Worlds Youngest Tattoo Artist

Most three-year-old girls are just getting to grips with felt pens,
but Ruby Dickinson is taking her artistic tendencies a step further.
The toddler is set to become the world's youngest tattoo artist
after learning the trade from her father, Blane, who runs a tattoo
parlor in Wales. Mr. Dickinson, 36, is importing an ink gun from
the U.S. that has been specially designed to be used by small
hands. More images after the break...
Ruby Dickinson is set to become the world's youngest tattoo artist
after learning the trade from her father, Blane, who runs a tattoo
parlor in Wales. Ruby will be getting the miniature tattoo kit for
her fourth birthday in October. Mr. Dickinson told North Wales
Pioneer: 'Ruby is well aware she is getting the kit, she cannot wait.
She wants to be a tattoo artist when she grows up. 'The aim is to
get her to tattoo my leg with a birthday message for my 40th
birthday.' The toddler currently takes tattoo lessons after nursery
as well as practicing with a toy kit at her father's shop. Mr
Dickinson hopes to beat Canadian Emilie Darrigade's record of
tattooing part of a butterfly on to her father's arm when she was
five.

Mr. Dickinson, 36, is importing an ink gun from the U.S. that has
been specially designed to be used by small hands, According to
her father; Ruby is nearly able to draw a complete version of her
favorite design - a spider.

'I'm under no illusions that she'll do a Van Gogh, after all she's
only three-and-a-half,' Mr. Dickinson told The Sun.

'But I've got 70 per cent of my body covered in tattoos already and
it'll only be the size of a 2p piece, so I'm not too worried she'll
make a mess of it.'
Mr. Dickinson, who runs Inkaholics Anonymous at his home in
Penmaenmawr, Conwy, added: 'It'll be a proud and very special
moment for me and for her.

'She really loves it and I'm pleased I can teach her the skills.'

However, despite hoping Ruby will take up tattooing as a career,

the toddler's father is keen to let her make her own choices.