Name: Kendall Moore
Year: Senior
Major: Mechanical Engineering minors in Math and Physics
Age: 22
How many tattoos to you have? 19
How old were you when you got your first tattoo? 18
What is it? Wolf with a crown on his head and arrows going through his head; It says, “The North remembers at the bottom”.
Where is it? Thigh
Where did you get it done? Andrew Slater at Lakeside Tattoo
Is there a story behind it? From Game of Thrones, dedicated to two people from House Stark. I can’t give too much away because it would spoil GoT, all I can say is “Red Wedding.” This is one of my favorites.
On a scale of 1-10, how painful was it? 4
What is it? The Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke
Where is it? Above my ankle
Where did you get it done? The Bowery in Fredericksburg, VA by Nick Rose
Is there a story behind it? My first time watching the movie was this winter and I thought the Forest Spirit was really beautiful so I got a tattoo of it.
On a scale of 1-10, how painful was it? 3.5
What is it? Two-headed Vapor Moray Eel, an aggressive eel
Where is it? Upper arm to mid-forearm
Where did you get it done? Andrew Slater at Lakeside Tattoo
Is there a story behind it? It was originally conceptualized for me and my brother: one has a red eye and one has a green eye (this one’s me) for our favorite colors. It goes with the abyssal sea creature theme of my ¾ left sleeve.
On a scale of 1-10, how painful was it? 7
What is it? Geisha and Fox Piece
Where is it? Calf
Where did you get it done? Josh Autrey at Salvation Tattoo
Is there a story behind it? It signifies hidden beauty and surface beauty. The fox is behind the Geisha, which juxtaposes the two beauties.
On a scale of 1-10, how painful was it? 4
Do you plan on getting any more? When I first started getting tattoos, I was hung up on conceptualism. There’s a stigma associated with tattoos, but after a while I started focusing on artistic aestheticism and quality rather than meaning. I plan on getting another GoT piece on my knee (three-eyed raven), a Bulma from DBZ (one of my favorite animes as a child), Little Foot from Land Before Time, a rose sternum/diaphragm piece