Riley Olson

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

My nieces& Grandpa (Bumpa) and my love for dark and creepy, like the creations of Tim Burton. I have a forearm piece that I’m gradually adding to. I added a Coraline button skeleton key and a butterfly that represents my social butterfly eldest niece. I also have a lady bug for the youngest niece I call “Logibug”. My Grandpa’s signature goodbye in his handwriting.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

It would say “I may look like a beautiful floral foliage but if you look closely, you will see the details. The beauty in the sad like the Alice in Wonderlandesque crying rose”. She says “If you look closely… you might see the story I guard beneath the skin”.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Help pay my parents back for all they’ve done for me and hopefully save toward a house. Maybe a fur baby along the way. Going back to school. Starting in the tattoo industry. The options are endless.