Acacia Brinley Clark
This flower tattoo on Acacia Brinley’s wrist stretches partially onto the back of hand.
This flower tattoo on Acacia Brinley’s wrist stretches partially onto the back of hand.
Acacia Brinley’s floral half-sleeve tattoo, done by Romeo Lacoste in October 2015
Acacia Brinley added many different types of flowers to her left forearm in October 2015 to create a half-sleeve. The shaded flowers are her original tattoo, which she has had since May 2014, which the outlines are all part of the new addition.
Acacia Brinley got this tattoo of a human heart pierced by three daggers as part of a major session with artist Romeo Lacoste in October 2015. After he finished this tattoo on the back of her forearm he surrounded it with flowers to connect it to the rest of her half-sleeve.
In August 2015 Acacia Brinley got a tattoo on her arm to represent staying positive even when things don’t go as planned. It says “The Show Must Go Wrong” which is a quote from Chris Pratt’s character Andy Dwyer in the television series Parks and Recreation, Acacia’s favorite show.
She explains: “As most of you would know, I have a very unhealthy obsession with the TV show ‘Parks and Recreation’. That show has made me laugh in the saddest of times for the past 4-5 years. Its always been the thing I turn to and it means the whole world to me. I have never felt this way about another object that isn’t human. So, I took one of my favorite lines and it got it tattooed in a place I will often see it. ‘The show must go wrong.’ Other than being a line from my favorite tv show said by one of my favorite characters, it symbolizes all the hardship I’ve been dealing with for past several years. The line after this one is ‘everything always goes wrong and you just have to deal with it’. Life can be (more than) rough sometimes and you really have to keep pushing through because (forgive me for being cheesy but) things get better and I really wanted to be reminded of that on a consistent basis. If you’re ever looking for a new show to watch, I promise you Park&Rec will not disappoint you. There’s 6 seasons on Netflix! LOVE YOU GUYS!”
Ashley Rickards had her arrow tattoo redesigned by artist Luc Suter in October 2015. He added leaves, swirls and dots to what was previously just a simple arrow. “New ink!! Thanks @lucsuter for bringing this to life!” she wrote on instagram.
MTV “Faking It” star Katie Stevens has a flock of birds tattooed on her left forearm in memory of her friend Jason Gaviati who died of cancer. She got the tattoo only a week after his passing in November 2015. The six birds represent their years of friendship with a letter “g” at the bottom for his name.
Katie explained the significance in an instagram post: “Today I got a tattoo by @paultimman, the incredible artist who did all of @imgavi’s tattoos. Many of Gavi’s tattoos included birds. Now he will always be with me. A bird for every year of friendship, one more for him forever watching over me, and the g from his handwriting. I love you forever Gavi.”
Iggy Azalea got this tattoo of a number “1” on her right forearm in 2015 and later covered it up with the mane of her horse tattoo.
The tattoo most likely celebrates the success of her single “Fancy,” which was a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. She was, at the time, only the fourth female rapper to ever top the chart (Cardi B later became the fifth) and with seven weeks at number 1 she had the longest reign. Having spent the previous few years building up her career in the UK, she had never charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at all prior to the release of Fancy. With her feature on Ariana Grande‘s “Problem” in the number 2 spot while “Fancy” was number 1, she tied the Beatles as the only artists to have their first two chart entries simultaneous occupy the top two spots.
Ultimately success was a double-edge sword for Iggy. She never expected the level of success that she had and was unprepared for the scrutiny that came with it. Her tendency to lash out at perceived criticism kept her in the headlines for the wrong reasons and caused the public opinion to turn against her. That might explain why she covered up the tattoo. She told Zane Lowe:
I didn’t expect to get a number 1 hit. I never thought I would have that level of success, just as a female rapper because it’s really really hard when that’s what you’re doing. I just kind of thought if I could skate by and make a living off it and be able to do shows, that was kind of my expectations. It ended up being way, way bigger than that. And the things that come with that, like the debate or…being followed by paparazzi everywhere and that level of attention is very claustrophobic and it kind of makes your decision-making sort of a bit whacked out when you’re living in a bubble that you have to create to try to protect your privacy…. At that time…I really couldn’t get control of it and it was just tumbling and tumbling.
Now she doesn’t take everything so personally and as a result she feels much more in control. As she attempts to make her comeback, she cares more about reconnecting with her original audience of rap fans than having crossover pop hits.
Bethany Cosentino has a tattoo on her left arm of her own cat’s name “Snacks” and her family dog’s name “Roxy.” She had the Snacks tattoo first and added Roxy’s name as a memorial after Roxy died. Snacks is still alive and well.
She told Sad Girls Guide: “My mom and I got matching tattoos of our dog’s name ‘Roxy’ when we were in Denver in February [2014]. She passed away and was our family dog for years, so we felt like we had to forever commemorate her. I have her name tattooed below my cat’s name on my left forearm.”
Dawn Richard’s writing tattoo on her left forearm