Daniel Howland got a tattoo of ‘Blue/Black’ The Dress that captured the Internet by storm on his leg.

The Dress Tattoo: Black and Blue

Howland, a tattoo artist who appears to be nearly covered in body art, lives in Texas, where he had a friend, Nick York, do the tattoo for free. The Dress polarized the nation, it seemed, when it went viral last week, with some seeing The Dress as blue and black and others as white and gold.

Howland says he saw The Dress as blue and black, while his tattoo artist, York, saw white and gold. For his tattoo, Howland went with a black and blue dress, with the message “White and Gold?”

@nickyork9000 did a thing on my leg

A photo posted by Daniel Howland (@danielhowland) on Feb 27, 2015 at 10:51pm PST

“I pretty much got it because, I mean, I keep up with all the social memes and hysteria and whatever, and this is the only one that I really couldn’t wrap my brain around. So I just decided to do it,” Howland told BuzzFeed News.

Both Howland and York agree the tattoo may be stupid, but it makes them laugh. “I think it’s a stupid tattoo. That’s why it’s funny. Because it’s stupid,” York admitted.

#truestory

A photo posted by Daniel Howland (@danielhowland) on Feb 28, 2015 at 10:06am PST

The Dress Anti-Domestic Violence Campaign

Meanwhile, The Dress also lives on as a prop in Salvation Army South Africa’s anti-domestic violence campaign. The organization tweeted a photo of a badly bruised and beaten woman wearing a version of the dress in white and gold with the message, “Why is it so hard to see black and blue?”

Article by Olivia Truffaut-Wong

Olivia Truffaut-Wong was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where she developed her love of all things entertainment. After moving to New York City to earn her degree in Film Studies, she stayed on the East Coast to follow her passion and become an entertainment writer. She lives on a diet of television, movies and food.