I went to Gods Of Ink today to get my first tattoo done in nearly a decade. They're all really lovely and Jess seemed completely at home there. I think that Ben has made a fabulous job of my tattoo. There was the danger that it could have looked like a crap tattoo done by a crap tattooist due to the sketch-y nature of the design. Here's the original design. It was taken from a Sir Charlie Stinky Socks book by Kristine Stephenson. They're some of Blake's favourite books and I thoroughly recommend buying them if you have small children. They're beautifully illustrated and the fact that the story rhymes is really entertaining for a small child. 
This little fellow is a sweetle beetle which, by the way, is another name for a scarab beetle. I'm hoping he'll bring me good luck as well as reminding me of Blake every time I see him. 
And for those of you who don't want to stand on your heads to see him properly... 
His name is Bugaboo. As most of you probably know, Boo is one of Blake's nicknames and the rest is self explanatory. :-) 
He takes up nearly half of my inner forearm so he's a pretty big boy! Not the type of chap you'd like to find in your bed. :-) 
And, finally... 
It'd stopped bleeding by this point and had started to scab a little. All my tattoos have scabbed over so I expect I'll be getting plenty more over the next few days. | 
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