My 1/4 sleeve done by Craig Moston at Gastown Tattoo in Vancouver, BC. His incredible portfolio can be found here. If you’re in the area and looking for a quality artist with a superb skill for understanding and recreating original ideas in a welcoming and clean environment, I would strongly suggest you pay him a visit.
I got this tattoo as a tribute to the biggest influences in my life. The lighthouse is for my step father, who loves to make stops along our camping trips down the west coast to see and admire the lighthouses. The big dipper can be seen because my dad once told me that every time he looks up at the night sky and sees it, he thinks of me and my sister. The little dipper is for my fiancé, because I sometimes refer to him as my “little spoon”. Last but not least, the banner which reads “Lights will guide you home” comes from a Coldplay song (Fix You), which my mother has sung to me many a time during my struggles with anxiety and depression. The piece as a whole represents my feats and that no matter how “lost at sea” I find myself, I will always have these brilliant lights in my life to show me the way home.
I don’t know really which way is up or down these days, I thought I was chasing the right dream but things haven’t been going well at all. I know I am better than giving up on this but I cant stand that all I find in this area is flaky musicians. I keep thinking I should be back in school or working for a shop already.I keep thinking if I leave the state things would get better but I don’t have the opportunity to do so right now. If I cant get something serious within the next year I might have to make Art number one and Music second place..To me that is defeat, to settle to make it better for my life. I don’t want better I want to achieve the goal I built so long ago because it never changed along the way. I want one solid band to write, record, and tour with that’s it! I know the genre i want to play in and I have the words buried in these longs waiting to be free. I prayed for this and time and time again I find failure I am starting to lose hope in asking cause it seems the line has been cut. If your out there send me reinforcements because I am fading fast..
Not my usual thing but im enjoying it, Not much time on it yet so fingers crossed for no fuck ups lol
