Homework time! My favorite body mod is my “Gold Digger” tattoo on my right thigh. During the summer of 2011 I accompanied Travis to a tattoo appointment. The walls were covered in these incredible and unique paintings, created by one of the other artists at the shop. I was totally enamored. I fell in love with this one:
(sorry for the glare!!)
I asked the artist if he had ever tattooed it and he said No. I immediately made an appointment. I had to have her!
A few weeks later, we returned to fetch my beauty. I sat for 6 hours, my longest session, and she was so worth it:
The most amazing thing happened when I got home. I walked into my bedroom and Travis was holding the original painting. He had made a trade with the artist and somehow sneakily gotten the painting into his car before we left the shop without me ever noticing. The painting still hangs in my home and I love that this tattoo has such a great story to go with it :)
By: Tyson Hegstrom of Fat Cat Tattoo in Citrus Heights, CA.
