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choosing on a whim — something small

My first tattoo is a really simple representation of a ghost. I was 19, and my friend in college and I had been drawing and he drew a ghost I just really liked. I had some friends who got into doing stick-and-pokes, and one night while we were drinking in our dorm rooms, I decided I wanted a tattoo of it, so my friend Michelle gave me this little tattoo on my arm. It’s stilll one of my favorites and somehow the one I get the most compliments on—it’s small and simple and it’s just a sweet little friend on my arm! I find that I’m most happy with the ones I don’t think too hard about. I remember my friend worrying that I’d regret it, but instead I woke up very pleased :)

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Jul 20, 2024

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Tattoo Yourself

I learned how to hand poke on a fake skin but I needed someone to practice on, so who better than myself, right??

@robcrr

May 2, 2024

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reclaiming meaningless tattoos

i love coming up with different stories depending on who’s asking, what mood i’m in, how much time i have to explain. but lately, i’ve totally started copping out and saying ‘it’s personal’ every time the topic comes up. admitting to getting something so permanent on your body ‘just cause’ 🤪 feels daunting, especially when most peoples’ reason for never getting a tattoo is that they can’t decide what would be important or visually pleasing enough to have on them at all times. now, this indifference towards my silly ink has made me doubt or even dislike some of it and i’m not about that! at all!! my interests have always been in a state of flux but i’ve also always gotten so much joy from self expression and all my pointless tattoos are markers of times when that joy was there, or when i was searching for it. so as practice, here’s a short intro to my latest ink 🤍 i got it on a whim in argentina from an artist a friend recommended. it’s a little streetlight on my leg and while, objectively, it means nada to me, it represents this trip where i grew closer to my friends by seeing them through the lens of their culture, the life of a friend that was lost while i was here, a person that i met that helped me grieve and made me uncover parts of me i had been caging for some time. tomorrow it might be in honor of remy, the sweet-sweet kitty that weighted-blanketed me through the whole session. either way, i’m cool with it.

@uuparas

Jan 24, 2025

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Male dominated hobbies

“Wow you’re actually pretty good!” You’re actually pretty bad

@kat-martin

Feb 16, 2025

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Doppelgängers

“I just saw someone who looks just like you” You saw me in disguise and it won’t happen again.

@kat-martin

Mar 5, 2025

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little wins

I made this mug for myself and was worried it was too small. I had another mug ready to catch the overflow until I heard the machine slowing down. My eyes got watery it was so perfect

@kat-martin

Apr 11, 2025