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I am a huge fan of body art and body modifications, I think at one time I had everything pierced..lol , but due to

surgery in September of 2006 I had to remove them and have never replaced them. Although

my favorite piercing ,my tongue, was removed after biting down on the ball and shattering one of my molars. "OUCH"

The pain of self expression..lol

So I Decide to finally get my full back tattoo , the first trip to Hooligans Ink

on Market street , Youngstown Ohio. I met with Lenny, and felt comfortable right away.

I would be spending a lot of time with him so it was important to me to trust him,

I mean the man is going to be covering my back and front with some major ink, my trusting him

and comfort was going to be a major factor in deciding if I was going to get my ink in his studio. (well that and his skill..lol)

So we start talking and I tell him my idea and what I am looking for.

He takes it all in , and tells me he will contact me within the week with a design.

I get a call a couple days later, Lenny told me , the design is finished and to come check it out.

So I run up there the same day. I was so excited I didn't want to wait.
It was perfect! I loved it, now to start. We set an apt. for the next week, the outline.

The first session took 5 1/2 hours and the entire outline of both dragons was finished.

I almost passed out just once.. only when he went on my backbone.. I really hated that part,

I started to sweat and had gotten sick to my stomach, so we stopped and he put ice on

my neck and we took a 20 min break..lol after that I kept myself busy on the phone with friends and humming..lol

This is the outline no ink yet One outline dragon done total outline finished of back
Session .
Second session I was not as prepared as the first, I didn't know how much it would hurt on my sides and stomach.

It only lasted about 1 1/2 hours and I was thankful for that.
Yeah I'm faking the cool. i was in total pain

Session 3
My third visit was exciting, I got to finally get an idea of the texture and detail of my evil dragon.

That's the one we started first.

so here is the wing. this was about 3 1/2 hours

Session 4

The fourth visit, more detail was added to the Evil dragon.. only sat for about 2 hours.

I was going once a week at this point.

Session 5

More detail added to "Mr Evil" about 1 1/2 hours. For some reason It hurt too much..lol

I had to take a break

and ended up going home. I didnt take pics of this session, I was too bummed out

because I couldnt sit

for very much..lol I was a complete baby..lol..

but this pic is what the dragon looks like at this point

Session 6
The Sixth visit, Lenny decided that he would start on the hip tribal and front tails,

to give my self a break from the back lol.. I seriously dont know how these people

go in and sit for 8 hours and complete a tattoo.. I would be a wreck. anyway..

First side , the right tribal I did ok, until he got closer to the hip bone and my side.

I swear I think my rib cage sits right on my hip bones. If it didnt hurt my hip i was twitching

when he came close to my rib cage..lol

Session 7
The seventh visit, Lenny started the "Good Dragon" he is gonna have feathers and bubbles on his wings unlike

the other dragon who is spiked and torn and tattered.. I did great this session , I was on a total tattoo high during

this whole session, 2 1/2 hours as of Feb 1 2008 this is what my back looks like, next visit will be next week.

More photos to come,