I've been trying to come up with clever terms for different inkspotting phenomenon, basically creating my own lexicon.
I'll call Jeff and Jeanie "boxcars". Meaning, I approached the two of them and gambled, asking them both to participate, and they came through. Like rolling two sixes on the dice (also known as boxcars). I would even venture to call them "blind boxcars", because I could only make out fragments of their ink, but they still shared.
Jeff went first, displaying this leonine figure on his left bicep:
It's a nod to his astrological sign, Leo, and was also selected for its nod to Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast).
Jeanie shared her tattoo below:
This piece literally has her wearing her heart on her sleeve and is inspired by Mexican art. The tattoo was completed by a friend of Jeanine's named John Flack.
I would have obtained more detail, but the couple had to board their train.
Thank you to Jeanine and Jeff for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
