I know I say this a lot but holy shit does tattooing abstract blackwork make me so happy. I’m sketching out placement ideas and getting HYPED at the thought of doing them one day. I could do this shit for the rest of my life.

Like...it’s just such a unique form of tattooing. It’s so loose and accidental, and I think it really allows people to accept imperfection in a very permanent way. There’s no way to tell how it will exactly come out, it grows and changes as it goes.

It’s so cathartic for both parties, and I think it’s truly a intimate experience that really connects me to the client in a very personal way. It means a lot to me that someone is willing to trust me so much and accept the chaos of it.

It’s such a spur of the moment experience, since the only preparation I do is getting a general idea of what placement would flow best. But it’s draw on directly to the skin day of, we change it, talk about it, let the idea of it settle in while talking to each other.

There’s no time limit, there’s no clock to adhere to. It could take an hour, or 8 hours. We can stop and pick it back up 3 hours later. There’s no real end to a tattoo like that. There’s no right or wrong answer to it. It is what it is, and it means whatever you want it to.

I think that’s why I love it so much, there’s no wrong answer. It will never truly look bad, because it’s so subjective. There’s so much less pressure on pulling absolutely perfect lines like traditional tattoos.

It allows me to tattoo, which I truly love and is one of my few happy places, while breaking the rules that I don’t like adhering by. I don’t like perfection. I don’t like the pressure and expectation that comes along with it. I can do it, but it doesn’t make me truly happy.

Anyway, the point of this is that I’m so happy that my tattoo artist pushed me to get back into tattooing and has supported me more than anyone. I’ve been missing it from my life and feel so fulfilled with it back. He told me there’s no excuse and he was right.

And I’m SO happy there’s people that are willing to trust me even with me still learning and there’s no promises it will turn out exactly perfect. Especially the people allowing me to practice my ideal style knowing that I’m still teaching myself with every one I do. So thank you

End rant thanks for scrolling past this without reading it I just want to shout into the void because for the first time in a long time, I’m really happy with the direction my life is going and I want to share that positivity instead of constantly being sad on here.