She explained , "I like to get [a tattoo] for every place I lived," and her first one was this butterfly armband:
Sabrina is from upstate New York. She went to one of the shops in Utica and spoke to the owner about getting an armband. He dismissed her initial request, saying "I don't do armbands anymore, they're too 1990". So, Sabrina explained, "he designed a different sort of armband and went with that ... ".
She added, "I like butterflies because I like things that fly ... I feel like I'm a free spirit." One of the butterflies is based on a necklace that she wore every day.
Her second piece is on her right forearm and is what she referred to as her "college tattoo":
Sabrina told me, "I just wanted another tattoo and I like Egyptian hieroglyphs." This is one of the symbols that really appealed to her, and she had this inked at a shop in White Plains, New York, near where she went to college.
Her third tattoo, also inspired by hieroglyphs, is the one she got after coming to New York City:
This owl tattoo is more realistic, although she wanted it positioned like a hieroglyph. It is a great horned owl and was tattooed by Bang Bang at East Side Ink.
Thanks to Sabrina for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
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