Christine

Once my first tattoo was started I knew I was hooked and jonesing for more.  I love tattoos.  They are such an amazing way to capture parts of my life on my body.  Trials, tribulations, drunken shananagains, the love of all things girly and good times are represented in every one of my tattoos.
My first tattoo was my entire back piece.  It is still a work in progress and it has been so rad watching it come to life.  Opie Ortiz from American Beauty is the tattoo artist creating and getting down on it.  He is a phenomenal artist and I love seeing what results from our collaborations of ideas.  I got the tattoo on my year anniversary of a horrible car accident I was in.  My front teeth were knocked out, lip bitten off in chunks and many many bones broken.  So when I went to go get the tattoo I figured I was pretty experienced on the pain factor and went whole hog.  I decided on the tiger because to me it represents being a tough cookie, overall beauty and sheer awesome-ness! Opie drew it up to cover my back, we decided on the background together, put some gardenias in there for my Mama and went from there.  I think to me it will always be one of my most inspirational pieces to me.
Other tattoos I currently have is my day of the dead skulls on my feet which I got done when I first started going to welding and  restoration school. I have pin up stockings on the back of my legs. My knuckles that say Stay True which is a little reminder to myself to always be who I am and not be a weenie. My anarchy sign with leopard print on the top of my left hand to represent my punk roots from Long Beach and LBP.  A little 13 on my thumb from Friday the 13th that Javier did. The inside of my lip says As you wish., a quote from one of my favorite movies.  I have an old school flash bomb on my left arm with a banner that says friends.  My friend Heather has a matching one that says best.  Dave from Ship Shape Tattoo rocked those out for us.  And my most recent one on my left arm is my two lovely pin up dolls that Opie is also doing.  One is a cute little blonde making cupcakes and the other is a dark haired zombie with a plate of brains for whoever is hungry.  I love them. To me they show a couple sides of me and things I enjoy very much.  I do pin up and punk/alt modeling and love seeing the pin ups on my arm. Its a fun reminder of the hard work and great time I have had so far  modeling.
I plan on continuing to get tattooed.  Maybe I will stop when I am one hundred percent reassured that the undead will never walk the Earth and mad scientist are not in their labs creating dinosaurs. So I don’t think I will be stopping anytime soon.  I am very excited for new pieces to come and different ways to express my self on my skin.  Candies, and bunnies and horror, OH MY!

Christine
christinepinupfury@yahoo.com