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📍 tattoos and illustration, London UK
✒️ commissions open for ink in all its forms!
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alienink.bsky.social
a black work illustrative tattoo of an atlas moth in a delicate black and grey style, tattooed on the lower outer arm. tattooed in London, UK #tattoo #tattoos #tattooing #tattoosky #tattooart #tattooartist #inked #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskyartists #tattsky #blueskytattoo #supportartists #artforsale #qttr #mothtattoo #butterflytattoo
February 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
alienink.bsky.social
my first palm! 💥
a bold linework tattoo of a star / sun shape on a palm! it was my first ever attempt at a notoriously difficult placement - I'll post photos soon of how it healed! #palmtattoo #handtattoo #jobstopper #lifesaver #tattoo #tattoos #tattooing #tattoosky #tattooart #tattooartist #inked #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskyartists #tattsky #blueskytattoo #supportartists #artforsale #qttr
February 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
alienink.bsky.social
a black and grey illustrative tattoo of a praying mantis with it's wings outstretched, on the back of a calf. the wings have an asymmetrical melty flow pattern inside them. #prayingmantis #insect #insecttattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattooing #tattoosky #tattooart #tattooartist #inked #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskyartists #tattsky #blueskytattoo #supportartists #artforsale #qttr
February 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
alienink.bsky.social
handpoked spider eyelids 🕸️🕷️
handpoked eyelids tattoos for my friend Cressie - they are simple symmetrical designs but relatively large over the eyelid. when she opens her eyes only the smallest bits show of the legs which look a bit like more eyelashes! #handpoke #handpokedtattoo #stickandpoke #tattoo #tattoosky #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr handpoked eyelids tattoos for my friend Cressie - they are simple symmetrical designs but relatively large over the eyelid. when she opens her eyes only the smallest bits show of the legs which look a bit like more eyelashes! #handpoke #handpokedtattoo #stickandpoke #tattoo #tattoosky #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr handpoked eyelids tattoos for my friend Cressie - they are simple symmetrical designs but relatively large over the eyelid. when she opens her eyes only the smallest bits show of the legs which look a bit like more eyelashes! #handpoke #handpokedtattoo #stickandpoke #tattoo #tattoosky #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
February 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
alienink.bsky.social
wrap around snake tattoo and the inspiration 😍
a black and grey illustrative tattoo of a snake that wraps around the lower arm completely - this photo shows the front where the most coils and wiggles are. It has delicate scales and a pattern on its back. #snake #snaketattoon #petsnake #cornsnake #herp #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr the snake tattoo from the first slide with the client holding the snake that it was based on! #snake #snaketattoon #petsnake #cornsnake #herp #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
February 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
alienink.bsky.social
we split it into a couple of sessions! but yeah it was a fair few pokes 😅
February 2, 2025 at 4:50 AM
alienink.bsky.social
handpoked ✍️
a handpoked tattoo depicting a "biblically accurate angel" with six wings and one giant eyeball in the centre. it's tattooed in black and grey on the back of the neck, and the shading is slightly dotty showing the handpoked texture tattooed in London UK #biblicallyaccurateangel #angel #angeltattoo #wings #wingtattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
alienink.bsky.social
an illustration of a lion skull that I've tattooed on an etching style (using black linework to show form and shading) on the front of a thigh tattooed in London UK #lion #liontattoo #lionskull #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
alienink.bsky.social
fresh and ✨healed✨
a handpoke butterfly tattoo on the lower chest, made in black and grey stipple work. it frames the space under top surgery scars beautifully and it's an honour to tattoo someone's chest in this way 🖤 made in London UK #butterfly #butterflytattoo #chesttattoo #handpoke #stickandpoke #handpoketattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr change and transformation 🖤 the butterfly tattoo is now healed and covered with a new layer of chest hair! we've added a fresh wrapping laurel piece around the neck, again in black and grey to balance the existing work made in London UK #butterfly #butterflytattoo #chesttattoo #laureltattoo #necktattoo #handpoke #stickandpoke #handpoketattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
alienink.bsky.social
mushroom circle! I loved doing this placement and seeing now it changes with the movement of the arm. it's a black and grey illustrative tattoo of lots of different types of mushrooms arranged in a circle around the elbow, resting in the ground with the textures of the earth. when the arm is bent the mushrooms appear to be on flat ground. tattooed in London UK #mushroom #mushroomtattoo #mycology #mycologytattoo #mushroomart #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr mushroom circle! I loved doing this placement and seeing now it changes with the movement of the arm. it's a black and grey illustrative tattoo of lots of different types of mushrooms arranged in a circle around the elbow, resting in the ground with the textures of the earth. when the arm is bent the mushrooms appear to be on flat ground. tattooed in London UK #mushroom #mushroomtattoo #mycology #mycologytattoo #mushroomart #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
