Illustrators with Ink: Kate Bingaman-Burt x Tattly GIVEAWAY!

I’m super excit­ed to share this post with ya’ll. It’s one my favorite fea­tures, Illus­tra­tors with Ink, but this time with an extra-spe­cial Tat­tly spin! (Hint: it’s a giveaway!)

Tat­tly is a Brook­lyn-based com­pa­ny that pro­duces designy tem­po­rary tat­toos. They work with a bunch of awe­some illus­tra­tors and design­ers, so it’s always a joy to see what they release next. I’m hap­py to share one of their newest designs with you! Illus­tra­tor Kate Binga­man-Burt cre­at­ed this series of three light­en­ing bolts that will elec­tri­fy your look no mat­ter how/where you wear them.

I asked her a few ques­tions about cre­at­ing this tem­po­rary tat­too. (Give­away details below, too.)

Brown Paper Bag: What inspired you to cre­ate these designs (both old and new)? How does it con­nect with your oth­er illus­tra­tive work?

Kate Binga­man-Burt: I had been draw­ing dia­monds for sev­er­al years in var­i­ous places (zine cov­ers, water­col­ors, ink dia­monds draw over my hand drawn cred­it card state­ments. I also sewed them onto large pil­lows too). Lots of my work deals with mon­ey and the emo­tions con­nect­ed to objects and pur­chas­ing things, so a dia­mond was a com­mon image for me to draw in regards to my work.

The light­en­ing bolt is anoth­er com­mon image that I would use over an over again in con­junc­tion with EXCITEMENT and MONEY and POWER. BOOM!

Before Tat­tly, had you ever designed tat­toos before?
The first time my dia­monds were used for tat­toos was for my good friend Jason Sturgill’s project: Art is For­ev­er. These are the dia­monds that my tat­tly dia­mond tat­too are based off of. I haven’t designed tat­toos, but peo­ple have got­ten my draw­ings as tat­toos. Sev­er­al peo­ple are in the world walk­ing around with tat­too bob­by pins, for example.

How/where do you envi­sion peo­ple wear­ing your tattoos?
Well, Richard Sim­mons was spot­ted wear­ing my dia­monds, so that is just about the best thing ever for me. I have also been told that my dia­monds are pop­u­lar for wed­dings. I think my light­en­ing bolts would be fun for when­ev­er any­one wants an extra POWER BOOST to their day.

One great thing about Tat­tly’s tem­po­rary tat­toos is that you can mix and match the work of dozens of illus­tra­tors. Whose tat­toos would you rec­om­mend pair­ing with yours?
Jen Mus­sar­i’s For­ev­er Tat­too would pair nice­ly with my dia­monds, don’t you think? (get it? dia­monds are forever?? 🙂

Do you have any per­ma­nent­ly-inked tat­toos? If so, where and what are they?
The only tat­too that I have is of my actu­al Tat­tly dia­mond tat­too. Tina from Tat­tly saw my fresh ink from Jason’s Art is For­ev­er show and she asked if I would con­sid­er mak­ing it into a tat­tly tat­too. I of course said: YES! It’s been a trip see­ing peo­ple wear­ing tem­po­rary tat­toos of my actu­al tat­too. I am plan­ning on get­ting more tat­toos but it took me 34 years to fig­ure out my first one, so it might be awhile.

Enter the giveaway! The first 50 people to enter will win!

Cour­tesy of Tat­tly, I’m giv­ing away 50 sets of Kate’s tat­toos. The pack includes 2 designs — one of her light­ing bolts and the oth­er her dia­monds. The first 50 peo­ple who fill out this form will receive their own Tat­tly tat­toos. How fun, right? So, go ahead and sign up NOW! It’s open to any­one, any­where in the world.

UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed! Thanks to all who entered.