20.5 hours and counting..

Well, I said I'd update after my third tattoo session, so here it is:

Once again, the credit for the pictures and art belongs solely to Carl Kerssen of Forever Yours Tattoo.

This is the reference picture my artist {Carl <3} used. Obviously, it's difficult to make a perfect match, but I feel he did a wonderful job.

This is a better view of the finished jewel. As stated by the title of the blog, this part took 20.5 hours. Yes, it was painful. Extremely painful, at times. My knees wouldn't stop jerking in the lower middle part, as that was virtually a small layer of skin directly over bone.

On another slightly different note.. Damn, that's one flattering picture, isn't it?

It needs to be touched up in some parts, mostly due to my own fault. I managed to get some chemical burn during the first healing process, and it still hasn't been fully repaired. It's -very- sensitive still, much to my dismay. But, I'll get over it.

I do think it's an honour that Carl thinks I should attend the convention in Lacrosse just because of what we have done now and submit it to the contests going on there. I just wish I could have gotten more done before the convention. But I think it'll be fun, regardless.

Anywho, moar updates!!! ... And I love how I don't get a spelling-corrector-red-line-thinger under the word "moar". Win.

There's been some .. complications, I suppose you could say.. coming from the direction of a certain family. It would be inappropriate of me to go into detail, but I feel that said family should go straight to the source of the problem and have an open, honest talk about how -both- sides feel about everything that's been happening. To let such feelings fester will only foster dislike and much distrust.

Anywho, there's not much more to life than what I've posted. Onwards to wasting time online and watching the guys kill zombies on Black Ops!!

"I hope you're not intending

To be so condescending it's as much as I can take

And you're so independent

You just refuse to bend so I keep bending 'til I break"

And tomorrow makes three.

Whelp. I was recently asked if I would post pictures of my pretty tattoo, to which I naturally replied that I would. I suppose it would be beneficial for anyone else wondering about its progress. I'll post a picture of my first one eventually. When I can obtain a better picture. Don't hold your breath, though.

Anywho.. Onward!!

Credit for the artwork and pictures belongs to: 

Carl Kerssen of Forever Yours Tattoo

First session - November 19, 2010

Time: 8 hours

Second session - December 10, 2010

Time: 6 hours, 30 minutes

So.. yea, it's going to take awhile longer. I'll keep it updated so you can watch it unfold. "You" loosely translating to the dustbunnies and trolls that follow this blog. Maybe a stalker or two, as well. Anywho.

I'll be going in tomorrow morning, a bright and early 0930, for my third session. If you're interested in tattoos/piercings and you are able to get your way over to Anoka, definitely check out Forever Yours Tattoo. They do some truly amazing work and they're pretty easy to get along with, even if you're not very talkative or a people person. They're really not even that expensive, either. Obviously size and detail matters but even so, they're really quite reasonable.

I suppose I should start psyching myself up! I get to prance around the shop in a bikini top! 

WOOOO!!!!