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Austin Zudel

(Austin Zudel)

My tattoo is a yin-yang on my chest that has a dragon coming out of it and going half-way down my arm. The dragon is also flying through storm clouds and this whole design was built from different symbols that I felt were very meaningful to me. To start, the yin-yang represents balance and was placed over my heart. Dragons symbolize strength and storm clouds represent struggles or changes. When you combine all of these, to me it means: “If you have balance in your heart/life, it will give you the strength to endure the struggles and change in your life.” The tattoo is important to me as I got it during a very difficult part of my life.

Austin Zudel tattoo

(Austin Zudel)

Austin Zudel tattoo

(Austin Zudel)

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