Hello everyone!
It's time for another best tattoos
And we're gonna be doing the best tattoos of 2016
So, if you're not a fan of 2016, you can get riled up for 2016 in tattoos
Public record presents the best tattoos of 2016
with my co-host Mandy
Mandy, are you so excited to be back for another best tattoos countdown?
Yyyyeah?
We missed her
Anyway, our tattoos started off in February of 2016
This last February we had our upper arm reworked
You might remember from the best tattoos of 2015, we had some lazer tattoo removal (ouch) done on our upper arm
To remove some of the color from the rose that we no longer wanted
and from there Mark Cross was generous enough to give us the rework of a lifetime
taking the old color from the locket and giving us a nice new green as if an iodized copper
can you believe that? Outstanding!
Giving our upper arm something amazing to look forward to the upcoming summer
Because, like I said, quarter sleeves were getting a little too old
Hey everybody I'm sure you missed me so much
I really missed you. That's truthful
So this year it was kind of a big deal
I mean, we didn't get a ton of tattoos this year, but I feel like we covered a ton of space.
and I don't know which I'd rather have but once it's covered, I'm happy about it so whatever
This year we started off with a tattoo convention and, like I said, the tattoo convention can be really stressful
There are people walking around and they're blowing vape at you and like just get out of my way and let me get tattooed and not exist
So we had an appointment with Derek Hooper and Derek is such a charmer
This year he got married and I was so stoked to meet his fiance at the time
Like, we all went out to eat and like I mean John came. But it was so fun
So, with that, Derek was super cool and he gave me this awesome tattoo this year
I was really really excited because I did not give him a lot to work with
I just texted him "sad handcuffs?" I mean, you guys know what I'm talking about, right?
sad handcuffs. So, I mean, Derek and I are cut from the same cloth so this is exactly what I wanted
and it didn't even hurt, I swear
Also at the tattoo convention this last year was one of our favorites, Ashley Love.
Now, it might seem like we're getting tattooed by Ashley Love very often at the tattoo conventions and you're right
Ashley recentlly moved to Salt Lake City so if you are going to catch her on the east coast,
your best bet is her guest spots in New York City and the Philadelphia tattoo convention.
Once again we gave Ashley a little bit of a tricky spot right on our behind
And, as always, a nice little photo from the during
and then a beautiful result.
Ashley was kind enough to, as always, tweak our little design the teeniest little bit
and, per usual, if you get tattooed by Ashley love at the convention,
she takes your little sketch and she puts it away
so no one else can get it while they are at the convention, only you.
so my best tip is to get to Ashley early. That way you'll have all the pickings
so come March, Mark Cross was a total dude and he really helped me out with a coverup I despertely needed
like, I'm not gonna tell you guys what the coverup was about but let's just say I'm a hopeless romantic through and through
I had one session of lazer removal and obviousy that just wasn't enough
and I couldn't wait anymore so I got my armpit tattooed
and yeah it hurt and yeah I won't do it again but Mark was a total pal and he gave me a cobweb in my armpit.
Come April was a big deal over here on the qcknd channel because this year we started our full back tattoo
what's interesting about out back tattoo was not only was it a coverup but it was a doozy, I will say that.
The coverup aspect of the tattoo went swimmingly
However, the first session, which was April 1st, was just our outline.
If you followed my back tattoo journey which is on the channel (I'll leave the playlist down below),
You're pretty familiar with all of the different aspects and trials and tribulations of the back tattoo.
However, this April it was the very first session of the back tattoo
It was about a six hour appointment, but most of that time was just Mark and I bullshitting
And like four hours of very very painful tattooing
So May came around and it was the second session on my full back tattoo
and I kind of wimped out real big time on this one
but I'm pretty convinved that the fruit truck I went to before my tattoo was trying to poison me
and honestly that's what I get for tryin to eat fruit once in my life and don't worry I haven't tried again
come June it was time for the shading
Now, we really couldn't stick around for the shading the first time around
so the second time around I was no bullshit. I said hey, if it takes you two hours to get to New York, you might as well sit for at least one freaking hour on that table
and that's what we did, for one hour.
