Yay, I get an icon now too!
So for some time now I've wanted to get a Team BME tattoo. Now, I already have a “BME tattoo” in my opinion — my chestpiece is directly inspired by material from BME that I relate to (it's just not a logo). But that's why I say I wanted to get a Team BME tattoo… I wanted a tattoo not so much about BME, but about the people who created BME (ie. you), and for me, going through the process of getting the specific tattoo — and yes, the icon, as silly as that sounds — was important.
The tattoo was done by Matt Ellis (
www) at
Waycool Uptown. I've never actually been tattooed by Matt before so you might be wondering why I didn't get tattooed by my “usual” artists since I'm such a regular at
King of Fools. Simply put, they're not BME/IAM members, and it wouldn't be appropriate at all for this tattoo! Matt is here of course, as are Gary and Kim and others at the shop (and it was really fun catching up; their shop is open concept so it's easier to chat), and as a point of trivia, I've actually known (at least casually) Matt longer than any other tattoo artist in Toronto since we went to art school together
looooong ago!
He graduated though, but I couldn't make it past one year.
Anyway, thanks Matt for the tattoo, and thanks to those of you who were the inspiration!
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