Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ + ɪʟʟᴜꜱᴛʀᴀᴛᴏʀ (ꜱʜᴇ / ᴛʜᴇʏ)
𓆟𓆟𓆟
i like to hold birds and salmon
(lək̓ʷəŋən + W̱SÁNEĆ territories “victoria”)
cross-posting from @_mostlynever_

Posts Replies Media Videos

Pinned

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ @mostlynever.bsky.social · Feb 12

Booking information:
dm for questions <3

docs.google.com/forms/d/1O3d...

docs.google.com

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

big ol’ ouroboros snake n broken chain custom piece ⛓️‍💥🐍

illustrative tattoo on shin of a snake biting its tail and a chunky chain broken at the ends, tattoo wraps all around the leg. Angle shows front of leg with snake head and one end of the broken chain

illustrative tattoo on shin of a snake biting its tail and a chunky chain broken at the ends, tattoo wraps all around the leg. angle shows head and tail with chain looping over

illustrative tattoo on shin of a snake biting its tail and a chunky chain broken at the ends, tattoo wraps all around the leg. Angle shows the chain looping around and over the snake body

illustrative tattoo on shin of a snake biting its tail and a chunky chain broken at the ends, tattoo wraps all around the leg. Angle shows the broken chain ends on the inside of the leg

March 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM

Reposted by ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

mushy

@mushbeast.bsky.social

i freaking love birds and whenever i see one i feel like everything’s gonna be okay

March 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

knitting bear tattoo while we talked about knitting 🧶

illustrative tattoo of a black bear sitting upright and knitting

March 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM

Reposted by ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

lukelukeluke

@lukelukeluke.bsky.social

Me, stuck in a traffic jam while going to the woods: “oh boy I hope all these people aren’t going to the woods”

February 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

custom piece of the southern resident orca J38 “Cookie” the son of “Oreo” 🍪

tattoo on a forearm of the male orca J38, shaded dark in a looser sketch style

tattoo on a forearm of the male orca J38, shaded dark in a looser sketch style. this photo is taken from the top angle to show the tall dorsal fin that wraps around the forearm slightly

February 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM

Reposted by ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

mushy

@mushbeast.bsky.social

the white breasted nuthatch has joined :) you can get both of these for $9! 10% of all sales will go to the trevor project www.mushbeast.com/product/tran...

February 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

NETTED BIRD

beefy custom of a vireo in a mist net 🔗
partially freehanded around hip and ribs, linework healed / shading fresh

waiting impatiently for the bird banding season 🖤

rib tattoo of a bird with belly facing audience, feet tucked up, 1 wing spread upwards, pattern of a net overtop

rib tattoo of a bird with belly facing audience, feet tucked up, 1 wing spread upwards, pattern of a net overtop. this photo focuses on the bird’s face on the side of the belly

rib tattoo of a bird with belly facing audience, feet tucked up, 1 wing spread upwards, pattern of a net overtop. this photo focuses on the tail with soft shading showing texture of feathers pulled

rib tattoo of a bird with belly facing audience, feet tucked up, 1 wing spread upwards, pattern of a net overtop. this photo focuses on open wing

February 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

happy backyard bird count weekend to those who celebrate

coopers hawk perched on branch at a 3/4 view with back turned towards camera and head pushed forward looking to the side

February 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

Booking information:
dm for questions <3

docs.google.com/forms/d/1O3d...

docs.google.com

February 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

i’m not a very romantic person but anytime i see two eagles in a tree i yell THEY ARE IN LOVE

black+grey tattoo flash illustration of two bald eagles on a floating branch, one is turned to the side facing the other that is facing forward, outline of a red heart in between their faces. “THEY ARE IN LOVE.
min. 4”
heart optional”

February 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

tattooing in vancouver at slowside studio
march 18-19 🧡
dm to book

title card with a red background and owl illustration covering the bottom with head twisting and wings outstretched. “MOSTLY NEVER” handwritten in centre, top and side has written “vancouver @ slowside” (tattoo studio)

“tattooing all flash; accepting some custom ideas” in red, centre of illustration with tattoo flash encircling (bleeding hearts flowers, salmon vertebrae, cougar face, northern shoveler duck, salmon berry, deer head with antlers hovering above head)

4 quatered photo collage of darker shaded illustrative tattoos, clockwise: large vertical chum salmon tattoo on thigh; small double-crested cormorant with wings outstretched; cougar walking in a curved pose; top V-shaped view of a bear jaw

February 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

calgary visit inspired flash

tattoo flash drawing of 3 black-billed magpies stacked vertically, all flying upwards with their beaks grabbing the tail of the magpie above it. text reads “magpie chain / 4” minimum - 8” maximum height”

February 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

healed crafting bears !!

tattoo of a bear sitting upright, knitting

tattoo of a bear sitting upright at 3/4 view, crocheting

February 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

very cute working at my friends’ house where they also WFH and the work in question is:
-start up business
-gov’t biology monitoring
-draw a wolf
guess which one i am

February 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM

ᴍᴀᴅᴅʏ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇᴇ

@mostlynever.bsky.social

is it prophetic that the first time i ever fainted was 15min into a tattoo of a cougar which i was getting because i had so much childhood trauma around those animals and constant nightmares of them

February 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM