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[2006-02-22 02:45:17 +0000 UTC]
"All this pain is an illusion"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 282; Deviations: 102; Watchers: 174
Watching: 68; Pageviews: 49416; Comments Made: 1705; Friends: 68
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: MC Escher, Salvador Dali, Alex Grey, Aaron Cain, Robert Crumb, Guy AitchisonFavorite bands / musical artists: Nevermore
Favorite writers: Orson Scott Card
Tools of the Trade: Copic Markers and a Swashdrive tattoo machine
Other Interests: Tattooing, firespinning,cooking, homebrewing, snowboarding, being outside, and tons of other shit.
# About me
Kiana Kangaroo-PawInk Alchemist
Portland, Oregon
21 years ago, I emerged into this dimension bloody and screaming, with a desire to inflict my art upon the world.
Today, I am a tattooist, illustrator, and painter, or whatever may suit my fancy at the moment. I specialize in sacred geometry, bio-organica, flora, fauna, kaleidoscopic patterns, cosmic fractals, and general imagination collaboration...
I believe tattoos should be as unique as the individual, and so I like to take the time to get to know the people I'm working with.
I run a small, private tattoo studio by the name of Kangaroo Paw Tattoo. Check my facebook page for more info.
# Comments
Comments: 348
Hey, I added you to my dev watch list a couple years back because I found you on the deviantart forums and you were giving this noob some sass, and I thought your work was was wicked awesome, so I watched you.
A friend asked today what my favorite tattoo artists were, anywhere in the country, and I brought up your name.
Of all things, I absolutely adore your application of color, especially in the nautilus tattoo.
I've never been to Portland, but I will someday, and when I do, I will make sure to find you and have you do some rainbow-esque piece for me. 
-Joyce
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Aw, I'm flattered- thank you!
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That's kind of over-done, don't you think? There are way better ideas for joke tattoos out there. In fact, I spent this past week doing quite a few genital tattoos for a couple of clowns. The highlight? Chainsaw tattoo on a penis.
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All hail the city of weird! And unicorns.
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Dude, have you seen that guy in the creepy van who wears a gorilla mask sometimes? Other times he dresses as a clown? Walking to work one day I saw him pull up, get out in his gorilla mask, reach into the van and start blasting C + C Music Factory's "Everybody Dance Now" and start getting down while some old dude in suspenders watched and clapped along to the rhythm.
That was when I knew that these were my people.
(Though that clown costume is straight terrifying.)
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No, I haven't seen that one in particular, but if you see any dildo-corns or perverse glitter-caked clowns prancing about, I'm likely not far.
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He's usually near the Park Blocks around PSU, or down near the Old Town/Chinatown MAX stop. I'll keep my eyes peeled for the glitter-clowns.
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Ok, but I gotta warn ya, they have some pretty mysterious fluids soaked in. I don't even know for sure how they got like this.
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Hey, it means a lot to me you took the time to look! Thanks! I really admire your work.
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ahahahaha thanks 
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Yeah, sort of. Pretty much an exclusive lurker here now, mostly around to check out my watch list and that's about it... I suppose I should update my artwork when I get the chance.
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You should update, at least occasionally, since this is an art site and all. I assume you're lurking around the forums still?
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Eh, not really, been extremely busy the past year, and without consistent internet access.
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Busy with productive, non-destructive things, I hope.
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Create... destroy... rebuild... repeat... it's a process. I never was one to take the easy road, but I'm definitely making headway.
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Maybe take the destroy part out of the equation?
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But then there would be no need to rebuild (better).
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This is a point, but one could just keep building better all the time?
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Suppose you believed in some God-like entity. Now, suppose that "God" neglected to create death, yet everything else on earth followed the current laws of reality.
We would be SWIMMING IN EACH OTHER
The earth would have a crust of animals, plants and humans MILES thick.
It would be smelly, sticky, and not very pretty. Kind of like a fat people orgy.
Essentially, my theory is that lesser creations must perish in order to make room for those more evolved. I believe I achieve personal growth by destroying parts of myself that are negative, unhealthy, or immature. Because my artwork is an expression of myself, I apply the same logic to my material creations.
It may appear I am caught in a pointless, repeating cycle- but I am not really going in circles. I go in spirals. Repeating, yes, but also improving each time.
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Ah, I get you now. 
The images you describe would make a pretty cool painting though.
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Thank you!
Finally "of age..."
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No worries!
Yes! Now you can legally drink and stuff!
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You already used my goat skull design without paying me for it. You didn't even ask to use it.
If you pay me for the 15 hours I spent on THAT drawing, I'll let you hire me to design you a pinup tattoo. I charge $15 an hour for drawings, so that's $200 (US of course).
Good art requires hard work, and it's really unfair of you to expect an artist to work for free. Do YOU work for free?
You paid the artist that tattooed you. The tattoo is not even good. The shading is terrible.
A good tattoo artist would be able to draw their own tattoo designs, instead of using copyright protected artwork. What you did was ILLEGAL. It's called STEALING.
Last- I WAS GOING TO TATTOO THAT ON SOMEONE, and it was a favorite. I make all of my tattoos one of a kind, so now, I can't use MY OWN DESIGN. That really hurt me.
So- are you going to do the right thing? Because right now, I think you're an asshole. Pay me what you owe me, and I'll change my mind.
Is that clear? I know English is not your first language, so let me know if you're confused about something.
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Did I reply to your last note? I can't remember....
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Nah, that was my bad. I'll get back to you when I have some brain. Too burnt out right now.
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Fair enough, I just couldn't remember due to the mess my notes inbox is in. Don't worry about it though. c:
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Thanks a lot for the "blue skull" 
You've got some great art!
Cheers kiki
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Yeah, thanks for commenting! It's nice to get feedback on my work, glad you like it.
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It's not a problem at all
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