Amira

What inspired your most recent tattoo?

My most recent tattoo is my back piece, my vision for this piece was a bad ass warrior woman (lilith) while also incorporating designs from video games I like (Diablo 4 and final fantasy). When I was drawing the design I started sketching these bones that sort of resemble a rib cage, I was just sketching and I ended up really liking the feature. I brought it to my artist and let him tweak it and I loved the finished product and incorporation of sigilistic designs.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

Most of my first tattoos were done by friends of mine starting out in their living room , I was like “fuck yeah”. I got my first tattoo when I was 15, so I think if my tattoos could speak it would probably be in different voices and styles, representing my self and my identity over the years. Some tattoos I have I might’ve not gotten today at this age but I think that’s part of the fun. We aren’t always proud of our art but we love it because it takes us back to a d

What would you do with the $25,000?

It has always been my dream to own a hair salon that tends to alternative hairstyles. My friends and I used to have fun with ‘manic panic’ back in the day and most of us still do! It can be so challenging to find a salon that does vivid colors and alternative hairstyles. As a hairstylist working in the field for years I always say if I had the money to open a business I would do it in a second!