Erin Cantu

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

The tale of the pig and rooster in old wooden ship Naval history. It was said to tattoo a pig and rooster on each foot to keep you afloat. Mine is on my arm and the story is that the pig and rooster are survivors of a sinking ship, and we don’t look back at sinking ships.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

My ink would say this woman is a lover of bright colors that help her stay positive in a shitty world, she lived a rocky road of depression and anxiety and attempted suicide, she is grieving the loss of her grand parents and she has put her family through hell all while succumbing to an alcohol addiction and if she can put her family through that much turmoil she can sit for some of the most painful tattoo sessions (ie the blue rose on the inside of my elbow

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would of course do some more tattoo work but I would definitely invest as well as help my parents with their retirement move from Virginia to Oklahoma so they can live a more peaceful life and not struggle with the hustle and bustle of city life and rising crime rates. I would also like to put a bit in savings for my grand daughters education one day