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How I think about coverup tattoo projects, read:First I need the rough shape and flow of the body and tattoo we’re worki...
10/03/2026

How I think about coverup tattoo projects, read:

First I need the rough shape and flow of the body and tattoo we’re working with.

I try to use as many of the existing lines as part of the new design to help disguise the old tattoo a little better.

The hardest things to hide are the black lines, this is also why I have to say no to some people because there’s too much black for me to work with. I only take on the ones I know I can give the client what they’re hoping for.

The yellow sharpie from the last image helps me think about the big picture then I try to use what’s already there as much as I can.

See next pic for the linework

Heres the fresh line-work. When working on a project like this I want to give the skin time to rest before adding shading to it.

We went bold with the lines (more than twice as thick as any of my regular tattoos) because we will be building the shading off these lines. This way you can’t tell where the line ends and the shading begins.

Flowers are generally the easiest subject as they can be any shape you need them to be.

Here’s what we did about one month healed.

I used a 18RS from KWADRON OFFICIAL PAGE for the bold lines and a 5rl for the thin ones. RS and RL just mean shader and liner and the number is how many individual needles are in one configuration. Big number = big lines.

I took this right before we started colour packing aka “filling in”

Krista took amazing care of her tattoo and used the Hustle Butter aftercare kit I gave her. Flawless heal 🤤

This is as far as we got today. About 5 hours of work. Doesn’t seem like a lot of coverage compared to my other tattoos for the time but that’s because the light ink isn’t just watered down black (that’s how we usually get lighter tones)

I used World Famous Tattoo Ink monochromatic set. This is actual grey colour the same way red or blue ink would be a colour.

No watering down means you don’t see what’s underneath!

These inks are what we generally use for coverups and they do require a few passes in the lighter values to fully hide what’s underneath.

Planning the design ahead helps us need less passes but honestly doing a few laser sessions is what makes the biggest dif

For Ethan. Thank you 🖤I’ve been spending the morning a few days before the appointment with my clients getting to know t...
10/02/2026

For Ethan. Thank you 🖤

I’ve been spending the morning a few days before the appointment with my clients getting to know them and giving ourselves time to reflect on our conversation instead of just putting together a tattoo request. This is what that conversation looked like to us.

This was his first tattoo. Done in half a day not to push too much too soon. Finishing with a full day in three weeks.

If you’d like to book please see the link in my bio. Thank you!

Story shared with permission, read:His last name is McGrimmon. That’s where the Reaper started. A joke, almost, somethin...
10/01/2026

Story shared with permission, read:

His last name is McGrimmon. That’s where the Reaper started. A joke, almost, something to put in my request form.

Then we sat down.

He told me about the accident. He got out of the car. Two of his friends didn’t. He said it plainly, the way people do when they’ve carried a thing long enough that it’s stopped needing dressing up. We talked about the years after, the habits that filled the space, the version of himself he’d been working to put down.

The Reaper stopped being a joke somewhere in there.

Later he mentioned the lambs. Nine of them. He feeds them every morning. He said it offhand, like it didn’t belong in a tattoo consultation, and I put my pencil down.

I asked if there was one that stood apart from the others. There always is. The black sheep, the one that wanders, the one you have to go find. He laughed. He knew which one I meant. He also knew I wasn’t only talking about the lamb.

What if the one who comes for life was the one holding onto it? And what if the one he’s holding is the one nobody expected to be kept?

That’s where it turned. The Reaper, hood drawn, a black lamb cradled against the robe. Not the one from the flock that stayed in line. The one that strayed, and got carried back anyway. A lion pushing up out of the folds beneath. That came from Africa, from a stretch of his life he lit up talking about. And under all of it, sheep skulls in the dirt. The parts he was leaving behind. The things that had to die so the rest could live.

The lamb became the center. A life spared, held in the arms of death. The nine he keeps. The friends he lost. Himself, the one that wandered off and came back.

By the end, it was one scene. The kind of frame you could pause a film on and know there was a whole story on either side of it.

That’s what the consultation is for. Not to confirm an idea someone walked in with, but to leave enough room to follow a thought, ask the next question, and find something neither of us had pictured.

We came in with a last name and a Reaper.
The conversation gave us the rest.

12h so far
Link in bio to book 📍
Done with Hustle Butter

09/28/2026

Thank you to everyone that’s been a part of the shop and for helping me grow. It’s taught me so much but I’m ready for a new, slower and more focused chapter. Booking for spring/ summer. Link in bio

Adding to Robyn’s “things that make me, me” sleeve 💡 Fresh lightbulb + everything else healed.Ottawa, Link in bio to boo...
09/27/2026

Adding to Robyn’s “things that make me, me” sleeve 💡
Fresh lightbulb + everything else healed.
Ottawa, Link in bio to book 🖤

Amazing heal thanks to Hustle Butter

09/27/2026

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09/27/2026

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09/27/2026

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09/26/2026

Paint night but tattoo machines, fake skin and snacks.

3 couples per night, $200 per person. You get to keep your *cough* work of art *cough* and check this off your bucket list.

Every other Sunday night starting end of October. Comment “date” for tickets and availability.

*This is not a tattoo course and you won’t be tattooing anything but fake skin. Couples only, the tickets are sold in pairs. No experienced people or anyone seriously trying to pursue tattooing.*

Before you swipe, can you tell it was a coverup? I’m so proud of this one!! This is mostly all healed minus the wings an...
09/26/2026

Before you swipe, can you tell it was a coverup? I’m so proud of this one!! This is mostly all healed minus the wings and some accessories 🍄 🐁 🪽

Amazing heal thanks to Hustle Butter during and after

I’m super proud of this one and she was so happy with the design! Kay didn’t ask me for anything just to hear her story and let me show her what that looked like through my lens. I’m so grateful for clients that trust me so much with their stories and skin 🖤

This was after the first session. What you saw at the beginning is healed, we just added the shading in the wings, mushrooms and mouse. Thanks so much for the trust Kay

Now booking Ottawa March 2027, link in bio!

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