Credit: Chris Nieratko (writer), Lionel Deluy (photographer)
Inspired by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, and Pearl Frush, Hannah is High Voltage's resident pin-up queen and super-mom—but you'll be surprised to learn she can draw a lovely bucket of shit.
CN: With boob jobs being the most popular form of plastic surgery, do you find yourself drawing bigger and bigger boobs working in L.A.?
Hannah Aitchison: It really depends on the person. My own personal aesthetic? I like women who look healthy and muscular, women who are fit. I live in L.A. but I don't have a boob job. We're surrounded by so many people that have done so much to fit into this preconceived idea of what beauty and glamour is, and then you leave L.A. and people view the whole plasticsurgery aesthetic as kind of comical. So it really hasn't affected my drawing so much. If someone comes to me, and they say, ‘I want her to have huge hooters,' then I'm going to give her huge, huge hooters. It's fun. It adds a little silliness to it.
What's been the best part of the mainstream notoriety you've achieved from the show? The best thing has been that I'm serving as an ambassador for this industry in a sense. That brings a lot of responsibility and I'm more than happy to take it on. Unfortunately, the show is not edited in a way that we as artists would necessarily like to see all the time. There's a long-term commitment in a lot of the projects that get depicted on the show, and that's not always as transparent as we like. That's the hardest part for me; I want to know I'm being as fair to my industry as I can be. As much as I am a fan of good tattoos, I'm a fan of bad tattoos.What's the weirdest tattoo you've ever done? A bucket of shit with flies circling around it and a rose growing out of it and the word ‘Mom.' I said, ‘I don't think your mom is going to be too happy with this.' Apparently, his mom used to say he was the only one she knew who could step into a bucket of shit and still come out smelling like a rose. So there was a cute story behind it. Check out hannahaitchison.com for more of Hannah.
With 16 years of tattooing under her belt, Kim has come a long way from her Ohio roots. With her daily yoga practice, she brings a calming vibe and smooth flow to the shop and her tattoos.
CN: Have you ever been so nervous on camera that you misspelled a word in a tattoo? Kim Saigh: No, thank God. That would be bad if that happened on television. The first shop I worked at, the woman tattooed ‘Harley Havidson' on this big biker guy. The sad part was he came back the next day; he didn't instantly realize. A good artist is able to fix things and she was able to turn the second H into an Old English D. This other one was pretty funny: This guy got ‘Bad Ass' on one arm and ‘White Boy' on the other arm and when his sleeves were down on his shirt all you could see was ‘Ass Boy.' The worst I ever saw was at the first tattoo shop I worked at and this woman came in for a cover up. On her arm she had tattooed, ‘I'm a fucking retard.' It was probably 3 1/2-by-4 inches. It was huge. She covered it with some wizard head or something. And the craziest tattoo I ever did was on one of my best friends Ben, and it was E.T. and Mr. T having a picnic. It was cool.
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Kat Von D : http://www.katvond.net/
High Voltage Tattoo : http://www.highvoltagetattoo.com/
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Hanna Haitchison : http://www.hannahaitchison.com/
Pixie On Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/cupcakeandpix
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