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I like it. I have an Amy Winehouse tattoo, too. 🙂

What a rad souvenir!

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Got this little bowl of ramen tattooed while I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Picture taken immediately after session so it’s a little reddish but it has healed really nicely. 

Here's how it's all hanging together at this point - at least from one angle...   leg has been started and booked in for a bit more in two weeks - it will all join up eventually 🙂
 
 

I really really like going to my sessions alone. I like being focused on the experience and on connecting with the artist too. I know some artists don't mind having you bring a companion but I also don't want to be worrying about anyone else—if they're okay, are they getting bored, are they hungry—while I'm getting tattooed. (Unless we're both getting tattooed.)
My brother went with me one time but that was a really quick session (less than an hour) and the two of us had fun chatting with the artist while she worked.
My aunt who was hosting me in Seattle arrived too early to pick me up after my appointment and she soon got bored so she and her husband left to have dinner while I was finishing up (it was a 9-hour session). 
One time, two travel companions insisted on walking me to the tattoo studio in Denmark. I told them they can say hi to the artist but that they wouldn't be allowed in the tattooing area. So they did that, gushed over his design, and left. 
Then again it might be a different scenario if you're talking about a person you really really like. Maybe weigh if having her there for the entire five hours would make the experience better for you?
Otherwise, maybe you can ask her to drop by when the session is close to being done.
:)
 

Happy update: my tattoo wasn't infected 😬 I've taken off the Tegaderm and it's peeling and healing nicely. 
Can't wait for my little monster to fully heal.

Got a new one today! 
Six marbles by Dyuntats :)

Happy update: my tattoo wasn't infected 😬 I've taken off the Tegaderm and it's peeling and healing nicely. 
Can't wait for my little monster to fully heal.

Got a new one today! 
Six marbles by Dyuntats :)

Got a new one today! 
Six marbles by Dyuntats :)

Got a new one today! 
Six marbles by Dyuntats :)

Got a new one today! 
Six marbles by Dyuntats :)

Got a new one today! 
Six marbles by Dyuntats :)

Got a new one today! 
Six marbles by Dyuntats :)

Wanted to get one more tattoo before the year ended :)
Happy New Year, everyone! 

Wanted to get one more tattoo before the year ended :)
Happy New Year, everyone!