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It started with Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Wiz Khalifa and The Game, but these days, face tattoos have gone next level thanks to the likes of Post Malone, XXXTentacion, Offset, Lil Peep, Lil Xan, Tekashi 6ix9ine and Arnoldisdead (who literally has an Anne Frank portrait tattooed on his right cheek).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107598\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-107598\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-800x247.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Lil Xan, Arnoldisdead, Post Malone, Lil Peep, 6ix9ine\" width=\"800\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-800x247.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-160x49.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-768x237.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-1020x315.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-1200x371.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-1920x594.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-1180x365.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-960x297.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-240x74.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-375x116.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-520x161.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Lil Xan, Arnoldisdead, Post Malone, Lil Peep, 6ix9ine\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's quite a development given that face tatts are the ones treated with most caution by tattoo artists. Professional tattooists are generally wary of giving job stoppers to people who aren't already sufficiently inked elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, after New York artist, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/danbythewood/?hl=en\">Dan Bythewood\u003c/a> came under fire for refusing to tattoo a \u003cem>Jezebel\u003c/em> writer's neck, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/notes/tattoos-by-myttooscom/no-you-cant-get-a-fucking-neck-tattoo-jane-marie/10153328624497459/\">he hit back\u003c/a>, saying: \"As all tattooers know, a neck or hand tattoo is ... traditionally reserved for those heavily covered … I myself am still collecting tattoos, and do not have hand or neck tattoos yet. I have been tattooing for eight years and will consider getting both hands done after 10 years of service. Why? I take this ancient art form seriously. I take my craft seriously. I take the time-honored traditions of tattooing seriously. Traditions and respect that we are losing daily to a new petulant culture screaming 'gimme now!'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that in mind, it's difficult to fathom how Lil Xan found someone to ink his face, hands and neck, when his arms and chest are almost untouched, or how Post Malone managed to find an artist willing to put his very first tattoo—a Playboy bunny—under his right eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqy-IWBvysE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tattoo traditions Bythewood referenced aren't limited to the honor code. In some cases and cultures, the rules are literally ancient. In New Zealand, the indigenous Maori have practiced \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81_moko\">tā moko\u003c/a>—carving and inking of the face—for hundreds of years, as a way to physically reflect social status and rank. In Scotland, the Picts—\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/articles/kingdom_of_the_picts/\">Celtic tribes\u003c/a> dating back to the Dark Ages—used to mark their whole bodies, \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo_museum/pict_warrior_tattoos.html\">feet to face\u003c/a>, with important symbols of nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, face tattoos were historically most commonly used as a punishment. Greek and Roman slaves, prisoners and criminals were given face \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tattooing\">tattoos in the 5th Century BC\u003c/a>. The Ancient Chinese performed similar practices, putting 囚 (the symbol for \"prisoner\") on the faces of convicts. In Japan during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, circles, lines, crosses and sometimes even dogs, were tattooed on the faces and arms of criminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As time has passed, that link between face tattoos and criminality has remained—only now the art is self-inflicted. In 20th and 21st-century America, teardrops (symbolizing everything from murder to mourning, depending on whom you ask), three dots (a gang symbol meaning \"mi vida loca\") and crosses (which can represent time served) have become a common sight on the faces of prisoners. For criminals still serving time, face tattoos carry fewer social consequences and garner more respect, which is why, until recently, prisoners and the gang-affiliated were the people most likely to have them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While clearly face tattoos don't all indicate criminality, it's worth noting that some of the rappers with face art might have been inspired by their own brushes with the law. Gucci Mane has been in \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gucci_Mane#Legal_issues\">consistent legal trouble\u003c/a> since 2001, Lil Wayne and Offset have both served time, and, before his death, XXXTentacion had a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXTentacion#Legal_issues_and_controversy\">long history\u003c/a> of documented violence. In November, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/20/669652099/rapper-tekashi-6ix9ine-indicted-for-armed-robbery-racketeering-drug-trafficking\">\u003cem>NPR\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a> that 6ix9ine, who is affiliated with New York's Nine Trey Gangstas Bloods gang, was indicted \"in federal court on numerous charges that include alleged involvement in shootings, armed robbery and drug trafficking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAs9HZC9c7Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, when it comes to the likes of Lil Peep, Lil Xan and Post Malone, face tattoos are undoubtedly being used, at least partially, as a shortcut to credibility. Malone has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/2017/11/post-malone-and-racism\">accused of cultural appropriation\u003c/a>—what better way to prove he means business than marking his face up. Xan has—and Peep had—the most flawless of babyfaces. Neither one would've had any hope of being taken seriously without taking some major steps to toughen up their appearances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, none of these facially-tatted rappers are exercising the kind of restraint expected or desired by the old school tattoo community. The truth is, the goal posts got irreversibly moved when pop stars like Miley Cyrus, Kesha and Rihanna started getting their hands tattooed. It upped the ante. And as the number of musicians adopting face art increases (\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BsFHacjnpvo/\">Justin Bieber recently got the word \"Grace\" in cursive over one eyebrow\u003c/a>), there's a good chance more and more fans will start requesting the most extreme kind of job stopper at their local tattoo shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether or not the look proliferates further lies in the hands of the tattoo artists. And not all of them work within the same, strict, self-imposed traditions as Dan Bythewood. One artist recently told me: \"Look. For most people, face tattoos are a terrible idea. People come in and ask, and we say no. But sometimes, you spend 30 minutes telling someone why they shouldn't, and they are so persistent, so dead set, it eventually comes down to money. If I've told you repeatedly, and you're not listening, and it's clear that you're going to do it anyway, then fine. I'll take your money. But the consequences are on them at that point.\"\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Until recently, tattoo culture had strict rules and traditions around face tattoos—but a new group of rappers is ignoring all of them.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1548200115,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":1016},"headData":{"title":"How Some Rappers Are Re-Writing Rules About Face Tattoos | KQED","description":"Until recently, tattoo culture had strict rules and traditions around face tattoos—but a new group of rappers is ignoring all of them.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"How Some Rappers Are Re-Writing Rules About Face Tattoos","datePublished":"2019-01-23T14:07:42.000Z","dateModified":"2019-01-22T23:35:15.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"107581 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=107581","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2019/01/23/how-some-rappers-are-re-writing-rules-about-face-tattoos/","disqusTitle":"How Some Rappers Are Re-Writing Rules About Face Tattoos","path":"/pop/107581/how-some-rappers-are-re-writing-rules-about-face-tattoos","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In tattoo culture, there's a term for ink that's impossible to hide. Tattoos on the hands, neck or face are called \"job stoppers,\" distinguished for their inescapable life consequences. And it's not just countless professions that discriminate against people with these kinds of tattoos; there's a good chance random strangers in your everyday life will treat you differently if you have them, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, more and more hip-hop stars are sporting them though. It started with Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Wiz Khalifa and The Game, but these days, face tattoos have gone next level thanks to the likes of Post Malone, XXXTentacion, Offset, Lil Peep, Lil Xan, Tekashi 6ix9ine and Arnoldisdead (who literally has an Anne Frank portrait tattooed on his right cheek).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107598\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-107598\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-800x247.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Lil Xan, Arnoldisdead, Post Malone, Lil Peep, 6ix9ine\" width=\"800\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-800x247.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-160x49.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-768x237.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-1020x315.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-1200x371.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-1920x594.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-1180x365.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-960x297.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-240x74.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-375x116.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/11/face-tatts-1-520x161.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Lil Xan, Arnoldisdead, Post Malone, Lil Peep, 6ix9ine\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's quite a development given that face tatts are the ones treated with most caution by tattoo artists. Professional tattooists are generally wary of giving job stoppers to people who aren't already sufficiently inked elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, after New York artist, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/danbythewood/?hl=en\">Dan Bythewood\u003c/a> came under fire for refusing to tattoo a \u003cem>Jezebel\u003c/em> writer's neck, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/notes/tattoos-by-myttooscom/no-you-cant-get-a-fucking-neck-tattoo-jane-marie/10153328624497459/\">he hit back\u003c/a>, saying: \"As all tattooers know, a neck or hand tattoo is ... traditionally reserved for those heavily covered … I myself am still collecting tattoos, and do not have hand or neck tattoos yet. I have been tattooing for eight years and will consider getting both hands done after 10 years of service. Why? I take this ancient art form seriously. I take my craft seriously. I take the time-honored traditions of tattooing seriously. Traditions and respect that we are losing daily to a new petulant culture screaming 'gimme now!'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that in mind, it's difficult to fathom how Lil Xan found someone to ink his face, hands and neck, when his arms and chest are almost untouched, or how Post Malone managed to find an artist willing to put his very first tattoo—a Playboy bunny—under his right eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/qqy-IWBvysE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/qqy-IWBvysE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The tattoo traditions Bythewood referenced aren't limited to the honor code. In some cases and cultures, the rules are literally ancient. In New Zealand, the indigenous Maori have practiced \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81_moko\">tā moko\u003c/a>—carving and inking of the face—for hundreds of years, as a way to physically reflect social status and rank. In Scotland, the Picts—\u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/articles/kingdom_of_the_picts/\">Celtic tribes\u003c/a> dating back to the Dark Ages—used to mark their whole bodies, \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo_museum/pict_warrior_tattoos.html\">feet to face\u003c/a>, with important symbols of nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, face tattoos were historically most commonly used as a punishment. Greek and Roman slaves, prisoners and criminals were given face \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tattooing\">tattoos in the 5th Century BC\u003c/a>. The Ancient Chinese performed similar practices, putting 囚 (the symbol for \"prisoner\") on the faces of convicts. In Japan during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, circles, lines, crosses and sometimes even dogs, were tattooed on the faces and arms of criminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As time has passed, that link between face tattoos and criminality has remained—only now the art is self-inflicted. In 20th and 21st-century America, teardrops (symbolizing everything from murder to mourning, depending on whom you ask), three dots (a gang symbol meaning \"mi vida loca\") and crosses (which can represent time served) have become a common sight on the faces of prisoners. For criminals still serving time, face tattoos carry fewer social consequences and garner more respect, which is why, until recently, prisoners and the gang-affiliated were the people most likely to have them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While clearly face tattoos don't all indicate criminality, it's worth noting that some of the rappers with face art might have been inspired by their own brushes with the law. Gucci Mane has been in \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gucci_Mane#Legal_issues\">consistent legal trouble\u003c/a> since 2001, Lil Wayne and Offset have both served time, and, before his death, XXXTentacion had a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXTentacion#Legal_issues_and_controversy\">long history\u003c/a> of documented violence. In November, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/20/669652099/rapper-tekashi-6ix9ine-indicted-for-armed-robbery-racketeering-drug-trafficking\">\u003cem>NPR\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a> that 6ix9ine, who is affiliated with New York's Nine Trey Gangstas Bloods gang, was indicted \"in federal court on numerous charges that include alleged involvement in shootings, armed robbery and drug trafficking.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/gAs9HZC9c7Y'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/gAs9HZC9c7Y'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>By contrast, when it comes to the likes of Lil Peep, Lil Xan and Post Malone, face tattoos are undoubtedly being used, at least partially, as a shortcut to credibility. Malone has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/2017/11/post-malone-and-racism\">accused of cultural appropriation\u003c/a>—what better way to prove he means business than marking his face up. Xan has—and Peep had—the most flawless of babyfaces. Neither one would've had any hope of being taken seriously without taking some major steps to toughen up their appearances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, none of these facially-tatted rappers are exercising the kind of restraint expected or desired by the old school tattoo community. The truth is, the goal posts got irreversibly moved when pop stars like Miley Cyrus, Kesha and Rihanna started getting their hands tattooed. It upped the ante. And as the number of musicians adopting face art increases (\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BsFHacjnpvo/\">Justin Bieber recently got the word \"Grace\" in cursive over one eyebrow\u003c/a>), there's a good chance more and more fans will start requesting the most extreme kind of job stopper at their local tattoo shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether or not the look proliferates further lies in the hands of the tattoo artists. And not all of them work within the same, strict, self-imposed traditions as Dan Bythewood. One artist recently told me: \"Look. For most people, face tattoos are a terrible idea. People come in and ask, and we say no. But sometimes, you spend 30 minutes telling someone why they shouldn't, and they are so persistent, so dead set, it eventually comes down to money. If I've told you repeatedly, and you're not listening, and it's clear that you're going to do it anyway, then fine. I'll take your money. But the consequences are on them at that point.