Throughout our lives we all have firsts, be it our first real ride, a first true love or even our first tattoo! I have been very fortunate to have my photos and words appear in a few national magazines a time or two, mainly just motorcycles and girls. These images are different; being the primary subject is not the motorcycle but the model, a first. Add to that not just a model, but also a tattooed model, the lovely Miss Misery, another first. And if all of that were not enough, this was also my first International feature thanks to the fine folks at Skin Deep Magazine over in the UK!
Not bad for someone who needs help remembering which way to point the camera from time to time. Now onto the important stuff, namely Ms. Jennifer Wilder pictured here, or as she’s known by in the real world, Miss Misery. As you may have noticed, there are a variety of backgrounds (please refer back to 1st tattoo shoot). I figured I ought to show off a few more of the tattoos.
Seems the “Devil” (Kent, from Lucky Devil Metal Works–Houston) discovered Miss Misery while he was stumbling around the Black Hills of Sturgis. Having a weakness for sexy tattooed ladies, the Devil asked if she would mind posing for some pics with Trouble the little white Shovelhead.
Being a fan of fine custom-built machinery, be it a nice bike or hot rod, she agreed, so they headed off to the outskirts of town to grab some images. While taking a few pictures and enjoying a cold adult beverage, or three, Kent learned that not only is this sexy lady from Texas, she is from a city a little south of Houston. Now if that don’t beat all, thousands of beautiful, sexy women roaming around the Black Hills & the Devil finds him a neighborhood Texas girl!
Miss Misery, at the time, was the shop manager for Abstract Art Tattoo’s in Clear Lake City, Texas, as well as being a tattoo apprentice, when she was not keeping the shop running and headed in the right direction. And while she has worked in the tattoo industry for the past ten years, Jennifer, I mean Miss Misery got her first tattoo some 13 years ago. While I personally don’t think anyone gets their first tattoo and says, “I love this shit,” and heads out to consume her body with ink, at some point, she as well as thousands of others, reached that milestone and began her quest and never looked back. Miss Misery is 80% covered and while I cannot verify this fact, that puts her at the top of list of ladies in this great state concerning coverage.
The majority of work as been completed by four artists, Johnny “Mudbug” Williams and Justin Guillory both from Abstract Art, as well as Angel Pitre and Jodi Griffin, with most of her ink being traditional art work including pin-up girls, hot rods, and Sailor Jerry art work. I did not get any images of the back piece as it is on going and she wanted to wait until it is completed to show it off.
There is one other tattoo I did not get a picture of but is worth mentioning, seems while Miss Misery was enjoying the festivities in the Black Hills she happened to run into Billy Lane of Choppers Inc. fame, who of course was nice enough to stop and chat, take a few pictures and sign an autograph or two. Being as this young lady did not have any paper on her at the time, she just got him to autograph her! Which he was more then happy to do, after parting ways she promptly made her way back to their base of operations and had the aforementioned signature rendered permanent.
Figured I ought to mention a thing or two about the fine little Shovelhead, “Trouble.” Kent Weeks, aka the Devil, and owner of Lucky Devil Metal Works (LDMW) in Houston, Texas built it. This little Shovel graced the pages of Street Chopper back in April of ’07, so that’s why it might be rattling your cobweb infested minds.
LDMW kicked opened the doors back in December of 2000 and has been producing some excellent quality rides ever since. Lucky Devil’s rides have graced the pages of BIKERNET.COM, Hot Bike, Street Chopper, Easyriders and Biker magazine numerous times. Not only that, but the Devil is a licensed motorcycle manufacture here in the state of Texas, and Mrs. Devil is the distributor for these fine rides with Trouble being one of four licensed production models manufactured by the devil. So whether your needs are a full blown ground up custom, a really clean production bike, or maybe your just looking to modify your current ride, Lucky Devil Metal Works can take care of your needs!
Remember if you are ever in Texas stop by the devils shop and have a cold beer, although Miss Misery has taken her sexy self up north, you can still check her out via the World Wide Web for Miss Misery on My Space. Her display name is Miss Misery Loves Company.
Lucky Devil Metal Works can be found at www.luckydevilmetalworks.com and hell if for some reason you want to see more of my stuff. I am also on the WWW now at RFR Photos.com; it is a work in progress though!
Till next time,
–Rigid Frame Richard
