Marcy Nielsen Tattooing

Marcy Nielsen Tattooing www.historyinktattoo.com

06/16/2026

20% white to 80% black, first pass for Opacity, far too many times you'll see artists just trying to blast over black. Take it slow, use this basically base coat for a silky black.

Polynesian fusion back piece. I have done dozens of these over the years. This one I did a while back.I think it fit the...
06/06/2026

Polynesian fusion back piece. I have done dozens of these over the years. This one I did a while back.
I think it fit the body really well, I like the detail.
About 70% of my work is Nordic and Celtic work. About another 20% is Polynesian fusion work. I work in both styles there's more similarities than you might think. I really enjoy working in both!
As an artist there's always something you want back, or want to fix. That might be why I don't post as much as I probably should. I've got so much content to post up. My friend has been convincing me, to let the world see my work. I have been fortunate enough in my career to get a fair amount of publicity, for my work. I never take it for granted. I hope you like this piece.
Thanks for looking!

05/26/2026

I did this on a lovely lady's inside bicep. She is a huge fan. We have a lot of books she loves that we have a couple books of Edgar Allan Poe. This one was fun!
I've truly been behind in posting. I'm going to do better and try to get more of my work on this platform. I have at least eight sleeves that need to be posted.
Thanks for looking

05/21/2026

Was contacted by a friend in the UK, to do a collaboration. The client was from Colorado, he would fly up to Edmonton. To be tattooed 3 days straight!
Once Connor got me the initial drawings, it was then my job to translate them to a tattoo and to fit the client's leg. Chris the client had a huge leg!
With the wonderful help of the amazing .oakmund We came up with a design that flowed well with the leg. Isar is so generous with his limited time.
Once the client arrived, we spent half the day on day one, the Friday getting stencils and freehand drawing complete. Then the plan was, to dot in the entire front and sides of Chris's huge leg! As to not lose any stencil or freehand drawing. This in turn, saves time and saves the client money! It is a very efficient way, especially when you're working on such huge pieces.

On the second day I freehanded in, the Nordic wyrm. Then it was time to get at it! By the end of day two we had basically everything lined in except the Nordic wyrm.

On day three, I lined in the Nordic wyrm, then it was on to detailed negative space intricate work on his knee. Day three was a little shorter, as the client had to catch a 4:00 a.m. flight back to Denver then home.

Overall extremely happy with the process, and the progress so far. The client is happy and so looking forward to getting Chris back to work on this epic leg sleeve collaboration.

I've got to work this year on a good amount of projects, where the client is getting tattooed four or five days straight. The amount of work you can get done, especially since every one of these clients sits still and is very easy to work with. If you're looking to get a large piece or a sleeve. Saving for a multi-day session is well worth the money. In the long run you saved money and the project gets completed so much quicker. I know some of my contemporaries, work this way exclusively and I see why. Obviously not everyone can do it. If you can and have the patience to save your money multi-day session. It is well worth it.
Lastly the knowledge that I have learned from .oakmund on how to prep a client for a multi-sit day and how to keep them going.

05/05/2026

Back in February I attended northern blacks tattoo moot, in York UK. Was an incredible event.
I had the opportunity to do a collaboration with .oakmund
Isar free-handed the entire design on our client, then I tattooed it for 5 days straight! Our client flew 8 hours just to be at this event!
Fast forward 2 months, now we are in Edmonton, Alberta Canada to continue the collaboration. Our client drove 8 hours this time to get to the location, through a blizzard! I tattooed him at my shop for a full day.
Then we moved on to in Edmonton to continue the project. I tattooed our client for a total of 4 days straight!
During this whole time, I was in constant contact with Isar concerning the design and ex*****on. I can't thank him enough for his dedication to this project.
We got very close to finishing, one more session needed. The three elements in the design are, and Nordic Fox, Yggdrasil and a Nordic Raven! The photos were taken outside in natural light and are completely unedited.
In my 20 years of tattooing full time, this might be the most incredible project I've been involved with. Tattooing on one side of the world for 5 days straight, then on the other side of the world for 4 days straight, not to mention as well in collaboration with one of the best artists in the world! Again I'd like to thank Isar and our client. For their dedication to this project.
I'd also like to thank the following,



All the awesome artists that attended the tattoo moot, so inspiring to continue this project started around such a great group of people.

Edmonton convention, 2026
04/21/2026

Edmonton convention, 2026

04/15/2026

Brand new custom one off machine from

04/03/2026

Just realized I never posted this, to Facebook. This is the collaboration, that we started in York, UK and will be finishing first at the studio then on to the convention.
If you don't already know, the design is by .oakmund from northern black.

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