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Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2) (read all 144 entries…)

Art 4 months ago

Today I’m grateful:

1. That the weather has cooled down a bit.

2. For all the good interactions I had with kids at the library this week.

3. To have not just a job, but a job I care about.

4. For the MeFite that linked to this tattoo artist’s work (the abstract ones are my favorite). Holy cats. I never really wanted a tattoo before, and now I want 10. So pretty!

5. That it’s FRIDAY!!!!

Aug 21, 06:31PM PDT | 11 cheers

Comments:

Jessy is hibernating and decluttering

How does she get such bright

colors? How does she make ink look like a 3-D smudge of paint? Amazing!

Aug 22, 06:21AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 3 cheers

funniculee is dredging up old memories of past literary loves

Yeah, it's pretty wild, huh?

I think it’s a combination of factors.

1. Those tattoos are pretty new (not yet faded), and also modern tattoo inks can be pretty bright.

2. The photos are really brightly lit, so the colors POP more than they might in natural light.

3. She’s also a talented painter, so I think she has really studied the way different brush strokes look. I think knowing the mechanics of brush strokes intimately is the only way you could hope to replicate them in tattoo ink…but it must have taken a ton of experimentation to get to that point.

Even given all that, it’s still mighty impressive.

Aug 22, 06:38AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 6 cheers