Welcome to the Dollhouse

I'm not getting tattooed at the pace I'd like due to the cost, but a great opportunity fell in my lap recently. Tyler Porter from Burial Tattoo, who I've already worked with a lot, had a very funny series of Instagram stories about a design he drew up. On the last slide, he said he really wanted to tattoo it and would do it for free. Thankfully I saw those stories within minutes and claimed the free tattoo.

If you aren't familiar with the cult movie Welcome to the Dollhouse, this is the main character Dawn Wiener, played by Heather Matarazzo. I tagged her when I posted this picture on Instagram and she responded!

Now, just because a tattoo is free doesn't mean I'll pay nothing at all. I'm always a good tipper when it comes to tattoos and I think it's still important even if the tattoo is gratis. The ribs area is very painful and I ended up tapping out shortly after my numbing cream wore off, so this took two sessions and Tyler got two tips. For the second session, I came back having used cream that's supposed to be stronger. I'm not really sure it was, but it came with a spray that we used a few times, and that helped a lot.