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nicterhorst.com
nic.tattoos
@nicterhorst.com
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Tattooer, illustrator and former animator
Co-owner of So Far So Good Tattoo Shop
📍Toronto, ON, 🇨🇦 [Treaty 13]

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I'm just realizing I never posted a final piece here for the Big Gay Back Piece. So: here it is, in all of its glory! 100% healed (the newest pieces around 4-5 months in our touch up session). Probably around 25-30 hrs under the needle, many more drawing and iterating and placing stencils
A healed black and grey tattoo with red accents that features three panels in the form of a corset around the client's back and ribs. It features Medusa and Athena in the center panel. They are looking at each other adoringly, and caressing the weapons that have been stabbed into the other's back (weapons in red). The weapons are featured in the side panels (next two images). The right side panel of the tattoo, featuring Athena's owl in black and grey. It carries an arrow (red) and is flying against a background of olive blossoms and leaves (red). The left panel of the same tattoo. This panel features a snake in black and grey with markings that match the snakes on Medusa's head. It is wrapped around Perseus's blade (red) and featured on a background of rock roses (red).
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Ahh congrats on 14k Myr!!

Hello!! I'm Nic and I'm a queer tattoo artist and illustrator who specializes in character work, TTRPG/Fantasy and bringing OCs and PCs to life 🥹💖
A tattoo design of a femme drow elf with a spider with a red star creating a crown around their face. Two elf characters (Tink and Balial) doing the "booktok pose". Tink is embarrassed and laughing and pushing Ba away. A healed photo of a back piece tattoo, featuring Medusa and Athena in an embrace, with their weapons stabbed into each other's backs.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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I based this tattoo design off of ref from this set!! #tattoo #tattoosky

References are cool!!
A (very irritated) black and grey tattoo of a celestial femme knight, holding a sword. Their hair is made of a starry night sky, and the armour has stars and moons worked into it. She looks serene.
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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HM -- got a new sketch done, like the faces, but it got still. I will probably redo everything about it.

If you ever wonder why I post so rarely nowadays it's because I'm just doodling idly for the crew/my DM or tattooing at this point.
A tied down sketch of the previous image. Balial is looking worriedly at Tink, and trying to hold him up. Tink is looking at someone off camera, and holding his arm, which is bleeding.
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I’m working on this sketch more, but I’m cropping out the bottom and I like tink’s boots a lot. #hellions #hellionsofcarnocht
A loose sketch of a beat up looking Tink, and a worried, hovering Balial.
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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The art // the artist's hand
A tattoo of Zyra, from League of Legends. She's looking sexy, and has red hair and flowers on her body. A photo of my hand, freshly manicured.
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Time to post this WIP/pic of... the Other Tink #hellions #hellionsofcarnocht

iykyk
A greyscale illustration of a smug-looking Tink, who is just a little off. He looks too tired, too thin, and his hair is far too long, and draping over his shoulders and the chair he's sitting on. He is smugly smiling, making eye contact with the viewer, and holding four crystal orbs in one hand, in a pose that's reminiscent of the Goblin King from Labyrinth.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Someone should really teach him how to shut his mouth. #kttdnd
A colour illustration of a bruised and battered Yves (tattooed purple tiefling/demon with broken horns and tattoos), being held against a stone wall by a clawed blue hand coming from off screen. He appears to be talking. He's been stabbed in the shoulder, has a black eye, and his nose is bleeding, and appears to be bruised and broken. He looks worried and resigned, and as if he's trying to speak to whoever is off camera.
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Just gonna use this thread to gradually beat the shit out of this guy.
A more finished sketch of the previous image. (See first image for descriptive alt text)
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Not much to show for personal art right now, it's all a bunch of WIPs that might never get finished #kttdnd
A work in progress of Yves' face being held (derogatory) after he's gotten the shit kicked out of him
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Last week or so in tattoos!
A black and grey tattoo of fairy wings with moon phases and a star in the center A colour tattoo of moffmin, my miniature mothman, holding a light bulb A black and grey tattoo of a cat with floating demon wings, jumping at a fish cat toy A black and grey tattoo of a starry black cat with demon wings
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Tfw your doppleganger puts you in a prison, but one of your guards appears to be a well meaning child. #kttdnd
A sketch of a nervous, young tiefling, walking towards a tall, broad, older tiefling with a beard. The older tiefling (yves) is smiling gently.
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I get it, you were just waiting until I posted one 😌✨

the “sketches” are a little higher priced this time around, but it’s because I always want to spend too much time on them — now I can just plan to spend the time. 💖

Thanks Noah!
A black and white portrait of a happy female wizard. Her hair and necklace are floating as she casts magic.
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I always do this, so why not see if anything's changed on bsky.

