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I never thought I would end up sharing this 🫣💀. I thought it would be cool to show you guys the art I created for fun before tattooing. The stuff I did outside of classes, with my own creative freedom… even though some of it is questionab

COMING IN OCTOBER!!!! NEW TSHIRTS AND HOODIES! 20% OFF ALL SPOOKY SEASON TATTOOS! SPOOKY PAINT JAM: Oct 25! HALLOWEEN FLASH DAY: 10/31 Details to come on all of these events and more, but mark your calendars now, and DM me, @mandymartinartw

Impromptu Horror themed lunch!!!

Wear your story—bold, subtle, hidden, or loud. Clean & friendly • Lincoln, NE • Open 7 days

How should your deposit work for you right now? As an apprentice, you're taking in everything. A deposit just books it for later when you can't fit it in that day. In your early years, it's about the order. Get people in for a consult first

Art, friendship, brotherhood, sharing culture, waiting for trains to pass the road you need to cross or stop being loud as fuck or quit shaking the building you’re in or stop transporting valuable goods and commodities that people need whil

This is the last week of this quarter to get a Tattoo Oracle and have a portion of the proceeds go to Mourning Hope of Lincoln! With the Tattoo Oracle, fate decides your next tattoo and you get to help your community at the same time, with

imagine getting a new tattoo and feeling so much hotter and cooler💖 love u . hit up me or @tattoosbyjonny for our collab piece! . . . . #tattoos #rochestertattooartist #tattooartist #explore

21 years in 🙌 #sanfrancisco #colortattoo #tattooartist #woodinlay #sanfranciscoart

If you want more appointments, "book an appointment" feels like a commitment. That's a friction point. "Book a consultation" feels like a conversation, and that's what gets people through the door. That's why I used to have "book a consulta

I’ve had this YouTube account {it’s also my alternate ig account} @allcustomarttattoos for a while but now I’ll take more advantage it. I’ll be posting longer form videos on there where you can see more of my process and how I go about prep

A realism, portrait, black & grey tattoo by Cecil Porter, featured on TattooNOW.

North Dakota, part 2 build sing create pray burn suffer renewed in the warmth of the earth

New guest artist coming to Red Arbor! 🖤 Birdy Everhart is joining us October 9th–11th! Click through to check out his work, then book an appointment through our website and let us know you want Birdy before his guest spot fills up!

Wrapped up this coverup on Cirilo today, great session, got to really dial it in. Working with @cheyenne_tattooequipment @rawpigments @monsterkreations

Serious progress on Day 1 of Seb’s front piece. Pushed through some pain today, I’m always impressed by what people can do with a little determination. @cheyenne_tattooequipment @rawpigments @monsterkreations

HOT NEW 6 INCH STICKERS!!!!

NEW SHIRTS!!! Arriving this week! 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️

Last swipe is crucial 👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 The five years pass either way. The only question is what rate you're at when they do. Comment or DM COACH if you want to start moving now.

North Dakota, part 1 📷 @ajmoody80 📷 @ajmoody80

I'm going to hold your hand when I say this... Your current clients are not the ceiling of what you're capable of charging. I know that feels scary. You've built real relationships with these people, and the idea of them saying no feels per

For 11 years, Lincoln has trusted Iron Brush with the honor of Lincoln’s Choice. Our responsibility is to keep earning it—with every tattoo, every piercing and every person who walks through our doors.

Aruba is incredible! Might be the nicest place I’ve ever been, awesome people perfect weather just incredible!!! Robby AlmeidaCaroline WalczakAmy Moitoza

Clean space. Friendly staff. Tattoos + piercings, walk-in or book, seven days. Wear your story.

Don't miss out, stop in for a walk-in this week!

This wasn't working, so I reworked it until it did. I spent about four years burned out and I didn't even realize it. Money was coming in. My calendar was full. From outside, everything looked fine. Inside, I was grinding through work I did

Hold on to your witch hats, for something wicked this way comes October 2026… stay tuned

lol this kid

METAL CHURCH last night at the Token! Absolutely amazing. I’ve been seeing them since the 80’s, and they blow my mind every time. Great mix, loud, guitars sounded killer. New singer Brian Allen is perfect for the band, hittin’ all those fal

Wear your story today. Walk in, book a time, or call. Clean and friendly, every day.

