• Lights Poxleitner Traditional Tattoo Design On Arm

It is the Twinblade of the Phoenix from World of Warcraft that Lights wears on his right arm. “It’s one of the most beautiful weapons,” says Lights, adding that its placement “always makes me feel like I’m ready with a weapon.”

As a child, Lights got a tuberculosis shot that caused a scar on her arm. She had the sword tattooed so that the jewel on the sword covered the scar. It is explained by her “It scarred me for life. And I had this, it looked like a bullet wound on my forearm since I was five. And [in 2009] I got this tattoo covering it which is a sword from a game I play called World of Warcraft. But I specifically placed it so that the jewel would be right over the scar. And the scar tissue healed weird and held the ink funny so that it actually looks like an opal. But it looks really cool and gives that jewel a unique look. So I turn scars into jewels.”

Even though she has a wall full of fictional weapons in her apartment, lights love fictional weapons. “I’m a warrior in World of Warcraft, so I always have swords. And obviously, I love this whole warrior vibe,” she tells.

Derek Lewis is the artist behind Hartless Design in Toronto.

• Lights Poxleitner Traditional Tattoo Design On Back

On Lights’ back, she has a large tattoo depicting Wonder Woman pushing off Giganta’s hand, taken from Wonder Woman Volume 3 cover. An understated banner contains the word UNSTOPPABLE at the bottom of the tattoo. As Lights points out, “it really represents being able to fight big things even though you’re small.”

She is inspired by strong female figures and has a particular fascination with Wonder Woman. In her explanation, she says: “Wonder Woman is kind of my role model. She’s beautiful and she’s pure, and she fights with immense strength but integrity. She fights with justice and honor, and she’s not doing anything in a slimy or destructive way, and she’s doing it with grace and out of respect for everyone. And she’s an ambassador for Themyscira and a real symbol of a powerful woman. I think it’s fantastic. And she can kick ass and still look great doing it, so I feel like she’s a great symbol for us.”