Missy's Initials, Illustrated by Gorey

I met Missy on the corner of 23rd and 7th back in the beginning of September and she shared her two tattoos, on both biceps.Her right arm bears this piece:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnmC1VvIgQYtaSFo5CSi3tUd5si-4WQ67mEDSteb5diHiYgc-M9r0cdhenWyrsuRyQXkiKfiy5i3sJRV7hQS_xXxFI0VSd3UQxts6IKT779P7Xnih1BQgj45kIewci0XjBXZaw6F_/s1600/Missy+Gorey+Right+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnmC1VvIgQYtaSFo5CSi3tUd5si-4WQ67mEDSteb5diHiYgc-M9r0cdhenWyrsuRyQXkiKfiy5i3sJRV7hQS_xXxFI0VSd3UQxts6IKT779P7Xnih1BQgj45kIewci0XjBXZaw6F_/s640/Missy+Gorey+Right+wm.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />and her left shoulder hosts this cool image:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6inJcbKXhJPOd9PSlLy0ztfKJwbSll1YSoRxKzJjlycnR4gXhgk7KsGgn1RIrMSUwhDqTOE0-I252w_ymU-_VHpdTWMPOvis6hz6qUItCfrR6OeJsZvkY79Vl-CvBYz7_Z4aBesXr/s1600/Missy+Gorey+Left+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6inJcbKXhJPOd9PSlLy0ztfKJwbSll1YSoRxKzJjlycnR4gXhgk7KsGgn1RIrMSUwhDqTOE0-I252w_ymU-_VHpdTWMPOvis6hz6qUItCfrR6OeJsZvkY79Vl-CvBYz7_Z4aBesXr/s640/Missy+Gorey+Left+wm.jpg" width="452" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These images may seem familiar, because they are based on <a href="http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/index.html">Edward Gorey's</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Utter-Zoo-Alphabet-Edward-Gorey/dp/076495508X?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Alphabet.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Missy has the two pieces representing her initials, M and N. The right arm represents "M": </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJtsVwPJ7JHKbT01JR6XCMb8arS5nfScvff5Mq2TssIOj_eGe_XrdjYbWBrtgtb18hATE8S0IXfRTDmPEFpM1nzXUlbgHxLcJ60H313-WoThsrrS0IR2RExs4usTVzKPezuQQD3jM/s1600/gashly_m-is-for-maud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJtsVwPJ7JHKbT01JR6XCMb8arS5nfScvff5Mq2TssIOj_eGe_XrdjYbWBrtgtb18hATE8S0IXfRTDmPEFpM1nzXUlbgHxLcJ60H313-WoThsrrS0IR2RExs4usTVzKPezuQQD3jM/s400/gashly_m-is-for-maud.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />And the left arm represents the "N" for her last initial:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC59EYfOHmH_P3AsIphVDDNQ3ISxjxN4mpD7jWzCr1mkClmuGAhk3QG4Glh2Hsv7bo6gdxK_EHXkDx38j2IXteA2WsWHWzkB-sbw8zk1RC81J0S_vDzqNn50pHamhlRshUf37Y5yS/s1600/gashly_n-is-for-neville.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC59EYfOHmH_P3AsIphVDDNQ3ISxjxN4mpD7jWzCr1mkClmuGAhk3QG4Glh2Hsv7bo6gdxK_EHXkDx38j2IXteA2WsWHWzkB-sbw8zk1RC81J0S_vDzqNn50pHamhlRshUf37Y5yS/s400/gashly_n-is-for-neville.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Missy got these tattoos in Santa Cruz about ten years ago.<br /><br />Thanks to Missy for sharing her cool Gorey tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=076495508X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0764907123" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0764907123&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0151003084&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br /><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=076495508X&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>

Missy's Initials, Illustrated by Gorey

I met Missy on the corner of 23rd and 7th back in the beginning of September and she shared her two tattoos, on both biceps.Her right arm be...

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