Slowly working on a cover-up of a very old half sleeve. We covered ugly roots with a little sleeping fox, and added new life to some sad, sad birds (pictured below in their original form). Still LOTS to do!

 This was a special one. It's the Schrodinger's cat for my long-time friend, Crystal. She and I met when we were 11, and I knew her cat, Pandy, who this is a little tribute to. Super fun with the sketchiness! And after we celebrated with donuts and a little brunch. Boom.

Liz B.

 This was a challenging one- the first time my hand ever cramped. Lines within lines within lines!

It was a really fun design, however. She asked for a fern, as well as some sort of jewelry-type drippy aspect. So this is where I went. She's now going to use it as her logo for her jewelry company!

Tributes

 A little teensy tribute to her love of Sylvia Plath

Birthday girl got herself a little Brian Eno goody. That top line may be the straightest line I've ever done in the three years I've been tattooing (the inner lines are supposed to be wobbly, ya'll)!

Katie's hen

Here's the sketch of Katie's sweet little hen and some flowers from a farm she worked at over the summer that was near and dear to her. The left sketch is the color layer on top, the right is the linework. Such a fun thing to design! 

The final product! She decided against the blue circle for now. I think this allows for a nice composition and a farm-ier feel, however does make the sunflower a little awkward. Hopefully she'll allow me to remedy this when she comes back for touch-ups in a few weeks.

I'm hella proud of that little hen though! She's a beaut!

Gonna be a floral summer!

Flowers flowers flowers

Design for Mallory!

Next step on Jenny's floral- milky vintage colors! Super stoked to finish this one.

Forgotten post!

Did this a few months ago and forgot to post it! Lavender, orange leaf, cornflower, and marigold. Done on the forearm of a bestie of mine!

 

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Travel homage

Added a world compass and some roses to existing text. For her love of travel! She came to get this tattoo all the way from Pennsylvania! So honored.

 

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Half-sleeves

 

Two half-sleeves I had to leave without finishing. The top piece would eventually have been a full as well. Hope whoever gets to use my lines as a coloring book has a blast! So many fucking flowers. Also, the bottom one is a cover-up of "Asian Princess." Lolol.

 

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Fixers and cover-ups

 

The top piece, I remember when she got it. We were in our freshman year of college and I was mortified. Nearly five years later she comes to me to fix it up for her! Thanks Ash!

The second piece is an old Mucha done by another artist. I just added color!

 

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Algae

 

This was an exciting piece. Biff has a love of naturally occurring patterns and design. This is a close-up of an algae diatom!

 

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Poppies and PMA

Still unfinished piece. But a great story behind the banner and words-

The "PMA" (Positive Mental Attitude. Something very fitting to its owner!) is something I drew on my friend Ariel's arm for our friend Griffin to tattoo on her in her living room a few years ago. Then as my very very very first tattoo, even before that antler I posted earlier, I did that little banner and touched up the wobbly "PMA." Then, to our shock and grief, Griffin passed away this summer. Ariel had been talking about getting poppy tattoos before, but now they had a different meaning. Poppies are the flower of death, and now remembrance. I can't wait to finish this lovely transformative and important tattoo.

 

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