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Hi, everyone.
I'm Liliana Maria Persiruis infer.
Marielle Saguera.
I got my first tattoo when I was 26.
I was living in Brooklyn at the time, and I went with my oldest friend Charlie, as he was an expert.
By then, his legs, arms, and chest were almost entirely covered.
I still remember the excitement and nerves that I had going into the shop.
Would I be able to stand the pain?
And would I regret having this medium sized caricature of Groucho Marx on the inside of my left arm?
Turns out, nope.
I loved it, and I couldn't wait to go back.
I've got four tattoos now, and I know that I'm just getting started.
I lost count after ten.
I tried one time, and I just stopped at 20 because I keep forgetting, like, oh, the other side of this arm has more like, oh, man.
Like, I just gave up.
That's tattoo artist and illustrator Noemi Baragas.
So I got my first tattoo in 2006.
Cause I know that I had just turned 18, and I saw on the Internet it was like a cat.
It was called Kitty study, but that was my first tattoo, and I got it on my back.