I was booking people in for tattoos and everyone was getting sleeves, legs or chest tattoos at that time. At the time I was 18 and working at a tattoo studio that my best mate owned. Lee: It wasn't really about being noticed. VICE: Why did you want your first tattoo to be so noticeable? I always just wanted to express myself, and I'm very interested in, like, Edgar Allan Poe and in general in poets. Growing up, I was always playing the drums and then I went over to singing. But if you're shit, a face tattoo doesn't really help you. In America, some people might be clout-chasing and thinking that they'll get famous if they get a face tattoo. My music has nothing to do with my tattoos. Do you think getting a face tattoo is an essential ingredient for SoundCloud success? I see that you’ve released some music on SoundCloud. I still live with my mum now, because I only turned 18 like five months ago, but I'm always staying with friends and travelling. I always drew on my face and my arms when I was at school – I just wanted to express how I feel on my face. Yeah, my family is tattooed, so it was never a big deal. So you were still living with your parents? That's what the dots above my eyebrow mean. So I thought I'd set a statement, to show everyone that I don't hear, don't see and don't speak. Well, actually, I grew up in a suburban place in the mountains, but then I moved and, you know, met the wrong people. I grew up in quite a criminal environment. However, that’s exactly what the artist intended! She lays down two or three images slightly askew and allows the viewer to feel confused and need to rub their eyes after.VICE: What's the story behind your face tattoo? Super trippyīaby Medusa? The optical illusion of this trippy tattoo is a bit hard on the eyes actually. She puts one image on top of another, and her work is becoming more and more popular due to its trippy nature! Image: on Instagram 15. This Mexican artist makes tattoos that give you the feeling of seeing double. Personally though, it seems to me that in order to ascend to a higher level, one needs to take a good look in the mirror. There are a lot of ways to interpret this trippy tattoo, but we’ll leave it to your imagination. Either way, a six-eyed raven can’t help but be trippy! Image: on Instagram 13. A bird carrying a snake is a symbol of change, but a bird perched on a snake… we’re not exactly sure what that means. This bird-and-snake tattoo is both symbolic and trippy. And the way this eye stands out from the flower… the shading on the flower… the designs around the eye.
Eye of the flowerįor some reason, I’m really appreciating the white ink used on the skull’s teeth! Very cool. Butterfly stopoverĪnyone who’s willing to tattoo large black ovals on their leg deserves to at least be featured in a blog post on trippy tattoos, right? The butterflies look like they’re leaving one hole for another with a brief stopover on this gal’s leg in this trippy, space inspired tattoo. Really like how it’s a classic “tattoo girl” style, but she also has like a new-age third eye. Classic skull tattooĭoes the light in this skull’s eye remind anyone else of The Goonies? The rose with the white outline is super cool, and the shading definitely makes it more trippy! Image: on Instagram 9. The detail in this trippy tattoo is amazing! Loving the use of empty space for the cross thing with the “e” at the bottom although I have no idea what it is. Talk about commitment! These 3D horns coming out of this dragon/lizard tattoo make it look like the guy is growing horns of his own! The shading on that eye, and the scales is really something else! Image: on Instagram 7. Love the use of empty space on the trees.
Is she sad? Or is her hand covering her face because of what’s being done to the environment these days? Or is that even her hand? Definitely gets you thinking.
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