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three selves

I have a handful of in-process tattoos but had the pleasure of finishing my first full piece this weekend 🖤

So much gratitude for the trust, Rèmy! And of course to Coulter Prehm for his guidance and mentorship

#tattooapprentice #santafetattoo #prehmstudios

First tattoo on a person that wasn't myself! We ended up freehanding the snake and going 5x as large as I was expecting so it was a fun challenge for me. So excited to get into shading. Thanks Rob 🖤

A vivid illustration in the colors blue, red, yellow, black, white and pinl. A marbled blue-skinned man wearing long red gloves holding a peacock-feather quill. His eyes are a bloodshot rainbow, looking directly at the viewer. Over his head is a six-pointed star-like halo, as well as over his left arm. His visible long red glove has a dog holding its own severed tail in its mouth, running from two other dogs. From his quill flows a trail of black ink, forming a circle in which a hand holding a magnolia blossom resides. The background has a faint pattern of octopus suckers.

Escapism

Ok but the best part of buying used books are the weird cryptic messages left in the margins

A chopped up wyrm

questioning my decision to drink a second cup of coffee at 3pm on the first night after the time change

crying screaming throwing up over the bulbs popping up in my garden this spring 🥹

Cozy snowy morning 🖤

I just learned this is called graupel

BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology."

This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.

Another lil dragon from a Graham Townsend flash sheet. If you're in Santa Fe and want a silly high fantasy tattoo get in contact - I'm offering freebies as part of my apprenticeship ✒️

boycotts are easy when you fucking hate shopping

This man has been tucking himself in at night and he just looks so criminally smol

Red, green, or xmas tho?

twisting #wyvern on the thigh from a couple years ago

#dragon #tattoo

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Cursing the previous owner of our house for the yards and yards of gravel they dumped over every single garden bed. As if the Bradford pears and Siberian elms weren't bad enough. I've been busting my ass sifting all the rocks out since moving in last year and still barely have half the beds finished

Beautiful! Is that yucca and primrose I spy in the florals?

Redraw of Graham Townsend flash to keep myself from doomscrolling into oblivion (it's not working)

A marching style band illustration of woodland creatures carrying weapons with a banner that says " We Will Just Have To Kill Him" in a childrens book style.

Someone's gotta do it I guess
New print here!
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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky!

I've been gradually getting back into reading over the last few years - and the difference it makes in my attention span is kind of wild, and noticeable even in the span of days.

(but jokes on you coz I'm reading about mutant space spooders 🕷️)

every wound a blessing

Eat you alive🩸

Fishy doing his best jetpack impression

An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"

We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.