Traditional Tattoos

Ash Costello

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Ash Costello has a dark black crow with accents of purple and blue that spans the inside of her right arm. There is a quote in a banner: “It says ‘Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt,’ which is from one of my favorite books of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut,” Ash says.  Artist Baba Austin started work on the design in February 2011 and completed it in May 2011.

“Before this one I would have said that tattoos don’t hurt, I really like the feeling, but this one hurt so bad. I don’t know if I’m like turning into a pansy. A good friend of mine Baba came up to me and offered me a free tattoo for Warped Tour. It’s like the biggest thing ever. I know this doesn’t make sense but I didn’t realize it was so big when he free-handed it, and then he started going and I was like ‘oh wow, I just ended up with half a sleeve and I don’t even know how.'”

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Ash Costello

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Ash Costello and Nikki Misery have matching broken heart tattoos on their hands with the words “I wished for you.” The heart is yellow with red blood drips on her thumb and it has an ornate design including filigree swirls and a stained glass pattern.

They got the tattoos back in 2011 when they were dating.  Nikki was then in a different band, Stitched Up Heart, and Ash was about to leave for Warped Tour with New Years Day.  Nikki later joined New Years Day and the two are very close friends even though they are no longer a couple.  They’ve even gotten more matching tattoos.

“My boyfriend has the other one. We realized I’m going to be away on tour for 5 more months. So we wanted to have something where it’s like a little piece of each other. So when we hold hands they connect.”

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Blood Boyfriend Broken Heart Matching Side of Hand Traditional Writing

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Ash Costello

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Ash Costello has little red broken heart tattoos behind both of her ears. She got them on a whim some time around 2008.

“I got these on tour. We were playing at this club in Colorado called the Black Sheep. I was bored and there was a tattoo parlor next door, so I walked in and I said ‘I’m in a band, I’m not from here, if anyone wants to tattoo me for free, have at it.’ And a guy volunteered.”

These tattoos are now covered by her bat wings collar tattoo.

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Kacey Musgraves

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Kacey Musgraves has a colorful anchor tattoo on the left side of her ribcage.  The American traditional style tattoo features a blue anchor in front of yellow roses.

She and her younger sister Kelly got tattoos together in September 2011.  Kacey’s anchor says “Older” in a banner at the bottom because she’s the older sister while Kelly’s says “Younger.”  The yellow roses also seem to be a tribute to her sister, as Kelly’s wedding shows that she loves yellow flowers.

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Anchor Banner Matching Nautical Rose Side Sister Traditional

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