#cindy ray

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The Story of a Tattooed Girl by Cindy Ray, 1966.

Born Bev Nicholas, she was Australia's first fully tattooed pin up model and female tattoo artist. When asked what it was like to be tattooed in a time where it was extremely uncommon, Cindy said it was:

“Horrible, horrible. People all staring at you. I even had a police woman come in and try and scrub them off because they thought it was a big fake and we were taking money off people under false pretences.”

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Cindy Ray

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R.I.P Cindy Ray 🖤

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eucanthos

Pin-up Venus RPG

Ingres Madame Panckoucke 1811

Scarlett Johansson [eyes nose]

Donyale Luna [pearl headpiece]

Alicia Keys [hair]

Bartolomeo Veneto Portrait of a Lady in a Green Dress [arm]

Bronzino Venus, Cupid Folly and Time [arrow arm]

Martine Sitbon SS 1998 [red dress]

Rosa alba Regalis by P.J. Redouté

Robert Mapplethorpe Lisa Lyon 1982 [leg]

Cindy Ray tattoo Leg

Isadora Duncan nude dance [thigh]

Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough by Jervas [red sleeve]

Acropolis Front part of a horse-490 BC

Nintendo Famicom Controller I FL

Dec 10 update

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Four from Taschen’s “1000 Tattoos” from 2002

Top: Cindy Ray, Ivanhoe, Australia, 1960s

Second From Top: a member of the Bristol Tattooing Club, UK, 1950s

Second from Bottom: a member of the Bristol Tattooing Club, UK, 1950s

Bottom: Pamela Nash, tattooed by Les Skuse, Bristol, UK 1950s

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Bev Robinson, best known as Cindy Ray, one of the first tattooed pinup girls of Australia, early 1960s