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/107581/how-some-rappers-are-re-writing-rules-about-face-tattoos","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_1537","pop_56"],"tags":["pop_3426","pop_3341","pop_560","pop_10"],"featImg":"pop_107584","label":"pop"},"pop_101593":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_101593","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"101593","score":null,"sort":[1517598854000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"an-odd-journey-through-the-matching-tattoos-of-celebrity-bffs","title":"An Odd Journey Through the Matching Tattoos of Celebrity BFFs","publishDate":1517598854,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>This week, Tom Hardy got \"LEO KNOWS ALL\" tattooed on his perfectly formed bicep, after losing a bet with Leonardo DiCaprio. The new ink proves his enduring love for his \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Revenant\u003c/em>\u003c/a> co-star, as well as the fact that he's a man of his word... and also that he's not very good at betting... and also that he's not particularly worried about what kind of ink he gets. A stupid tattoo, you see, can be worth a thousand words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BehGmqOFeL9/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom and Leo aren't the first celebrities to be linked through body art though, and they won't be the last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a couple of tatted duos that come as a major surprise. Who knew that Kelly Osbourne and Cara Delevingne were close enough for this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/lq-ZMwAbw3/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or that Hilary Duff is somehow best friends with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1315153/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Alanna Masterson\u003c/a> from the \u003cem>Walking Dead\u003c/em>? And is fun enough to get a tattoo this silly?How did these two even meet? The mind boggles...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/qp-X2QPgMz/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The questions only continue when you find out that Cara Delevingne (her again!) and Margot Robbie have insane, matching, bottom-of-the-foot tattoos... and that Delevingne appears to have the word BACON on hers...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BIORdSohMG4/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talking of insane, Ed Sheeran has a small obsession with a Swedish stop motion penguin named \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingu\">Pingu\u003c/a>. He's done\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H462jZ2R3o\"> impersonations of the bird\u003c/a> in multiple interviews, so it's not terribly surprising that he also has the character tattooed on his arm. More surprising is that Harry Styles, out of love for Sheeran, got the word \"PINGU\" inked in yellow, precariously close to his armpit. (We can't help but feel Sheeran is a lot more invested in his Pingu tattoo than Styles...)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_101595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 645px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-101595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus.png 645w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus-160x86.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus-240x129.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus-375x202.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus-520x281.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Sheeran shows off his Pingu tattoo on MTV; Harry Styles hides his \"Pingu\" in an armpit.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even less committed than Styles are Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin. The buddies got inked by famed tattoo artist Jon Boy, who, based on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jonboytattoo/\">his Instagram account\u003c/a>, seems to specialize in giving tattoos to people who don't actually like or want tattoos. Which is probably why he had no qualms about giving Jenner and Baldwin white dots on the inside of their fingers. So... a color that fades to invisible, on an area where tattoos fall out after a short period. Hope you didn't pay too much for these, ladies!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/4BCiilosEf/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenner and Baldwin could take a cue from Miley Cyrus and Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne who didn't hold back with their buddy tatts -- dog heads with the phrase \"With a Little Help From My Fwends\" -- to mark Coyne and Cyrus's \u003ca href=\"https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19862-the-flaming-lips-with-a-little-help-from-my-fwends/\">collaboration on the record\u003c/a> of the same name. (Katy Weaver, who also joined in, is Coyne's girlfriend.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/qGo3UIybG5/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Size isn't everything, of course. Just look at how Joe and Nick Jonas's arrows speak volumes! (I'm with stupid?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_101597\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 634px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-101597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283.jpg 634w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283-375x562.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snapchat / Nick Jonas\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a similar vein, Beyonce and Jay Z's petite matching IV tatts symbolize their love, their unification in marriage, and their unbelievable ability to survive \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>-levels of pain and misery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BSeXClaA5jx/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, the Sanskrit tatt Katy Perry got with ex-husband Russell Brand is going to last significantly longer than their union did. (It means \"Go with the flow,\" which, clearly, neither of them quite managed.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_101596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-101596\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-768x575.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-1200x898.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-1920x1437.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-1180x883.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-960x719.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101598\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle-240x162.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle-375x254.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle-520x352.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The men of the \u003cem>Lord of the Rings\u003c/em> cast also opted for foreign language tattoos when each of them got -- nerd alert! -- the word \"nine\" in Elvish. (Is it just me or is there a small child with an ankle tattoo in this photo?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BLhEGrSAlyU/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, there's the secret language of sometime lovers, Rihanna and Drake. Both have camo shark tattoos -- Ri-Ri's on her ankle, Drake's on his forearm. The shark apparently symbolizes a day they shared at a carnival (what carnival was \u003cem>that\u003c/em>?!) where Drake won her a plush version:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ0mRsEgOyx/?utm_source=ig_embed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go forth with a loved one and ink safely, my friends.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Celebs get bad tattoos with their besties. Stars: they're just like us!","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1517599362,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":732},"headData":{"title":"An Odd Journey Through the Matching Tattoos of Celebrity BFFs | KQED","description":"Celebs get bad tattoos with their besties. Stars: they're just like us!","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"An Odd Journey Through the Matching Tattoos of Celebrity BFFs","datePublished":"2018-02-02T19:14:14.000Z","dateModified":"2018-02-02T19:22:42.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"101593 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=101593","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2018/02/02/an-odd-journey-through-the-matching-tattoos-of-celebrity-bffs/","disqusTitle":"An Odd Journey Through the Matching Tattoos of Celebrity BFFs","path":"/pop/101593/an-odd-journey-through-the-matching-tattoos-of-celebrity-bffs","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This week, Tom Hardy got \"LEO KNOWS ALL\" tattooed on his perfectly formed bicep, after losing a bet with Leonardo DiCaprio. The new ink proves his enduring love for his \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">\u003cem>Revenant\u003c/em>\u003c/a> co-star, as well as the fact that he's a man of his word... and also that he's not very good at betting... and also that he's not particularly worried about what kind of ink he gets. A stupid tattoo, you see, can be worth a thousand words.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BehGmqOFeL9"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Tom and Leo aren't the first celebrities to be linked through body art though, and they won't be the last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a couple of tatted duos that come as a major surprise. Who knew that Kelly Osbourne and Cara Delevingne were close enough for this?\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"lq-ZMwAbw3"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or that Hilary Duff is somehow best friends with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1315153/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Alanna Masterson\u003c/a> from the \u003cem>Walking Dead\u003c/em>? And is fun enough to get a tattoo this silly?How did these two even meet? The mind boggles...\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"qp-X2QPgMz"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The questions only continue when you find out that Cara Delevingne (her again!) and Margot Robbie have insane, matching, bottom-of-the-foot tattoos... and that Delevingne appears to have the word BACON on hers...\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BIORdSohMG4"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Talking of insane, Ed Sheeran has a small obsession with a Swedish stop motion penguin named \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingu\">Pingu\u003c/a>. He's done\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H462jZ2R3o\"> impersonations of the bird\u003c/a> in multiple interviews, so it's not terribly surprising that he also has the character tattooed on his arm. More surprising is that Harry Styles, out of love for Sheeran, got the word \"PINGU\" inked in yellow, precariously close to his armpit. (We can't help but feel Sheeran is a lot more invested in his Pingu tattoo than Styles...)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_101595\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 645px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-101595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus.png 645w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus-160x86.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus-240x129.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus-375x202.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/pingus-520x281.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Sheeran shows off his Pingu tattoo on MTV; Harry Styles hides his \"Pingu\" in an armpit.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even less committed than Styles are Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin. The buddies got inked by famed tattoo artist Jon Boy, who, based on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jonboytattoo/\">his Instagram account\u003c/a>, seems to specialize in giving tattoos to people who don't actually like or want tattoos. Which is probably why he had no qualms about giving Jenner and Baldwin white dots on the inside of their fingers. So... a color that fades to invisible, on an area where tattoos fall out after a short period. Hope you didn't pay too much for these, ladies!\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"4BCiilosEf"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Jenner and Baldwin could take a cue from Miley Cyrus and Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne who didn't hold back with their buddy tatts -- dog heads with the phrase \"With a Little Help From My Fwends\" -- to mark Coyne and Cyrus's \u003ca href=\"https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19862-the-flaming-lips-with-a-little-help-from-my-fwends/\">collaboration on the record\u003c/a> of the same name. (Katy Weaver, who also joined in, is Coyne's girlfriend.)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"qGo3UIybG5"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Size isn't everything, of course. Just look at how Joe and Nick Jonas's arrows speak volumes! (I'm with stupid?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_101597\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 634px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-101597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283.jpg 634w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283-375x562.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/37ABD84000000578-3762991-image-m-99_1472440736283-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snapchat / Nick Jonas\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a similar vein, Beyonce and Jay Z's petite matching IV tatts symbolize their love, their unification in marriage, and their unbelievable ability to survive \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>-levels of pain and misery.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BSeXClaA5jx"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Unfortunately, the Sanskrit tatt Katy Perry got with ex-husband Russell Brand is going to last significantly longer than their union did. (It means \"Go with the flow,\" which, clearly, neither of them quite managed.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_101596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-101596\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-768x575.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-1200x898.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-1920x1437.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-1180x883.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-960x719.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/GettyImages-160153258-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101598\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle-240x162.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle-375x254.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/01/rs-16346-rectangle-520x352.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The men of the \u003cem>Lord of the Rings\u003c/em> cast also opted for foreign language tattoos when each of them got -- nerd alert! -- the word \"nine\" in Elvish. (Is it just me or is there a small child with an ankle tattoo in this photo?)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BLhEGrSAlyU"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Finally, there's the secret language of sometime lovers, Rihanna and Drake. Both have camo shark tattoos -- Ri-Ri's on her ankle, Drake's on his forearm. The shark apparently symbolizes a day they shared at a carnival (what carnival was \u003cem>that\u003c/em>?!) where Drake won her a plush version:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BJ0mRsEgOyx"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go forth with a loved one and ink safely, my friends.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/101593/an-odd-journey-through-the-matching-tattoos-of-celebrity-bffs","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_1537","pop_7"],"tags":["pop_10"],"featImg":"pop_101609","label":"pop"},"pop_96910":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_96910","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"96910","score":null,"sort":[1508795937000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"lets-investigate-what-the-hell-justin-biebers-new-massive-tattoo-is","title":"Let's Investigate What the Hell Justin Bieber's New Massive Tattoo Is","publishDate":1508795937,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>Over the weekend, Justin Bieber hit Instagram to share his new chest and stomach tattoo with the world. Sticking to the black and grey theme that already dominates his arms, the first sneak peak of his brand new artwork looked like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/Bag3oplDp8s/?taken-by=justinbieber\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is... huge. And really... dark. And... what \u003cem>is\u003c/em> all that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sensing the public confusion, Bieber sent a follow-up rendition, in video form to presumably say sorr-ay and better give us a better idea of what's all over his bod-ay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/Bag38F-Dj_L/?taken-by=justinbieber\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some ways, this close up only exacerbated the confusion. So what is Justin's new tattoo exactly? Starting from the top down is the easiest way to unpack this thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is how his torso looked back in June:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BU5gfq4D-CC/?taken-by=justinbieber\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the bear, cross, lion, crown, and numerals were already on his chest. And his stomach was already inked with the words \"Son of God\" (not problematic at all!), that flying eagle, and the word \"Purpose\" above his belly button.