Nicole is heavily inked, estimating that "about 45%" of her body is tattooed.
So with so much work, where to begin? She offered up her lower left leg, which is fully-sleeved.
I always find photographing sleeves challenging, because it is so hard to capture all of the details accurately and perfectly in a photograph. So here's a collage of Nicole's Candyland sleeve:
Why a Candylamd-themed sleeve? Nicole explained,
Nicole credited Brian Randolph, formerly of New York Adorned, with this work"Growing up, that was my favorite game in the whole world.
Getting my tattoos never really meant anything, so that was kinda the one, like, childhood thing . . . I feel like if you're a girl, you should have pretty, colorful tattoos ... otherwise, you don't look 'girly' anymore.
So that's why I did that."
Nicole informed me that Brian had moved to California, but he comes back and forth every six months. She did say that, although this work is solely from Brian, she also gets tattooed by Justin Weatherholtz at Kings Avenue Tattoo in Massapequa, New York.
Thanks to Nicole for sharing her incredibly colorful leg sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!
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