I want to see your TATS!

I love tattoos, and since turning 18 have had 8 (one of them being 20 odd pieces) I would love to see some of your work and the reasons behind them!
Here are mine


This is my main tattoo that stretches from my right shoulder down to my left thigh. Since turning 18 I have had many bits added, edited etc to finally create this. Although unfinished, this image gives a good, clear idea of how it will end up. The part on the upper right shoulder (vines, hibiscus and emerald swallowtail butterfly) are the newest parts to this tattoo, and the same pattern will be applied to the rest of the tattoo to make it more feminine and cleaner. This will involve all of the older vines being curled further and added too. Each addition was added for occasions or moments in my life that caused a big effect or meant something, for example, the green emerald butterfly was added as a reminder of my 21st birthday spent with Kieron that involved a visit to the butterfly farm.

Although not directly connected to the main tattoo, I associate this one with it. This tattoo is one of my favourite butterfly; the Blue Morpho, also one in reminder of my 21st birthday, but bought as a Christmas present! this is by far my favourite tattoo, and it sits on my front left shoulder so is quite noticeable! This again is done by my current tattooist, and I plan to keep returning to him as he is absolutely fab!

This tattoo is a close favourite. I am in love with hummingbirds and butterflies, and this feather containing a hummingbird just was perfect. This was another gift from my boyfriend, and is on my forearm. The one on my wrist, also in this image was the first tattoo my boyfriend bought me on my first birthday spent with him! Anyway, the hummingbird is absolutely tiny, 2 inches max, and being a huge fan of smaller things, this was perfect. The detail is absolutely amazing and the two tattoos have so much meaning. These two were done by different tattooists, the feather being my current tattooist.

This is by far my worst, and least favourite tattoo, and has had many attempts to be improved and fixed up. It sits on my right hip so is in the way, but not always noticeable. It was one of my first tattooists, done by a bad artist, and because I wanted something there and then as I spent a lot of time with the people who worked in the studio. My tattooists believes he can improve this to be perfect! I hope so… this still looks a lot better than the original design (below the large image) though, so it is getting there…

This tattoo was completed in three parts. It began just the top little part, then I added the hummingbird, then the butterfly. This one isn’t a favourite, but I still like it, though would now prefer a butterfly in it’s place! This still isnt bad for one of my first tattoos though, I have seen much worse as a first choice The next two tattoos were done by a poor tattooist, and were done because I wanted something done there and then, again they will be edited and added to, to improve them! These are the two, but there isn’t much I can say about them!