Savage Sal

Put puppy’s ass in check ✅ Discipline through inkless tattoo. By the end of the scene pup was back to being a good obedient boiz and received plenty of treats and praise 😊🐶🐾 #pupstuff #inklesstattoo #kinsters

Fiend shank. For when trouble comes a’ knocking. ☠️🗡️

Screen shot of a lecture slide; a bearded man with a t-shirt that says MADDOG TATTOO is being interviewed by a possibly drunk woman in a leather hat

A letter from Robert Roberts to Shawn Porter, 1997. The letter talks about their meeting at a tattoo convention, and a desire to talk via phone.

Robert E. Roberts - Maddog Tattoo - 1990s.
Slide building is going well on the Indelible Identities lecture on Queer Tattoo History.

Awww Uncle Dog! What lovely post ❤️

Adding background to his pre-existing tattoos (that someone else did) More updates to follow 😊
#backtatattoo #rework #freehand

Ready to show my newest tattoo. Tattoo by: @savagesal.bsky.social Photo by: @theonlyliyote.bsky.social

Added on to a piece my friend Nick Bergin from Godspeed Tattoo. The tattoo Nick did (on the right) is based on a painting he once gifted me. Such a thoughtful full circle moment from the client to bring me in on it 😊🕳️💕

Awesome!! My pleasure 😊

I’d love to pup 😊

You’re awesome! 🤗

Thanks pup!

This tough pup earned it… and took it like a champ 🐶Ω #pupplay #omegatattoo #queertattooer #sandiego

Cover of a book titled INDELIBLE IDENTITIES A QUEER HISTORY OF TATTOOING 01: John Dagion by archivist Shawn Porter The cover feature a traditional tattoo design of a swallow and heart with a banner reading QUEER, designed by Savage Sal.

Our friend @savagesal.bsky.social was kind enough to reimagine a Cliff Raven design to add a little razzle dazzle to my latest book - a visual companion to the lecture I’ll be giving on #queertattoo history in less than a month!

Repaint of an obscure Mike ‘Rollo’ Malone stencil, originally purchased from Kandi Everette. Two legendary tattooers who carried on Sailor Jerry’s legacy after his passing. #daddysruin #rollo #mikemalone #tattooflash

We added a little more to this one 🔥 Honored to bring this spicy vision to life. I’m always down for bold, playful work. Especially when it’s this much fun. 😇🤗 #fireinthehole #electrictigertattoo #savagesal

A gentlemanly exchange of affection, tastefully uninhibited 🎩🤝 #tattooerotica #savagesal #electrictigertattoo #sandiego

A selfie, because the lighting was good 😌🤳

With Tattooer Mark Tyler from Duluth, Minnesota.

I had such a blast at the Sawdust City Tattoo Invitational in Eau Claire, Wisconsin!! Here’s a few pics from this weekend 😊 #eauclaire #tattooconvention

My new convention banner came in! I’ll be in Eau Claire, Wisconsin June 13-15 for the Sawdust City Tattoo convention! savagesal@live.com to book an appointment 😊📆#eauclaire #sawdustcityinvitational #savagesal #manther

Haha you’d think so! He sat well tho and as you can see, a little excited towards the end 👀 A big greasy meal beforehand and consistent breathing will do wonders 😉

On a local gentleman. He wanted something a bit more refined, so we went with the classic Greek key pattern—a timeless symbol of eternity… wrapped around the, well….you get it 😜🕳️😈 #holetattoo #greekways

A painting I made based on a drawing by Dom Orejudos (aka Etienne). I first saw it in “The Art of Etienne,” then randomly came across a write-up about it in another book… which I’ve totally forgotten the name of. Oops! Long live Dom!
#etienne #domorejudos #savagesal

YouTube video by Shawn Porter Tattooing Reality 3

It’s impossible to overstate the impact that Samuel Steward had on modern tattooing. Tattooing professionally under the name Phil Sparrow, he was a primary mentor to Ed Hardy & Cliff Raven. The intersection of tattoo culture and the queer community is inseparable.

sacreddebris.com

#queertattoo

I find his impact on tattooing and leather so fascinating 🖤 #stsparrow

Thank you!!

Hehe thank you! Someone called it the “Manther” and it has stuck 😄😄

Some fresh some healed ✨I’m loving these healed pics! Shared and posted with consent, of course 😇🖤 #gayboys #healedtattoo #manther #savagesal #electrictigertattoosandiego

It was my pleasure doing em for you!

Had some fun playing with UV ink on Pup Shadoo! I love when clients trust me with their erotic tattoo ideas — no shame, no guilt. Just sexy, intimate work, done professionally and with integrity 🙌🍑🐾 #savagesal #electrictigertattoo #sandiego

Sure, it was a pain in the butt… but totally worth it 😜🍑