Hello all! The Oracle Series Tenth Anniversary Kickstarter fully funded yesterday, then tipped over the first stretch goal – aka two more tattoo designs by Inked By Chloe – yay!
So, of course! Now we need a poll!
I bet you saw that coming. 😜
Here are some of the descriptions of Rochelle’s tattoos from the book (just in case you need a refresher:
I had a tattoo of barbed wire with various things snagged in the spikes running up my left arm. The ‘things’ were eclectic — keys, spiders … even a black-and-white Canadian flag. With the addition of the peony, I was getting Tyler to extend the tattoo over my shoulder now. Eventually, it would meet and intermingle about two-thirds of the way across my back with the ivy leaf pattern that ran up my right arm. – I See Me (Oracle 1), Chapter One
Tyler gave me the peony tattoo as a birthday gift. He was cool like that, though he could easily get a hundred and sixty an hour for his tattoo work. I was pleased with the results. I’d drawn a section of the peony’s petals like they were pierced by the barbed wire, so it looked as if the flower was hanging over my shoulder blade by that precarious attachment alone. I could extrapolate that the placement reflected life, or could read something boring and tenuous into it like I was the black peony and the barbed wire was life, but that was hokey as hell. I wanted it to look that way, end of story. Though obviously I wouldn’t be flashing the new tattoo to my shrink or social worker. – I See Me (Oracle 1), Chapter One
Static electricity danced across my left forearm, just below the elbow. I glanced down to where the far seer had turned his attention from the sketchbook to the tattoo of the skeleton key on my left arm. The barbed-wire tattoo passed cleanly through the intricate series of Celtic-looking knots at one end of the key.
“This will come in handy.”
“What do you mean?”
“Do you know how sorcerer magic works?”
“No.” And apparently massive segues were the theme of the day.
– I See You (Oracle 2), Chapter 1
While I was waiting for Beau to return, I idly tested the henna I’d mixed on my own right arm, sketching out a snake design I’d been thinking about twining alongside the twists and turns of the ivy vine. I positioned the snake so its tongue flickered through its half-inch fangs against the inside of my right wrist. Next time we went into Vancouver, I’d have Tyler at Get Inked make it permanent. But I hadn’t quite decided on the design of the snake’s body yet. I applied a simple crosshatch to the henna test model. I wasn’t skilled enough with the cone applicator to go for anything decorative, though I was thinking of something Asian inspired, similar to the gold embroidery on Chi Wen’s white robes. – I See Us (Oracle 3)
