“Trainwreck” is written in capital letters on the side of Porcelain’s left middle finger, where it shows when she holds a cigarette. Porcelain refers to her fans as Trainwrecks.

On her right hand is a “D” for her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. This logo is used by Detroit’s baseball team the Tigers. Porcelain got this tattoo in December 2009.

Porcelain Black’s father was a hairstylist, and in May 2011 she had the logo of his hair salon called Beaton Colors tattooed on her left hand. “He owned his own salon and while his clients’ hair would set he’d turn on a Marshal amp and put on his Kurt Cobain wig and jam out to Nirvana on his guitar. It was rad,” she recalls. Her father died of cancer when Porcelain was 16, but not without leaving a huge mark on her life. Porcelain says that her father “taught me to value individuality” and introduced her to rock and roll.

 

Porcelain has “Rock City” tattooed across her knuckles in green letters. Combined with the Detroit “D” on her hand, these tattoos make “Detroit Rock City,” the name of a Kiss song.

 

On her right middle finger, Porcelain has a simple black cross. This tattoo appears very faded.

 

In October 2011, Porcelain and her boyfriend Bam Margera had “Professional Pylä Shit” (pile of shit) tattooed on the sides of their fingers. Porcelain also tattooed her initials on Bam.

 

Porcelain has the words “Wicked Witch” tattooed down the sides of her hands.

 

Right Arm

On Porcelain’s right arm is a very colorful illustration by French graffiti artist Fafi, whose characters are known as Fafinettes. With its pink hair, tiara, and rainbow tank top, this charcter is reminiscent of Porcelain herself in her teens when she dressed in and dyed her hair neon colors.

 

One of Porcelain’s earliest tattoos is the colorful blue heart with a golden hinge on the inside of her right elbow.

 

On Porcelain’s right elbow are two cartoon characters.

 

Porcelain has a salt shaker tattoo on her left wrist, and her friend Shayla McGhee has a matching pepper shaker on the same spot.

 

Left Arm

On the back of Porcelain’s left arm is the word “Vicious” written vertically inside of a red crescent shape. It appears to be a thorn shattering a heart.

 

Above Porcelain’s left elbow are the words “Turn the lights down, turn the music up.”

 

On Porcelain’s left elbow is the outline of a cat’s head. It has only eyes and no other facial features.

 

Just below her left elbow, Porcelain has an upside down cross with a red heart in its center. The cross is held by a severed hand with a bone protruding and blood dripping down.

 

On Porcelain’s left forearm is an illustration of woman who is pouring something into one of her hands.

 

On Porcelain’s left wrist is a pink star with a black outline.

 

Foot Tattoo

On Porcelain’s right foot was the word “Gossip” with lipstick as the letter “I.” In May 2011, she covered the first “S” with a whiskey bottle so that it now reads “Go Sip.”