///COVERUP///

Around the age of seventeen, I blessed myself with one of the greatest gifts of teenagekind: what was to be referred to, shortly after, as a notorious tribal tramp stamp; an infamous meaningless LBT. I could just go to [Homeboy Industries] & have it removed for free, but that takes a long time & success isn't guaranteed. Besides, I'm pretty convinced a removal scar would just as badly say "hi, I once had a tribal lower back tattoo." I'd rather just cover it up & extend it into something I truly won't regret. Not sure exactly what but something perhaps abstract perhaps not, but definitely intricately technical yet elegant. Something I will look in the mirror backwards at & say "fuck my tattoo is fucking dope." Something I can wear crop tops & super low jeans with devoid of shame.

I have a general shape in mind: something that will cover up the existing tatt gracefully & carry it halfway up my spine to a point in a sort of tent-like shape.

An idea of some of the art I like that may be relevant:

Ixchel Lara

Augustine Kofie

Jose Parla

Gustav Klimt

Yoshitaka Amano

Stella Im Hultberg

Seventeen

Ladytron