alienink.bsky.social
a centipede tattoo in a black and grey illustrative style on the lower arm, crawling downwards to the wrist. the shading is quite delicate and it wriggles in the gap between existing tattoos. tattooed in London UK #centipede #centipedetattoo #insecttattoo #bugtattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
alienink.bsky.social
a delicate illustrative tattoo of a scorpion utilising thin outlines and minimal shading in black and grey - at the stinger there's a star shape to show how sharp and deadly it is tattooed in London UK #scorpion #scorpiontattoo #fineline #finelinetattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
alienink.bsky.social
an illustrative blackwork tattoo of oyster mushrooms in an clump as if growing on a tree, made in black ink with grey shading tattooed in London UK #mushrooms #mycology #mushroomtattoo #mushroomart #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
alienink.bsky.social
a large tattoo - going from the back of the neck all down the spine. it's a bold depiction of a lightning bolt in black ink in a simple graphic style. I loved tattooing this and would love to do more similar pieces! tattooed in London UK #lightning #lightningbolt #backtattoo #lightningtattoo #graphicart #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr a large tattoo - going from the back of the neck all down the spine. it's a bold depiction of a lightning bolt in black ink in a simple graphic style. I loved tattooing this and would love to do more similar pieces! tattooed in London UK #lightning #lightningbolt #backtattoo #lightningtattoo #graphicart #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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a blackwork tattoo of a stag beetle, drawn from the top down in detailed etching-style linework with marbled patterns in the outstretched wings. it looks like a vintage illustration from old natural history drawings. it frames the lower sternum with the legs going down to the upper stomach. tattooed in London UK #beetletattoo #insecttattoo #stagbeetle #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr a close up of a blackwork tattoo of a stag beetle, drawn from the top down in detailed etching-style linework with marbled patterns in the outstretched wings. it looks like a vintage illustration from old natural history drawings. it frames the lower sternum with the legs going down to the upper stomach. tattooed in London UK #beetletattoo #insecttattoo #stagbeetle #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
alienink.bsky.social
a blackwork illustrative tattoo of a sculpture depicting half of the body of a man with one large wing outstretched. it was made using the handpoke technique so has a stippled texture. #handpoke #handpoketattoo #stickandpoke #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr The statue depicted here is based on da Vinci’s concept for artificial wings, and was displayed at the The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California in an exhibition titled “500 Years Into the Future” in 2008/2009. a blackwork illustrative tattoo of a sculpture depicting half of the body of a man with one large wing outstretched. it was made using the handpoke technique so has a stippled texture. #handpoke #handpoketattoo #stickandpoke #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr The statue depicted here is based on da Vinci’s concept for artificial wings, and was displayed at the The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California in an exhibition titled “500 Years Into the Future” in 2008/2009. a blackwork illustrative tattoo of a sculpture depicting half of the body of a man with one large wing outstretched. it was made using the handpoke technique so has a stippled texture. #handpoke #handpoketattoo #stickandpoke #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr The statue depicted here is based on da Vinci’s concept for artificial wings, and was displayed at the The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California in an exhibition titled “500 Years Into the Future” in 2008/2009.
January 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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a blackwork illustrative tattoo of a human skull with weeds and ferns growing around it, and a deaths head hawkmoth balanced on top. it was made using the handpoke method in London UK #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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illustrative fly tattoos on four different people!! all tattooed in a delicate black linework style. I love these lil guys. tattooed in London UK #fly #flytattoo #insecttattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr illustrative fly tattoos on four different people!! all tattooed in a delicate black linework style. I love these lil guys. tattooed in London UK #fly #flytattoo #insecttattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr illustrative fly tattoos on four different people!! all tattooed in a delicate black linework style. I love these lil guys. tattooed in London UK #fly #flytattoo #insecttattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr illustrative fly tattoos on four different people!! all tattooed in a delicate black linework style. I love these lil guys. tattooed in London UK #fly #flytattoo #insecttattoo #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
alienink.bsky.social
an illustrative blackwork tattoo across the hip and upper thigh - it looks like a jellyfish but the head is made up of an old Tiffany style stained glass lampshade. it's tattooed in black linework currently - a work in progress that I can't wait to finish! tattooed in London UK #tattoo #tattooartist #tattoolife #illustrativetattoo #botanicalillustration #blackworktattoo #london #londonart #queerartists #artcommunity #blueskyart #blueskytattoo #supportartists #qttr
January 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM