Grimm Tattoo Flash -

If you’re an artist, dig out your copy of Kinder- und Hausmärchen . Look for the details no one talks about: the empty slippers, the broken spinning wheel, or the key dripping with blood.

If you’re a collector, ask your artist to skip the fairy godmother. Go straight to the witch. grimm tattoo flash

Instead of a perfect princess, get the asleep in a field of thorns that are cutting her skin. Instead of a cute frog, get the Iron Heinrich (The Frog Prince’s servant), his heart wrapped in iron bands to keep it from breaking. If you’re an artist, dig out your copy

For the tattoo collector tired of the same old neo-traditional roses and daggers, offers a specific kind of magic. It’s the magic of the unheimlich —the uncanny. Go straight to the witch

Getting a Grimm tattoo is a personal talisman. It’s a reminder of the lessons learned in the dark—that survival isn’t pretty, but it is permanent.

Here is why these dark fairy tales make for legendary ink. Before Disney, Hansel and Gretel weren’t rescued by a kind bird; they were pushed into the oven by their own hands. Cinderella’s stepsisters cut off their toes and heels to fit the slipper.