A song by your favourite band or musician is not just lyrics, but visual aspects like the accompanying album artwork, music video, photoshoots for promotional images, or album booklet (if you still buy CDs). Furthermore, it’s the feelings that song evokes inside you, memories of moments in time, when you first heard the song, hearing it performed live, how the song is connected to special people who are in or have left your life, a challenge you overcame, and how the song has stuck with you through the best or worst times in your life, and all those days, weeks and months in=between.
Amy Alice is a self-proclaimed pop culture princess, which is well and truly reflected in her tattooing. Working out of Nest of Thorns in Glasgow, Scotland, in the past, she’s created tattoos for TV shows like Gilmore Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants, Wallace and Gromit, as well as movies such as Mean Girls and Scream. Amy also loves tattooing lady faces – find more of them on her Instagram profile.
For this TAP, I’m focusing on Amy’s music tattoos. They cover various musical genres, both solo artists and bands. Her neo traditional style with rich colours and decorative embellishments meld lyrics and imagery for a special piece for each client. Keep scrolling to view this selection of her work and begin thinking about about song of which you would get a tattoo.
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