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Chollas are a kind of cactus native to the valley I live in and they're ubiquitous in the park, but where I am there were so many gold mines that most of them died after the trees were razed to fuel forges, so scattered around are their skeletons which are these really beautifully organic branch-like shards filled with these unique holes and they offer a tiny home for certain insects including some of the native bees. Even in death they're offering something back to the creatures that live here, and so I did this tattoo as a kind of offering back to the land -- my client wanted to remember their trip here as well as kind of their place in everything. It is at once memento mori and a reminder to always do better for the land that feeds us.

Enjoying this phase until they get big and decidedly less fun to deal with. These are our new breeders, and we're both excited and nervous to start breeding hogs. What advice do you have?

The farmer we got them from is a family friend, they have a big production farm here in SoCal, so we're not completely unaware of what we're doing nor without aid, but I'd love to hear the community's take!

Once upon a time I did an incision tattoo on myself as part of a performance piece, and then handpoked over it. It's simple but has become one of my favorite tattoos. Has anyone else tried or had good results doing incision tattooing?

On the first image, the pinkie was not done by me but she'd asked me to touch up the horns a bit so they were pointy again. Rest are by me ☺️ freehand, all still out there in the wild looking lovely.