The Tattooist's Tremendous Tool
A very intimate tattoo leads to a very satisfying session.
Gina had talked me into my first tattoo, a small honu just above my right ankle. Todd, her tattoo artist, was of Polynesian descent, Hawaiian and Samoan, and the honu, or sea turtle symbol, stylized in black ink, was one of his specialties. I’d loved it, and when Gina went back a few weeks later for what would be her fifth tattoo, I let them talk me into my second. This time, he did a bumblebee, shaded to look three-dimen...
