James Butler
@jamesbutlertattoos.bsky.social
Tattoo artist and sometime illustrator/scribbler of various media.
Husband.
Dad.
Sandwich enthusiast.
Husband.
Dad.
Sandwich enthusiast.
Anyway, here’s a tattoo of an ancient, mysterious relic.
April 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Anyway, here’s a tattoo of an ancient, mysterious relic.
Today has been my birthday and my lovely mum took me to lunch at my favourite country pub. I had the world’s best steak and ale pie followed by an easily-top-five sticky toffee pudding. Been spoilt by wife and kids too. What a Thursday.
April 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today has been my birthday and my lovely mum took me to lunch at my favourite country pub. I had the world’s best steak and ale pie followed by an easily-top-five sticky toffee pudding. Been spoilt by wife and kids too. What a Thursday.
Serious question for any American friends, settle a discussion for me: Do you tip your drug dealers? Cos like… that’s a service and they take more risks than your bartender, right?
March 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Serious question for any American friends, settle a discussion for me: Do you tip your drug dealers? Cos like… that’s a service and they take more risks than your bartender, right?
Added some more white and went over some from before. Now let’s see how that all settles down
March 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Added some more white and went over some from before. Now let’s see how that all settles down
Reposted by James Butler
It makes me very happy when people choose my flash
March 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It makes me very happy when people choose my flash
I miss the days when I was furious at David Cameron. Don’t get me wrong, he was a shithouse with brexit and all the toriness but Jesus Christ, those were much simpler times weren’t they? Still shit, but y’know. Simpler.
And crisps weren’t £1.25
And crisps weren’t £1.25
March 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I miss the days when I was furious at David Cameron. Don’t get me wrong, he was a shithouse with brexit and all the toriness but Jesus Christ, those were much simpler times weren’t they? Still shit, but y’know. Simpler.
And crisps weren’t £1.25
And crisps weren’t £1.25
Nowt like middle of Lidl. Went in for eggs and some frozen peas and now I’ve got a toolbox full of whimsical jelly moulds
March 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Nowt like middle of Lidl. Went in for eggs and some frozen peas and now I’ve got a toolbox full of whimsical jelly moulds
Sometimes you get a packet of crisps that is WAAAY more flavourful than the manufacturers ever wanted it to be and that is the closest most of us will come to being winners.
February 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Sometimes you get a packet of crisps that is WAAAY more flavourful than the manufacturers ever wanted it to be and that is the closest most of us will come to being winners.
Just ate a great sandwich. Didn’t take a photo so just picture a really, really good sandwich. That one. I ate that.
February 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Just ate a great sandwich. Didn’t take a photo so just picture a really, really good sandwich. That one. I ate that.
Tiger for Lily
Some things just make great tattoo subjects and they never won’t be ace
Some things just make great tattoo subjects and they never won’t be ace
February 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Tiger for Lily
Some things just make great tattoo subjects and they never won’t be ace
Some things just make great tattoo subjects and they never won’t be ace
It’s me (snake for scale)
February 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It’s me (snake for scale)
Name a better sci-fi film from the last two decades. Happy to wait.
February 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Name a better sci-fi film from the last two decades. Happy to wait.
Let’s make the year of the snake the year where I tattoo loads of snakes
January 31, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Let’s make the year of the snake the year where I tattoo loads of snakes
Tiny scenery of the #cowandcalf in Ilkley. Great to do this piece of a landmark I love from my own childhood. #yorkshire #ilkley #scenerytattoo
January 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Tiny scenery of the #cowandcalf in Ilkley. Great to do this piece of a landmark I love from my own childhood. #yorkshire #ilkley #scenerytattoo
A project from last year that I absolutely *loved* doing. Bigger pieces and projects are so great to work on, seeing it all come together over time #tattoo #sleeve #blackwork #geometrictattoo
January 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A project from last year that I absolutely *loved* doing. Bigger pieces and projects are so great to work on, seeing it all come together over time #tattoo #sleeve #blackwork #geometrictattoo
Barbed-up wolf I did yesterday. Super fun piece to work on from start to finish
January 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Barbed-up wolf I did yesterday. Super fun piece to work on from start to finish
Made this today. Enjoy
January 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Made this today. Enjoy
Well. My first post on this new app went great. So confused
November 19, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Well. My first post on this new app went great. So confused
Hello! Totally new to blue sky but I’m a tattoo artist of ~11 years, working from Easy Tiger in Leeds. I do stuff like this
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Hello! Totally new to blue sky but I’m a tattoo artist of ~11 years, working from Easy Tiger in Leeds. I do stuff like this