Hello there,
Well in the last blog I discussed briefly how I got into tattooing and my first tattoo, but what about the others? Well my first tattoo was from a legitament shop and afterwards, I decided that I would take a break for at least a year so I don’t go overboard. Well… that didn’t work out (which I knew it would not have). The second tattoo all started when I moved up to Colorado State University and met this lady on my floor. Her boyfriend, a 23 year old who did not attend CSU said he did tattoos as a side job. . . you know, just for fun.
Lets pause, here is a picture of my first tattoo done
One night, we were all hanging out in the residence hall, Parmelee, and he had brought his equipment over. I had this brilliantly spontaneous idea that I was getting a tattoo with one of my friends. I could not tell you why but in my crazy brain it seemed like a good idea at the time. So I started frantically drawing designs of the word FIJI (which is the nickname of my fraternity). Little tangent about the meaning behind this tattoo, during my second semester of my freshman year, a fraternity came to campus to expaned and start a new chapter at Colorado State University. Me and seven other guys decided to join and collectively decided we wanted to create a fraternity of brothers that would change the negative image of a typical “frat” portrayed in the media.
After drawing some designs I gave it to an art major to edit and touch up while I went to walmart. Upon my return the art major had finished editing the tattoo and I was ready to get tatted. Upon entering my room, Sean, the 23 year old tattooer started plugging his equipment into my wall. There were people coming in and out watching this painful process as he drilled and dug ink deep into my skin. After I was finished, he tattooed my friend while I simultaneously pierced my other friends ear. Here is some pictures of that process. . . enjoy!
