Leah Jones
Places and Tattoos

I pulled my laptop out and showed Jon photos of the three flags that I’d pulled from Flickr and a few images of the stars off the flags. I explained that I didn’t want a flat red star and a flat blue star. I mused over adding a blue banner to tie the three together, but Jon (and another tattoo artist) paused at the idea. He thought the three together, all done in the same gray as the Argentine sun, would be enough. Then we figured out a size and talked about shading.
I ran around the corner for dinner, while he got the stencils ready. I came back and went under the gun. An ho

Who knows, I might still get the blue banner one of these years. For now I have the central symbols from three of the most important locations that I’ve lived or visited. Thanks to Jon at True Blue for whipping this together for me.