On a pursuit to evolve my tattoo career into a philanthropic way of life
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Tattoo Experience:
2019 June: Apprenticed at Dark Age Tattoo Studio for 8 months.
2020 Feb: With two kids and an absent bio-father, I could not afford to complete the apprenticeship. I began building a business plan for a private studio while working a remote job.
2020 June: Worked at Seventh Seal Tattoo & Art Gallery in Dallas to establish my portfolio and clientele.
2021 March: Opened Quill Arcana Tattoo Studio in Denton, as a private studio. Continued to work there on my tattoo portfolio and workflow
2021 December: Guest spot at Problem Child Tattoo
2022 September: Guest spot at Stinger Tattoo Studio
2023 January: Started building out a business plan for a public studio with the support of my co-worker. Began working with a business coach to improve my thinking.
2023 April: Left Quill Arcana and spent 3 months building out my business in Denton.
2023 September: Opened The Artists’ Grove, a studio with emphasis on supporting budding artists, inclusivity, and the community at large.
2024 Jan: Conceived my third child, and consequently went through a really traumatic break up.
2024 June: Officially transferred The Artists’ Grove to my co-worker Xana Hammonds.
Now: Guest spotting at various studios in San Antonio, as well as The Artists’ Grove in Denton to honor my pre-existing clients. My baby is due October 14th.
Over the next several years: I foresee myself as a resident artist at a growth-oriented tattoo studio, or in my own private studio building a tattoo curriculum and improving my systems as a small-business owner. I would like to be guest-spotting and expanding my library of experiences.
Ultimately, I would like to be educating people on personal wellness, leveraging my tattoo career in the best way possible for that.
About me:
Prior to tattooing, I had a very involved interest in the natural world. I hitchhiked for a few years and lived in the Northern California mountains, mostly outside. I studied permaculture, herbalism, meditation, yoga, and natural building. It has been my dream since I was 19 to live a very intentional life with healing between nature and people at the center.
Upon conceiving children, my pre-existing art skills became my best asset. I pursued art and tattooing to the best of my understanding, and fortunately got an apprenticeship with Dark Age Tattoo Studio. The long hours and very curious and forthright approach I had to each artist absolutely paid off, and I have become a very flexible designer who can pull off many styles well.
Upon leaving my apprenticeship, I was inspired to build my own way. I could not resist the spiritual urge to align my work with nature, therefore I became majorly a plant tattoo artist. I began developing my executive functioning skills, learning how to communicate more effectively, attract my ideal clientele, and create better systems for efficiency. I am still and hope to forever be on this path.
My life has gone through many ups and downs, and I am still learning about myself in relation to everything. I realize, at 4 years of tattooing, that while my art skills and comprehension are relatively good, I also have to mature in the other areas of my life to be a sustainable, positive contribution to others.
I have come to really embrace that tattooing is a wonderful platform to fulfill my other dreams, of creating healing between people and nature. Ultimately, it’s a magnetizing art that I am blessed to be able to pull off well.
Getting back up on the horse now, I have a personal business plan now that revolves around intentionality, like personal development and coaching, diagrams, and meaning. I really believe that this is the next step in my career, and I’m looking for a studio where I can grow the most in as an artist and human being.