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So let's figure out what's been added in this latest sesh. Here's a freeze frame to better assist us:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_96916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-96916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM.png 480w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM-160x185.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM-240x277.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM-375x433.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Bieber/ Instagram\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>First things first: This may or may not be an attempt to cover up the \"Son of God\" tattoo, though, if that's the case, it hasn't been particularly successful, since those letters are clearly still visible under the new art. We may never know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's start on the left side. Next to what appears to be a ghost child or bellhop (ghost bellhop child?) is a series of arches. Depending on lighting, this structure could be anything from a roller coaster to a freeway overpass to church windows. Based on Bieber's godliness, we'll go ahead and assume it's the last one, though why there appear to be brick walls within the windows instead of, say, stained glass, is anyone's guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving to the right of the presumed windows is what appears to be an angel. But what's up with its face? Is the angel wearing a mini-lion head? Or does it just have a perm? And where does the bottom half of its body go? Is that mess of material below the nipple the rest of the angel's robes? Or a troubled headless figure clutching itself? If you look closely, there's totally a straight-jacket vibe. See?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_96917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-96917\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.08.28-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.08.28-PM.png 250w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.08.28-PM-160x255.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.08.28-PM-240x382.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Bieber/ Instagram\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beneath the eagle and the \"Purpose\" tattoo, there are some non-distinct clouds, arches, and at least one skeleton. If the angel and church windows above are supposed to be heaven, does the skeleton represent hell?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally -- and potentially most importantly -- in the process of getting this tattoo, it would appear that Justin Bieber's belly button has disappeared entirely. Seriously. Try and find it in the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the history of humanity, the only two humans to ever possibly walk the Earth without navels would've been the very first two: Adam and Eve. Those two didn't need umbilical chords because, according to the book of Genesis, God fashioned Adam from dust, and Eve from Adam's rib. Is Justin Bieber the third person on Earth to not require a navel? Did he get it surgically removed in the pursuit of growing ever closer to God? And is that what this tattoo is really all about? Share your thoughts below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[polldaddy poll=9858467]\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Bieber's new tattoo: a musing on God, an unfortunate collection of random symbols, or something else?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1508795937,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":601},"headData":{"title":"Let's Investigate What the Hell Justin Bieber's New Massive Tattoo Is | KQED","description":"Bieber's new tattoo: a musing on God, an unfortunate collection of random symbols, or something else?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Let's Investigate What the Hell Justin Bieber's New Massive Tattoo Is","datePublished":"2017-10-23T21:58:57.000Z","dateModified":"2017-10-23T21:58:57.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"96910 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=96910","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/10/23/lets-investigate-what-the-hell-justin-biebers-new-massive-tattoo-is/","disqusTitle":"Let's Investigate What the Hell Justin Bieber's New Massive Tattoo Is","path":"/pop/96910/lets-investigate-what-the-hell-justin-biebers-new-massive-tattoo-is","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Over the weekend, Justin Bieber hit Instagram to share his new chest and stomach tattoo with the world. Sticking to the black and grey theme that already dominates his arms, the first sneak peak of his brand new artwork looked like this:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"Bag3oplDp8s"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It is... huge. And really... dark. And... what \u003cem>is\u003c/em> all that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sensing the public confusion, Bieber sent a follow-up rendition, in video form to presumably say sorr-ay and better give us a better idea of what's all over his bod-ay.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"Bag38F-Dj_L"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some ways, this close up only exacerbated the confusion. So what is Justin's new tattoo exactly? Starting from the top down is the easiest way to unpack this thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is how his torso looked back in June:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"BU5gfq4D-CC"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>So the bear, cross, lion, crown, and numerals were already on his chest. And his stomach was already inked with the words \"Son of God\" (not problematic at all!), that flying eagle, and the word \"Purpose\" above his belly button.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So let's figure out what's been added in this latest sesh. Here's a freeze frame to better assist us:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_96916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 480px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-96916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM.png 480w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM-160x185.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM-240x277.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.01.44-PM-375x433.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Bieber/ Instagram\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>First things first: This may or may not be an attempt to cover up the \"Son of God\" tattoo, though, if that's the case, it hasn't been particularly successful, since those letters are clearly still visible under the new art. We may never know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's start on the left side. Next to what appears to be a ghost child or bellhop (ghost bellhop child?) is a series of arches. Depending on lighting, this structure could be anything from a roller coaster to a freeway overpass to church windows. Based on Bieber's godliness, we'll go ahead and assume it's the last one, though why there appear to be brick walls within the windows instead of, say, stained glass, is anyone's guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving to the right of the presumed windows is what appears to be an angel. But what's up with its face? Is the angel wearing a mini-lion head? Or does it just have a perm? And where does the bottom half of its body go? Is that mess of material below the nipple the rest of the angel's robes? Or a troubled headless figure clutching itself? If you look closely, there's totally a straight-jacket vibe. See?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_96917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-96917\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.08.28-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.08.28-PM.png 250w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.08.28-PM-160x255.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-23-at-12.08.28-PM-240x382.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Bieber/ Instagram\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beneath the eagle and the \"Purpose\" tattoo, there are some non-distinct clouds, arches, and at least one skeleton. If the angel and church windows above are supposed to be heaven, does the skeleton represent hell?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally -- and potentially most importantly -- in the process of getting this tattoo, it would appear that Justin Bieber's belly button has disappeared entirely. Seriously. Try and find it in the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the history of humanity, the only two humans to ever possibly walk the Earth without navels would've been the very first two: Adam and Eve. Those two didn't need umbilical chords because, according to the book of Genesis, God fashioned Adam from dust, and Eve from Adam's rib. Is Justin Bieber the third person on Earth to not require a navel? Did he get it surgically removed in the pursuit of growing ever closer to God? And is that what this tattoo is really all about? Share your thoughts below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[polldaddy poll=9858467]\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/96910/lets-investigate-what-the-hell-justin-biebers-new-massive-tattoo-is","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_7"],"tags":["pop_605","pop_10"],"featImg":"pop_96920","label":"pop"},"pop_83542":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_83542","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"83542","score":null,"sort":[1496262673000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"stick-and-poke-tattoos-a-guide-to-whos-got-them-and-how-to-do-them-yourself","title":"Stick and Poke Tattoos: A Guide to Who's Got Them and How to Do Them Yourself","publishDate":1496262673,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Disclaimer: No doctor in their right mind would say stick and poke tattoos are a great idea, so we're obliged to tell you that you shouldn't try this at home. But if you're going to do it anyway...\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most people, the goal of receiving any tattoo is making sure it's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/01/09/11-steps-to-getting-a-tattoo-you-wont-regret-for-the-rest-of-your-life/\">not going to suck\u003c/a>. This deeply rational approach to body art revolves around the principal that, if something's going to be on your body forever, it should probably be aesthetically pleasing and not something that brings you shame every time it's out in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's one school of thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other far less sensible option is to hammer ink into your own body at home (yes, like they do in prison) and hope for the best. Sound crazy? It kind of is. But there are more people doing this than you probably realize -- including famous ones. Harry Styles? Wrist covered in homemade nonsense. Kesha? Seems to get a new one every week. Florence Welch? Most of her tattoos appear to be DIY. Miley Cyrus has a smiley face on her ankle that her friend Cheyne Thomas did, and we imagine it's not alone. Jemima Kirke is both a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEKnT3UVcrU\">giver\u003c/a> (she's tattooed her \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723816/\">\u003cem>Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/a> co-star \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/04/girls-jemima-kirke-lena-dunham-hbo-judd-apatow-series-interview\">Lena Dunham\u003c/a>) and a receiver. \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Baldwin\">Ireland Baldwin\u003c/a> -- daughter of Alec -- has a surprising number too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83712\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-83712\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-800x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-800x444.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-768x426.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-1020x566.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-1920x1065.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-1180x655.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-960x533.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-672x372.jpg 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-1038x576.jpg 1038w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-240x133.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-375x208.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-520x289.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top line: Ireland's arm, Florence's hand, Harry's wrist.\u003cbr>Bottom line: Kesha's hand, Jemima's arm, Miley's foot.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The stick and poke tattoo makes a loud, bold, and messy declaration to the world that you are a human who lives in the moment; an individual who takes more pride in spontaneity than planning ahead; a person who might just have a moderate disregard for your own well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to see a professional tattoo artist get angry -- or at the very least moderately irritable -- ask them what they think of stick and pokes. Most of them abhor them, quite justifiably, on general principle, not just because of the inherent hygiene hazards home tattoos pose, but also because it takes a craft they have been perfecting and advancing for decades, and reduces it to sloppy experiments conducted with the most primitive of tools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is why, when Kesha gave her right wrist a \"whale shark blob whatever,\" she captioned the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/iiswhoiis/\">Instagram\u003c/a> photo (below): \"I hope my hand doesn't fall off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83550\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM.png 595w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-160x160.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-240x240.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-375x376.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-520x521.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-50x50.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you do raise your risk of infection, and you are almost guaranteed a bad tattoo, there is also something to be said for the freedom, frivolity, and simplicity of the stick and poke. Friends giving each other DIY tattoos is one of the single greatest bonding experiences two people can have. Aside from anything else, marking a specific minute in time, right then and there, while you're swept up in a moment, is not possible to do professionally if it's three in the morning, or you're poor, or there's a waiting list at the tattoo shop. Sometimes, you just cannot wait. Which -- full disclosure -- is why the inside of my right leg currently looks like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-83694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-800x1095.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-800x1095.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-160x219.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-768x1051.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-1020x1396.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-1920x2627.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-1180x1615.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-960x1314.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-240x328.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-375x513.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-520x712.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I call this the Ankle of Awesomeness\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ugly as hell, right? Well, to you maybe. To me, it looks like the eight beautiful people who were willing to sit for an absurdly long time, leaving a literal mark on me, dot by dot. It looks like a few parties, a trip to Paris (spot the Eiffel Tower!), a band from Canada, and the night before I moved to America. It looks like love and punk rock and fun and too much alcohol. The nights I got each of these stupid hieroglyphics are now entirely unforgettable. I regret nothing. And no, I've never had an infection -- because cleaning needles is in no way a complicated or difficult endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stick and pokes, as silly as they can be, have very real value in terms of making memories and of marking special nights / people / places. Sometimes, the decision of two people to tattoo each other at home can mark quite a serious permanent commitment. One of the most important people in my life decided a few years ago that the best way to demonstrate that the feeling was mutual was by allowing me to put my name on his shoulder. I still count it as one of the most spectacular things anyone has ever done for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-83613\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-11.33.53-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-11.33.53-PM.png 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-11.33.53-PM-160x212.