The Illustrated Man

My First Tattoo Ink Drawing

Ink on cartridge paper, 240 grams.

For me this was a nostalgic look back to boredom and an old brass school compass; when I was nine I tattooed a dot on my left thumb with my school compass. I was so pleased with that I did another one.

ink drawing of a schoolboy sat at his desk tattooing himself with a compass

Posted by Steve 'A' on June 20th, 2007 in Artwork. Follow any responses through the RSS 2.0 feed, leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

One response to “My First Tattoo Ink Drawing”

  1. Posted by David on December 22nd, 2008 at 5:50 am

    Lol, i love the description.

    “when I was nine I tattooed a dot on my left thumb with my school compass. I was so pleased with that I did another one.”

    … The beginning of a tattoo artist. :)

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