Tattoo: phase one

Last night I endured about two and a half hours of being stuck thousands upon thousands of times with a needle injecting ink into my dermis! Ha--that sounds so dramatic. I was actually pretty surprised with how little the process hurt; the only time I had to employ my labor relaxation skills was when Elli was doing the initial outline toward to top of my shoulder. Other than that all I felt was a mild stinging sensation and as long as I was talking or someone was talking to me, I was distracted enough not to feel any pain at all. Fortunately my best friend Pamm came with me and provided much comic relief. If you're at all interested in learning how tattoos actually work, check this out.

So at long last, here it is!



I am VERY pleased with how it came out. I have an appointment in two weeks to have the artist add color; I have to wait until my skin heals from the first phase. She could have done it all at the same time, but the shop closed before she could start with the color.