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Gianna | traditional tattooer
@dinosaursdied.bsky.social
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She/They 🏴
Tattooing since 2011
Philadelphia
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Gianna | traditional tattooer @dinosaursdied.bsky.social · Jan 26
Admin reveal! I really do love a good painting. I'll be at booth 669 (nice) at the Philly tattoo convention today!

#queertattoo #qttr #tattooer #traditionaltattoo #tattoo #dragontattoo #tattooflash #amunddietzel #capcoleman
A queer cutie holding a painting of a large dragon flanked by 2 swallows
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
You have to be obsessed with it.
Text that says: "Tattoo Artist. To me, there's more to it than just putting on good tattoos. You have to do something that will help the art as a while. You have to both honor tradition and welcome and nurture new talents. You have to be willing to share you special tricks and licks so that more people can get good stuff. Simply, you have to love the art of tattoo. You have to be obsessed with it."
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I just realized that my queer tattoo feed has been broken for nearly a month. Whoops. I'll see if I can fix it, but it might be a while if at all. I might just repurpose the VPS for something more worth while, or just save the 80 bucks a year 🤷‍♀️
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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gerfertattoo.bsky.social
Dragon 🔥
Fresh and healed!
DM to book #tattoo #gerfertattoo
December 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I've been sharing some tattoo history stuff over on Instagram. It's all footage I've found as a digital hoarder. Nothing I've digitised myself or anything. It's netting me a lot of followers but some part of me feels like I'm an imposter.
December 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
Do you like Garfield? I like Garfield.

#garfield #tattooartist #garfieldtattoo #queertattooartist #traditionaltattooartist #traditionaltattoo
A tattoo on the other part of the lower leg. It's of the cartoon character Garfield. He is wearing a devil Halloween costume while placing marshmallows on his porch fork.
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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www.blurb.com/books/125078...

In August I gave a lecture on the under-documented influence of queer tattoo artists & collectors in modern (1950s-1980s) tattooing.

This book covers the introduction & tattooer/pornographer JD of TRASH fame.

It's 25% off thru Dec 11th with code GIVINGTUES25
book cover for INDELIBLE IDENTITIES 01: A QUEER HISTORY OF TATTOOING. it features a tattoo design of a swallow (bird) and heart, with the word QUEER in the banner. The author is Shawn Porter. Page from book featuring a tattooed man.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I had the pleasure of finishing this chest for Austin to accompany his sleeve. Bye nipples!!! This design sat for about 7 years before being picked

#queertattooartist #queertattooer #tattooartist #traditionaltattooartist #traditionaltattoo #chesttattoo #swallowtattoo #birdtattoo
A chest tattoo of 5 swallows twirling in the air. The tattoo is done in black
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Some in progress work. I just like big tattoos. I had to shrink both these drawing just to fit on the client 😂

#tattooartist #traditionaltattoo #queertattooartist #eagletattoo #pinuptattoo #wip #qttr
The outline of a pin up tattoo on a clients torso/ribs. A woman holds a Kings head on fire while leaning over a mantle with other politicians heads. It's based off a painting from the 1800s An outline of an eagle tattoo taking up the entire chest. The eagle has strong talons in an action pose
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Underground queer tattoo shop, 1970s. The artist was likely Ken Meyer (also seen spelled Meyers) and the client Bobby Mack. Filmed by Sailor Sid Diller.

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November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
A lil dragon friend

#tattooartist #queertattooartist #traditionaltattoo #dragontattoo #queertattoo #dragon #dragonillustration #illustration
A drawing of a dragon in color pencil. The design is graphic yet flowing. The head is pointy with only one eye. It's claws appear more like a lizard than the usual dragon talon.
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I got to do this awesome dragon for my amazing client Ron. He came in and picked this Fred Marquand design right from my book. He is always getting fun and bright designs!

#tattoo #tattooartist #queertattooartist #traditionaltattoo #queertattoo #dragontattoo
A dragon tattoo on the back of the calf. It's colors are red, green, and brown
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Everett, NYC 1987 •
#dicktattoo #inkdickd #homoink
#gayink #homoeroticphotography
#homoculture #homoart
Everett, NYC 1987 •
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I think it's important to understand that the worst has already happened. There are thousands of people unaccounted for in the US and it's likely some portion are dead.I firmly believe history will reveal this.
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I posted this on Instagram and it seemed to do well, so I wanted to share it here as well. This short clip encompasses the journey of the tattooer. This craft is taxing, physically and mentally, but the support of the people we tattoo is what carries us through.

#tattooartist #queertattooartist
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I could not get a good picture of this dragon but I had fun meeting it. I tried drawing it all on one shot but I couldn't get the head so I ended up stenciling a head and drawing in the rest. Good clean fun.

#queertattooartist #tattooartist #dragontattoo #traditionaltattoo #qttr #tattooer
A dragon tattoo on the back of the calf. It sits in-between several existing pieces to fill out the gap. The dragon is a bright bluish green with purple belly and tongue.
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Larry Copeland hosted a gathering of tattoo and piercing fans at his Hoboken, NJ residence in 1974/5.

In attendance was Emil Gundelach who continued getting tattooed into his 90s, Tatu Scotty, Spider Webb, Dave Slack, Mary, and Ken Meyer (among other unnamed friends)
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Dave Slack was a queer tattoo artist who worked in NYC in the 1970s/80s. He appeared in the legendary gay xxx video "NYC INFERNO" (playing a tattoo artist).

This clip, recorded in approx 1974/5, also features Emil Gundelach, Larry Copeland, Key Meyer, and Spider Webb.

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October 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
Got a fun start to this chest on a great client. Sleeve by me, ribs by my friend Lacey Rae. Sometimes no nips is better.

#tattooartist #queertattooartist #traditionaltattoo #swallowtattoo #chesttattoo #tattooer #queertattoo
A bold chest tattoo of 5 sparrows flying. This is the line work session and black shading will be done the next session they are drawn in a traditional tattoo style with varied patterns on the backs
October 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I got to do this design at the hocus poke us mini convention this past weekend. It wasn't the busiest I've ever been, but I got the opportunity to do this incredibly fun design and talk to a kid about the band lightning bolt. It was really fun.

#queertattooartist #tattooartist #traditionaltattoo
A graphic space wizard shooting purple lightning from it's hands. It has an array of checker board below it and it wears a purple hat
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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St Christopher translated to the style of classic electric tattoo. I grew up in a heavily conservative evangelical home so I have no love for Christianity, but the iconography associated with it makes for a great tattoo.

#queertattoo #tattooartist #traditionaltattoo #queertattooartist #tattooer
A tattoo of st Christopher holding a walking stick. The baby Jesus sits on his shoulder
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I've been playing with adding more illustrative qualities to my designs lately. A little of the old with a little of the new

#tattooartist #tattooflash #queertattooartist #tattoodesign #tribaltattoo #neotribaltattoo #skulltattoo #traditionaltattooartist #traditionaltattoo #eyeballs
A drawing of an eyeball with a trail of nerves and blood vessels A drawing of an eyeball with trailing eye meat entombed in a graphic black Borneo influenced tribal design A drawing of a skull with eyes. It's drawing to imply much of the skull with blood vessels trailing from the top An eyeball with a trail of pink eye meat. It's inside of and complimenting a Borneo inspired graphic black tattoo design
September 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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One healed and one fresh for an all-star client. These both tell exaggerated stories about her childhood. All tattoos on the legs are by me with the exception of the roach tattoo

#tattoo #tattooartist #queertattooartist #traditionaltattoo #transtattooartist #cowboytattoo #philadelphia
A close up shot of a tattoo on the leg. It's a healed design of a cowboy with glasses swinging a baby in a sling. The tattoo is in color featuring red, blue, brown, and gold A close up of a tattoo on the leg. It's a fresh tattoo featuring an over turned Chevy Blazer on fire and billowing smoke. It's a color tattoo using blue, brown, red, pink, and gold
September 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
Tattooing is fun as hell and I love every second of it

#tattooer #tattooartist #queertattooartist #dragontattoo #butterflytattoo #skulltattoo #folkflower #folkflowertattoo
The inside view of a sleeve tattoo. It depicts a dragon head chasing a butterfly as well as a skull with a folk flower growing from it. There's also lots of red and pink flames
September 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I've noticed over the years that social media has broken out into two factions, consumers and creators with some overlap. This leads to an interesting phenomenon where a large subset of creators are attempting only post without interacting with others content.
September 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
dinosaursdied.bsky.social
I got to do this classy skeleton ripper yesterday. More skulls please. I'm in skull girl mode

#tattooartist #queertattooartist #queertattoo #tattooer #qttr #skulltattoo #skinripper #traditionaltattoo #skeletontattoo #transtattooartist #tattooer #folktattoo
A tattoo of a skull ripping out of the body. A skeleton have grasps through a rip in the skin revealing a skull with a single eyeball. The skull and hand are black and grey while the eye is in color.
September 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM