JohnnyвЂ™s eventual solution to keeping his tattoo вЂњhonestвЂќ was to transform вЂњWinona ForeverвЂќ to вЂњWino Forever вЂќ the modification was made in 1994.

If I alter it in some way, make it funny-put her next boyfriendвЂ™s name on top of it, say-it would still be honest.вЂќ вЂњTo have it removed, or erase it, is to try and say it never happened. вЂњI think of my tattoos like a journal,вЂќ he told GQ in 1993.

When the couple broke up, JohnnyвЂ™s вЂњWinona ForeverвЂќ tattoo became the ink that launched a thousand punch linesВ .В .В . The tattoo was done in February 1990 by artist Mike Messina, in honor of JohnnyвЂ™s then-fiancee (and Edward Scissorhands co-star) Winona Ryder. (3) JohnnyвЂ™s third tattoo is probably his best-known bit of ink: the inscription вЂњWinona ForeverвЂќ in a banner on his right deltoid. This tribute to JohnnyвЂ™s mother-вЂњthe greatest lady in the world,вЂќ Johnny told journalist Steve Pond in 1989-was done by Jonathan Shaw on May 31, 1988. (2) JohnnyвЂ™s second tattoo, on his left bicep, contains the name вЂњBetty SueвЂќ emblazoned on a red pierced heart. Johnny had the tattoo done in 1980, when he was seventeen, and for several years this was his only tattoo. (1) JohnnyвЂ™s first tattoo is a large, highly detailed image of an Indian chief on his right bicep, honoring his Native American bloodlines. The Zone thanks FANtasticJD for her meticulous research regarding dates and tattoo artists. Here is a list of JohnnyвЂ™s known tattoos, with pictures (when available), and presented in chronological order. ItвЂ™s like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life.вЂќ

Deppheads canвЂ™t help but be curious about JohnnyвЂ™s body art, since he has often said that his tattoos are вЂњa journalвЂќ that tell the story of his life.ДЄs Johnny told Chris Heath in May 1993, вЂњI consider all my tattoos as specific moments in my life. Now he has more than two dozen (that we can document-of course, there may be others never captured by a camera lens). and those words are as true now as they were then. вЂњEvery time you get a tattoo, they wanna know all about it.вЂќ So said Johnny Depp to journalist David Blum in an interview published in Esquire, April 1995В .В .В . Public Appearances, Portraits with a Theme

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