Tattoo Story – V is for Vieve
The V tattoo is for my favorite nickname, Vieve. I’ve wanted to get a tattoo for a while, and I’m thinking about eventually getting a larger piece on my back of an ocean wave (my name means “white wave”), but I wanted something smaller for my first one.
A tattoo is something I never really thought I would get, I guess because it’s something I thought I shouldn’t want. Maybe I would regret it later. Maybe it would say something about me that I didn’t want other people to think. But I did want one, and so I decided, why not? If it’s something I want, I should do it. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and learning about myself lately. Instead of trying to figure out what other people want me to be or focusing on what I wish I were, I’m trying to figure out who I really am. Slowly getting there, and it turns out I like this real me a lot!
The V reminds me that I am me, if that makes any sense. I love it.
The left side is straight and strong, and the right side is delicate and whimsical. This represents me pretty well, I think. I got it in dark green ink because, well, I like the color green, and also because I love green living things.
I modified the Rossetti font a bit for the design, and Markus at Kaleidoscope (Cambridge, MA) cleaned up the drawing I doodled on the back of my cable bill and did the work.
- Genevieve
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