the pheasant feather is for my dad as he was a man of the countryside and he bred pheasants nearly all my life. the writing is from a letter my dad wrote me when I was tiny. the other pic is just after I had it done with the tattooist Paul Chin-Reed from Chin-n-Ink
http://www.chin-n-ink.com/ at the Manchester tattoo show in 2008.
He was really good as I didnt let him change my original design, but he did inspire me to want a rubber duck tattoo ever since I met him as his are ace!
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I also have a brilliantly naff tattoo on my foot which was part of a bet. I went with a friend to get a cheeky devil on her arse, but she chickened out so I said if I got one in the most painful place on my body she would have to get hers done. The tattooist (Mick Tommo from Ruby Arts in York) picked my foot. It was meant to be a pentagram as I was into wiccan when I was 15, but luckily, it hurt like buggery to I just had the star. Its tiny and badly done but I would never cover it as I love the story....plus my mate from college is out there with a cheeky devil on her arse! and thats my fault! lol
I have designed another tattoo I would like, but I just cant decide where yet...
this afr one is far more than just my fav band, its a part of my life, its an ode to the place and the people who made me who i am today.
My ex will say I'm a cheesy bastard, but I owe him alot (if only for the love of music) so thats why the "as friends rust" bit is his hand writing (scanned it of the inlay to a mix tape he made me), the HD1 stands for huddersfield, where I was at uni and the place where I "found myself" for lack of a better, less cheesy term!! The track is a AFR track, but its also an ode to the lost art of mixtapes and as friends rust is also apt because I no longer have contact with many people from that time and my best mate at uni, Grace, died a few years after we left, so I like the sentiment of friendship rusting.
I also want some Key's or just one key on my body as its my mums family name and I feel like one of my mums part of the family more than anything, I just havent found a design I like.