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TattedTentacle

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Several Twitch Artists & Makers were brought together by @sabelladona.bsky.social to create a digital zine to benefit wildlife conservation, called Zoological Rarities, and here's a peek at my entry for the Amur leopard.

You can get your claws on it starting December 4th!

A collage of 4 digital illustrations overlapping each other. The illustrations are all of an anthromorphized Amur leopard (Siberian leopard). On the left is a full body illustration of the character sitting on a big branch, high up in a tree in a frosty landscape, while golden sunlight hits them from the back. The character is wearing an outfit traditionally worn by people native to the Siberian region.
On the right are three smaller illustrations, all depicting details of the character. On the top is a rough illustration of one of their eyes, in the middle a tuft of fur, at the bottom a closeup shot of their mouth being held open by a claw, showing off their sharp teeth.
The style is a mix of painted and sketch, where the middle section of the illustration is rendered in a painterly manner, while the edges of the illustration show the rough pencil lines of the underlying sketch. All illustrations except for the tuft of hair are on tattered pieces of paper.

November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Revisiting an old favorite (the 1990 movie “The Witches”) for some Halloween tattoo designs 🎃❤️

A closeup of a rough sketch of a mouse holding a bottle almost as big as itself. The mouse is behind the bottle and looks up at the glass plug that has just popped out of the bottle, followed by a plume of smoke that coils behind the mouse. The text on the bottle says “Formula 86”. On top of the drawing lie two pencils, the purple and green pencils used for the sketch.

September 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

qrp with something watery

A digital illustration of a grotto, in the center of it sits a skeleton, of which you only see part of the top half, is sitting in the bright, twinkling water nestled between some rocks. A gold necklace is draped over the skull. On the biggest rock behind the skeleton there's a pile of coins, gems, jewelry and other shiny things. Behind that rock is a tall shrub on which a Red-billed Blue magpie sits with a gold, pearl and ruby brooch in its beak. There's a hole in the ceiling of the grotto letting in a beam of light, hitting the shrub and the pile of treasure. The grotto is closed off with tall, moss and shrub covered rock walls. The overall style of the piece is done with somewhat looser, textured brush strokes.

September 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Here are some available tattoo designs that I made!

Inspired by the Japanese Dogwood tree, these floral arrangements are ready to adorn your body. 🌸

These will only be tattooed once, first come first served.

4 tattoo designs together in one composition. All tattoo designs are of a Japanese Dogwood tree branch with some flowers, berries and sparkles. The style is illustrative and all but the bottom left flower are in black and grey, the bottom left flower is in color.
Top left is a diagonal branch with 2 flowers, 2 berries and 6 leaves, top right a little mouse standing on/holding on to a single flowered branch with 1 berry and 4 leaves, bottom left a colorful small branch with 1 big flower and 6 leaves, bottom right a small flower surrounded by 4 leaves and a berry. All designs have little dots and sparkles surrounding them.

September 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM

TattedTentacle

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August 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Alongside tattoos I've been working on various commission and here's one I can finally share! This one was for a birth announcement card I had the absolute pleasure, and honor, of making. 😊

A digital illustration of two adult snakes wrapped around half an egg, out of which sticks a very happy baby snake. The green snakes are surrounded by Epimedium flowers while further in the background is a tree with one prominent branch on which two fluffy cats sit, one orange cat and one beige (seal point?) cat. The illustration has a dark yellow border with a couple of soot sprites from Studio Ghibli movies in front of it.

July 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Human Artists

Use one piece to convince people to follow you.

#tattoo #queertattooartist

A large tattoo of Queen Azshara from World of Warcraft that takes up most of a white person’s upper leg/thigh.

June 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Me and the three people who read my skeets

4 characters from the Nickelodeon animated series “Ahhh! Real Monsters”

June 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Today was my turn to get tattooed again and I just want to formally apologize to anyone and everyone I’ve tattooed around the hipbone and ribs. 😮‍💨

A photo of a set up tattoo workspace with a soap bottle, wipes, a tattoo machine, ink and cream. Behind the trolley, in a shelf, are more hygienic items like, gloves, wipes and tattoo ink.

