Christian A. Masses

I typically get my tattoos in 4-5 per session when I’m able to make it the time for an appointment, and the inspiration for my past four is as follows: Half undead Viking skull; Born by combining my Danish/Viking heritage with bored-doodling during college seminar. Queen with bleeding eyes; very matriarchal family and culture, ‘The Mother’ sees all, and if my mother saw all my decisions her eyes may bleed. Pink puffer coat; favorite anime. Seagull stealing a Juul; inside joke.

If my ink could speak to ME, it would most definitely unanimously tell me to think longer and harder before permanently altering my body. If my tats could speak among itself/to eachother, they’d likely go to war against eachother as I’m riddled in different styles, colors, themes, with little rhyme or reason.

If I were to win the contest, and subsequently the $25k, I would likely take my girlfriend to China to visit her grandfather as she hasn’t seen him in about a decade and her grandmother recently passed away. After returning home, I would assist my family with bills, and help pay for/put my kid sister through culinary school to pursue her dream of becoming a chef.