Thanks to a reader tonight for showing me their Annihilation tattoo and telling me it's their favorite novel. Means a lot. And thanks Portland in general. (Terrible with names alas.)

Rat memorial for Sapphire ♥️🐀 #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #rattattoo

Selkie playing an Irish flute for Joan! #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #mythologytattoo #irishtattoo

I made a playlist for the studio of some of my favorite songs that aren't rock... It ended up being a lot of country ballads! People seem to enjoy this one, so I thought I'd share here for y'all. Some yearning & wistful favs... open.spotify.com/playlist/26m...

Baba Yaga house window, a custom piece for Mo~ something different! #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #witchtattoo

Bakunawa eating the moon for Kiana. (Healed clock not by me.) This placement was tricky and I'm so happy with how it turned out. #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #dragontattoo

I made a little video collage of my recent trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. It's up for to view (free for public) on my patreon :) www.patreon.com/posts/mardi-...

Coral snake freehand for Patrick. This one took about 4.5 hours to tattoo and an hour or so to draw on. #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #snaketattoo

I’m going to Mardi Gras in New Orleans again this year- here’s some 35mm photographs I took on my Olympus OM10 back in 2012, on my first trip to New Orleans.

Fenrir and Gleipnir by Walton Ford, and The Swan by Hilma af Klint for two different people. I'm booking April! Link in profile :)

Two headed garter snake to fill in the gaps on this nature sleeve. Healed work by the wonderful Rebecca Cameron. The snake's body was drawn on. #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #freehandtattoo #snaketattoo

colored this tattoo design for fun. This is available to tattoo (black only) and is also available as a print on inPrnt. www.inprnt.com/gallery/vall... #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #crabtattoo

Eleven crabs waiting to be tattooed… thinking of Howie the Crab today. ♥️ I’m booking April! #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #tattooflash #crabs

Brittle stars & brittle star abstractions flash. I’m booking April! Fill out a form on my website to book: abmtattoo.com/booking2025 #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #tattooflash

Here’s a custom tattoo design for a client that I got excited about and decided to color for fun. It’s a selkie playing an Irish flute! I have prints available at www.inprnt.com/gallery/vall... #selkie #selkietattoo #illustration

Fox & laurel for Bentley! #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #foxtattoo

European starling and milk thistles. We made some considerable edits to this custom piece- the leaves & stems were drawn on. #portlandtattoo #pdxtattoo #birdtattoo

Start of a freehand loon to accompany this healed freehand cormorant! #portlandtattoo

European starling and milk thistles. This is a custom design for a chest & collarbone tattoo I’ll be starting tomorrow… I’ll be freehanding the rest of the thistles.

Little dragon sketch timelapse. Made on procreate. I’ll post the full video to my Patreon soon.

Some available flash- I have availability next week and in March! Email valleytattoo.booking@gmail or fill out a form at abmtattoo.com/booking2025 to book

Birds are one of my favorite subjects. I have so much fun tattooing them- there’s something really satisfying about drawing feathers. Here’s a few examples of some birds I’ve done. I can’t remember which were freehanded- maybe just the cormorant.

Some favorite dragons, some freehanded, some not.

Here’s some favorites from the archives.

So, I guess we’re starting over. My name’s AB, I’m a trans nonbinary tattoo artist based in Portland, OR, and I’ve been tattooing since 2013. I love tattooing animals and mythological creatures, and doing custom & freehand tattoos that fit and flow with the body. Crossing my fingers this app sticks!