InkSpired Magazine Issue No. 35 | Page 113

Was it difficult to build a portfolio, and what did you learn about the process meeting photographers, make up artists, wardrobe people, et cetera? Lusy: I didn’t find it hard building a portfolio because I knew in my head what I wanted to do I just needed to find the right photographers for the job. You learn the process as you go along but I made sure to make my voice heard so that I got the results I wanted in the end. Is it important to be flexible in what type of photo shoots and jobs you’ll take, or do you decide what you will and won’t do and just stick to that? Lusy: I decide what I will and won’t do and that is that. I’ve always stuck to that, I won’t be pressured or forced to do anything I don’t want to and if they don’t accept that then that’s their loss, not mine. Do you ever encounter criticism because of your ink? If so, how do you react? Lusy: Every single day, I encounter criticism because of how I look; how I feel that day depends on how I react towards it… I can be quite rude and hostile on a bad day because I’m not in the mood for it but on a good day, I just laugh at gossip and walk around proud, ignoring everyone staring at me. How old were you when you got your first tattoo? What intrigued you about owning that first piece of ink? Lucie: I got my first tattoo when I was sixteen years old. I don’t know really why… I had been thinking about it for two years, so I got it with the money I earned thanks to my first job as a model! Then I did a second one, a third one and so on… (laughs). InkSpiredMagazine.com 111