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sophia 🖤 chicago tattoos
@sosdoestats.bsky.social
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tattooist & violinist in chicago
bold color, soft black&grey
queer/audhd
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finished up this sheet yesterday :)
an 11x14 tattoo flash painting with a sacred heart (left) with roses that fade from dark red up to orange and yellow thorns, there are yellow flames coming out of the sacred heart, in the middle of the sheet is praying hands holding a rosary surrounded by roses of different warm shades, and on the right is an image taken from the video game “blasphemy” of a woman in religious garment robes slain by a large thorned blade, in mostly black and grey but the highlights are yellow as if a yellow light is shining upon her. The background is tea stained to look like stained glass with stars sprinkled about.
August 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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never got around to posting this here but this was my qualifier for my CCL class grouping from last week and I was really pleased with it after having done a really bad job at a USPSA competition 3 weeks ago. I know it’s different shooting under pressure, but I think also what especially helped was-
A target (at a shooting range) slouched on a red table showing a small grouping of 30 rounds (10 at 5yds, 10 at 7yds, 10 at 10yds) put right in the center of the target. My left hand (tattooed) is holding the paper up on the table.
July 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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from my #slaythespire #sts flash sheet!! SENTRY
A tattoo on the forearm of a sentry from the video game slay the spire in my own simplified/ornamental-like style with some leaf like minimalist filigree surrounding it. There is green in the filigree and a bronze color in the sentry itself.
June 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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stoked on how this one turned out. spicy spot but client sat like an absolute CHAMP. boogeyman from the power puff girls 🤩🪩
A tattoo in color of the boogeyman from the show the power puff girls. A cartoon-y blue figure with crooked / pointy horns, sparkly sunglasses, large pointed teeth, chin wrinkles, creepy looking hands with gold rings and he is holding a cane with a sparkly ball on top. His outfit is a sparkly disco fit straight out of the 70s. He looks fly as fuck. The tattoo uses sparkle techniques and is on melanated skin, in the area of the ribs right up by the armpit.
June 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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omg I’M DOING IT !!!!!! wow sometimes u just gotta tell someone u plan on doing something so u actually do it lol I’m so excited
a close up of some hand written sheet music on staff paper that has the tempo marking quarter note equals 40 (Largo) showing a small portion of the voice part in 6/4, b minor key signature and partial of the first violin part underneath.
May 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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WIP larkspur tat, adding color later :)
a tattoo in black ink on the forearm of larkspur flowers. There are 6 bloomed flowers and 5 buds up at the top of the tattoo, with two leaves at the bottom and some filler leaves/sprouts coming from various parts of the stem.
May 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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snek 🖤🐍
a tattoo in black and grey ink on the side of the right calf of a snake with a branch and leaves weaving through it. The head of the snake is towards the bottom of the branch and the tail is wrapped around the top. The leaves are shaded darker and the snake has scales, some shaded in a pattern, with some of the underbelly showing.
May 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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stabby crabby from my flash 💕 when people walk in to get my flash it literally brings me such JOY :’))
A tattoo in black ink with shading on the side of a calf. The tattoo shows a crab leg with spot details holding a knife with wavy lines on the handle and the blade is minimally shaded.
May 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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lil earth day/ birth day tat I got to do today :)
A tattoo on the lower half of the arm, just beneath the elbow and slightly forward, of a heart with the shapes of countries inside resembling a globe. The heart shape has little lace-like half circles surrounding it. The countries are shaded in darker, and the “ocean” part is shaded in with a lighter wash.
April 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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oop here it is finished yayyy #tattoosky
finished tattoo flash painting. In the top corners are little traditional flowers representing life (left) and death (right). In the bottom corners are two roses, the left one representing death as it is wilting, and the right one representing life as it is bright and upright. In between the roses there is a red sacred heart with a skull image inside and flames turning into tears/droplets coming from the top, next to that is a tribal eye, and next to that is a weeping willow tree with some stars and grass around it. Directly above the “life” rose is a small gravestone surrounded by vines and there is a red flower in front of it. Above that is 5 interlocking wood-grain spiked chain links getting larger and lighter as they go down, indicating perspective. Directly above the willow tree is a structured portal with a big yellow star in the left corner and stairs that get less distressed as they go up into the portal (or more distressed as they descend down) and the bottom is framed by tribal. To the left of that is a more organic looking magic portal in the shape of a swirl/question mark with different colors weaving through it. Above that is another tribal eye, and to the left of those is another sacred heart, more plain inside but with a slice and a single droplet of blood coming from the slice. The top of the sacred heart is more tribal looking flames. Lastly, to the left of that is a surreal looking castle spire fragment that seems to be crumbling. There is a long flag that wraps around the steep roof, and there is a window in the spire with an arm/hand in a proportion that wouldn’t make sense in real life extending from the window to meet a yellow butterfly.
April 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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started a new sheet I’m p excited about :) WIP
A tea-stained flash sheet work in progress, just the black shading in speedball ink is shown. The sheet is based on life and death and has flowers, sacred hearts, portals, a willow tree, a gravestone, tribal eyes, a surreal castle spire, and some spiked chains.
