Amanda Wachob Tattoos

i have always been a fan of body modifications. perhaps it was my early-adolescent love of punk rock and the 90's "alternative" scene. as i've gotten a bit older, i find i still love it, but am more impressed or drawn to tattoos that fall under one of two categories- 1.) great personal meaning to the individual or 2.)truly visually interesting. now, if the two can be combined, that's the gold standard.
a while back, i stumbled across Amanda Wachob's website- an online gallery of some of her tattoo work. and it's beautiful.

i love the painterly quality of her work. not all tattoos have to look "badass" and she has done some tattoos that are so gorgeous, so fluid, so artistic, they seem to be in a different category all their own.

the look of a chest piece like this is just so perfect. it's lovely because it's familiar but not, at the same time.



i'm also loving these. these are tattoos done with distilled water instead of ink, and they fade after some time. there seems to be something almost magical about it (abracadabras aside, even)- the idea that you tattoo this image into your skin and let it heal in to you.




these abstracts are also pretty phenomenal. i love how they look like they were done so quickly, but ultimately they must have taken quite some time.




doesn't it make you want to run out and visit her?


another interesting artist to check out: Yannou. black, red, and gray all over.