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-11.33.53-PM-240x318.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jef Hoskins, with my handiwork\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a variety of guides online that will tell you how to stick and poke -- and most of them make it sound far \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefrisky.com/2016-10-04/how-to-do-a-stick-and-poke-tattoo-heres-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-make-it-cute/\">more complicated than it needs to be\u003c/a>. Sure, if you are so inclined, you can carve the side of a pencil out and tape a needle into the crater so you have more control over what you're doing. And yeah, you can wrap your needle with thread because it's absorbent and offers some grip (I actually find the thread just makes everything ten times messier, but you do you). Hell, if you really want to take the fun out of stick and pokes entirely, you can buy an actual \"\u003ca href=\"https://stickandpoketattookit.com/\">Stick & Poke Tattoo Kit\u003c/a>\" -- an item that misses the point of DIY tattoos almost entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 507px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-83560 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM.png 507w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM-160x132.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM-240x198.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM-375x309.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaye R. Schwarzer, bassist of Cancer Bats, killing time on tour, via the medium of my leg. And yes, he's using the pencil trick.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Truthfully, the only thing you need to do a stick and poke is a clean needle, a bottle of India ink and a pile of patience. The steps go like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Sterilize needle (with boiling water, fire, alcohol -- whatever you've got on hand)\u003cbr>\n2. Insert needle into ink\u003cbr>\n3. Insert inky needle into skin until you feel a slight pop\u003cbr>\n4. Repeat until finished/ bored\u003cbr>\n5. Follow the same hygiene instructions you would with a professional tattoo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is literally it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have had people tattoo me using nothing more than a sterilized sewing needle and a desire to get the job done, so trust me when I say this doesn't have to be complicated. That, friends, is the true beauty of the stick and poke. On a couple of occasions, I've got lucky and the person applying the ink has used a professional needle, handheld, like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 514px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-83559 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM.png 514w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM-160x135.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM-240x203.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM-375x317.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My friend Carly deep in concentration over a heart she was tattooing on me\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An essential thing to note is that it should never be assumed that stick and pokes are a decent substitution for a professional tattoo; the two do not even belong in the same category. If you want a good-looking, long-lasting tattoo, pick a style, find a reputable artist who does that style and understands your vision, then pay them whatever goddamn money they ask for, because this is one of the most permanent investments you'll ever make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stick and pokes, on the other hand, are small -- they have to be because they take so long -- and light-hearted and, yes, just a little bit reckless. They're not for everyone because, if you do take the plunge, in all likelihood, the end result won't be the prettiest thing that ever happens to your body. Frankly, as soon as you have an unqualified person looming over you with a sharp object, you'll know in your gut if this is a step you want to take or not.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Stick and poke tattoos involve hammering ink into your own body and hoping for the best. Sound crazy? It kind of is. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1496262673,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":1278},"headData":{"title":"Stick and Poke Tattoos: A Guide to Who's Got Them and How to Do Them Yourself | KQED","description":"Stick and poke tattoos involve hammering ink into your own body and hoping for the best. Sound crazy? It kind of is. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Stick and Poke Tattoos: A Guide to Who's Got Them and How to Do Them Yourself","datePublished":"2017-05-31T20:31:13.000Z","dateModified":"2017-05-31T20:31:13.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"83542 https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/?p=83542","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2017/05/31/stick-and-poke-tattoos-a-guide-to-whos-got-them-and-how-to-do-them-yourself/","disqusTitle":"Stick and Poke Tattoos: A Guide to Who's Got Them and How to Do Them Yourself","path":"/pop/83542/stick-and-poke-tattoos-a-guide-to-whos-got-them-and-how-to-do-them-yourself","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Disclaimer: No doctor in their right mind would say stick and poke tattoos are a great idea, so we're obliged to tell you that you shouldn't try this at home. But if you're going to do it anyway...\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most people, the goal of receiving any tattoo is making sure it's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/01/09/11-steps-to-getting-a-tattoo-you-wont-regret-for-the-rest-of-your-life/\">not going to suck\u003c/a>. This deeply rational approach to body art revolves around the principal that, if something's going to be on your body forever, it should probably be aesthetically pleasing and not something that brings you shame every time it's out in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's one school of thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other far less sensible option is to hammer ink into your own body at home (yes, like they do in prison) and hope for the best. Sound crazy? It kind of is. But there are more people doing this than you probably realize -- including famous ones. Harry Styles? Wrist covered in homemade nonsense. Kesha? Seems to get a new one every week. Florence Welch? Most of her tattoos appear to be DIY. Miley Cyrus has a smiley face on her ankle that her friend Cheyne Thomas did, and we imagine it's not alone. Jemima Kirke is both a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEKnT3UVcrU\">giver\u003c/a> (she's tattooed her \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723816/\">\u003cem>Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/a> co-star \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/04/girls-jemima-kirke-lena-dunham-hbo-judd-apatow-series-interview\">Lena Dunham\u003c/a>) and a receiver. \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Baldwin\">Ireland Baldwin\u003c/a> -- daughter of Alec -- has a surprising number too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83712\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-83712\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-800x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-800x444.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-768x426.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-1020x566.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-1920x1065.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-1180x655.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-960x533.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-672x372.jpg 672w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-1038x576.jpg 1038w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-240x133.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-375x208.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/final-collage-520x289.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top line: Ireland's arm, Florence's hand, Harry's wrist.\u003cbr>Bottom line: Kesha's hand, Jemima's arm, Miley's foot.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The stick and poke tattoo makes a loud, bold, and messy declaration to the world that you are a human who lives in the moment; an individual who takes more pride in spontaneity than planning ahead; a person who might just have a moderate disregard for your own well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to see a professional tattoo artist get angry -- or at the very least moderately irritable -- ask them what they think of stick and pokes. Most of them abhor them, quite justifiably, on general principle, not just because of the inherent hygiene hazards home tattoos pose, but also because it takes a craft they have been perfecting and advancing for decades, and reduces it to sloppy experiments conducted with the most primitive of tools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is why, when Kesha gave her right wrist a \"whale shark blob whatever,\" she captioned the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/iiswhoiis/\">Instagram\u003c/a> photo (below): \"I hope my hand doesn't fall off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83550\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM.png 595w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-160x160.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-240x240.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-375x376.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-520x521.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-50x50.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.28.46-PM-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you do raise your risk of infection, and you are almost guaranteed a bad tattoo, there is also something to be said for the freedom, frivolity, and simplicity of the stick and poke. Friends giving each other DIY tattoos is one of the single greatest bonding experiences two people can have. Aside from anything else, marking a specific minute in time, right then and there, while you're swept up in a moment, is not possible to do professionally if it's three in the morning, or you're poor, or there's a waiting list at the tattoo shop. Sometimes, you just cannot wait. Which -- full disclosure -- is why the inside of my right leg currently looks like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-83694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-800x1095.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-800x1095.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-160x219.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-768x1051.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-1020x1396.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-1920x2627.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-1180x1615.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-960x1314.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-240x328.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-375x513.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/ankle-of-awesome-2-520x712.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I call this the Ankle of Awesomeness\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ugly as hell, right? Well, to you maybe. To me, it looks like the eight beautiful people who were willing to sit for an absurdly long time, leaving a literal mark on me, dot by dot. It looks like a few parties, a trip to Paris (spot the Eiffel Tower!), a band from Canada, and the night before I moved to America. It looks like love and punk rock and fun and too much alcohol. The nights I got each of these stupid hieroglyphics are now entirely unforgettable. I regret nothing. And no, I've never had an infection -- because cleaning needles is in no way a complicated or difficult endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stick and pokes, as silly as they can be, have very real value in terms of making memories and of marking special nights / people / places. Sometimes, the decision of two people to tattoo each other at home can mark quite a serious permanent commitment. One of the most important people in my life decided a few years ago that the best way to demonstrate that the feeling was mutual was by allowing me to put my name on his shoulder. I still count it as one of the most spectacular things anyone has ever done for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-83613\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-11.33.53-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-11.33.53-PM.png 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-11.33.53-PM-160x212.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-11.33.53-PM-240x318.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jef Hoskins, with my handiwork\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a variety of guides online that will tell you how to stick and poke -- and most of them make it sound far \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefrisky.com/2016-10-04/how-to-do-a-stick-and-poke-tattoo-heres-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-make-it-cute/\">more complicated than it needs to be\u003c/a>. Sure, if you are so inclined, you can carve the side of a pencil out and tape a needle into the crater so you have more control over what you're doing. And yeah, you can wrap your needle with thread because it's absorbent and offers some grip (I actually find the thread just makes everything ten times messier, but you do you). Hell, if you really want to take the fun out of stick and pokes entirely, you can buy an actual \"\u003ca href=\"https://stickandpoketattookit.com/\">Stick & Poke Tattoo Kit\u003c/a>\" -- an item that misses the point of DIY tattoos almost entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 507px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-83560 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM.png 507w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM-160x132.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM-240x198.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-3.51.12-PM-375x309.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaye R. Schwarzer, bassist of Cancer Bats, killing time on tour, via the medium of my leg. And yes, he's using the pencil trick.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Truthfully, the only thing you need to do a stick and poke is a clean needle, a bottle of India ink and a pile of patience. The steps go like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Sterilize needle (with boiling water, fire, alcohol -- whatever you've got on hand)\u003cbr>\n2. Insert needle into ink\u003cbr>\n3. Insert inky needle into skin until you feel a slight pop\u003cbr>\n4. Repeat until finished/ bored\u003cbr>\n5. Follow the same hygiene instructions you would with a professional tattoo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is literally it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have had people tattoo me using nothing more than a sterilized sewing needle and a desire to get the job done, so trust me when I say this doesn't have to be complicated. That, friends, is the true beauty of the stick and poke. On a couple of occasions, I've got lucky and the person applying the ink has used a professional needle, handheld, like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 514px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-83559 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM.png 514w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM-160x135.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM-240x203.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-30-at-4.31.16-PM-375x317.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My friend Carly deep in concentration over a heart she was tattooing on me\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An essential thing to note is that it should never be assumed that stick and pokes are a decent substitution for a professional tattoo; the two do not even belong in the same category. If you want a good-looking, long-lasting tattoo, pick a style, find a reputable artist who does that style and understands your vision, then pay them whatever goddamn money they ask for, because this is one of the most permanent investments you'll ever make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stick and pokes, on the other hand, are small -- they have to be because they take so long -- and light-hearted and, yes, just a little bit reckless. They're not for everyone because, if you do take the plunge, in all likelihood, the end result won't be the prettiest thing that ever happens to your body. Frankly, as soon as you have an unqualified person looming over you with a sharp object, you'll know in your gut if this is a step you want to take or not.