So what sparked this strange rebellious unPatty-like behavior you ask? No, I'm not rebelling against anything, no, this isn't the start of some wild rampage of body art and piercings, and yes, there is in fact a legitimate, believable story that goes behind it.
So the story? Well I guess honestly it's not really a story, but anyway, over the course of my year here in Swansea, I've made some really awesome friends, but there are a few in particular who I've become particularly close to. You may recognize them from my Bath and Edinburgh posts as Rosie and Mia. Well we all really wanted to do something special that would always remind us of each other, so of course, what better way to remember a friendship than all getting inked together! And no, we didn't all get the same one, but I did get the honor of designing all our tattoos! I didn't get a chance to snap a photo of my pals', but for Rosie I made a little cupcake for her foot and Mia a feather in the moon for the back of her neck. You can take a look at the concept art though! Here's Rosie's, we ended up going for one like number 7 but without the inside swirls
And here's Mia's! We used the feather from number 3 but changed the quill bit to look more like the top bit of feather C and flipped it upside-down.
And... um... I guess I can only describe mine as swirly, wispy, smoky designs for my foot. Here's a photo of mine! (it's based on my right foot)
Now flip it around and upside down and voila! 
Since it's technically upside-down at this angle, you'll have to wait until you see me in person for the real deal. I got a lot of hype from my friends and tattoo artist about how much it was going to hurt since it was on my foot, but it actually wasn't that bad. Mine took a good hour to do, but our artist, William, was really cool and the four of us chatted the whole way through. When he finished, William just put a lot of moisturizer over it, covered it with a paper towel bandage, and I was able to walk right out of there! It takes a good week for it to heal completely; the tattoo actually scabs over, so you can feel the lines if you were to touch it. But anyway, I'm really happy with it since I can cover it whenever I need to and I think it looks pretty cool! I just have to wait a couple weeks to wear socks again since you're not supposed to cover it until it's fully healed...
2 comments:
Cute!
-Nikki
Very cool. Your poor foot looks swollen. I've heard that anything over bones really hurts. Way to be a trooper.
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