I’m covered head to toe in ‘pointless’ patchwork tattoos – I even got fresh ink to honour my brother stealing from IKEA
A TATTOO fanatic has revealed the unusual inspiration behind one of her inkings – and it might be a moment her brother wants to forget.
Megan Welsh, from Glasgow, has more than 40 tats covering her body with no plans to stop.
The 25-year-old YouTuber and podcast host regularly shares ‘tattoo tour’ clips on her social media channels (@meganowelsh).
Her random assortment of tattoos include a lightning bolt, cartoon daisy, cherub, butterflies, cherries, a dog, and a carton of coconut milk.
She also has a Chinese dragon on her thigh, the Hello Kitty logo, a ribbon, cowboy hat and boots, disco balls, dice, Miffy the rabbit, baby Yoda and a palm tree.
Twinkling stars then fill “dead space” on her arms, and on her fingers.
To go alongside the pictures, Megan also has a range of words inked on her body.
Girl power is tattooed inside a heart on her leg, with forever young, dancing queen, doll, patience and gemini emblazoned elsewhere.
She also has the word loved inked in red on the back of her neck, as well as hope, Ibiza and angel energy.
She said: “I feel like you’d look at me and wouldn’t think I have lots of tattoos but do you know what? I have lots of tattoos.
“Some of them do have meaning, some of them are just pointless doodles on my body.
“And that’s fine. Not all tattoos have to have some ground-breaking, metaphorical meaning. It’s just ink on skin.”
But one tattoo that does represent something is the teddy bear on her arm.
Megan revealed: “My wee brother stole a bear from IKEA when he was two-years-old. And he still has that bear on his bed today aged 22-years-old.”
It’s not her only tattoo that has sentimental value.
A rose on her arm is a tribute to her gran Rose who passed away when she was a teenager, while a tiger represents her other grandmother.
Further down her arm, she has mum and dad inked inside individual love hearts.
Explaining her love for tattoos, Megan added: “I’m just getting started, my ideas are absolutely endless.
“I want my back to be like all random. I want it to look like a like a sketch book.”
And social media users love Megan’s eclectic mix of ink.
One said: “Love your patch work tatts so much.”
A second wrote: “Love your vibe and your tattoos.”
Meanwhile, a third added: “I love how random your tattoos are. You really are a beautiful soul.”
Influencer Megan was back on our TV screens this year as reality show The Agency: Unfiltered returned for a second season on BBC Scotland.
The new series once again followed Aquarius Creative, Scotland’s largest influencer agency, its founders Kirsten Cameron and Amy Moore, and their clients.
In just one year, series one and two of the show have now reached a combined total of over 1 million streams.
Kirsten said: “We’re very humbled by the reaction to the series. I think its success lies in its ability to share the authentic side of the influencing world. It reveals the reality behind the posts.”
Amy added: “We are so delighted that the second series has received such an incredible response so far – it means so much to us that audiences are coming to it in such high numbers and resonating so much with them.
“We never anticipated the series to achieve such success, so to see both series achieve over 1 million streams is genuinely amazing.”