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					<description><![CDATA[I have done a lot of tattoo inspired fan art over the years. It&#8217;s one of my favorite themes to work in because I love tattoos (I wish I could get more even). And since I do every pixel (aka diamond) for the diamond art, it was a fun challenge to redraw in this style. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>I have done a lot of <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/saminjapan/shop?artistUserName=SamInJapan&amp;collections=2202861&amp;iaCode=all-departments&amp;sortOrder=relevant" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.redbubble.com/people/saminjapan/shop?artistUserName=SamInJapan&amp;collections=2202861&amp;iaCode=all-departments&amp;sortOrder=relevant" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tattoo inspired fan art</a> over the years. It&#8217;s one of my favorite themes to work in because I love tattoos (I wish I could get more even). And since I do every pixel (aka diamond) for the diamond art, it was a fun challenge to redraw in this style.</p>


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<p>This one is based on Rosie the Riveter and the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/rori/learn/historyculture/who-was-rosie-the-riveter.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">famous poster of her</a>. Except this time, it&#8217;s Samus Aran in her Zero Suit, ready to take out some aliens! Because women get it done.</p>



<p>I thought the headband and pose would work great, and since Rosie is in blue overalls and Samus&#8217;s Zero Suit is blue, it just logically worked.</p>



<p>This was also a chance for me to order a sample to test some more special drills, to check on their quality and see how they held up. I was not disappointed!</p>



<p>This one features glowing diamonds (mostly for the metroids), crystal in the gun, and metal-like ones throughout. They&#8217;re all fantastic and I&#8217;m so glad I decided to use them with this design, I could not have picked a better design to try them on.</p>



<p>Here are some of my in progress shots of making my own of this design.</p>



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<p>So much glowing. So many sparkles. It makes me so happy!</p>



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