April 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

I realize I am back at the point where nobody but 3 of my friends sees/reacts to what I post so I may as well go back to sharing mundane things only they care about because that’s more fun than trying to play the game and losing constantly.

Here is the local duck throuple that adopted me. 💖

A photo of three ducks walking on a tiled section of a garden. They are one female and one male duck. The male duck in the front is eating some duck food from the floor. There are a few plants on the side and some pots and bags in the background.

April 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

A deeply meaningful charm for a very dear person, inspired by folk art embroidery and handfasting. 💜🌺
Part fresh, part healed.

#tattoo

A photo of a tattoo on a Latina's hand. On the wrist are a red and pink ribbon coming together in a heart shaped knot. Attached to the knot is a large emaille charm of a wild rose. The style of the charm is inspired by folk embroidery art, with two round leaves on the top curling behind two rose petals that are curled inward. The rest of the petals are open and form the rounded part of the bottom of the charm. In between the leaves and petals are spikey yellow and red ornamental leaves. Behind the charm flows a ribbon that comes loose from the knot, curling first towards the thumb, to end up on the top of the ring finger. The top part of the ribbon is red while the bottom is pink, showing the pink section in the curl near the thumb. The style is illustrative.

A collage of two photos of a tattoo on a Latina's hand. On the wrist are a red and pink ribbon coming together in a heart shaped knot. Attached to the knot is a large emaille charm of a wild rose. The style of the charm is inspired by folk embroidery art, with two round leaves on the top curling behind two rose petals that are curled inward. The rest of the petals are open and form the rounded part of the bottom of the charm. In between the leaves and petals are spikey yellow and red ornamental leaves. Behind the charm flows a ribbon that comes loose from the knot, curling first towards the thumb, to end up on the top of the ring finger. The top part of the ribbon is red while the bottom is pink, showing the pink section in the curl near the thumb.
The photo on the left is of the front of the hand, the photo on the right shows the back of the hand and wrist with the ribbons on the inside of the wrist being tied to a silver- colored crescent moon charm. The style is illustrative.

February 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Exactly a year ago Savvy, my soul cat, licked my hand as he passed on and took my heart with him. 😔
To say I miss him every day is an understatement.

A photo (medium portrait) of a Mainecoon cat resting his head up against my leg. His face is smooshed on left side that’s up against the leg. He’s looking up at the camera with one open eye while the other is almost entirely closed due to the smoosh. With his left paw he’s hugging the leg, his right paw curled up on the surface he’s lying on. His fur is brown, white, grey and black — on his face are defined stripes while the rest of his fur is more splotchy. His toes and chin are white.
On the right side there’s a small part of a hand, holding him, and in the background a wooden floor and the tail end of a small Tibetan tiger rug.

February 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Quote your portraits!

A (digitally) painted portrait of a young Asian man. He is looking directly into the camera with a neutral look on his face. He has a sparse mustache, full brows and a haircut with short side and a longer, swooping top. The background is gray. The style is rough and painterly with the brushstrokes obviously visible. Some colors in his face are exaggerated to be brighter than reality.

A digital illustration of a feminine looking half elf celestial warlock, accompanied by her purple pixie companion. Her skin is golden brown with flecks of gold, her wavy, shoulder length hair is a reddish brown with white streaks framing her face. She is looking at our right with a dreamy look and slight smile while holding a heart shaped pendant on the chain around her neck. The style is stylized and painterly.

A (digitally) sketched portrait of Anjelica Houston as the Grand High Witch in the 1990 movie "The Witches". It is a medium, portrait, showing her face, neck, shoulders and part of her chest. She has an intense and threatening look on her face as she stares at the viewer directly. She wears a necklace with a large, translucent stone and a black dress with a wide boat neck. The style is loose and sketchy with obvious pencil stroke. The background is a muted green while her eyes are purple.