April 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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sweet lil triple coverup from today :)
a tattoo on an arm (full of other tattoos) of three zinnias (flowers), the top one in a yellow inside to pink outside gradient, the middle in a deep red and the bottom in yellow. There are leaves coming from the stems and little ornamental plant like sprouts coming out of the main stem area as well. The tattoo is covering up three other tattoos which hopefully you cannot see at all :)
April 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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not sure if I ever posted my finished banner, but I spent too many hours on it and I’m happy with how it turned out despite being crooked and novice-ly crafted. Safe to say I will avoid sewing machines at all costs from now on 😂
Me, a bald heavily tattooed mid sized person in a black face mask gesturing in a “presenting” manner towards my convention banner, an intricate banner with an image of a beautiful mermaid or lizard like lady holding an orange rose with some tribal-like embellishments framing her. She is on a light grey background, and I added green velvet to the top and bottom of the banner. On the bottom, it ends in a triangle point, with black tassels/frills at the very bottom, some hanging gold chains, pearls and rope draping over the velvet, there are more gold chains lining the sides, a yin and yang decal on each side of the top of the banner in the green velvet areas, five ropes at the top to hold the dowel to keep the banner hung, and at the tip of the triangle at the bottom is an incredibly tiny image of two koi fish (not really viewable in this picture) inside an ornamental broach. All against a black fabric background of the convention setting, with a table full of supplies underneath.
April 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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anyways here’s a lovely healed pic I got the other day 🧡🍊 time to get off the internet lol
A beautifully healed tattoo of some clementines on a branch with green leaves on the outer arm. The person wearing the tattoo is coincidentally wearing an orange top and green pants resembling the colors in the tattoo, which makes for a lovely healed pic.
April 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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I love this one and the new pinkish red color I bought to make it happen 🥹 AND 20% was donated to Midwest access coalition! Gonna make more donation flash sheets this year for sure!!
A tattoo of a reddish pink rose with green leaves and a stem in a more neotraditional style on the shin against an off-white background
April 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Booth 293-294 at the Chicago tattoo convention!!!! Come say hi and buy my stuff!! I did my own screen prints on thrifted clothes!!! Sticker books!! Etc!!!
View of my convention booth, there is a colorful table in the front with a bunch of merch on top with bright yellow labels, a clothing rack to the right side, behind the table you can see my finished handmade convention banner of a mermaid lady head holding an orange rose with various materials sewn onto it. There are some tattooing supplies on the table in the back under the banner. A beige T-shirt with a screen printed image of a rose with “sosdoestats” using a modified stussy for the first s and an old English looking font for the other letters. There is a star in the bottom right of the screen design, it is printed in a magenta/lavender/rose gold color ink!
March 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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final packing up before heading to the convention center! I’ll be tattin at the Chicago tattoo convention all weekend, I got time for walk-ups and plenty of flash to choose from along with some other art and wares for sale so come check it out!!!
A mirror selfie of me, a bald tattooed person holding up a peace sign wearing a black face mask, a keffiyah, a bossdog shirt, ripped jeans and a color block jacket.
March 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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sweet lil walk in from yesterday 💕
so grateful for walk ins when my schedule is concerningly bare 😭💕
A tattoo in just black linework of a stamp with a daffodil flower in the middle, 07¢ in the upper right corner, some little twinkles in the upper left and bottom right corners, and the letters CX31481 in the bottom left corner. The tattoo is slightly red from initial irritation and is on the outside of the upper left arm of the client.
March 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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some sick symmetrical Cerberus tats 🖤⛓️❤️‍🔥
#tattoos
A tattoo on the ribs of a three headed Doberman facing inward/pouncing down in black and grey ink with negative space flames weaving around it. the same tattoo on the opposite side of the body (symmetrical)
March 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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my birthday is next week and I would love it if someone booked one of these designs :’) I have Thursday 3/13 and Friday 3/14 wide open!

#tattoodesigns #chicagotattooartist #stainedglasstattoo
a digital rendering of 3 tattoo flash designs. They resemble stained glass. The one on the left shows a red/orange toned rose with neutral brown leaves and cool green glass surrounding it in a pattern resembling a spider web. The middle design is of two 4-point stars with blue stained glass around them, and the right design is a red/orange poppy surrounded by warm greens/yellow glass. In the bottom left corner is my signature (the cooler s) and ‘25, the year I made it. The designs are on a light purple background with a crinkled paper pattern in darker purple.
March 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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added a new section to the fridge whiteboard 😂😂
A dry erase whiteboard on a metal fridge with writing in blue and red that says “daily tribal” with two boxes below it containing quick tribal designs drawn by me (top in blue marker) and my partner (bottom in red marker)
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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some progress on my convention banner!!!!! I’m finally excited about it lol I fucked it up the first time and had to paint over it and completely restart but I’m excited to finish it 😭🥹
a painting on non-stretched canvas of a mermaid lady just showing her face and neck and her right hand holding an orange rose coming across the right side of her face with a rosebud extending from the rose. There is a black tribal-esque border around the lady, the background is light grey and there is some gold fishnet detail in the background as well.
March 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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a little HSM tattoo from today :) SOARIN. FLYINNN. iykyk
a tattoo on the back of a calf of the moon prop from the movie high school musical. The tattoo has bold lines in both black and a dark blue, with black and dark blue shading. The actual moon prop from the movie high school musical shown on the school’s stage. Also shows a tree prop to the left of the moon and another structural prop in the background behind/to the right of the moon. To the far left is an open door with light shining through. There is a rack of costumes behind the tree prop, and scaffolding/lighting above.
February 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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grateful for last minute appointments and walk-ins 💕💕 dagger and mama/baby cheetah from today :)
A tattoo of a dagger pointing downwards in black ink with shading on the back of a muscular arm A tattoo of a mother cheetah licking/grooming the head of a baby cheetah in black lines with red spots in the shapes of hearts on the upper arm right above the elbow crease. It is very cute.
February 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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every time I finish a painting I hate myself more and more :))))))) hashtag artist life am I right fellas
finished painting of a tiger standing on some rocks with some Japanese inspired wind bars in the background , some tall bamboo and smoke framing the tiger. The painting is mostly black with a yellow/brown tiger and silver metallic accents in the leaves of the bamboo and around outside of the smoke. my signature (the cooler s) along with the year ‘25 is written in the bottom right corner in metallic silver.
February 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM