my first tattoo!

i officially got my first tattoo — on someone else! what an honor to have my work forever inked on someone else. i’ve always wanted to get a tattoo. i decided on it in college, the design & the placement has stayed the same until then, but i have just never gotten around to finally getting it done (so if you know a good tattoo artist, please send them my way!). so it was a SUPER big treat to have someone else tattoo my work on them - i can't believe it!

my good friend abby wanted to get “courageous” tattoo’d on her. i was pretty nervous to write something that was going to be on somebody’s body for the rest. of. their. life! but, i penned a bunch of versions of “courageous” and she chose her favorite one, all while we were just hanging out sitting at a table. i'm glad she just had me write them out while we were together and she could chose her favorite one, because i think if i had to write it on my own and choose a suitable one, i would probably still be writing "courageous" out right now haha.

that's the thing about me & my work, is it called imposter syndrome? i just never feel like my work is never where i want it to be, and it probably never will be! i think my preferences will always be a step of where my craft is. so it's hard to feel satisfied with my work. most of the time, i just have to move on and accept that i've done what i can do, and i can't really do anything else. i just have to keep making and maybe in 10 years, i will like my work. but we all know in 10 years, my eye will have changed and then i won't like my work then. but at least in 10 years, my past self will like that level of work. does that make any sense?! the ramblings of my brain.

anyways, if you are looking for a custom word to have written for a tattoo, hit me up! i'd love to do some more work for tattoos.

take care until then! xo

-rachel