Alia Bird

Rough sketches of various loons in different positions. Drafting ideas for future flash options.

I think I’m about to enter my loon era

Do you have a newsletter? I could drive to CA but would love to wait for you to guest in Portland. Even better, you could guest at my shop, Birdhouse Tattoo 🥲 (sorry to shamelessly plug)

I stopped working on this last night because to me his antlers look like they’re covered in shaving cream, but they’re supposed to be clouds. Do you see it too?

Looove this pose!

tattoo of a soft and fuzzy grizzly bear with wings, sitting down

tattoo of a soft and fuzzy grizzly bear with wings, sitting down, next to an existing tattoo of Baymax

Soft fuzzy guy, giving Ferdinand the Bull vibes. I didn’t tattoo the Baymax friend, but they really do make a good couple 💞
#tattoo #pdxtattoo #finelinetattoo

Cute bunny graphic with a bow around its neck and the phrase “gargle my balls” in blue color

Cute bunny graphic with a bow around its neck and the phrase “gargle my balls” in red color

Opinions please! I’m making this into a sticker, but I can’t decide on a color for the font. Blue or pink? Once printed, a portion of the sales will be donated to UCLA

I've started a list of tattoo artists to follow so it's easier to find each other! let me know if you'd like to be added 🖖👽🖤

go.bsky.app/8PKoomC

This is a solid round up! Would be honored to be added 💞

Please share!
I really want this platform to thrive, and be absolutely swamped with art, and creatives.
If we want this, we have to work for it!

Paint, painters, and more paint!🎨

I’m making several of these type specific lists, and I already have one giant art bomb list. 💣

go.bsky.app/R4wccho

@sarahjconti.bsky.social and her birbs def needs to be on this list 🐦💕

Incredible 😍

Tattoo of a cloaked bird (hermit thrush)with a staff and lantern

Hermit thrush about to head off on an adventure 🥹

#tattoo #portlandtattoo #birdtattoo

Would love to be added! Okie byeeee gonna go follow everyone now

Lol if you started your career too late, then I might as well retire now 🤣

So dreamy 😍

Comet moth waiting to be pinned on top of a styrofoam base with tweezers and pins nearby

Freshly posed and pinned comet moth on top of a styrofoam base with vellum over the posed wings

My first bug pinning class at @paxtongatepdx.bsky.social was sooo fun! @ofmothandflame.bsky.social did an amazing job, not only teaching us the ways of bug preservation, but showed us amazing books to check out and shared so many interesting bug conservation facts. 10/10 would recommend signing up 🦋

🥰🥰😘😘 thank you boo

Wolf an awkward smile and wearing a bow tie tattoo on a bicep

Wolf an awkward smile and wearing a bow tie tattoo, showing where on a bicep

One of my faves 🐺 🎀

Incredible 😍😍😍

And now you’re a legend to so many 🤩

👁️👄👁️

It doesn’t matter what medium you use, your lines, and shapes, and compositions are always gorgeous 🤤🤤

“Maraschino” for fun tonight. Art is supposed to be fun right??? Sometimes I forget…

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I really hope they get something similar on the other knee 😍 So purty!

Tablet and Apple Pencil with a drawing of some wild roses, with blankets all around

Artists, where’s your favorite place to draw? TBR, my most enjoyed place is in bed with my coffee nearby. So comf 😌

A lil chickadee would be adorbs, or a twisty boi garter snake

Healed tattoo of two split fox heads with butterflies flying in and around the foxes. Tattooed on a thigh.

Seeing healed tattoos is so satisfying! Not only do they help us tattooers understand which techniques work and which ones don’t, but we can also see how lines settle and soften based on our needle size and depth. 😍😍

Usually the critical thoughts are a sign to take a break and come back to my work with fresh eyes. When I come back it’ll look like two things: critical thoughts were right and I can def see the edits that need to happen, or they were just false whispers from a little internal gremlin who was wrong