today: dug up a couple of half dead bushes and a bunch of landscape fabric to replace with local ecotype spicebush, put some old seed heads in the bird feeder for birds… i’m finally home for several consecutive months so i’m trying to set up my garden for success in spring!!!

this seal won an award! a seal of approval 🦭

this seal won an award! a seal of approval 🦭

i started playing silksong but it’s great bc i can’t hyperfocus on it. i play until i get stuck on a part, then start to die to stupid shit bc i get flustered, then i draw for a bit until im better 👍 the only gaming style that doesnt leave me entering some sort of fugue state until 4AM

aadhya for @reinbourne.bsky.social at chattanooga this past weekend— need to do a lil catch up on tats!

i’ve booked up these slots!!! thank you so much 😭 if you’re looking for a piece please check out some of my friends & coworkers: @beachw00f.com @roachparade.bsky.social @carrionbeetle.bsky.social we should have some stuff open for walk ups this weekend!

Im going to be hanging out with the Unkindness team at Literary Ink in Chattanooga Tennessee! ⛓️September 5, 6, & 7⛓️ My books are OPEN Lets make something kooky together!

to speak candidly about the costs of tattooing at cons — at a con i need an assistant to facilitate sales, since i can’t, and that extends to room & board. this means hotel costs are doubled, and food sometimes is too! this puts me at $300-600 for hotel, depending on room shares.

seeking clients for chattanooga, tennessee, NEXT weekend, september 5th & 6th! i’m booking for literary ink kinda last minute since almost all of my appointments cancelled this week 🤙 email me (alekivztattoo [at] gmail [dot] com) with budget, subject & placement 🫶

seeking clients for chattanooga, tennessee, NEXT weekend, september 5th & 6th! i’m booking for literary ink kinda last minute since almost all of my appointments cancelled this week 🤙 email me (alekivztattoo [at] gmail [dot] com) with budget, subject & placement 🫶

i’m here at megaplex at table B3! come grab stuff 🙏 (and pay for it, preferably, please don’t steal)

i’m here at megaplex at table B3! come grab stuff 🙏 (and pay for it, preferably, please don’t steal)

half man, half horse, his mom’s his mom, his dad’s a horse, he’s traumatized by their divorce

half man, half horse, his mom’s his mom, his dad’s a horse, he’s traumatized by their divorce

beetle knee decor— making up fantasy critters is hard for me but i really want to get better at coming up with things that just look cool, yknow

Bluesky... have you heard about FURRY TAT WEEKEND (or #FTW), happening SEPTEMBER 20 + 21 at Unkindness Art in #RVA?! #FTW is a tattoo flash day, fine art gallery, furry makers' market, and afterparty - all in Richmond's Northside, at and around @unkindnessart.bsky.social! DETAILS BELOW 🖤

Genuinely happy that the 7 year long development time was spent working at a leisurely pace, spending time with their families and flexing their creative muscles - with no pressure to expand their company, deliver sooner or read a single reddit post. Smartest people in our entire industry.

fresh vs. healed 🙏

if yall want a tat in tennessee— or if you’re in atlanta and want to leave, my buddy jay is open for literary ink!

fresh vs. healed 🙏

found a guy to help with this one

some shading on this backpiece— i really like doing these bigger pieces but having to wait a year or more for it to be finished? is the worst

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been filled with childlike joy to watch the number of annual cicadas coming up in our yard. there’s probably a dozen or so each night total??? it’s such a delight to see them…

been filled with childlike joy to watch the number of annual cicadas coming up in our yard. there’s probably a dozen or so each night total??? it’s such a delight to see them…

lil thylacine action yesterday 🫶

lil thylacine action yesterday 🫶

today 🐀🤺

today 🐀🤺

and sometimes you change half of it morning of while doing the liner…

sketching up a backpiece to scale is a fun, rewarding, and extremely time consuming practice ☺️

got some work done on this piece yesterday 🐀

got some work done on this piece yesterday 🐀

i almost died from being bit by a dead beaver (septicemia) and the hospital visit included my tetanus & rabies shot in addition to a 5 hour antibiotic IV i also found out i was allergic to the antibiotic (sulfa class) at the same ER visit 🤙

set up at anthrocon! i’m at the S&T 21 endcap, i have originals & clearance stuff i dredged up from my move in addition to the usual fare 🫶

my son, enthralled to have a guest…

today 🐴

today 🐴

today 🦇🦇

today 🦊

today 🦊

found out the reason i felt burnt out was a migraine a-brewing’ probably. triggered by weather? who knows anyway check out my blackberry glow up from may 21st, to last week, to this morning. it also looks like it might flower??? maybe i get 1-2 blackberries this year… yippee

today’s progress 🐀🐀🐀

today’s progress 🐀🐀🐀

ngl i feel a little… burnt out? i guess? it’ll pass, ive just been working what feels like a month straight between cleaning up/organizing the house + work haha. it’s weird bc i feel generally happy & fulfilled, but also a bit guilty/unfulfilled about my work…? all things that will pass in time tho

hey check this out

HEY @anthrocon.org !! Ready to get TATTOOED?! @beachw00f.com and I will be tattooing in the Dealer's Den this year - see below to lean how it will work! #furrytattoo #anthrocon

tfw you try to find grants for conservation gardening for your property and somehow you manage to be exactly out of the range of every possible grant due to gerrymandering county lines & watershed technicalities……… it’s kind of impressive how i manage to dodge every single grant by like, 1000 feet

in progress ✨

in progress ✨