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05 July, 2006
Check these out.

After much deliberation and many emails, I have decided on an artist for my chestpiece. Her name is Ashley Love and she lives and works in Winston-Salem, NC. Here is some of her work. Her use of color makes my head swim. More of her work can be found at her tattoo livejournal.

I can’t get over the colors on those two sugar skulls. Agh, the blue-grays and that olive green with pink! Brilliant. I can’t wait to see what she draws for me.


Comments

Okay, so I will never get a tattoo. It's a totally personal thing, I'm just not into them. HOWEVER if I ever DID get one I would jump on Ashley Love's bandwagon in a SECOND. Heck, I'd love to just buy some prints from her to hang on my wall! Gorgeous!

Nice choice -- I think you're going to be really happy :)

Posted by: Fuzzball on 05 July, 2006

Oh, I love those. I'm going to friend that journal - I love it. And I'll probably try to use her... you know... when I get the courage to actually get a tattoo...

Posted by: Kells on 05 July, 2006

those are beautiful.

Posted by: christie on 05 July, 2006

I have been reading Ashley's LJ for sometime now and love her work. Nice choice.

Posted by: sarahrae on 05 July, 2006

Wow. Just...wow. I think I would go to NC just to get a tattoo done by her. (And I'm in Illinois!) Her style reflects what I want to see in my next tat. PLEASE keep us posted.

Posted by: shannon on 05 July, 2006

those are sooo beautiful! jealous! :)

Posted by: Alicat on 05 July, 2006

Indecision lyrics are a good tattoo choice... haha.

Posted by: jimmy on 05 July, 2006

Woohoo! North Carolina! :D

Posted by: Brandy on 06 July, 2006

Like a lot of people here....I would drive to NC to have something THAT beatiful inked on my body.

Posted by: Lisa on 06 July, 2006

Wow, those are great. And you're right about the colors. I'm excited to see what she'll draw for you!

Posted by: Charmaine on 06 July, 2006

I love the tatts-- I believe this person has worked on a couple of my NC friends. Thanks for including the LJ link.

On an unrelated note: we already have a dachs/lab mix (Roxy) who's nearly five. Our neighbors have offered us a five-month-old male Boston who's in need of rescue b/c of an abusive home. I'm the type of person who likes to read up on any given situation (I think you are, too), and I wondered if you might suggest websites/books that you think are particularly helpfuly to potential Boston parents. We're going to arrange a doggy meeting and such, but I like to be prepared.
Thanks!

Posted by: Laurah on 06 July, 2006

Laurah-
Check out http://www.woofboard.com! It is a great community of boston terrier owners, many are involved with rescue and fostering. Sign up and ask any question, they definitely helped me out when I first got Kyla!

Posted by: Amber on 06 July, 2006

BANANAS over the sugar skulls! Great work.

Posted by: michelle/weaker vessel on 06 July, 2006