Kate's Marie Antoinette Tattoo (and a Look at Something New)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking back to May, I wanted to share this tattoo from Kate that I photographed at the <a href="http://www.nyctattooconvention.com/">New York City Tattoo Convention</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhbZP8FUPQR9XsmqLWM8Cz_WW-TiUY_jcO6PrMhHnZ5vgfs-k7-HiuO0TY3ZvxysDUx4BddYRdJkZKNMDWs_XtrfIy47DySBE6NRVWmPiOkzlsU8mqQv62OT02ulwcI8c_LZSI3Kaqrc/s775/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhbZP8FUPQR9XsmqLWM8Cz_WW-TiUY_jcO6PrMhHnZ5vgfs-k7-HiuO0TY3ZvxysDUx4BddYRdJkZKNMDWs_XtrfIy47DySBE6NRVWmPiOkzlsU8mqQv62OT02ulwcI8c_LZSI3Kaqrc/s640/photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />You can tell from the photo that Kate has simply incredible sleeves. These and the pistol shown in my convention recap <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2012/05/2012-nyc-tattoo-convention.html">here</a> were tattooed by <a href="http://beccaroach.com/home.html">Becca Roach</a> at <a href="http://www.northstartattoo.com/">North Star Tattoo</a> in Manhattan.<br /><br />It was this back piece, however, that really interested me:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7WASaAWvlxSGmdkAjavY6vpkp2d_GSwjjTVPqc5mcPXsTUKHDTRqVhVvQ03sPf8AZsV7rM06WAVxemeDXrINTj1Ar5jS6DMxobtoun9av94FwESrROawBw6WT6EDnNvKsvahpCzKs_4/s775/IMG_0299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7WASaAWvlxSGmdkAjavY6vpkp2d_GSwjjTVPqc5mcPXsTUKHDTRqVhVvQ03sPf8AZsV7rM06WAVxemeDXrINTj1Ar5jS6DMxobtoun9av94FwESrROawBw6WT6EDnNvKsvahpCzKs_4/s640/IMG_0299.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Kate explained that this was her first large tattoo and it depicts Marie Antoinette. She told me, "I always felt a connection with good old Marie A, and felt she was an ordinary girl put in extraordinary circumstances."<br /><div><br /></div><div>The banner below Ms. Antoinette reads, "l'amour pour moi qui je suis, pas qui vous voulez etre a moi," which translates to "love me for who I am, not for who you want me to be."</div><div><br /></div><div>She credited this tattoo to <a href="http://www.jefwright.com/">Jef Wright</a> at <a href="http://wealthystreettattoo.com/home.html">Wealthy Street Tattoo</a> in Grand Rapids, Michigan.</div><div><br /></div><div>In subsequent conversations with Kate, she told me that Marie now has company. Artist Becca Roach has started a new piece lower on Kate's back:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjtNueFXYgSr_Z0oytbN6o9u9w9MNW0UcbCHsod5PF-aBDCpeL3y_koMVibSWecMQwAdK2sBfgK7iO3U31WpENfu3cTiUn0v_o22eBtW_OV89TkwhVEViBTR4Hp6KnHsg7qgsJGHD2n8/s1600/backpiece+starting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjtNueFXYgSr_Z0oytbN6o9u9w9MNW0UcbCHsod5PF-aBDCpeL3y_koMVibSWecMQwAdK2sBfgK7iO3U31WpENfu3cTiUn0v_o22eBtW_OV89TkwhVEViBTR4Hp6KnHsg7qgsJGHD2n8/s640/backpiece+starting.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Can't wait to see the final product!</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks again to Kate for sharing her work with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7914757709950209" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are reading this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. 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