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/83542/stick-and-poke-tattoos-a-guide-to-whos-got-them-and-how-to-do-them-yourself","authors":["11242"],"categories":["pop_1041"],"tags":["pop_10"],"featImg":"pop_83712","label":"pop"},"pop_58065":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_58065","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"58065","score":null,"sort":[1484172962000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-tattoo-artist-bang-bang-is-leaving-his-mark-on-celebrities","title":"How Tattoo Artist Bang Bang Is Leaving His Mark On Celebrities","publishDate":1484172962,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>Availability is the best ability for Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm waiting all the time for that call, because I know Justin Bieber may call me at three in the morning and I have to tattoo him at six. That has happened,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bang Bang is considered one of the most successful tattoo artists in the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New York-based artist is credited for creating some of the most iconic tattoos on celebrities. Like fashion model Cara Delevingne's simple yet eye-catching lion tattoo that sits on her index finger. And pop star Rihanna's henna design that wraps across her wrist and drips down her fingertips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, it was Bang Bang's work of art for Rihanna in 2007, when he was just 19 years old, that helped to catapult his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now 29, Bang Bang reflects on his journey from Pottstown, P.A. — a city about 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia — to how he got his big break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith McCurdy was born to teenage parents. His mother was a 17-year-old high school dropout who worked at Domino's Pizza, while his dad, who finished high school and went on to college, was scarcely around to father him, McCurdy recalls. This resulted in McCurdy being raised primarily by his mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he was 3 years old, McCurdy moved with his mom from Pennsylvania to a public housing unit in Delaware. There, his mom became an exotic dancer and he says this sometimes exposed him to a somewhat unsavory lifestyle. But the most challenging part, he says, was watching his mom struggle to put food on the table. That early hardship, however, forced McCurdy to grow up fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In school, he struggled to keep up and was easily distracted by friends and the occasional recreational drug use. And while his dad was often absent from his life, whenever he did come around, he always stressed to McCurdy the importance of education. Thus, at age 13, tired of failing grades and getting into trouble, McCurdy heeded his dad's advice to be a better student and convinced his parents to send him to boarding school in Connecticut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58079\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58079 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1020x764.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-768x575.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1180x884.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-960x719.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang and NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang LLC./Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leaving home for the first time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years later, McCurdy was thriving in boarding school. By now, he'd gotten his first exposure to tattoos and wanted one. His parents weren't enthusiastic about the idea, but McCurdy struck a deal with them that if he made the honor roll, they'd let him get a tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I made the honor roll and I got a tattoo, and it was a great experience for me because it really fueled my interest more,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was 15 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By this time, McCurdy notes, he'd gained more self-confidence and discipline. It appeared that his life was on track. But then he did what he describes as \"something stupid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was gearing up for college, filling out applications and getting his portfolio together; McCurdy was interested in graphic design. And despite finally getting his act together and excelling in school, McCurdy cheated on a Spanish test. This got him kicked out of boarding school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He found himself back in Delaware living with his mother and working part-time at Red Lobster, while trying to complete his high school diploma at a public school. Getting kicked out of boarding school was devastating for McCurdy. He'd liked it there, it inspired him and he felt like he was doing something positive with his life. It was also there — after he got his first tattoo — that he realized he wanted more. But with no money to pay for them, McCurdy thought of the next best thing — creating them from scratch. He felt that he could express himself through designing tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCurdy ordered a tattoo kit online and when it came in the mail, he walked into his mother's kitchen, sat down and started to tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And every day since, it's with that enthusiasm and love, that I continued to tattoo,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 641px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58080 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg 641w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becoming Bang Bang: \"I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park, and I tattooed guns on my neck so that I'd have no choice other than to succeed at it.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After three months of tattooing at home on himself and on everyone he knew, McCurdy landed a job at his dad's friend's tattoo shop outside a nearby trailer park. He quit his job at Red Lobster, dropped out of school and focused solely on tattooing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In hindsight it was a terrible decision, I mean it worked out, but man, I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park. And I tattooed guns on [my] neck and I had no choice other than to succeed at it,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was from tattooing the guns that McCurdy earned the nickname, \"Bang Bang.\" He says the guns also symbolized that this was what he was going to do for the rest of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58077\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58077 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York City has more skin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, McCurdy thought he could take his skills further than the trailer park tattoo shop. He wanted more. So he scoped the industry and studied his craft. He knew who the big players were, and he knew that if he wanted to grow he would have to leave his neighborhood. So McCurdy packed up and moved to New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"New York City just has more people,\" he says. \"So it was simply my thought that, well, there's more skin, I'm going to go where the skin is — so if that's my canvas I'm going to go there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon moving to New York City, McCurdy had a hard time finding work. This 19-year-old tattoo artist from Delaware found himself in the Big Apple going from tattoo shop to tattoo shop passing around his portfolio. He says many tattoo shop owners had a hard time believing that it was his work in the book because of how impressive it was to the eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58075 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg\" alt='Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. ' width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He had to find another way to stand out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I moved to NYC I lost that funny little nickname,\" he says. \"I didn't tell people my name was Bang Bang, I told people my name was Keith. And the problem is Keith McCurdy isn't really easy to remember, but nobody forgets Bang Bang. So I started telling people my name was Bang Bang and it was really great for me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on out there was no more Keith McCurdy; there was only Bang Bang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is what she came for\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several months, Bang Bang finally landed a job at a grungy, dark basement tattoo shop on the Lower East Side. It was here where he'd meet the girl that would launch his career and forever change his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58081 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\" alt=\"The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, "I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer." \" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, \"I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of months after he landed his first gig in New York, Bang Bang was tattooing in the basement when he recalls a group of five or six, tall, beautiful women walking into the shop. They asked the man at the front who was the best tattoo artist, the man said Bang Bang. Bang Bang's coworker then told him that a singer wanted to get a tattoo. That singer was Barbadian then-rising pop star, Rihanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rihanna, then 18, wanted a Sanskrit prayer etched along her thigh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Rihanna came into the shop with a reporter. They all sat down in the window of the tattoo shop storefront. Slowly, people began to gather around the window to watch. Bang Bang turned on his machine and started to ink Rihanna's skin as the reporter interviewed her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me, it was very difficult to make that tattoo. Because she's talking and she moves a lot when she talks, and she's speaking with her hands. And I'm like, 'There's this girl who will not sit still, and everyone's watching me, and I'm stressing out,' \" Bang Bang says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the tattoo turned out great. Rihanna was happy, so all was good in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Word of mouth quickly spread Bang Bang's success on the pop singer's tattoo. This opened the door for more career opportunities, and Bang Bang made sure he was ready. He's created a brand, a tattoo empire. \"Bang Bang\" is no longer just his nickname, it's the name of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bangbangforever.com/\">the store he opened\u003c/a> where he now manages 16 artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's Rihanna's go-to tattoo artist, and has also inked celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lebron James and Miley Cyrus, just to name a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through it all, Bang Bang falls back on one principle: being available. So much so, that for his first 10 years in New York, he didn't take a vacation — and he's made sure to not repeat the mistakes of his younger years in abusing alcohol or using drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I may need to fly across the planet because Lebron calls at 9 p.m. and I have to fly on this first flight the next morning,\" Bang Bang says. \"I have to sort out my whole world to get it done, but saying yes and making sure I am able to do it is what really laid the foundation for the opportunities that came.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+Tattoo+Artist+Bang+Bang+Is+Leaving+His+Mark+On+Celebrities&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"High school dropout Keith McCurdy went from tattooing outside of a Delaware trailer park to inking supermodels and stars. Above all, it's his readiness that's helped him turn his passion into success.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1484172962,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":41,"wordCount":1665},"headData":{"title":"How Tattoo Artist Bang Bang Is Leaving His Mark On Celebrities | KQED","description":"High school dropout Keith McCurdy went from tattooing outside of a Delaware trailer park to inking supermodels and stars. 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That has happened,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bang Bang is considered one of the most successful tattoo artists in the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New York-based artist is credited for creating some of the most iconic tattoos on celebrities. Like fashion model Cara Delevingne's simple yet eye-catching lion tattoo that sits on her index finger. And pop star Rihanna's henna design that wraps across her wrist and drips down her fingertips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, it was Bang Bang's work of art for Rihanna in 2007, when he was just 19 years old, that helped to catapult his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now 29, Bang Bang reflects on his journey from Pottstown, P.A. — a city about 40 miles northwest of Philadelphia — to how he got his big break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith McCurdy was born to teenage parents. His mother was a 17-year-old high school dropout who worked at Domino's Pizza, while his dad, who finished high school and went on to college, was scarcely around to father him, McCurdy recalls. This resulted in McCurdy being raised primarily by his mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he was 3 years old, McCurdy moved with his mom from Pennsylvania to a public housing unit in Delaware. There, his mom became an exotic dancer and he says this sometimes exposed him to a somewhat unsavory lifestyle. But the most challenging part, he says, was watching his mom struggle to put food on the table. That early hardship, however, forced McCurdy to grow up fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In school, he struggled to keep up and was easily distracted by friends and the occasional recreational drug use. And while his dad was often absent from his life, whenever he did come around, he always stressed to McCurdy the importance of education. Thus, at age 13, tired of failing grades and getting into trouble, McCurdy heeded his dad's advice to be a better student and convinced his parents to send him to boarding school in Connecticut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58079\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58079 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1020x764.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-768x575.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-1180x884.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-960x719.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/0s6a5317-5828497aef86565999eeb76eb63b448749811ead-s1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang and NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang LLC./Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leaving home for the first time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years later, McCurdy was thriving in boarding school. By now, he'd gotten his first exposure to tattoos and wanted one. His parents weren't enthusiastic about the idea, but McCurdy struck a deal with them that if he made the honor roll, they'd let him get a tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I made the honor roll and I got a tattoo, and it was a great experience for me because it really fueled my interest more,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was 15 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By this time, McCurdy notes, he'd gained more self-confidence and discipline. It appeared that his life was on track. But then he did what he describes as \"something stupid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was gearing up for college, filling out applications and getting his portfolio together; McCurdy was interested in graphic design. And despite finally getting his act together and excelling in school, McCurdy cheated on a Spanish test. This got him kicked out of boarding school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He found himself back in Delaware living with his mother and working part-time at Red Lobster, while trying to complete his high school diploma at a public school. Getting kicked out of boarding school was devastating for McCurdy. He'd liked it there, it inspired him and he felt like he was doing something positive with his life. It was also there — after he got his first tattoo — that he realized he wanted more. But with no money to pay for them, McCurdy thought of the next best thing — creating them from scratch. He felt that he could express himself through designing tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCurdy ordered a tattoo kit online and when it came in the mail, he walked into his mother's kitchen, sat down and started to tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And every day since, it's with that enthusiasm and love, that I continued to tattoo,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 641px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58080 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg\" width=\"641\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85.jpg 641w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-neck-8bcb6fe4e6d93739de042f2b394fd8807c242533-s800-c85-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becoming Bang Bang: \"I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park, and I tattooed guns on my neck so that I'd have no choice other than to succeed at it.