New York Tattoos

Cara Delevingne

Cara Delevingne’s first tattoo was a detailed lion’s face on her index finger, which she got in May 2013.

Tattoo artist Bang Bang told Heat how he and Cara came up with the design: “Cara wanted the word ‘lion’ on her finger and I told her that I didn’t think that was too sexy. I said ‘let’s put a real lion on there,’ because it’s unique, it’s hot, it looks like jewelry, like an accessory. I think it’s a great use of a really small spot of skin. I have a similar one myself that is a Japanese mask, and Cara loved that. It was a photo reference from a real lion that I mapped out, I translated it so it works small, so you have to think about the aging process, because fingers don’t fade perfectly. I altered the image on the fly.”

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Tay Jardine

Tay Jardine Lion King Tattoo

Tay Jardine got her first tattoo in December 2012.  She and her friend Sam Panagakos got matching tattoos on their wrist of Simba from The Lion King.  The tattoos were done at Planet New York Tattoo in Poughkeepsie, NY.

She explained the meaning on her twitter: “it’s a reminder for me to stay grounded ‘remember who you are'”

Tay is a big fan of Disney movies and The Lion King is one of her favorites. The particular image that they chose is not the character Simba himself, but Rafiki’s drawing of Simba from the film.

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Joan Jett

Joan Jett has a v-shaped swirl tattoo on her sternum to represent the presence of the divine in herself and in every person.  “This is an ornate V, with a diamond seed in the middle,” she wrote. “I read that 10,000 to 7,000 years ago, so of the first figurines that were discovered to represent divinity had this V mark on the chest. So I put one on me to remind myself that there is divinity in each of us.”

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Michelle Branch

Michelle Branch has a large tattoo on her left forearm of a pin-up style cowgirl shooting a gun.  She got the idea for the western themed tattoo while working on an album with The Wreckers, her country duo with Jessica Harp.  “The cowgirl was inspired by the making of The Wreckers album,” she wrote“Everyone thought I was crazy, but everyone thought I was crazy for doing this project. Every time I look at my arm, I remember being in the studio with Jess. It’ll always be my favorite,” she told People.

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