Explosive Material

Explosives are materials considered to be chemicals or not. They produce an expansion along with the production of heat that guides to an action. When I received Ann’s e-mails this morning the military training about the above kicked in and this was my first though when I saw Yayaa’s interview. Moving forward, the most fun part of being an editor-in-chief is when I pick the pictures for every article, however in this specific case it was quite difficult to pick the normal 10 to 15 pictures I do on every update. Yayaa’s work was simply amazing. Starting from her appearance, besides the fact she’s a very naturally pretty woman and has amazing Tattoos, what really impressed me.. was that in every shooting she’s changing her facial expressions dramatically. Her portfolio was massive, the galleries full of hundreds of pictures. I did manage eventually to come to a decent number of photos, which you will see below along with Ann’s interview.

First of all, while browsing myspace, I believe I only saw a fraction of your pictures when I’ve send you the e-mail and I was already impressed with what I saw. When the Editor-in-chief looked at all of your work, he came back to me, amazed with your appearance the tattoos and of course the cool “duck nails”.

Thanks so much. I’ve worked really hard on my modelling lately, and I really appreciate your comment. The nails are called “the dip” around here. There is only a small area that I have seen them done right and my nail tech rocks. She is Dianne at Vihn’s in Port Arthur, TX.

So really, how many tattoos do you have? Do they all mean something to you or it was a design preference?

I have well over 50 hours worth of work on me. When you begin getting more coverage you have to look at the amount of tattoo work you have in hours because some of my tattoos started as something small, and I added on to them. Each and every tattoo means something to me. They all represent people, events, or places in my life. I have been tattooed by many different artists. Design preference is absolutely part of it. I went in to have one tattooed and told my artist the idea and he said, “It shouldn’t go there if you want it to flow with your body”, and then he told me where it would work best. I trust every artist that I work with, because once I give them my idea for the tattoo and the reason behind it, I let them just kinda…go with it. If you let an artist use their creativity then you will end up with a much better piece of art than if you go in and put restrictions on them. For example, I went into Mike Parsons and said, “I want a phoenix which represents rebirth and rising anew from the ashes (which is what I was having to do at that time) and I want it in the fire colors.” Then I let him just have at my hip and ended up with a fantastic piece of art that I could not have imagined with the symbolism that I wanted in the tattoo.

Are you pierced as well?

Yes I am. Of course I have my ears pierced like 4 or 5 times. I have a navel ring, a nostril ring, and a tongue ring. I would love to have a couple more piercings, but the ones I want I could not wear during my job. Honestly, I probably could wear them and show my tattoos and such at school, but because I teach such young, influential children I choose to take my visible piercings out during the day and cover my tattoos. If my kids (students) want to have tattoos and piercings when they are older then they should make that own personal decision as an adult. I don’t want them to think, “Oh, I want a tattoo or get my nose pierced because Coach Jones has one.” I want them to make up their own minds for their own reasons.

So you are a model, wife, health teacher, coach, and singer; if you were to put the list in order, what would it be first? And where do you find the time anyway? Lol

Order…Wife (because God tells us to take care of our families first), health teacher, coach, model, singer…that’s the order I would put it in. Health Teacher and Coach really work together. I get to teach things that everyone needs to know in both the health classroom and during any sport!! Finding the time is sometimes difficult and often I find myself putting me absolutely last. When I start doing that, I have to regroup. I start my day off by working out in the gym for a couple hours and hope that energy takes me through the rest of the day. I’ve been known to forget to take my “teacher/coach” hat on when I get home from school or practice and my husband has to remind me to just chill out and enjoy being together. I honestly feel like Coach Jones all the time…except when I am modelling…my little escape!! I have such a passion for teaching and for my kids (students) that I often forget that I am not just a teacher all the time!!

I really like the fact you keep your nails square and pretty wide too. I would say that I noticed a sort of opposite curve, personally I have hard time keeping them square as they stuck on my clothes, do you get that too?

Everyone is always asking me how I keep them like this. It is actually an opposite curve! They don’t get stuck on anything, and I even coach Volleyball and lift weights with them. Matter of fact, when my nails aren’t done I can’t even type!!!

Ever had them done longer than what we see, or do you have any plans having them longer?

I have had them much longer. I had them really wrong when I ran track in college. I kept them long until I was running 200s one day at practice. I finished up the last 200 of the day and leaned over to try and catch my breath and my right thumb nail slipped off my thigh and it took off the entire nail..nail bed and all. I realized I had to shorten them. I keep them longer during the summer because I am not coaching volleyball or track, but I am still working out and have to be able to grip the bar at the gym…LOL!

You have quite an impressive portfolio have you been published?

Yes, mostly in tattoo publications and many internet publications as well. In print though: Tattoo Magazine, Skin & Ink, Pain Magazine, Savage Magazine, Art Intensity Network, local things, and look out for the new Inked Angels Magazine coming up…you are sure to see me!!!

I saw you’re selling posters with your pictures; care to give us a few more details?

My posters are 11 x 17 glossy high quality photo-paper posters. These are really high quality posters that I was even surprised at how cool they were. I have available 3 different posters. Barefoot & Beautiful, Backside View, and Morning Riser. You can view these in my posters album on my myspace page.

Anyone interested in my posters can message me here or at my email (preferable at the email since when school begins I can not get on myspace) and send my their address and who they want the poster made out to. They are $12 and that includes shipping. They can send a check (if they have references) or they can use paypal by sending the money to yayaasreflections”at”hotmail.com. (please replace “at” with @)

What would you advice a girl doing her first modelling steps?

You have to work. Don’t sit back and hope something happens…get out and make it happen. Get with some local photographers willing to shoot TFP or TFCD and get your portfolio built. Look through magazines and images on the internet and practice the poses and facial expressions in the mirror. It may sound silly, but you have to practice just like with anything else.

Credits to: Amanda Laman , Natalie Galyon , KWC, Tate Photography , J. Kennedy , MTKelly , South Texas Photography , ?,Carlton of Spiderbite Studios, Kelton, Draig Photography

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