Tattoo completed

[alex_beecroft]

After all these years!

Got my tattoo finished off yesterday. I can’t actually tell what colour it is because it is so inflamed, but when it calms down it will probably be verging on very yellow. I now have my own sunshine with me at all times.

You couldn’t really see the anchor before, so I suggested making the anchor yellow/orange too, and Nick (the artist) said ‘Ah, yes, it’s reflecting the sky.’ Which I had not thought of, in fact, but makes so much sense.

Entire thing designed by me, done and hand shaded by Nick of Tattoo Crazy in March. I can’t recommend them enough.

Mirrored from Alex Beecroft - Author of Gay Historical and Fantasy Fiction.

Comments

[ranunculus]

Wow! Beautiful!

[alex_beecroft]

Hee :) Thank you!

[watervole]

What made you choose those particular symbols? I presume they have significance to you. Or did you just like the design?

[alex_beecroft]

*g* It's pretty cliche really. My children's names are Rose and Reed - hence the rose and reeds. My name means 'of the sea' - hence the sea. And my husband's name is Andrew. He was very difficult to find a symbol for! But apparently one of the symbols of St. Andrew is the anchor, and my husband is very much the calm, restraining one in a relationship where I'm the storm, so that seemed appropriate for him. So basically it's my family with bonus sun = God because He brought us together in the first place. It was that or names, and I thought names would be too cliche ;)