Shakey: "It's my body and I can do anything with it." Abny Santicola

Kent: "I get tattoos because I'm bored, and because my friends do them. So I can get a lot of them and it doesn't cost that much." Abny Santicola

Aeriel Brown

Aeriel Brown

Clayton Hultquist

John Snowden, 20, got his tattoo six months ago. "My tattoo means `gift of god' and John in Hebrew. The skull inside the star of David has to do with the ostracism of Judaism," he said." Jessica Magaha

Heather Sebastian, 27, had her to-date last tattoo completed only this year - and would consider additional nature designs if she really liked them. She said "piercing and tattoos to me enhance beauty, and I love jewelry and nature." Stefanie Austinat

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