The neurodivergent urge to over explain myself during misunderstandings to try to avoid further misunderstandings but then confusing people in the process which, does in fact cause, you guessed it, more misunderstandings
For everyone wondering how this ended:
After the SpongeBob screenshot he said โSpongeBob is for Williesโ and that he thought he should book with someone else. I never tattooed him and I guess Iโll never know what body part he wanted to get tattooed
Not to toot my own horn but I made & decorated this galaxy cake for my husband who LOVES space / sci fi and I am so excited with how the inside turned out ๐โจ
I found a cookie dough recipe that I LOVE so now Iโm trying really hard to get better at decorating with royal icing ๐ซถ๐ป๐งก I was also feeling really low today so I wanted a little spooky pick me up ๐งก
Hi! You donโt need to lose weight to get tattooed! It is not easier to tattoo thin people! In fact itโs *harder* to tattoo loose skin (such as after weight loss)! Tattoos donโt have to be something you earn only if you lose a certain amount of weight
Big tattooers openly refusing to tattoo dark skin because it โdoesnโt work with their styleโ is disgraceful and shouldnโt be supported in this community. Youโre making the choice to not tattoo/change your style for darker skin. ๐
This is a cross stitch piece thatโs 2.5 years healed. ๐ Iโd been hesitant to post a healed pic before now (aside from the one I did on myself) bc posting โhealedโ pics that are only a few months old is misleading. I get asked a lot about these, so here it is, 2.5 years later โจ
Someone filled out a form for a creature from the black lagoon tattoo and I asked if they wanted him scary or sexy (or both) and they said โwhy the hell would I want it sexyโ ๐ญโ ๏ธ Like my B I guess weโre just two very different creature lovers
Today my client was checking out and asked me how much money I pay to the shop, so I said 40% and then she tipped me 40% of the total so I would get 100% of what I charged ๐ญ
This is incredibly fucked up?? I canโt believe a tattoo artist would willingly put this on someoneโs body or that someone would get this. I hate that a case that involves real peopleโs lives and trauma has become a joke and a big meme to everyone. What is wrong with some of you??
Earlier I was talking to my gf about how I recently experienced the worst pain I had ever been in and I said โit was an 8/10โ and she was like โwtf it sounds like a 10โ and I was like โI have to save my 10 for something really bad like if my arm got sawed off or somethingโ
Laughing at how many people have been like โyou must be down bad to go through all that troubleโ yeah Iโm down bad weโre literally married lmao
Not to toot my own horn but I made & decorated this galaxy cake for my husband who LOVES space / sci fi and I am so excited with how the inside turned out ๐โจ
Iโll never forget when I was tattooing one of my clients and they were silent the entire time and suddenly went โthis isnโt so bad now that Iโm into bdsmโ and then went back to silence.
I was like good for you Buddy Iโm glad those were the only 9 words you spoke to me today
I sat all day Saturday at the Philly tattoo convention for this big thigh piece & scar cover up ๐ฅฒ๐ (artist is Andrey Vasilyev / @ andreytattooing on insta) He also said I sat like a rock for this and Iโll be riding that high for the rest of the year tbh
This is in response to my insta story about people not respecting my boundaries which included people DMing me when I frequently post that Iโm email only. And itโs also right in my bio. ๐ I hate it here
people responding to this saying itโs a hoax have obviously not worked customer service lmao I have had SO many client interactions like this over the years. ๐ซ
Yโall if your tattooer asks you to get undressed for a tattoo where you could easily just lift up your shirt, pant leg, etc, you should run.
