Kim Shares a Tattoo Inspired by Bathory

I met Kim on the 34th Street subway platform while waiting for the A train.<br /><br />I thought her goat tattoo was incredible, so I just had to ask about it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5BvxOiv8q2oKWGmKcZEzEFAFPcFURffAW6WAqqOQnlBDS54DnfF1gAP_nTwFIZXP42cd8ovisIYrWe2_x62qnFTwk6amXcXHDu9FYXzAmqKwqzm0bBPOKSl212JCoyln5_eOflr5wGM/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5BvxOiv8q2oKWGmKcZEzEFAFPcFURffAW6WAqqOQnlBDS54DnfF1gAP_nTwFIZXP42cd8ovisIYrWe2_x62qnFTwk6amXcXHDu9FYXzAmqKwqzm0bBPOKSl212JCoyln5_eOflr5wGM/s640/photo.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br />Kim credited <a href="http://heathrave.com/home.html">Heath Rave</a> from <a href="http://www.speakeasycustomtattoo.com/">Speakeasy Custom Tattoo</a> in Chicago for this work.<br /><br />The shading and texture created mostly using black and gray (with the exception of the red for the eyes) is quite excellent.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguf068-caKYZs6uLTjUQVPbjq8hYU8pvTwYj8EvTx1t3sMX78AlmDz2if8uG_aap-8oP4eSc0u-9g5fPTP9r6wtJ0sF8wDZx-jxcFUu43zXiCQg7fx3ice6a1s5bCKBN-GUrx_sz3PabM/s614/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguf068-caKYZs6uLTjUQVPbjq8hYU8pvTwYj8EvTx1t3sMX78AlmDz2if8uG_aap-8oP4eSc0u-9g5fPTP9r6wtJ0sF8wDZx-jxcFUu43zXiCQg7fx3ice6a1s5bCKBN-GUrx_sz3PabM/s1600/photo.jpg" /></a></div><br />There's something very sinister about the image so I asked, why the goat? Kim explained that it is "the artist's version of this really famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_metal">Black Metal</a> iconography from a band called <a href="http://www.bathory.nu/x1.htm">Bathory</a>."<br /><br />Bathory is considered one of the bands from the first wave of heavy metal's "Black Metal," subgenre. Kim is a huge fan of the music, and the image on her arm reinforces that passion.<br /><br />Thanks to Kim for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.250939515652135" 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. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Kim Shares a Tattoo Inspired by Bathory

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