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After three months of tattooing at home on himself and on everyone he knew, McCurdy landed a job at his dad's friend's tattoo shop outside a nearby trailer park. He quit his job at Red Lobster, dropped out of school and focused solely on tattooing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In hindsight it was a terrible decision, I mean it worked out, but man, I dropped out of high school to tattoo outside of a trailer park. And I tattooed guns on [my] neck and I had no choice other than to succeed at it,\" McCurdy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was from tattooing the guns that McCurdy earned the nickname, \"Bang Bang.\" He says the guns also symbolized that this was what he was going to do for the rest of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58077\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58077 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/cara_lion-ce94ab9a5f3ae04c55c63bf0e44c6721a87b693a.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang Bang gave Cara Delevingne's this lion tattoo. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New York City has more skin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, McCurdy thought he could take his skills further than the trailer park tattoo shop. He wanted more. So he scoped the industry and studied his craft. He knew who the big players were, and he knew that if he wanted to grow he would have to leave his neighborhood. So McCurdy packed up and moved to New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"New York City just has more people,\" he says. \"So it was simply my thought that, well, there's more skin, I'm going to go where the skin is — so if that's my canvas I'm going to go there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon moving to New York City, McCurdy had a hard time finding work. This 19-year-old tattoo artist from Delaware found himself in the Big Apple going from tattoo shop to tattoo shop passing around his portfolio. He says many tattoo shop owners had a hard time believing that it was his work in the book because of how impressive it was to the eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58075 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg\" alt='Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. ' width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/bangbangforever-2-2-edit_custom-f912b6a19a0cfbb97b67328feb9ef4d793ee76c3-1-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattoo artist Keith \"Bang Bang\" McCurdy works on NBA star LeBron James. \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He had to find another way to stand out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I moved to NYC I lost that funny little nickname,\" he says. \"I didn't tell people my name was Bang Bang, I told people my name was Keith. And the problem is Keith McCurdy isn't really easy to remember, but nobody forgets Bang Bang. So I started telling people my name was Bang Bang and it was really great for me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From then on out there was no more Keith McCurdy; there was only Bang Bang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is what she came for\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several months, Bang Bang finally landed a job at a grungy, dark basement tattoo shop on the Lower East Side. It was here where he'd meet the girl that would launch his career and forever change his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-58081 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg\" alt=\"The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, "I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer." \" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2017/01/BANG-BANG-and-Rihanna-first-tattoo_vert-14010630aa70602d099166603ee0825d6692a95b-s400-c85-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first time Bang Bang tattooed Rihanna, he says, \"I didn't know who she was, all I knew was she was a singer.\" \u003ccite>(Photo: Bang Bang Tattoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A couple of months after he landed his first gig in New York, Bang Bang was tattooing in the basement when he recalls a group of five or six, tall, beautiful women walking into the shop. They asked the man at the front who was the best tattoo artist, the man said Bang Bang. Bang Bang's coworker then told him that a singer wanted to get a tattoo. That singer was Barbadian then-rising pop star, Rihanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rihanna, then 18, wanted a Sanskrit prayer etched along her thigh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Rihanna came into the shop with a reporter. They all sat down in the window of the tattoo shop storefront. Slowly, people began to gather around the window to watch. Bang Bang turned on his machine and started to ink Rihanna's skin as the reporter interviewed her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me, it was very difficult to make that tattoo. Because she's talking and she moves a lot when she talks, and she's speaking with her hands. And I'm like, 'There's this girl who will not sit still, and everyone's watching me, and I'm stressing out,' \" Bang Bang says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the tattoo turned out great. Rihanna was happy, so all was good in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Word of mouth quickly spread Bang Bang's success on the pop singer's tattoo. This opened the door for more career opportunities, and Bang Bang made sure he was ready. He's created a brand, a tattoo empire. \"Bang Bang\" is no longer just his nickname, it's the name of \u003ca href=\"http://www.bangbangforever.com/\">the store he opened\u003c/a> where he now manages 16 artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's Rihanna's go-to tattoo artist, and has also inked celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lebron James and Miley Cyrus, just to name a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through it all, Bang Bang falls back on one principle: being available. So much so, that for his first 10 years in New York, he didn't take a vacation — and he's made sure to not repeat the mistakes of his younger years in abusing alcohol or using drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I may need to fly across the planet because Lebron calls at 9 p.m. and I have to fly on this first flight the next morning,\" Bang Bang says. \"I have to sort out my whole world to get it done, but saying yes and making sure I am able to do it is what really laid the foundation for the opportunities that came.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+Tattoo+Artist+Bang+Bang+Is+Leaving+His+Mark+On+Celebrities&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/58065/how-tattoo-artist-bang-bang-is-leaving-his-mark-on-celebrities","authors":["byline_pop_58065"],"categories":["pop_1537"],"tags":["pop_10"],"featImg":"pop_58074","label":"pop"},"pop_13523":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_13523","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"13523","score":null,"sort":[1412104046000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"body-language-what-tattoos-can-say-about-us","title":"Body Language: What Tattoos Can Say About Us","publishDate":1412104046,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Tattoo_PSF-1024x946.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"640\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Tattoo_PSF-1024x946.png 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Tattoo_PSF-360x332.png 360w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Tattoo_PSF-300x277.png 300w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Tattoo_PSF.png 1985w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tattoo_(PSF).svg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You need only flip through a fashion magazine or greet your mustached techie-neighbor during Movember to be reminded that the body is a vehicle for art. Personal taste depending, the handlebar mustache or ruffled couture gown is either gorgeous or gauche. But both types of fashion are temporary. We can quickly change clothes, cut or grow out bad hair and say something different about ourselves. It’s a kind of body art and language that doesn’t stick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not so for tattoos. This is part of why we get them -- to say something enduring, to memorialize an event or laud a loved one, to affiliate with a group, to wax philosophical in a foreign language, to ensure the constant companionship of mermaids or pinups or spirit animals, or our musical or political idols, living or dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, the desire to be tattooed comes first. The image to be inked comes next. There might be some planning. After an hour or so in the tattoo chair, it’s a done deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13704\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 215px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13704 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Jens-tatoo.jpeg\" alt=\"Jen's tatoo\" width=\"215\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Jens-tatoo.jpeg 215w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Jens-tatoo-201x300.jpeg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen's tattoo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco resident Jen’s (a fictional name) recent inking experience was anything but in and out. Her first and only tattoo, a scapula-to-elbow white dogwood tree in seasonal shift was completed over the course of 18 months and took 40 hours in the chair. That’s an entire work week!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland-based artist Marie Brennan of \u003ca href=\"http://www.divingswallow.com/\">Diving Swallow Tattoo\u003c/a> specializes in flora and fauna and designed and inked Jen’s tattoo, which represents Jen’s family roots in the Southeast and “the beautiful, absurd, and tragic cycle of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I first met Jen a few years ago, she was shy; I couldn’t have pictured her with a 26-inch-long tattoo on her thin arm. Red roots extend down below the elbow. “Some people have asked if they’re supposed to be veins,” she said. “Imagine getting your insides tattooed on your outsides.” This didn’t appeal to either of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having met Jen’s family, I had to ask her about their reaction. She said that when she told her mother the plan, her mother didn’t want anything to do with the tattoo, however meaningful the art was to Jen. This is evidence that we take other peoples’ tattoos personally and we shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or let me just say that \u003cem>I\u003c/em> shouldn’t. Lately, I’ve been reading peoples’ tattoos and judging the person. “Would you date someone with a huge crow tattooed on their back? What about a winged bat on the bicep? That crown of thorns around the upper arm? That’s so ten years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I love the way tattoos look on some people, with other tattoos, I ask myself if I could stand to look at it for the rest of my life. Usually, the answer is \u003cem>no\u003c/em> before I’ve even gotten to know the person, often just a passerby on the street who probably could care less what I think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I care. I care about that teen in juvenile hall whose gang-tattoo a potential employer -- and, well, everyone -- will judge. I care about that baggage clerk with a tattoo on the back of his shaved head. I even care about Jen’s boyfriend who doesn’t like tattoos in general. But he loves her, her individuality; they’ve been together for over ten solid years. In effect, when Jen said “I do” to the body art, so did her boyfriend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I said “I do” to ink on my body ten years ago, and I find myself ambivalent about it. After passing up every sketch in the tattoo parlor’s notebook, I finally selected a fleur-de-lys design with Celtic knots. I’m of French and Irish descent -- and a native of New Orleans -- so this made sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s on my shoulder and, though it’s not that big, people comment on it all the time. They assume it’s the Boy Scouts emblem or a nod to the New Orleans Saints football team. And after Hurricane Katrina, the tattoo must have come off as part of a trend. I don’t enjoy these questions from people; I’d rather hear praise or nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13705\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13705 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/my-Tattoo-after.jpeg\" alt=\"my Tattoo after\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/my-Tattoo-after.jpeg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/my-Tattoo-after-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fleur-de-lis 2.0\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last summer, though, after years of thinking my tattoo looked like a mere stamp on my body, I had it filled in with different colors to make it look more like a flower. But I’m still not happy with it all the time. I finally realize why. I see my tattoo more as text and less as image. To be happy with it, I need to appreciate the shading of the petals, the tiny piston and stamen embellishment, the steadfastness of the color over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As text, what my tattoo says to me is that I’m never happy with anything (being a writer, of course this is true). As image, my tattoo says to admire the flower on my own body. A flower that can be made bigger and better or even taken away, an image with an evolving narrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of us agree that any permanent fashion on the body should be meaningful. Some of us tweak the narrative as we go.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1420765784,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":936},"headData":{"title":"Body Language: What Tattoos Can Say About Us | KQED","description":"You need only flip through a fashion magazine or greet your mustached techie-neighbor during Movember to be reminded that the body is a vehicle for art. Personal taste depending, the handlebar mustache or ruffled couture gown is either gorgeous or gauche. But both types of fashion are temporary. 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Personal taste depending, the handlebar mustache or ruffled couture gown is either gorgeous or gauche. But both types of fashion are temporary. We can quickly change clothes, cut or grow out bad hair and say something different about ourselves. It’s a kind of body art and language that doesn’t stick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not so for tattoos. This is part of why we get them -- to say something enduring, to memorialize an event or laud a loved one, to affiliate with a group, to wax philosophical in a foreign language, to ensure the constant companionship of mermaids or pinups or spirit animals, or our musical or political idols, living or dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, the desire to be tattooed comes first. The image to be inked comes next. There might be some planning. After an hour or so in the tattoo chair, it’s a done deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13704\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 215px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13704 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Jens-tatoo.jpeg\" alt=\"Jen's tatoo\" width=\"215\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Jens-tatoo.jpeg 215w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/Jens-tatoo-201x300.jpeg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen's tattoo\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco resident Jen’s (a fictional name) recent inking experience was anything but in and out. Her first and only tattoo, a scapula-to-elbow white dogwood tree in seasonal shift was completed over the course of 18 months and took 40 hours in the chair. That’s an entire work week!