Even back pieces I have clients wear a button down backwards. Sternum have them wear a loose top, or a bralette that can be easily moved
Rlly annoyed at getting hate comments about the โwonky linesโ on my tattoo which is covering extensive self harm scars and stretch marks ๐ not all of us have flawless airbrushed skin & when your skin swells those scars are exacerbated
That being said all the POC in my comments talking about how their tattooers only post white people are 100% valid in being upset and yโall deserve artists who will post a variety of skin tones and will take care of your skin & you
Do the folks calling tattooers โgreedyโ for charging more than like one single crumpled dollar for a tattoo realize that most of us donโt get compensated for drawing time? Or for emailing? Or for being a photographer or for being our own social media manager? Lmao
I really donโt know why tattooers hate fat people so much when we have so much surface area to work with? Like you get to do MORE tattoo? What are you pissy about exactly
A super fun Legend of Zelda tattoo I got to do for my incredible client recently. โจ Love when people give me an idea but let me have creative control of the design! โจ
So grateful to have gotten to tattoo these pieces based on the painting I did of my interpretation of the
@mychemicalromance
album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. Finished these a few months ago - Thank you, for getting these, Lyndsay!๐ฉธโจ
J*ffree Star gaining a whole new conservative fan base for being extremely anti non-binary wasnโt on my bingo card for 2023 but you know what it might as well happen
โLet me know if you need to take a break at all!โ
โDonโt be shy if you want to move the stencil around, nowโs the time to!โ
โItโs okay to listen to your body and tap out of your tattoo if you have to!โ
โWeโre in this together!โ
@mehh_bo
diamond mind tattoo, that was where I was working at the time & when clients texted me Iโd put DMT next to their name so I could keep track of them
Thinking about this one time that I had to tattoo a crochet heart on someone but I didnโt like any of the reference photos I was seeing so I just crocheted a bunch of different hearts until I found one I liked ๐ซก I commit to the bit
Idk who needs to hear this but itโs okay to not act tough about being tattooed, like you can just say it sucked if it sucked for you thereโs no reason to โbe braveโ about it tbh
Iโll never forget when I tattooed for 24 straight hours for a Friday the 13th once and after my shop percentage (I got 40% and my shop got 60% at the time) was taken out of it, I had made maybe 500 bucks. Each tattoo was $31 which means I got about $12.4 for each tattoo I did. ๐
Recently when clients are getting lettering tattooed I started having them sign/initial the stencil because itโs 1. proof that they DID approve the stencil, however it was spelled and 2. It helps them to slow down and actually read the writing! Sometimes -
I regularly turn down Ted Bundy / true crime tattoos in this fashion. Itโs extremely inappropriate and I wouldnโt be proud to be the artist who did any of these.
I debated posting this publicly tbh but, I deserve to at least be a step closer to body neutrality.
And tbh being fat & sharing vulnerable photos of your body in a fatphobic society is a radical act of self appreciation and I deserve that, too. โจ
๐ธ That Hippy Photographer
One of the best Halloween tattoos Iโve ever done! Love this lollipop from Trick R Treat. โจ๐โจ Halloween is the day after tomorrow, what are your spooky plans?
How it started โจ How it's going โจ
Today is the 4 year anniversary of my very first tattoo! Iโve done such a long way but I also have a very long way to go. ๐ Endlessly grateful to everyone who has helped me get here. Hereโs to another 4!
I love my tattoos and the process of getting tattooed but sometimes I do wish I was still blank because I would be covered in completely different pieces
my therapist today hit me with the โyou deserve to be taken care of the way you take care of everyone elseโ and I tried to argue and they were like โno actually listen and feel this for a second, you deserve to be cared forโ and I had to be like โ
Why is photorealism seen as the be all end all of art making? Tattooing, drawing, painting, etc - I feel like so many folks think thatโs somehow the end goal of what all of us are striving for when it often isnโt
Currently staying alive for my clients whoโve had terrible experiences with cishet white male tattooers and need me to show them that tattooing can be a caring , fun experience without mockery or shame ๐ฅฒ
Iโll never forget when I went to speak to queer highschoolers about safe tattooing & the cis gay guy running the the talk cut me off & went โshe keeps using the word โautoclaveโ so much because it makes people feel smart to say big words :)โ both misgendering AND undermining me
A few months ago I got to do these thigh pieces based on an original painting I made of my interpretation of the Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge album art ๐ฉธโจ (Iโll post the full pic of the other side soon)