Waiting on the Color

I just want to stare at my foot all the time now. My third tattoo is outlined and healing. Let me just say, when people tell you the top of your foot is a really painful place to get a tattoo, they are not joking. Wow. Talk about intense. Of my three tattoos, this was definitely the most consistently painful. At the end when the artist was inking the details like the lines in the middle of all the leaves, Rowan stood there laughing at the horrible faces I was making and snapping pictures. Nice.

Wendi did an amazing job. The tattoo looks just like Meredith's drawing. It's incredible! The linework is so fine and detailed. It looks like a vintage botanical print.  We were thinking about trying to finish the whole tattoo in one sitting  but the outline took three hours so the color will have to wait until we go down there for Christmas.

   

Mt foot was swollen for days. I had to go buy two new pairs of shoes to wear to work that wouldn't press on the ink.  Now, a little over a week after it was inked, it is healing nicely although still scruffy and peeling. I can't wait to see it with the color done! I love it madly!

 

I told my mother we were going to get matching tattoos for her birthday in January. She didn't seem totally averse to the idea. I am thinking about Forget Me Not flowers.  Just have to decide on a design and where to put it.  So much ink to plan for and only a limited amount of canvas!

Comments

[JulieZS]

Oooh, that turned out great Rachel, I can't wait to see it filled in with color. She really did a great job with the vines.

[alysse hennessey]

Rach, I love it! I remembered to check your blog JUSt to see if there were tattoo photos! It was so nice to see you the other weekend. Come see my house sometime. I own a house-- with a real studio even. Course it's prettier in summer. I've been dreaming about tattoos for my birthday in the spring.......

xo

[Lupita]

it is beautiful

may i ask how long did your tattoo stay swollen for?

i just got one done not too long ago. and it got swollen. it is slowly going down... no redness, or nasty stuff. and was just wondering how long would it last swollen.

[Solveig]

Oh My Good! A few weeks ago I was searching the internett for some nice botanical prints for a tattoo, and I found this print, only as a drawing. I loved it, but thought I would see if I found anything with the forget me not-flower today to compare. Then I found your site and picture! As you might have guessed I like you tattoo, and as I read what you had written under the pictures I see we have quite the same taste ;) Where did you get yours done..? I`m going to New York and San Francisco next week (I`m from Norway btw) and thought I would get it done while I was there. Hope to hear from you! My email is solveigselj@hotmail.com!

Best regards,
Solveig