- We're here today to get face tattoos.
(Typewriter Taps)
(Acoustic Guitar)
- Not like 'face face' tattoos,
but like portraits of each other's faces
on the other's body.
We've been together, what like--
- About five years.
Married for four and half of them.
[Kelly] Why not just commit
to a lifetime of like our youngest and best selves,
on each other's bodies forever.
- It's unusual certainly,
but I think it's kind of a cool extension
of our existing commitment to each other.
If for whatever reason that changed down the road,
lasers exist.
(melodic electronic music)
- Hey I'm Zoey and we're here at The Warren.
This is my shop
and I've been tattooing for about 17 years now.
I'm a pretty versatile artist.
My strength would be portraits or realism.
There's something about faces
that when you can capture somebody's face
and their expression
that it's kind of a special thing.
So it's just something I've always been drawn to.
People worry about, "ooh, what if they break up?"
But tattoos are very much bookmarks of moments in your life
and regardless of what happens to them
this is a big part of their life.
So I think it's cool.
Where are you guys thinking about putting these?
- I was kind of leaning more towards my shoulder area
somewhere in this real estate here.
- Your chest?
- Yeah kinda.
[Kelly] I'm a little on the fence,
but I'm open to like placing it in different areas.
- We can stencil you in a couple of places
and see what it feels like.
[Kelly] If that's okay?
- Taylor do you wanna go first?
- Yeah!
- Can you get naked?
[Kelly] I don't know, do you feel weird about that?
- That's true.
I almost feel like I'm like an evil twin growth
or something that's growing out.
[Zoe] You guys want to move it?
- Yeah let's do that.
- I like that so much better.
- Awesome.
- It's perfect.
(electronic pop music)
- So weird.
(needle buzzes)
It's eerie because it looks like me so much
but also just weird to see my face on your body
and know that it's never going anywhere.
(laughs)
I think the sound of the machine is actually very soothing
so it just becomes like a meditative state eventually.
(house music)
- We're all done.
Time for you guys to take a look.
- Oh my god!
- I'm not ready yet, you go first.
- Alright.
Moment of truth!
- It's happening!
- Whoa!
That's awesome!
- It's like frightening how much prettier I am as a tattoo.
- You look great though.
- I mean, yeah!
Holy crap though.
- This is so awesome.
- That looks just like my face.
- Shocker.
- I know! Can you believe it?
- It works.
Are you ready?
Are you excited?
- Yeah. I am.
Oh my god!
- What?!
- It's you!
Look how excited you are to live on my arm forever.
During it I was like, "oh god, what if I hate this?"
But it actually makes me excited
to see you excited on my arm.
Like you look so happy to be here.
- That's me!
Thanks Zoe.
[Kelly] I mean, it's like you made us better looking.
- You guys take good pictures.
- I also feel like I'm gonna be less inclined
to get mad at you sometimes,
just because you look so happy here.
- Tattoo's already paying off.
(all laughing)
- Do you think other people should do this?
- Yes.
Absolutely.
I mean look how well this turned out?
Hey, do you wanna make out?
- No. That stings too much.
I'm not ready for this sort of weirdness just yet.
- Soon.
(soft electronic music)