Zane Davis

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

The joker tattoo marks a transformative journey—a moment of pure freedom and joy during my travels. Finding that playing card on an island I didn’t want to leave makes it a powerful symbol of serendipity, playfulness, and a time when I felt most alive.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

Upon my chest, her letters lie— V, K, D—love that won’t die. A peace sign glows, a red heart stays, Her memory burns through all my days. A joker found on distant shore, A time of joy I still adore. My first mark, a truth I drew: Sun, peaks, and waves—all things are true. Each tattoo, a living thread— Of love, of loss, of words unsaid. My story etched in silent skin, The map of where I’ve always been.

What would you do with the $25,000?

With $25,000, I’d pay off some bills, then dive into my dream: converting my mini school bus into a tiny home to travel to every national park. I’d invest in a few of the 40 tattoos I’ve been planning—each with meaning. If there’s enough left, I’d love to buy a chopper motorcycle and take myself on a well-earned solo vacation somewhere warm to recharge and reflect. It’s about freedom, creativity, and chasing the life I want to live.