I Ink When I'm Nervous ~ Comfort Colors Tee

Anxiety Has a Coping Strategy ~ It Shows

Some people bite their nails. Some people pace. Some people leave the shop with a fresh piece on the forearm and a noticeably calmer heart rate. Stress has to go somewhere, and skin is right there.

• For the heavily decorated and lightly anxious: Made for the friend whose artist knows her coffee order, the nervous flyer with a new piece after every trip, and anyone whose therapist and tattooist compare notes.
• Cloud of defense: When the situation gets tense, the room goes dark and the exit is already found.
• Hiding out in: Part of Here Be Monsters, with a fresh appointment booked.