A Bright Spot in December: A Phoenix and a Pin-Up

As one would expect, inkspotting is tough during December. Here we are at the end of the month, and I have only interviewed three people since the 1st. There were a few times over the summer when I interviewed three contributors during my lunch hour!<br /><br />The last person whose work I photographed was Megan, who I found upstairs at the <a href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_582">Penn Plaza Borders</a> store.<br /><br />Megan has seventeen tattoos, but it was this one that caught my eye:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNx2T8E0IO5XY3c1b_0n3eBYVRnTpDML3LJoz6KUPe4q09hJGPoU1rcBvkIkm9a74sJCL5qhYZ1nB54HdgPbOH7EyGFE5h0ItmIi0qNL8y1kT42EJI1ikQE8TQue34MU1X3KUqWYP_Ps/s1600/phoenix+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNx2T8E0IO5XY3c1b_0n3eBYVRnTpDML3LJoz6KUPe4q09hJGPoU1rcBvkIkm9a74sJCL5qhYZ1nB54HdgPbOH7EyGFE5h0ItmIi0qNL8y1kT42EJI1ikQE8TQue34MU1X3KUqWYP_Ps/s640/phoenix+collage.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />This is a phoenix, of course, but fewer people may recognize it as <a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Fawkes">Fawkes</a>, the phoenix of <a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Albus_Dumbledore">Professor Albus Dumbledore</a>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01QotM2Rxzao5xarDhGvbMw-DwNOPXWe_96teIiu4aWHERAtu-ERxxeDN9l9SHCwGgfHrTGip3bQqj3FlsbJzLG4uqxCa1-nsGtA4zdtgPNUx-AT1WpibYJKxgEEyByUIOoIxAdCPxPo/s1600/phoenix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01QotM2Rxzao5xarDhGvbMw-DwNOPXWe_96teIiu4aWHERAtu-ERxxeDN9l9SHCwGgfHrTGip3bQqj3FlsbJzLG4uqxCa1-nsGtA4zdtgPNUx-AT1WpibYJKxgEEyByUIOoIxAdCPxPo/s640/phoenix.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />The artwork is based on the illustration by <a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Jason_Cockcroft">Jason Cockcroft</a> on the cover of the UK edition of the aforementioned book.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gDxKVgqN1WHyBA1Y3G3FwHTu8m3MnBCWHVA3OEYZBh-TMU6NgRvIP4dnL95mVb6p3jOYwl2Uu2ByhFpoVQivrOOD4SV8OIoSjJADhbWvYbtDv227bWKcLq-aFthcgEU0jiQcXn8GCeg/s1600/order.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gDxKVgqN1WHyBA1Y3G3FwHTu8m3MnBCWHVA3OEYZBh-TMU6NgRvIP4dnL95mVb6p3jOYwl2Uu2ByhFpoVQivrOOD4SV8OIoSjJADhbWvYbtDv227bWKcLq-aFthcgEU0jiQcXn8GCeg/s320/order.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br />The tattooist Jamie Nichols at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gargoyle-Tattoo/278773049770">Gargoyle Tattoo</a> in Aberdeen, Washington, completed this piece in about eight hours over two sittings.<br /><br />Megan also has this pinup on her upper left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsf07Vd5tIJG0Cu9T7q8dPrTQmbuppIcWMPnzmpTm91OLkDvBSO9DIZUjE0SBmI8gB5Lo7oOnd59eoPR8gDAwmLcu5m3TcMiHydDhaK3fL4X35EC6jpAMmfwGXxH4yZsHwU94iPI9Jdf8/s1600/pinup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsf07Vd5tIJG0Cu9T7q8dPrTQmbuppIcWMPnzmpTm91OLkDvBSO9DIZUjE0SBmI8gB5Lo7oOnd59eoPR8gDAwmLcu5m3TcMiHydDhaK3fL4X35EC6jpAMmfwGXxH4yZsHwU94iPI9Jdf8/s640/pinup.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br />The use of negative space for the bombs is pretty cool.<br /><br />Marcus was the artist at Gargoyle that Megan credited for creating this piece..<br /><br />Thanks to Megan for taking the time to speak to me about her cool tattoos!

A Bright Spot in December: A Phoenix and a Pin-Up

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