40 by 40 #6 Get a New Tattoo

I am a little behind with updating my blog.  Life tends to get in the way sometimes, but that’s okay.  I have been learning to roll with the punches and trying not to sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff.  I stole that last part.

I had been playing with the idea of getting a new tattoo for quite some time, which is why it made a relative early spot on my list.  I wanted to get something that represented me and what I want for my future.  I had been pinning all kinds of ideas onto my Pinterest board and frankly they were all over the place.  I have too many interests!!

I was talking with my coworkers about the possibilities and what I wanted to do. M.C. just mentioned an idea off the cuff and it really stuck with me.  That night I went home and drew out the concept… an infinity sign made from a paintbrush that was painting itself.  Kinda like the MC Escher print of the hands drawing themselves, Drawing Hands.

I decided I wanted to get it done that weekend.  So I took a half day off of work on Friday, October 2 and recruited my friend M. to go with me to the tattoo parlor.  I chose to go to Forever Tattoo in Sacramento, CA.  I have known many people who had work done there and it all turned out very nice.

Here is my tattoo artist, Ian Carder,  at work…

That’s my arm.  I decided to get it on my left wrist.  The closer to my hand he worked, the more painful it was.  But it wasn’t all that bad.  I like to think I have a relatively high pain tolerance. (not really, I’m kind of a wimp)

He is an awesome tattoo artist.  He took my design that I created and came up with two possibilities that would work well: one that resembled my own design pretty closely and one he did that had more symmetry to it.  I liked both, but I went with the one I designed.  I love it!

This was the final result.  I really like how it turned out and it looks even better in person. That makes it my 5th tattoo and probably my favorite, although my cherries are a close second.  I celebrated with a few of my friends at Ironhorse with a glass of Monkey Knife Fight…yum!!