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tats by bug cru ⛓️🥀🐈‍⬛✍🏼
coast salish lands ‘vancouver bc’
http://linktr.ee/bugcru
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soft/strong from my fægot wisdom flash sheet for a client today, working with scars on their arm (the scars are on the tattoo’s arm too now hehehe)
a forearm tattoo of a buff fat bald figure in a square shape flexing and curling up at the same time with soft wavy body hair in black ink on a light skintone a forearm tattoo of a buff fat bald figure in a square shape flexing and curling up at the same time with soft wavy body hair in black ink on a light skintone
May 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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pomegrante/seeds of the underworld for my pal nate today #vancouvertattoo #bctattoo #qttr #transtattooers
a tattoo of a pomegranate on Nates chest they have a light skin tone and its tattooed in black ink split open in half
May 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Latest availability!
Days available for tattoos this month! Monday May 5th Sunday May 11th Monday May 12th Tuesday May 13th Sunday May 18th Tuesday May 20th Wednesday May 21st Tuesday May 27th
May 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Some minature “old school,” inspired flash! Wanted to play around with a different style.

All currently available, once off designs.
Flash sheet titled mini vintage flash labeled 200 dollars each under 3 point 5 inches shows from left to right top to bottom a rose with sparkles and leaves a bird flying with a shooting star in her beak two black cherries a puffy kitten head an HRT bottle with sparkles and a shiny sparkly lipstick
May 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Andrè’s partners, friends & community all pitched in to get them a giftcard to get this done for their birthday! Custom we’d been planning years in advance. Powered through it in one sitting. ❤️‍🔥
A chest tattoo of a skull with bull ram and baby goat horns with bleeding eyes and several sets of chains center chest on andre in black ink they have a medium skintone and it is between their nips and over scars
April 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Update on May availability as of today:

Fill out my booking form to request a session with me or email me at bugcruickshank@gmail.com with any questions.

linktr.ee/bugcru

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May calendar available dates are may 11th 12th 13th 18th 20th 21st 26th and 27th there is a QR code to bugs link tree
April 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Books are officially open for May!

Fill out my booking form to request a session with me and email me at bugcruickshank@gmail.com with any questions.

linktr.ee/bugcru

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a poster of bugs calendar for may it shows their availability currently sundays to tuesdays and the last two Wednesdays of the month with the 19th and 28th blocked off text reads explanation of that in the corner with the QR code its illustrated with a textured background and shades of purple and dark blue
April 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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⚠️ Looking for a studiomate at a private tattoo space in East Van, June 1st! $335.50/month