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland-based artist Marie Brennan of \u003ca href=\"http://www.divingswallow.com/\">Diving Swallow Tattoo\u003c/a> specializes in flora and fauna and designed and inked Jen’s tattoo, which represents Jen’s family roots in the Southeast and “the beautiful, absurd, and tragic cycle of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I first met Jen a few years ago, she was shy; I couldn’t have pictured her with a 26-inch-long tattoo on her thin arm. Red roots extend down below the elbow. “Some people have asked if they’re supposed to be veins,” she said. “Imagine getting your insides tattooed on your outsides.” This didn’t appeal to either of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having met Jen’s family, I had to ask her about their reaction. She said that when she told her mother the plan, her mother didn’t want anything to do with the tattoo, however meaningful the art was to Jen. This is evidence that we take other peoples’ tattoos personally and we shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or let me just say that \u003cem>I\u003c/em> shouldn’t. Lately, I’ve been reading peoples’ tattoos and judging the person. “Would you date someone with a huge crow tattooed on their back? What about a winged bat on the bicep? That crown of thorns around the upper arm? That’s so ten years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I love the way tattoos look on some people, with other tattoos, I ask myself if I could stand to look at it for the rest of my life. Usually, the answer is \u003cem>no\u003c/em> before I’ve even gotten to know the person, often just a passerby on the street who probably could care less what I think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I care. I care about that teen in juvenile hall whose gang-tattoo a potential employer -- and, well, everyone -- will judge. I care about that baggage clerk with a tattoo on the back of his shaved head. I even care about Jen’s boyfriend who doesn’t like tattoos in general. But he loves her, her individuality; they’ve been together for over ten solid years. In effect, when Jen said “I do” to the body art, so did her boyfriend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I said “I do” to ink on my body ten years ago, and I find myself ambivalent about it. After passing up every sketch in the tattoo parlor’s notebook, I finally selected a fleur-de-lys design with Celtic knots. I’m of French and Irish descent -- and a native of New Orleans -- so this made sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s on my shoulder and, though it’s not that big, people comment on it all the time. They assume it’s the Boy Scouts emblem or a nod to the New Orleans Saints football team. And after Hurricane Katrina, the tattoo must have come off as part of a trend. I don’t enjoy these questions from people; I’d rather hear praise or nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13705\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-13705 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/my-Tattoo-after.jpeg\" alt=\"my Tattoo after\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/my-Tattoo-after.jpeg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/09/my-Tattoo-after-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fleur-de-lis 2.0\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last summer, though, after years of thinking my tattoo looked like a mere stamp on my body, I had it filled in with different colors to make it look more like a flower. But I’m still not happy with it all the time. I finally realize why. I see my tattoo more as text and less as image. To be happy with it, I need to appreciate the shading of the petals, the tiny piston and stamen embellishment, the steadfastness of the color over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As text, what my tattoo says to me is that I’m never happy with anything (being a writer, of course this is true). As image, my tattoo says to admire the flower on my own body. A flower that can be made bigger and better or even taken away, an image with an evolving narrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of us agree that any permanent fashion on the body should be meaningful. Some of us tweak the narrative as we go.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/13523/body-language-what-tattoos-can-say-about-us","authors":["3221"],"categories":["pop_1537","pop_1041"],"tags":["pop_321","pop_10"],"featImg":"pop_13752","label":"pop"},"pop_6511":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_6511","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"6511","score":null,"sort":[1373029253000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist","title":"Slinging Ink with Megan Wilson, Bay Area Tattoo Artist","publishDate":1373029253,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/05/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist/photo-21/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6515\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6515 alignleft\" title=\"cowgirl\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692.jpg 280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Pulitzer-Prize-winning Harvard Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich said, “well-behaved women seldom make history,” she hit the nail squarely on the head. Ulrich knew that for women to be heard in a male-dominated world, they had to make some noise. Enter Megan Wilson, a tough-as-nails yet sweet-as-pie tattoo artist born and bred in the Bay. If Megan had been a rule follower, the universe might not have had the chance to see her truly shine. Luckily for the tattooed masses (and any art enthusiasts, really) Miss Megan was a regular rabble-rouser and followed her wild, creative heart all the way into adulthood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 252px\">\u003cimg class=\" \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-18-e1372870681793.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"337\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Wilson\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You know what \"they\" say about tattoos being addictive? Well, \"they\" might not be so wrong. See, Megan began getting tattooed at the ripe, young age of 15 (don't tell her parents) and she was instantly hooked. She began hoarding tattoo magazines and copying the images by hand, drawing like a madwoman, absorbing as much as she could on her own. She knew she loved this art form and did everything she could to immerse herself in the culture. By the time she was 18 she was getting tattooed regularly in San Francisco but was still a bit too shy about asking for an apprenticeship. At 19, a Bay Area tattoo shop had taken her on as a 'shop girl'-- you know the gal who schedules appointments, sets up the artists' stations, etc. -- and within two years they put a tattoo machine in her hands. There was no looking back, ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan absorbed everything she could from her co-workers and spent her nights, as she still does, drawing, drawing, drawing. By 22 she had become a burgeoning tattoo artist motivated by the knowledge that this was her true path. Her talent has afforded her the opportunity to participate in tattoo conventions and guest spots at shops around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tattooing tends to be a male dominated field but you wouldn't know it by following Megan's career. She's been surrounded by support and positivity. Her diligence, drive and raw talent have gotten her to where she is today. In other words, she doesn't tattoo well in spite of being a girl; she tattoos well and is a girl. She inspires me. So I took the opportunity to ask her a few questions while she slid an ink soaked tattoo gun across my bicep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-20-e1372871563436.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"180\">Where did you grow up? What kind of stuff were you into as a kid/teenager and why did you start getting tattooed?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>I grew up around Northern California and in the Bay Area. I was always attracted to art, through my mom. We were either getting into ceramics or sewing, painting or drawing. There was always art around the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a teenager I got into punk rock; \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/eIqESwzCGg4\">Dead Kennedys\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTnbfxSbjI8\">Cock Sparrer\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/4WoxLk2g4-w\">the Misfits\u003c/a> were some of the first bands I really got into on my own. I would go to local punk shows and the older kids had tattoos. They looked tough, mysterious and part of a world I had never connected to, so I wanted in. When I was 15 I heard of a guy that wouldn't ID you. He was tattooing kids at my high school. They were all getting stupid shit. I drew up a jack-o-lantern, brought it to him and he tattooed it on me. I was forever changed. I knew I wanted to tattoo immediately after that. I thought it would be the perfect way to escape the typical American life that I wanted no part of. I wanted to travel, make art and separate myself from the ordinary. So I decided I wanted to tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was your first experience tattooing like?\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/05/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist/photo-23/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6517\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6517 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-23-e1372871151424.jpg\" alt=\"photo (23)\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nMy first experience was horrifying. I wasn't ready or prepared at all. I couldn't stop shaking I was so nervous. I tattooed a girl I had grown up with. I had no idea how difficult it was going to be. I'll be honest, it was a rough start. I ended up in tears in the back of the shop. I will say that the girl I tattooed is coming to get tattooed by me again for the first time since I tattooed her so many years ago. So it must not have ruined her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who inspires you and why?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy co-workers. I work with an amazing group of men. \u003ca href=\"http://analogtattoo.com/images/tattooArtists/galleria/themes/classic/mattShamah.php\">Matt Shamah\u003c/a> is my tattooer and I feel like a lot of my work is directly inspired by him. He helped me get hired at Analog; he changed my life path. Adrian Lee, \u003ca href=\"http://analogtattoo.com/images/tattooArtists/galleria/themes/classic/jimMiner.php\">Jim Miner\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/ronearhart\">Ron Earhart\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.andretattoos.com/\">André Malcom\u003c/a> are the other guys I work with, their dedication, passion and talent all drive me forward. I aspire to be as good as them. To dedicate myself so lovingly to my craft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/05/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist/photo-25/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6518\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6518 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743.jpg\" alt=\"Vicious\" width=\"196\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743.jpg 280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How has your tattooing style changed or evolved since you first became a tattoo artist? How do you want it to continue to evolve?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI think I've always focused on \u003ca href=\"http://fuckyeahtraditionaltattoos.tumblr.com/\">traditional tattooing\u003c/a>. I love all types of tattooing, but since I started it's always been traditional that I've been drawn to. It took me a few years to get a style and direction going and I feel it continually evolving. I like working with a limited color palette, with strong lines and lots of black. I'd like to continue forward into doing larger scale tattoos. Traditional tattoos can be very stiff --which looks awesome!-- but I want to incorporate that traditional feel into larger work with movement and interest as it covers the body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-22-e1372870924871.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"261\">\u003cstrong>How is where you tattoo now different from the other shops?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOur shop is \u003ca href=\"http://www.analogtattoo.com/adrianlee.html\">owned by Adrian Lee\u003c/a>: his ideas and tattooing are so inspiring and differ greatly from what so many other tattooers are doing. He's traveled the world to \u003ca href=\"http://www.juxtapoz.com/tattoo/bloodwork-bodies\">create books depicting the world's best tattooers\u003c/a>. He's created a legacy with his tattooing. I think it's clear when you come to our shop it's special, unlike any other shop. There is a focus on large scale tattooing, sleeves, back pieces, bodysuits. The relationship between tattooers and clients is very intimate. We love the people we tattoo; there's a relationship with trust there. We help our clients push forward to get the best tattoos possible. Helping people step out of their comfort zone and get something truly amazing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-24-e1372871235306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\u003cstrong>What is the biggest misconception about tattoo artists or the work they do?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI'm not sure how people conceive us. I feel like I don't know what life outside of this is like. I don't know what the rest of the world thinks of me and other tattooers. What I know is that tattooers are some if the most passionate, dedicated, and interesting people I know.\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's in the future for Megan? What's your biggest career goal or dream?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI plan to work for \u003ca href=\"http://analogtattoo.com/\">Analog Tattoo Arts Kolectiv\u003c/a> for now...probably until I retire. I couldn't imagine myself at a better shop. I hope to travel and tattoo more often and I just hope to grow as an artist. I want to continue to get better, everyday, every month, every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With her passion, perseverance, and artistic prowess it seems Megan has nowhere to go but up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You want in? Make an appointment with Megan \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/analog-tattoo-san-jose-2\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/ladywilson\">follow her here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>All photos courtesy of Megan Wilson\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Tattooing is still largely a man's game but this Bay Area bombshell is blowing through that stained glass ceiling with rapid trajectory. Meet Megan Wilson, an artist on the rise. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1382053475,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":1281},"headData":{"title":"Slinging Ink with Megan Wilson, Bay Area Tattoo Artist | KQED","description":"Tattooing is still largely a man's game but this Bay Area bombshell is blowing through that stained glass ceiling with rapid trajectory. Meet Megan Wilson, an artist on the rise. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Slinging Ink with Megan Wilson, Bay Area Tattoo Artist","datePublished":"2013-07-05T13:00:53.000Z","dateModified":"2013-10-17T23:44:35.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"6511 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=6511","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/05/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist/","disqusTitle":"Slinging Ink with Megan Wilson, Bay Area Tattoo Artist","path":"/pop/6511/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/05/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist/photo-21/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6515\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6515 alignleft\" title=\"cowgirl\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692.jpg 280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-21-e1372870788692-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Pulitzer-Prize-winning Harvard Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich said, “well-behaved women seldom make history,” she hit the nail squarely on the head. Ulrich knew that for women to be heard in a male-dominated world, they had to make some noise. Enter Megan Wilson, a tough-as-nails yet sweet-as-pie tattoo artist born and bred in the Bay. If Megan had been a rule follower, the universe might not have had the chance to see her truly shine. Luckily for the tattooed masses (and any art enthusiasts, really) Miss Megan was a regular rabble-rouser and followed her wild, creative heart all the way into adulthood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 252px\">\u003cimg class=\" \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-18-e1372870681793.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"337\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Wilson\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You know what \"they\" say about tattoos being addictive? Well, \"they\" might not be so wrong. See, Megan began getting tattooed at the ripe, young age of 15 (don't tell her parents) and she was instantly hooked. She began hoarding tattoo magazines and copying the images by hand, drawing like a madwoman, absorbing as much as she could on her own. She knew she loved this art form and did everything she could to immerse herself in the culture. By the time she was 18 she was getting tattooed regularly in San Francisco but was still a bit too shy about asking for an apprenticeship. At 19, a Bay Area tattoo shop had taken her on as a 'shop girl'-- you know the gal who schedules appointments, sets up the artists' stations, etc. -- and within two years they put a tattoo machine in her hands. There was no looking back, ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan absorbed everything she could from her co-workers and spent her nights, as she still does, drawing, drawing, drawing. By 22 she had become a burgeoning tattoo artist motivated by the knowledge that this was her true path. Her talent has afforded her the opportunity to participate in tattoo conventions and guest spots at shops around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tattooing tends to be a male dominated field but you wouldn't know it by following Megan's career. She's been surrounded by support and positivity. Her diligence, drive and raw talent have gotten her to where she is today. In other words, she doesn't tattoo well in spite of being a girl; she tattoos well and is a girl. She inspires me. So I took the opportunity to ask her a few questions while she slid an ink soaked tattoo gun across my bicep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-20-e1372871563436.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"180\">Where did you grow up? What kind of stuff were you into as a kid/teenager and why did you start getting tattooed?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>I grew up around Northern California and in the Bay Area. I was always attracted to art, through my mom. We were either getting into ceramics or sewing, painting or drawing. There was always art around the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a teenager I got into punk rock; \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/eIqESwzCGg4\">Dead Kennedys\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTnbfxSbjI8\">Cock Sparrer\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/4WoxLk2g4-w\">the Misfits\u003c/a> were some of the first bands I really got into on my own. I would go to local punk shows and the older kids had tattoos. They looked tough, mysterious and part of a world I had never connected to, so I wanted in. When I was 15 I heard of a guy that wouldn't ID you. He was tattooing kids at my high school. They were all getting stupid shit. I drew up a jack-o-lantern, brought it to him and he tattooed it on me. I was forever changed. I knew I wanted to tattoo immediately after that. I thought it would be the perfect way to escape the typical American life that I wanted no part of. I wanted to travel, make art and separate myself from the ordinary. So I decided I wanted to tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was your first experience tattooing like?\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/05/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist/photo-23/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6517\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6517 alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-23-e1372871151424.jpg\" alt=\"photo (23)\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nMy first experience was horrifying. I wasn't ready or prepared at all. I couldn't stop shaking I was so nervous. I tattooed a girl I had grown up with. I had no idea how difficult it was going to be. I'll be honest, it was a rough start. I ended up in tears in the back of the shop. I will say that the girl I tattooed is coming to get tattooed by me again for the first time since I tattooed her so many years ago. So it must not have ruined her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who inspires you and why?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMy co-workers. I work with an amazing group of men. \u003ca href=\"http://analogtattoo.com/images/tattooArtists/galleria/themes/classic/mattShamah.php\">Matt Shamah\u003c/a> is my tattooer and I feel like a lot of my work is directly inspired by him. He helped me get hired at Analog; he changed my life path. Adrian Lee, \u003ca href=\"http://analogtattoo.com/images/tattooArtists/galleria/themes/classic/jimMiner.php\">Jim Miner\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/ronearhart\">Ron Earhart\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.andretattoos.com/\">André Malcom\u003c/a> are the other guys I work with, their dedication, passion and talent all drive me forward. I aspire to be as good as them. To dedicate myself so lovingly to my craft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/07/05/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist/photo-25/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6518\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-6518 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743.jpg\" alt=\"Vicious\" width=\"196\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743.jpg 280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-25-e1372871028743-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How has your tattooing style changed or evolved since you first became a tattoo artist? How do you want it to continue to evolve?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI think I've always focused on \u003ca href=\"http://fuckyeahtraditionaltattoos.tumblr.com/\">traditional tattooing\u003c/a>. I love all types of tattooing, but since I started it's always been traditional that I've been drawn to. It took me a few years to get a style and direction going and I feel it continually evolving. I like working with a limited color palette, with strong lines and lots of black. I'd like to continue forward into doing larger scale tattoos. Traditional tattoos can be very stiff --which looks awesome!-- but I want to incorporate that traditional feel into larger work with movement and interest as it covers the body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-22-e1372870924871.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"261\">\u003cstrong>How is where you tattoo now different from the other shops?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOur shop is \u003ca href=\"http://www.analogtattoo.com/adrianlee.html\">owned by Adrian Lee\u003c/a>: his ideas and tattooing are so inspiring and differ greatly from what so many other tattooers are doing. He's traveled the world to \u003ca href=\"http://www.juxtapoz.com/tattoo/bloodwork-bodies\">create books depicting the world's best tattooers\u003c/a>. He's created a legacy with his tattooing. I think it's clear when you come to our shop it's special, unlike any other shop. There is a focus on large scale tattooing, sleeves, back pieces, bodysuits. The relationship between tattooers and clients is very intimate. We love the people we tattoo; there's a relationship with trust there. We help our clients push forward to get the best tattoos possible. Helping people step out of their comfort zone and get something truly amazing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/07/photo-24-e1372871235306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\u003cstrong>What is the biggest misconception about tattoo artists or the work they do?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI'm not sure how people conceive us. I feel like I don't know what life outside of this is like. I don't know what the rest of the world thinks of me and other tattooers. What I know is that tattooers are some if the most passionate, dedicated, and interesting people I know.\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's in the future for Megan? What's your biggest career goal or dream?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nI plan to work for \u003ca href=\"http://analogtattoo.com/\">Analog Tattoo Arts Kolectiv\u003c/a> for now...probably until I retire. I couldn't imagine myself at a better shop. I hope to travel and tattoo more often and I just hope to grow as an artist. I want to continue to get better, everyday, every month, every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With her passion, perseverance, and artistic prowess it seems Megan has nowhere to go but up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You want in? Make an appointment with Megan \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/biz/analog-tattoo-san-jose-2\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/ladywilson\">follow her here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>All photos courtesy of Megan Wilson\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/pop/6511/slinging-ink-with-megan-wilson-bay-area-tattoo-artist","authors":["2438"],"categories":["pop_6","pop_56"],"tags":["pop_992","pop_2788","pop_10","pop_636"],"featImg":"pop_6540","label":"pop"},"pop_17":{"type":"posts","id":"pop_17","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"pop","id":"17","score":null,"sort":[1357771290000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"11-steps-to-getting-a-tattoo-you-wont-regret-for-the-rest-of-your-life","title":"11 Steps to Getting a Tattoo You Won't Regret for the Rest of Your Life","publishDate":1357771290,"format":"aside","headTitle":"KQED Pop | KQED Arts","labelTerm":{"site":"pop"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18\" title=\"tattoo-200\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200.jpg 200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>Tattoos last forever, or at least as long as your body lasts, which is pretty much forever in human terms. For a lot of people (your boss and your grandpa), this is the main reason not to get them. For other people (you), this is what makes them so great. Your pets and your parents will die, your house will get bulldozed to build a superhighway, your friends will move to New York City. But your tattoos? Barring a full-body burning accident, they will be with you through the whole scary, sublime thing, until you are sitting in your easy chair, unable to pee without the help of an in-home care assistant. Until finally, you lose consciousness and stop existing. How comforting to know that a) your memories will be written on your body no matter how badly your brain disintegrates and b) your in-home care assistant will have something pretty to look at while he's pulling down your pants for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have 6 tattoos and I know an amazing tattooer, so I consider myself enough of an expert to educate you on the process of getting art permanently inscribed on your skin. To fully commit to this project, I decided to go get a tattoo and, while it was happening, interview \u003ca href=\"http://derickmontez.tumblr.com/\">Derick Montez\u003c/a>, who works at \u003ca href=\"http://sftattoo.com/artists/derick-montez/\">Picture Machine Tattoo\u003c/a>. He's the guy who has given me 3 of my tattoos and who is, in my opinion, the best tattoo artist of all time ever. Derek isn't even 30 yet but he apprenticed with well-known graffiti and tattoo artist \u003ca href=\"http://www.mikegiant.com/index.php\">Mike Giant\u003c/a> and is a great visual artist in a bunch of different mediums, beyond being a respected tattooer. So, without further ado, your step-by-step guide to getting a tattoo you won't regret for the rest of your life:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/img/arts/blog/inspection2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Before your tattoo:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Research! This is THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL THE STEPS.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting a good tattoo requires some actual preparation. According to Derick: \"The biggest mistake I think someone can make is not doing research on the artist that they get tattooed by. Tattooing has become such a popularized trend... more people are tattooing now, more than ever, but just because someone gets the idea in their head that they want to be a tattooer doesn't mean that they have the proper training or the proper techniques. It's just like anything else: if you have the money, you can open up a shop, but that doesn't mean you know what you're doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So look at portfolios online. Derick says: \"Most reputable shops have portfolios -- what you're looking for is consistency in work... you want to make sure the photos are clear, recognizable, readable, because a lot of times people just put up garbage photos... tattoos that are still wrapped in plastic. If you can find healed photos of peoples' tattoo work, that is a lot better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know he's right because this is exactly how my ex-boyfriend found Derick: obsessive internet searching to find the perfect tattoo artist for his first tattoo. I do not have this kind of patience and my first 3 tattoos are a testament to that (I still love them, but they are nothing compared to Derick's work), so I am very grateful that someone finally did the research for me. But you shouldn't be so lazy! Do the research yourself! You won't regret it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/128526/11-steps-to-getting-a-tattoo-you-wont-regret-for-the-rest-of-your-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the rest of this piece on KQED Arts. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/img/arts/blog/grr.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A tattoo lasts forever, or at least as long as your body lasts, which is pretty much forever in human terms, so don't mess it up.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1564635470,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":600},"headData":{"title":"11 Steps to Getting a Tattoo You Won't Regret for the Rest of Your Life | KQED","description":"A tattoo lasts forever, or at least as long as your body lasts, which is pretty much forever in human terms, so don't mess it up.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"11 Steps to Getting a Tattoo You Won't Regret for the Rest of Your Life","datePublished":"2013-01-09T22:41:30.000Z","dateModified":"2019-08-01T04:57:50.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"17 http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/?p=17","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/01/09/11-steps-to-getting-a-tattoo-you-wont-regret-for-the-rest-of-your-life/","disqusTitle":"11 Steps to Getting a Tattoo You Won't Regret for the Rest of Your Life","path":"/pop/17/11-steps-to-getting-a-tattoo-you-wont-regret-for-the-rest-of-your-life","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18\" title=\"tattoo-200\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200.jpg 200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/01/tattoo-200-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>Tattoos last forever, or at least as long as your body lasts, which is pretty much forever in human terms. For a lot of people (your boss and your grandpa), this is the main reason not to get them. For other people (you), this is what makes them so great. Your pets and your parents will die, your house will get bulldozed to build a superhighway, your friends will move to New York City. But your tattoos? Barring a full-body burning accident, they will be with you through the whole scary, sublime thing, until you are sitting in your easy chair, unable to pee without the help of an in-home care assistant. Until finally, you lose consciousness and stop existing. How comforting to know that a) your memories will be written on your body no matter how badly your brain disintegrates and b) your in-home care assistant will have something pretty to look at while he's pulling down your pants for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have 6 tattoos and I know an amazing tattooer, so I consider myself enough of an expert to educate you on the process of getting art permanently inscribed on your skin. To fully commit to this project, I decided to go get a tattoo and, while it was happening, interview \u003ca href=\"http://derickmontez.tumblr.com/\">Derick Montez\u003c/a>, who works at \u003ca href=\"http://sftattoo.com/artists/derick-montez/\">Picture Machine Tattoo\u003c/a>. He's the guy who has given me 3 of my tattoos and who is, in my opinion, the best tattoo artist of all time ever. Derek isn't even 30 yet but he apprenticed with well-known graffiti and tattoo artist \u003ca href=\"http://www.mikegiant.com/index.php\">Mike Giant\u003c/a> and is a great visual artist in a bunch of different mediums, beyond being a respected tattooer. 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Tattooing has become such a popularized trend... more people are tattooing now, more than ever, but just because someone gets the idea in their head that they want to be a tattooer doesn't mean that they have the proper training or the proper techniques. It's just like anything else: if you have the money, you can open up a shop, but that doesn't mean you know what you're doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So look at portfolios online. Derick says: \"Most reputable shops have portfolios -- what you're looking for is consistency in work... you want to make sure the photos are clear, recognizable, readable, because a lot of times people just put up garbage photos... tattoos that are still wrapped in plastic. If you can find healed photos of peoples' tattoo work, that is a lot better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know he's right because this is exactly how my ex-boyfriend found Derick: obsessive internet searching to find the perfect tattoo artist for his first tattoo. I do not have this kind of patience and my first 3 tattoos are a testament to that (I still love them, but they are nothing compared to Derick's work), so I am very grateful that someone finally did the research for me. But you shouldn't be so lazy! Do the research yourself! 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