Pretty Peacock

I don't think I ever posted finished photos of my peacock tattoo. I'm not a huge fan of posting my tattoos on the internet or even sharing them in person but I'm so in love with this one that I can't help it. You probably remember my last post about getting my girl covered up and saw the outline of the peacock. I got him colored in a few weeks ago and here is the finished product. I'm probably going to have Thomas touch up a few of places to cover the girl a little more since it's lightened up a lot after healing. I'm totally in love with all the color and can't wait to work on getting my whole sleeve complete. This was done by Thomas Sigmon at Westside Tattoo Company in Conover, North Carolina.

Ten Things Tuesday, Tattoos

1. Tattoo barbie? I think I need her.

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2. I'm totally diggin' this style.

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3. How much more perfect could this get?

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4. This sweet little narwhal.

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5. Ashley Love is by far one of my favorite tattoo artists.

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6. I would love to have a japanese inspired back piece one day. 

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7. Not sure why, but I really love this piece. 

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8. Oh my! I need a paco & copper tattoo! This frenchie one is too cute.

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9. Love this girl. 

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10. and for those of you who think tattoos are too permanent, you should grab this stuff for the Silhouette! how awesome!

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**Unfortunately, due to websites that do not require you to credit photo sources such as tumblr, it is hard to give credit to these artists. If you know who the artist is of any of these tattoos that weren't fully credited, please contact me and I will give full credit.

Thank you.

Tattoo Lover

I've had this girl on my arm since I was 19 and we've had a love/hate relationship. Eventually, the hate just took over and I couldn't ever find the love for her anymore. I found myself covering her up anytime I'd go out in public to avoid anyone asking what it was or if they could see it. Or the famous question, "is that supposed to be you?" would irk me like no other. I wanted there to be something I loved there, something I was proud to show off. It's taken me five years to think of what I really wanted to cover her up and to find a great artist to do the work. I had a great tattoo guy back in Jacksonville but that's quite a drive for a tattoo when I live where I do. I finally came across Thomas Sigmon, who works here in Conover at Westside Tattoo. Most of you already know that I decided on a peacock to cover the girl. The feathers are going to do a great job of covering up the main part of her and even with the outline done, you can already hardly tell she was there before. I'm smitten. I love this peacock and can't wait to finish the rest of my arm and have one cohesive sleeve. The peacock wraps around my arm and covers up the sloth tattoo that I had on my wrist also, not because I didn't like it but because it wouldn't go with the rest of my arm when it was finished. I can't wait to get him colored in! So here ya go, before and after pics (sorry for the lack of clarity on the peacock, this picture was taken with my laptop camera):