Recent Additions

Nezuko, Demon slayer vs Upper Moon VI
Skin Walker
PTSD
Hasanlu Lovers
Devilish
Medusa
The Great Wave
Capricorn
Seraphine snowflakes

Previous Work

Various Flash
Icarus and Atlas
The Great Wave
Elephants Never forget
Twin Skulls

Background

Since 2021 I have been studying tattooing just about 24/7.

Unfortunately in the process I reached some road blocks. Especially considering my original apprenticeship was probably the worst kind you could ever come across. It was toxic, sexist, cut throat and encouraged sabotaging other artists for a chance to be licensed as an apprentice.

Simply put, it was everything that is wrong with the apprenticeship process. I spent years of my life working for free for someone who always kept that license just out of reach to exploit me.

These are the works I’ve done over the years because they deserve to be seen. I’ve spent a lot of time drawing and learning my craft, which seemed nearly impossible in the beginning. Though I know any artistic discipline is a constant work in progress- and mine is no different— I am certainly proud of how far I’ve come.

Processes

To understand the reason my portfolio is the way it is— you need to understand a few things

  1. My mentor was toxic, and that is not an understatement. I had 3 portfolios ‘fail’ before I quit. A lot of those pieces are physically lost. When I quit I moved states and took only what I could pack in my car, which included all the ‘failed’ pieces.
  2. The portfolio was required to have 2 traditional pieces, 2 neo-traditional, 2 realism, 1 lettering, 1 bio-mechanical, and 2 reproductions of classical works. Yes, you’re not wrong, that sounds like and entire season of ink master and it is.
  3. After years of drawing I’m just NOW figuring out what my ‘style’ really is. While all of these works are good, they are not my style.

All of my work is completed on Toned-tan paper (to simulate the color of skin), Microns (fine-liners), prisma color pencils, occasionally prisma color markers, and isopropyl alcohol.

Fun Fact: While Prisma color blenders are excellent at creating a seamless finish- isopropyl alcohol can do the same thing. Isopropyl will melt the wax of a colored pencil, which is why using prisma color markers (ie: Alcohol based markers) with the pencils create the most ideal finish to a piece, as it eliminates the grain while providing a filter of color over it.

I will attempt to divide these into the years I made them, and the month if I remember. Honestly, that entire period of my life is fraught with trauma from all sides, so it’s fairly hard to remember the timeline of when I created certain pieces. Sometimes, I don’t even realize that pieces are some of my own until I see the backdrop is my own living room.

Interested in apprenticing and want to know more? Here’s my Resume (coming soon)