✨A Tattoo Artist’s Guide to Booking Tattoos with AI✨ . . . . don’t . . . (we still love you guys we promise)

Me: 23 years in this industry, running three shops, a mom who's tired most days and still shows up. My work: color that people travel across states for. #candidcolorcoaching #tattooartist #colorrealism #tattoolife #tattooart

Great two days working on @theloniusprime @cheyenne_tattooequipment @rawpigments @monsterkreations

Epic session on John’s upper back coverup. 8 solid hours, about half finished. This man sits like a rock. Good times! @cheyenne_tattooequipment @rawpigments @monsterkreations

Officially started my new journey at Aloha tattoos. Come say hi and get some ink! Mahalo. @alohasaltlake

23 years tattooing and 10 years coaching artists taught me the difference between grinding through it and building something. Here's what changed 👇 🛠️ The craft, career, capacity method This is how you diagnose what's actually going on wh

Your story, your artist. In-person appointments, seven days a week. Clean and friendly. Wear your story.

Change your look. Show your style. Treat yourself. — Walk in for piercings any day. — Or call to schedule: 402‑474‑5151

The @westchestertattoocon is in just 2 more weeks October 2nd- 4th at the Westchester Convention Center in #whiteplainsny I’m working on my style of surrealistic tattoo art. Lots of roses with eyes, inter dimensional portals, skulls, reaper

Discovering a tattoo studio near me in Salt Lake City that balances artistic excellence with uncompromising hygiene can feel overwhelming. Aloha Tattoos resolves that by combining award-winning custom artistry,

A clean & friendly place to wear and immortalize your story. Lincoln, NE • Tattoos & piercings 7 days a week

Grinding harder was never the answer. Comment or DM COACH if you're ready to build a booked-out calendar the right way. #bookedout #tattooartist #tattoomentorship #candidcolorcoaching #tattooburnout

Hi, I’m Jon Poulson. I’ve been tattooing for 23 years. I’ve had the opportunity to tattoo all over the world, but for the past 16 years I’ve called Salt Lake City, Utah, USA home. . I had the pleasure of apprenticing under the great Michael

Comment your favorite pokemon I’m tryna see something

You almost had me? You never had me. You never had your car!

Check my pinned post…. #tattoogiveaway

You probably didn’t know who I was before 2012, or how much work it took to become 2012 Liz. What you didn’t see during those early years was me busting my ass working second jobs, taking part-time non-art gigs, and living way under my mean

WE’RE HIRING PART-TIME FRONT STAFF! Looking for a fun, fast-paced, physically active job with an incredible crew? Our front staff spend most of the day helping clients and supporting our artists and piercers. The position also includes comp

If you're a tattooer ready to move up a tier, comment or DM the word COACH.

Walk-ins daily for palm-sized tattoos. Piercings daily by walk-in or phone. Appointments made in person. Clean, friendly, and open to everyone who walks through our doors. Wear your story.

Such an honour to be working on the first edition in beautiful Lugano @luganotattooroyale Thanks to @mikivialetto ✨ At every convention, I think about how important it is to be next to your friends, because it makes the event unforgettable.

Markers on John, gonna be a big day!

Some freehand kerfing action for you DIY enthusiasts. Finishing the build out of @gallery111.art …give us a follow to see what’s up with this project. We hope to be open before the end of the year!

This week I’ll be at @amaroktattoo in Fargo, North Dakota hanging with friends and doing some work. If you’re in that region and want in to what might be my last opening 9/16, just reach out. • • • #nickbaxtertattoos #bioorganictattoos #ama

¿Qué tienen que ver 108 guerreros rebeldes con el tatuaje japonés que conocemos hoy? 🇯🇵 Mucho más de lo que parece. Las historias del Suikoden y, especialmente, las representaciones que hizo Utagawa Kuniyoshi de sus héroes dejaron una hue

Upside DOWN had a blast Saturday night at the Harbor View Yacht Club in Toledo! Weather was perfect, thanks to all our friends who came out! Dustin, Pango, Jay and Jay Jay from Imposters In Effect jumped up and did a mini set, it was badass

You don’t have to turn tattoo work away to build a calendar full of dream pieces. If your calendar’s empty, you take what comes, and you go out of your way to get more of it, and that’s real. But the mistake isn’t taking work you need, it’s

Every day is a tattoo day. Every day is a piercing day. Walk-ins and appointments seven days a week. Clean shop, friendly artists, and always room for your friends. Wear your story.

We'll see you for a walk-in this week!

I have a client, 16 years tattooing, who becomes friends with most everyone she tattoos. Once that happens, she can’t bring herself to charge them what she actually needs to charge. But she’s not undercharging because she doesn’t know. She’