It’s Creepy & It’s Spooky

Tattoo with Jessika Long of Black Hatchet Tattoos, Wallingford, CT September 2022

Asking Jess to design a tattoo for the back inner thigh was amazing and dumb. First of all this was without a doubt the most painful tattoo I’ve had to date. That spot was a beast and Jess managed me and my bodies reactions so well!! 

Sitting through it was hard, healing it was equally hard and it was worth it. I’ll never have to tattoo it again and it was so worth it.

Creepy and spooky, 90’s retro throw back. That’s how I would describe this tattoo. I loved the Adam’s Family growing up and Polly Pocket was actually top 5 favorite toys. Having them come together to make such a detailed tattoo was an unexpected and spooky surprise.

As a kid I’d watch The Adam’s Family TV Show, back when Nick-At-Nite was a thing, episode after episode of strange and spooky, campy comedy kept me going. It made the dark parts of the world seem easier to manage and frankly I felt more at home with them or The Munsters than my own family. This tattoo feels like a celebration of that and for that I will always be grateful.