUSIN AND I DECIDED TO GET SIMILAR TATTOOS DONE AT THE SAME PLACE ON THE SAME DAY TO COMMEMORATE OUR FRIENDSHIP OVER THE YEARS. WE BOTH LOVE SONDHEIM, ESPECIALLY "INTO THE WOODS" SO WE HAD ONE OF OUR FAVORITE LYRICS PUT INTO A TATTOO.

My first tattoo represented where I was in life at that time. But my views, opinions, and spiritual journey have changed over the years, leading me to become more of an Agnostic Atheist. So I combined the emblems for Agnostic & Atheist together and had them wrapped around my original cross. I also had the colors brightened in the purple music note, pink triangle, and red heart in the base of the cross because those parts of me still shine brightly.

Got this tattoo from a shop in Orlando the night after the Pulse shooting. They were offering discounted tattoos with all money going to the Pulse Victim's fund. Lines were around the block. Ended up getting this at 4am by John, whose last name I don't remember. Of all my tattoos, this one holds the most significance. "IF YOU THIHNK YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR, CHECK YOUR PULSE"

This was my first tattoo. I wanted it to represent me and who I felt I was at the time, so I added the red heart, pink triangle, and purple music note in the base of the tattoo. They were much more vibrant when I first got the tattoo.