Rihanna added to her collection of ink by having celeb tattoo artist Keith “Bang Bang” McCurdy etch a henna-inspired design on her right hand.
Bang Bang, along with colleague Cally-Jo of Bang Bang NYC studio, flew out to the Dominican Republic on Sunday while Ri was still completing her Diamonds World Tour.
“We drew on her hand from 7 p.m. to midnight,” Bang told E! News. “We were drawing and changing things. I’d take a break and Cally-Jo would draw, then I’d draw … The inspiration was henna art, we wanted something really decorative, feminine and sexy.”
Rihanna recently got a Maori tattoo — painfully done with a mallet and chisel — on her right hand while in New Zealand. Bang’s work adds to the preexisting ancient design.
“She had something preexisting on her hand,” he said. “So it was a little bit of a cover up, but also making it look good … We needed to work with what she already had.”
The entire session took 11 hours! So long that Ri took a nap in the middle of their design work.
“This one had elements to it that were very unique, covering up pieces of it, combining pieces of it, making up new pieces,” he said.
But it sounds like it was worth it.
“Ri flipped out!” he said. “Absolutely loved it, loved it! It’s a hard thing when you get a tattoo and not absolutely love it. It’s uncomfortable to have something on your hand, especially when it’s in such a visible spot and she’s such a visible person.”
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