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little jenn small

needle-wielding little bit

About Me



my last name really is "small", i did not make that up.

i am a tattoo artist at Blood Sweat and Tears Tattoo in Charlotte, NC.
i am new at tattooing,
i started a little over a year ago (February 2007)
...however, i am working my ass off to get better.

i am ridiculously stubborn.
i am by no means a push over

i love pop punk and i don't give a hell what you think about that

i have an amazing boyfriend who is also my best friend.

gretchen who is the best friend anyone could ever ask for

and sandi wilkinson is my hetero life partner...

my friends are family to me. i would do anything for them...

..

My Interests

INSPIRATION and my never ending search for it.

tattoos that look good even after you die, tattooing, drawing, painting, laughing, music, friends, religion, nintendo wii, prismacolor products, liquid acrylics, costume parties, 1337/6900 house, kitties, cosmetology, art of all kinds (especially the good kind)

I'd like to meet:

Alphonse Mucha. Salvador Dali. Da Vinci.
other amazing artists. tattoo artists (that lack the rockstar mentality). painters. friends.

and the tattoo machines i had stolen:

PUPPY FRIENDS for TOKI WARTOOTH

and last but not least:

Music:

New Found Glory
Anathallo
Minus the Bear
Cursive
The Postal Service
Ben Folds
Copeland
GIANT
Industries of the Blind
Farewell
Everafter
Secret Lives of the Freemasons
Mates of State
Death Cab for Cutie
The Decemberists
Iron and Wine
Dropkick Murphy's
Converge
Johnny Cash
Regina Spektor
Joanna Newsom
Further Seems Forever
Broken Social Scene
Paramore
Dragonforce
Bayside
Jimmy Eat World
Motion City Soundtrack
Sullivan
Quell
Beloved
Isis
The Mars Volta
Mae
Piebald

Movies:

Into The Wild
Amelie
Atonement
Juno
Mrs. Doubtfire
Big Fish
Forrest Gump
Fried Green Tomatoes
Garden State
Trainspotting
Moulin Rouge
Hairspray
Across The Universe

Television:

PROJECT RUNWAY
Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe

Law and Order: SVU

The Office
Discovery's Planet Earth

Books:

BOOKS WITH PICTURES.

Heroes:

amazing tattoo artists, pioneers of the industry, the people who have helped me get where i am as an artist and who are helping shape me into who i am becoming.my jessie dog.

My Blog

PRICK MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2007 ISSUE!

the first time i have been published in a tattoo magazine...silly, i know to get to hyped up about it buuuuuuutttt, it's fun :]and my Annie owl is published two pages earlier: ...
Posted by little jenn small on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:00:00 PST

SOMEONE STOLE MY FUCKING TATTOO...

SO, someone stole my Bart Bingham tattoo.Bart himself, was actually the bearer of bad news .but i guess its okay cause it's TOTALLY better than my original:...or not.http://www.myspace.com/thegreatwhi...
Posted by little jenn small on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:04:00 PST

love and marriage

it weirds me out how many of my friends are getting engaged, getting married, having kids...starting their lives.i find myself jealous in alot of ways, wanting what my friends are finding.it's hard be...
Posted by little jenn small on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:07:00 PST

i don't know

...why i do this to myself sometimes.ugghhhh.some wounds just aren't healed yet and yes, that is one of them....stringed instruments, as wonderful as they are, make me cry, alot.god only knows when th...
Posted by little jenn small on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:34:00 PST

this here is gonna be a backwards gainer, ya big babies!

i really think that this is the happiest i have been in awhile... i have goals to work towards, something and someone to motivate me, some of the best friends in the world, my kitten, swimming pools,...
Posted by little jenn small on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:28:00 PST

life effect

sorry for wasting your time five long months on the telephone line hours of asking if you were fine and saying i was fine too sorry but ive got to go the birth was quick but the death is slow there ...
Posted by little jenn small on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:52:00 PST

through.

so i guess it's just when i ignore you that you pay any attention to me... i am done with childish games. i am done with being treated like this.
Posted by little jenn small on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:52:00 PST

desperation.

i don't know how to react to this anymore. i am pretty sure the reason i flip out is a subconscious, desperate attempt to hold on to this, to get through to you, and to those emotions that you hide s...
Posted by little jenn small on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:23:00 PST

inadequacy

i wish there was a way to drown out these feelings... never before in my life have i felt this alone
Posted by little jenn small on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:00:00 PST

'come down now...' but we'll stay.

the emotions were so strong and so raw that it was, and still is, somewhat ridiculous. agreed. if only my heart was better at being patient, i might actually be satisfied in waiting and seeing where...
Posted by little jenn small on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:20:00 PST