Email with a brief intro bugcruickshank@gmail.com to inquire 💛✨

#vancouvertattoo #yvrtattoo #qttr #bctattooers
poster titled TATTOO STUDIO MATE WANTED AT THE STABSHACK in bubble letters over a photo of the studio featuring a short black velvet couch a pink shiny coffee table and photos and art on the walls the poster elaborates announcing June 1st wheelchair accessible at the city centre motor hotel 335 50 rent weekly time split scanned photos of the space including the motor hotel sign a window veiw from the studio with house plants the front door of the studio with yellow paint and the name on the door and the tattoo set up area
April 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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‘a world worth living in,’ thru a torn up fence shrouded in english ivy for olivia — future dreaming & a soft tribute to pigeon pit #bctattoo #pnwtattoo #yvrttt #vancouvertattoos #pigeonpit #queerfuturism
a tattoo on olivias leg of words A WORLD WORTH LIVING IN encased in the empty space of a torn open chain link fence intertwined with ivy she has a light skintone and the tattoo is done in black ink with grey wash shading and it wraps from her inner leg up to under her knee a tattoo on olivias leg of words A WORLD WORTH LIVING IN encased in the empty space of a torn open chain link fence intertwined with ivy she has a light skintone and the tattoo is done in black ink with grey wash shading and it wraps from her inner leg up to under her knee
April 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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trash angel from city hell flash for danielle today @skookumbird thanks for coming by from the island, sharing with me & sitting like a rock — proud of this tattoo & grateful for the session; it’s always so cool with flash finding out who it belongs to #yvrtattoo #finelinetattoo #trashangel #qttr
a tattoo for danielle on their upper arm of a angel made out of trash with a void like face they have a light freckled skin tone and the tattoo is done in black ink in fine line with peppering shading a tattoo for danielle on their upper arm of a angel made out of trash with a void like face they have a light freckled skin tone and the tattoo is done in black ink in fine line with peppering shading
April 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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when we did this tattoo we agreed about admiring this plants ability to be beautifully harsh, and special exactly for its complexity and ambigouity — i think it has the perfect home on brooke’s leg & greatful to be means for that union #yvrtattoo #vancouvertattoo #pnwtattoo #datura
a fineline tattoo of a datura plant on an upper thigh black ink and the person brooke has a light skin tone and lots of other leg tats the photo is pasted on a warm mid tone green with bugs handles top right and bottom left
March 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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venus as a they 🐚🌊 great time today adorning wylie’s arm #bctattooartist #yvr_qttr #transtattooer #venustattoo
a tattoo for wylie on its bicep they have a light skintone and the tattoo is done in black ink with soft peppering shading the tattoo is of venus double exposed one version with top surgery and one version without a figure with long wavy hair and body hair and facial hair the photos are on a purple pastel background a tattoo for wylie on its bicep they have a light skintone and the tattoo is done in black ink with soft peppering shading the tattoo is of venus double exposed one version with top surgery and one version without a figure with long wavy hair and body hair and facial hair the photos are on a purple pastel background
March 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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picturing this flash piece above a knee on a big ole fat thigh — come get tattooed in april hmu! 🐉 linktr.ee/bugcru
March 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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impromptu custom for mo, a friend visiting from the other coast — feelings like being the ocean for your matriarchs to transdecompose into & alchemizing their likeness into your own image — they sat like a fucking champ 🌊🐚 thanks melissa #yvrtattoo #relationaltattooing #redthread #vancouvertattoo
photos cropped onto a blue background of an abstract tattoo shaped like swirling portal of seaweed over a circle of red thread its done in black and red ink and they have a light skin tone photos cropped onto a blue background of an abstract tattoo shaped like swirling portal of seaweed over a circle of red thread its done in black and red ink and they have a light skin tone
March 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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fantasy flash sheet — all once off! linktr.ee/bugcru peep two bonus designs in my latest newsletter 💭
March 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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april books are open ⭐️ hmu for flash, custom & freehand projects linktr.ee/bugcru
March 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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absolutely pining over the 3.5mm SOL nova unlimited; curious to hear from people who’ve worked with it
March 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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want a tattoo from someone in east van who will collaborate, listen & won’t rush you through it in a private studio that isn’t sensory overbearing? let’s talk! linktr.ee/bugcru
portrait of bug with tattoo designs and art on a wall behind them they are a trans masculine person with a light olive skintone and dark curly hair with a blonde streak and a mustache and peircings wearing a red hoodie and black leather jacket the wall behind them is pink
February 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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❣️ little red snake for red today ❣️
tattoo of a red snake on an inner forearm over scars its done in entirely red ink and they have a medium skintone tattoo of a red snake on an inner forearm over scars its done in entirely red ink and they have a medium skintone
February 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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finished up shading on this elbow to armpit semi freehand piece with ariss today
two photos of a tattoo cut out on a lavender background its on an innerarm of a bonfire with smoke that plumes up into a circular brick portal with stairs into it a black glistening void a photo of the tattoo cut out on a lavender background and over sketches of the tattoo
February 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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hiii everyone, i am putting together some special prizes to help gather funds for my top surgery revisions at the end of this month! i received a last minute cancellation spot on a waitlist for the end of feb & am rushing to prepare, funds will go to surgery needs, travel, accommodations & recovery
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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karen reached out to me last summer about a freehand tattoo of a forresty dreamscape portal on her chest that brought together her connection with land, water, past & future that ended up continuing on in later sessions into a full chest piece incorporating all my services flash, freehand & custom!
January 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Excited to see who this flash will go too! Ornate design is so interesting to me, I love doing reinterpretations of it.
January 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM