Thursday, May 8, 2008

Girl with the Anime Ink (Helloooo Kitty!)

Malina Huang
Occupation: Hair stylist
Preoccupations: Japanese style tattoos, Israeli style martial arts

When you say someone has Japanese style tattoos, you don't usually mean Hello Kitty -- unless you're talking about Venice, California's Malina Huang.

"Hello Kitty, Little Twin Stars, My Melody, Chococat, Keroppi, Monkichi and Sailor Moon," says Huang, pointing out brightly colored cartoon creatures -- pop cats, bunnies, frogs, monkeys and space girls -- tattooed up and down her left arm. "They're all characters I loved growing up."

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Photograph of Malina Huang © Mitzi Valenzuela (all rights reserved).

Labels: anime, anime tattoos, chris brand, Dogtown Ink, hello kitty tattoos, lenore, malina huang, mitzi valenzuela, monkichi, nightmare before christmas, roman dirge, tattoo art, tattoos, tim burton