Jananas

Back in the end of May, I had my feet tattooed by Daniel DiMattia of Calypso Tattoos during a brief stop over in NYC. The original post is here. I thought I’d do a follow up post so that you can see for yourselves how they’ve actually healed up. A pet peeve of mine is seeing photos of modification/tattoo work right after they’ve been done and then never seeing how they looked once they are healed, because you only have part of the information on judging the quality of the artist. Plus, you have little information on judging for yourself how it might heal (and what the risks are therein). So without further ado, my pictures.

Here is a picture of the tattoos immediately after they were finished. I’m not going to lie – these sucked to have done! They definitely hurt a lot and made me feel sucky. The healing portion wasn’t fantastic either, and I was even lucky. I didn’t get massively swollen ‘baked potato’ feet or crazy itchiness, both of which are common based on other friends’ experiences. The main problem I had with healing was that they were tender and it was difficult to wear shoes/walk around (thankfully I didn’t have to do much of either).

Here is a picture I took yesterday (after having my nails done in some awesome matte gunmetal gray polish over at Heartbreakers in Toronto). I am super happy with the final results – the colour has mellow out nicely. I haven’t lost any ink at all, which is impressive and relieving (no touch ups in my near future, phew!). Overall, these are a testament to how important experience and artistry are in achieving a good final product. Thanks Daniel!

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