So, July was a special month because we were tattooed by one of our favorites, Max Kuhn
In exchange for me lending him my gallery space that I literally never use, he traded me a tattoo.
so I filmed quite a couple different things about this tattoo
a "five fact Friday" and a "tattoo talk Tuesday" all about brainstorming tattoo concepts and tattoo blowouts.
Now, this tattoo was a work of art so don't expect it to have a blowout. However, it was very spicy because it was right there on the old abdomen
However, it was a pleasure to get tattooed somewhere other than my back so honestly I don't think it hurt too much
and it was the dead of summer so it was so hot in there I basically fell asleep.
Thanks again Max Kuhn. You can find Max Kuhn on Instagram if you so prefer, but again, he is a little alchemistic so do your best
so July was kind of a big deal because we started on all the coloring on my back tattoo and like
color was kind of a big deal. I kind of asked you guys, like, "what kind of colors do you think he's gonna put in my tattoo hahahaha"
and he surprised me by putting pink in my tattoo
but I forgive him. I always will
August I was not really in the game for tattooing. I think I was a little too focused on having blue hair and not having blue skin
so here's some pictures of me with blue hair. All of my hair is done by Josie Outlaw. I'll leave a link for her too. Because what's being tattooed if not having freak hair
Now Mandy, I have to ask, what did you like the most about 2016?
*Pokémon theme music*
Yeah. So October was a huge month for us over on the channel because our back tattoo was finally finished.
I know it's easier said than done on this tattoo rewind for us to be like "it started in April and ended in October"
but honestly in total it was probably about 12 hours of tattooing and I felt every single one of them.
So, with about six sessions under my belt, my back tattoo was completely finished.
And you can see it's a devil/maybe sea monster holding a pretty woman and a skeleton.
What does that tattoo mean?
I'll get into that another day, but we were super excited and 1000% appreciative of Mark Cross for finishing this huge milestone in my life.
You can see that the back tattoo does not go all the way down to my butt like I originally wanted,
so you can plan and hope for tattoo sessions in the future and I can't wait to have my kidneys tattooed.
Thanks Mark.
Now, it is a tradition over here on the qcknd channel to get a Halloween tattoo in the month of October
but after conquering my back tattoo I wanted to be left completely alone for at least six weeks
So, although I did not get a Halloween tattoo this year, here is a beautiful tattoo by Alex Zampirri.
You can just look at it. Look at it all you want, and I'll leave a link for him down below. I think he's definitely somebody to keep your eye on in 2017
So our last tattoo of 2016 was by my all time favorite, Jessi Preston.
So if you don't know about Jessi Preston, definitely follow her on Instagram. You'll be doing your feed a huge favor.
Follow her like if you want, but Jessi gave me this awesome tattoo and I didn't have a ton of notice.
She kind of just put up on Instagram that she was gonna be in New York City and I said, "all right I'll just cancel filming one day."
and then literally the next week I was being tattooed by her
So
Jessi gave me this awesome, awesome, fully saturated, fully color, huge, on my ass cheek--well, kind of--tattoo
and it's of two women and I don't know about you guys but I feel like getting your bangs cut is such a little punk tradition
and I remember growing up and beggind my friend Justine "please cut my bangs"
and then I would beg my grandma "please cut my bangs, I cannot go anywhere until I get my bangs cut"
so I kind of wanted to like, I don't know, get like a little sentimental and maybe get a tattoo that like maybe conveyed an emotion.
and like Jessi killed it.
It was right at the end of November and because it was so saturated I can tell you it took a little bit of a while to heal
So even though I didn't get anything done in December I was basically nursing this tattoo pretty much all December.
So thank you guys once again for joining us in the best tattoos of 2016. Make sure if you're new to the channel to check out the best tattoos of 2015
I'll leave a link for that down below. Give this video a thumbs up if you look forward to it or if you have any feelings about Mandy at all
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I love you guys and until 2017, bye!
So thank you guys so much, thanks for all the support last year. You know this channel has grown and it's all because of you guys so thank you guys so much
Thanks for being with me almost the entire step of the way, I think I've made videos surrounding all or most of these tattoos so thanks again.
You can always check out my tattoo playlist. I try to talk about tattoos and I have a series every single Tuesday. Definitely subscribe if you're into it
and thank you guys again. Check out the back tattoo playlist if you're into it and I'll leave all other videos mentioned down below
Thank you guys so much and from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of Mandy's black heart, I love you