Tattoorism: Aaron and Brandi Share Their Ink

<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">We here at Tattoosday love our fans. However, sometimes when someone sends us a submission from abroad, we may be slow to post it. Brandi and Aaron's submissions are the extreme case in point.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Brandi e-mailed me back in April. Yes, as in that part of the calendar six months ago.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Oh, I had grand plan for the post, planning to unveil it to coincide with a cinematic release, or a DVD release, but I could never get the timing just right.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">In the better late than never category, let me introduce you to a couple of tattoos that have been patiently waiting for their moment in the Tattoosday sun.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">I'll start with Brandi's tattoo, which is on the front of her right shoulder:<br /><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQoeinOKl8UjOY8f2mf9Kq2sP6jXBPf9Xr7jyCDVi9ZXmalnJlvOSLCIFosjmpAoc963pzLXy4VL7fJkbgXBBV9AwVy_atHsU7At4Xg0RoeCm5lTviP1W2eVeUdtaGVswMJT_DGrm/s1600-h/Snowflake.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416158109741304066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQoeinOKl8UjOY8f2mf9Kq2sP6jXBPf9Xr7jyCDVi9ZXmalnJlvOSLCIFosjmpAoc963pzLXy4VL7fJkbgXBBV9AwVy_atHsU7At4Xg0RoeCm5lTviP1W2eVeUdtaGVswMJT_DGrm/s320/Snowflake.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Brandi explains:</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><blockquote style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">"This tattoo is one I got on my 25th birthday but it had been 7 years in the making. I lived in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place><st1:city><span style="">Seattle</span></st1:city><span style="">, </span><st1:state><span style="">WA</span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> for 10 years (currently in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:state><st1:place><span style="">Texas</span></st1:place></st1:state></span><span style="font-size:100%;">) and have always loved snowflakes so for my birthday I decided to get this tattoo in memory of my life in </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:city><st1:place><span style="">Seattle</span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style="font-size:100%;">."<br /><br /></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >The second tattoo is from Aaron. Just to show you how long it has been, when they first sent the photo in April, Aaron was her boyfriend. In a follow-up e-mail a few weeks ago, Brandi called him her </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >fiance, so congratulations are in order as well!<br /><br />Here's Aaron's tattoo:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQW7_34inF4HrS1rsbPO02KaWf8om4tyQZb9Z1X55hyyjUoBoRU7Rl4SVwLxqUvgdh_-TSriFUwXYp-I6uZR3a86kY96PKAz4D1OtHL7xo6hHgFyejoRns3YK3bfBWcklkneMpDwR/s1600-h/m_fd95ce470d68d039ce022e50ee4136d9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: times new roman;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416159981319554978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQW7_34inF4HrS1rsbPO02KaWf8om4tyQZb9Z1X55hyyjUoBoRU7Rl4SVwLxqUvgdh_-TSriFUwXYp-I6uZR3a86kY96PKAz4D1OtHL7xo6hHgFyejoRns3YK3bfBWcklkneMpDwR/s320/m_fd95ce470d68d039ce022e50ee4136d9.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 197px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Yes, that is the crest of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryffindor#Gryffindor" style="font-family: times new roman;">Gryffindor</a><span style="font-family: times new roman;">, the crest of one of the four "houses" at </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts" style="font-family: times new roman;">Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy</a><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> in the the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter" style="font-family: times new roman;">Harry Potter</a><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> series by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling" style="font-family: times new roman;">J.K. Rowling</a><span style="font-family: times new roman;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Brandi explains:</span><br /><br /></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman;"><blockquote>This tattoo is the first installment of a sleeve project Aaron is in the process of that was started after I suggested to him he get it. He is a HUGE Harry Potter fan and I thought what better way to express his love for HP. The rest of the sleeve will be black and white illustrations from each book and I couldn't love him more for expressing his inner "dork."<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--></blockquote></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;">I also am a fan of the series and have also share the qualities of dorkitude from time to time, so how could I not share this cool tattoo with our readers?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Both tattoos were inked at </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/epictattoos" style="font-family: times new roman;">Epic Tattoos</a><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> in Fort Worth, Texas. </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nickclarktattoos" style="font-family: times new roman;">Nick Clark</a><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> did Brandi's snowflake and </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/tatyou" style="font-family: times new roman;">Rudy Perez</a><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> inked Aaron's Gryffindor piece.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Thanks to both Aaron and Brandi for sharing their work with us here on Tattoosday and for waiting so patiently for me to get around to posting their tattoos!</span><br /></span>

Tattoorism: Aaron and Brandi Share Their Ink

We here at Tattoosday love our fans. However, sometimes when someone sends us a submission from abroad, we may be slow to post it. Brandi an...

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