A heavily stylized manga portrait/bust of a pink haired femme with big ram horns. They have one brow raised as their reg eyes look angrily into the distance. They're wearing a collar with a big ring that rests on a blue star tattoo on their chest. From the tattoo spring a few more stars that move to the background. On the bottom left is an Aries symbol. The style is heavily manga/anime inspired and graphic, with thick lines and graphic, bright colors.

January 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

I know this is not the hill to die on, but dsjeesh, the amount of people not knowing where your heart is actually positioned is noteworthy. 😮‍💨

An illustration of the position of the heart in the ribcage, showing it’s positioned almost exactly in the middle and not under your left shoulder, as many not sees seem to think.

January 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

A little sleepy bat with some very special flowers. 💖🌸 (part healed, part fresh)

Snatched up as a flash sketch a while back, the flowers were later on changed to commemorate a loved one.
I always feel honoured to be trusted with such a special project. ❤️

A photo of a tattoo of a sleepy bat surrounded by flowers growing out of its chest on the inside of a white person's lower leg.
The bat is floating in space, its right wing stretched up and out while the left wing is folded in close to the bat's body. Its left leg stretches out and its right leg is going up towards the flower stem. Its eyes are closed peacefully and it has a little smile on its face.
One of the flowers growing out of its chest is a large white flower with a yellow center and many petals, above it is a purpleish pink flower with 5 big leaves and a yellow center. A few leaves are attached to the stem and behind the pink flower, behind the flowers and bat are a bunch of small white flowers and Asparagus Setaceus leaves. Around the bat are small decorative dots, some grouped together in fours to resemble a little flower or star.
The flowers are full color while the bat and part of the stem growing out of its chest is done with black and grey tones. The style is illustrative.

January 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

For years I've been creating designs in a series called "Sleepy Animals" which is my basically homage to roadkill, wishing all little souls that get taken this way grow into something beautiful.

Here's the latest in the series, most exist as tattoos but this one will be a sticker and postcard.

A digital illustration of a mouse sleeping curled up in a ball with a flower growing out of its chest against a white background.

January 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

It's always such a joy to work on Ghibli tattoos, one of the big reasons is that I get to revisit some of my favorite movies and indulge in hours of taking and combing through screenshots. 😊

Finished almost exactly a year ago, I miss working on this!

A triptych of slightly different angles of a tattoo of My Neighbor Totoro and two chibi Totoros surrounded by flowers and foliage on a white person's lower leg. The big Totoro in the middle is holding a glowing acorn that's sprouting leaves. He has a big grin and is wearing a big leaf as a hat. The white chibi Totoro is holding on to big Totoro's back while wearing a red flower as a hat. The blue chibi Totoro is sitting on the right of big Totoro, shading itself with a leaf-umbrella. The style is illustrative and heavily inspired by the original Ghibli movie "My Neighbor Totoro".

December 11, 2024 at 1:50 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

And here’s the other half of the DnD commission, a fire genasi draconian sorcerer. Done in 2021 as a commission for a friend ❤️

A digital illustration of a masculine looking fire genasi draconic sorcerer. His skin is a deep, dark grey with cracks that show the fire beneath. His eyes are glowing and fiery, his hair and eyebrows a flow of lava. He is looking to our left with a dreamy look and slight smile while holding a branch of bleeding heart flowers.
The style is stylized and painterly.

October 23, 2024 at 5:07 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

A DnD portrait commission I had the pleasure of doing. This half elf celestial warlock is one half of a pair, I’ll post the other one soon as well. 😊

October 23, 2024 at 3:09 PM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Long time no post! I’ve been finding it pretty overwhelming to keep up with all the new social media but I’ll try my best not to forget about BlueSky again. 😌

Here’s a sticker design I made for my monthly sticker club on Ko-Fi. It’s one of my favorite plants: a Nasturtium. ❤️

A digital illustration of a nasturtium flower in a painterly, Art Nouveau inspired style on a light beige background.

July 26, 2024 at 11:06 AM

TattedTentacle

@tattedtentacle.bsky.social

Staying with the witches theme for a bit: here is a quick sketch of Fairuza Balk as Nancy Downs in “The Craft” (1996).
Done in 2023 in Clip Studio Paint.