I think I look unapproachable, but as long as you're like, not actively being mean to me, I think I'm like a 3/10 as soon as I open my mouth

10/10 if I'm walking around the city tho I'm so sorry
A Twitter post from user @saerodynamic_ that says "Quote RT this with how intimidating YOU think you are on a scale of 1-10 and let other people reply to it with how intimidating THEY think you are"
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Last day at my guest spot in Ottawa. Got to cute to make content ✨
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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We're doing a little halloween flash day(s) at the shop!! These designs will be $300+tax those two days only and they're repeatable/available after!
Dark, cloudy illustrations of a Goat, Bat and Raven, surrounded by spider webs and stars Dark, cloudy illustrations of an Owl, a frog (with one leg separated) and a hare, surrounded by spider webs and stars
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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#PortfolioDay part two!

When I'm not tattooing, I'm illustrating scenes & characters from my ttrpg campaigns.

I also open commissions a few times a year and draw other people's characters!

Kofi: ko-fi.com/nicterhorst
A halftone illustration of Tink (elf) and Yulie (halfling) studying. A black and white halftone illustration of a goth little fae (Shadrach) A one page comic, where Tink had given Balial a sending stone (available better alt text in my bsky gallery) A halftone illustration of Tink laughing and pushing Balial away ad Ba leans in for a kiss
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay!!

I'm Nic, a queer tattooer in Toronto, ON. I specialize in illustrative tattoos of characters ✨ I love working with black ink & textured fills

Portfolio: www.sofarsogoodtattoo.com/nic
Flash book: www.sofarsogoodtattoo.com/nic-flash-drop
Booking form: forms.gle/PHNRSoBPPrvw...
Tattoo of a black dragon filled with stars on light skin Tattoo of a celestial woman with a sun face and starry hair on dark skin. A dragon tattoo on a shoulderblade on light skin Three tattoos of snapshots of characters, collected on a thigh. Light skin and black and grey inks, with a pop of red.
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Hehehe

I should come back to this one lol
A screenshot showing a loose sketch and a reference image side by side. The pose is a man looking at a notebook with a child hiding in his coat
October 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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My man got the shit kicked out of him last session #kttdnd
A loose sketch of Yves (big tiefling) with a bruised nose and a black eye. He looks concerned, and there is a clawed hand from off screen grabbing his face.
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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I am LIVE! Doing some sketching with @deuxdel.bsky.social before #Hellions ✨
Tink happily putting his hand over Balial’s mouth. Ba is smiling and doing the booktok lean over Tink
October 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Okay sooo I need to do Halloween tattoo designs. Small fun stuff.

What do folks look for at flash tattoo days?? I'm so stumped. Here are some of my halloween flash from 2022/3 that really blew up. I did cute mothmen last year. Now what??
A flash tattoo design page with little cartoony demon ghost cats and candy. A flash tattoo design page with little cartoony demon ghost cats and a pumpkin.
October 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Its #OCtober but what if I just make you look at them

#hellions
Modern au balial and tink taking a mirror selfie. Ba is putting up bunny ears behind tink. Tink and balial hugging and laughing Tink and balial sweetly touching noses and smiling Balial and tink lying with thier heads next to each other, seen from above. Tink is upside down in the frame. They look to be sweetly talking to each other. Tinks hands gently are resting on ba’s forehead and neck.
October 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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This is exactly the kind of challenge that would become my PFP forever

I long to change my icon back to my true self
A very accurate drawing of Nic
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Did my nails at home as a little treat. The gold are stickers I’ve had forever and only used like once
A photo of Nic’s hand. The nails are black with a gold star on the ring finger and an eye on the thumb. There is a four leaf clover tattoo on the palm of the hand.
September 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM