I’ve tattooed some of the biggest people in the world and I’ve seen some of the biggest men fold getting a small tattoo on their wrist. And she understood it, it is a difficult place.
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"You know, if we go a little bit lower, we’re going to different skin levels that the ink on the skin might be fading over time cause you move your wrists over a thousand times a day so it’s a little difficult, you tattoo the skin differently because it’s thinner, there’s more nerve endings there, you have to protect the veins - all these things that we as artists have to take precaution to. "As I would do with most of my clients, I prepped her to let her know what this area would be like," Ryan said about inner wrist tattoos. Ryan also confirmed that Nicki's new tattoo is placed right at the bend of her wrist, which is a difficult place to get a tattoo for many reasons. "It’s not just a regular black ink tattoo piece."
"Yeah, just as everybody knows, if they know Nicki, between Nicki having looks, from her hair colors to the extravagant way that she dresses, the tattoo won’t be directly just black ink," Ryan confirmed. "It wasn’t going to be the easiest process tattooing Nicki Minaj, but after some strenuous conversations about what would be perfect for her, we came up with it and got it a few hours later," Ryan said.įrom the sneak peek that Ryan and Nicki gave fans during the Live, it seems like Nicki got a pink or red ink tattoo, which is very different from the traditional black ink that artists normally use. They both sat down as Ryan drew a few ideas up first and, since Nicki is a perfectionist when it comes to her own art, she felt comfortable being picky about her tattoo design. So I don’t take stencil paper and take off the wall or print it up, I draw directly onto the skin, which a lot of people don’t know that that’s a form of art," Ryan explained.īut Ryan said Nicki was a little skeptical about letting Ryan draw her second tattoo ever directly onto her skin and while the creative process of designing a tattoo for any other client would take about 10-15 minutes, he really did something different for her. And with her being a supporter of mine and what I do, she even knew that the way that I do art is that I freehand everything. "Being the creative that she is, she had the idea for what she wanted to do in mind. And like the true boss b-h that she is, Nicki knew exactly what design she wanted to get. Ryan had gotten in contact with Nicki during a trip to LA and while he was there, he reached out to Nicki's people to send her a package of his girlfriend Rachel's nail polish line Pear Nova and while they were messaging, Nicki inquired about getting a new tattoo. So from that people would notice Nicki was following me and some other cast members from the show and she would comment from time to time and like pictures."Ī post shared by Ryan Henry on at 9:09pm PDT "We found out last year through social media that Nicki was a supporter of the show and myself.
"With the level of me and my show, Black Ink Crew: Chicago, it’s a blessing to have so many people supporting it," Ryan said.
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So how did Ryan get the opportunity to be the second tattoo artist to ink Nicki's skin? Ryan said the way he connected with Nicki is all thanks to his hit VH1 reality TV show, social media, and this new age of accessibility.
On her upper left arm, Nicki has a string of Chinese characters that translates to "God is always with you." It's so symbolic to Nicki's brand that she even rapped about it in her hit song "Chun-Li" with the lines "B-h, it's King Kong, this is King Kong / Chinese ink on, Siamese links on." thank you 🙏🏽Ī post shared by Barbie® on at 12:28pm PDTĮven though Nicki only has one tattoo, it's a very iconic piece and it a very big part of Nicki's overall look. I’ll post it when I get a better pic of it. We tried a hunnit diff poses to show my new tat but ummmm… yea nah lol.
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