Bethany Cosentino
Bethany Cosentino’s “Trust No One” finger tattoo is inspired by the book and television series The X-Files
Bethany Cosentino’s “Trust No One” finger tattoo is inspired by the book and television series The X-Files
The first of the three characters tattoos on Ruby Rose’s right forearm was Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which she got from artist Rhys Gordon in November 2011.
She posted a picture on Twitter of herself as a little girl dressed up in Ninja Turtles costume. “This is why I have Leonardo the ninja turtle tattooed on me. I wore this to school.. I thought I was him,” she wrote.
Bunny Meyer got this portrait tattoo on the top of her right foot during spring break in 2011. “This was my first color tattoo and also my first large area tattoo,” she explained in a video. “It’s a cameo of Al Swearengen who is a character from the TV show Deadwood.” His face is in a golden picture frame with two crossed miner’s knives at the bottom.
The tattoo was done by Dave Boseman at Locally Famous Tattoo in Houston, TX. He got through it in one session which took roughly seven hours. “He is by far the best portrait artist I have even seen,” Bunny says.
She original planned on getting tattoos on both feet, but has reconsidered since this one was so painful. She was shocked by how much it hurt since her first tattoo on her wrist was relatively pain-free. “I was going to get another cameo on my left foot of another Deadwood character so they would match and be a set. But I have not been able to convince myself to do this because the first time around was so horrible.” Even after the tattoo was done, her foot was so swollen that she couldn’t walk for a week.
Charlotte Sometimes has a tattoo on her left arm depicting a cartoon version of the character The Master from the TV show “Buffy The Vampire Slayer.” Her wrist says “Brand New Colony” which is the title of a song by The Postal Service.
Lily Allen has nine tattoo small tattoos wrapping around her wrist like a bracelet. She started on the inside of her wrist with seven symbols — five to represent different major world religions along with a communist symbol and, oddly enough, Homer Simpson’s head. She later filled in the empty space on the back of her wrist with two more fun and lighthearted tattoos of a happy face and a cartoon dog.
Lily has never explained why she chose to get these symbols tattooed on her, but she has expressed some very mixed feelings about religion. She was raised Catholic but told Word magazine that she is “confused by religion” because the values that the religion preached were often at odds with how her parents acted. “I was brought up in a Catholic school and they told me gays were bad, adultery was bad and drugs were bad,” she says. “At the same time, all my mum’s friends were gay, my dad was having various affairs and there were drugs in the house when I was a kid – so it was a bit cruel.” She respects many religions and has said that she is particularly fond of Hinduism.
Here is a list of all nine wrist tattoos:
Om (ॐ) is a common symbol of Hinduism, though Om is also important in Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism. Om is the divine energy of the universe. | |
The six-pointed Star of David (✡) is a symbol of Judaism. | |
This tattoo is a silhouette of the Buddha sitting in a meditation pose. This of course represents Buddhism. | |
The star and crescent (☪) is a symbol of Islam. | |
The Latin cross (✝) is the most predominant symbol of Christianity, representing the cross that Jesus was crucified on. | |
The hammer and sickle (☭) is not a religious symbol, but a political one. It represents communism. The two item represent industrial and agricultural workers and crossed they symbolizes the unity between the different social classes. | |
This is the head of Homer Simpson, one of the leading characters in the cartoon TV show “The Simpsons.” | |
The barking dog comes from the works of artist Keith Haring, whose pop art style drew much of its influence from graffiti. | |
Lastly Lily has a smiley face (☺), a symbol of happiness. |