Bears Skin Tattoo's

06/21/2026

Something happened today out front my tattoo studio (260 Wellington Street) that I wanted to bring to people's attention.

I was approached sitting with my client by a female outside

She appeared a bit distraught, muddy/and leaf or grass on her legs as if she had fallen down.

She approached acknowledging my tattoo studio and saying "I know your a tattoo studio so I wanted to ask... I dropped my phone in a gutter drain on the other side of that building *pointing to 7/11* and can you give me assistance getting it?"

She explains how she's tried using her hand to get it but can't quite reach.

Those aren't the red flags to me.

But

I explain to her I'm sorry but I have a tattoo I'm about to start and unfortunately I can't leave my studio to walk down the street to 7/11 to help her and that the people working at 7/11 might be able to offer assistance

She then speaks nervously "uh okay, yeah, okay" while taking steps backwards towards the road from my studios outdoor dining set.

I don't even get to apologize again about not being able to help her and she leaves walking down the street

Opposite direction of 7/11

Now I gotta say I'm not the greatest judge of character, I don't like to judge at all.

But I didnt notice a total level of "sobriety" from this individual.

That could be stress induced panic from losing your phone down a sewer drain.

But I deal with hundreds of people, thousands over my time tattooing. This one gave me a weird vibe the moment I said I couldn't follow her behind this building and retrieve her phone.

If I didn't have to do a tattoo and could have left my studio I probably would have helped in anyway I could.

But I didn't get the chance to and maybe that's for the best.

The whole interaction gave me a level of the *heebie-jeebies* that made me want to make people aware.

Maybe the girl needed my help, maybe she just kept walking as far down the street from 7/11 as possible to seek out a different person to help her.

But my logic to helping someone didn't include "there ain't no fu***ng way my hands fitting down a drain if yours don't miss"

Take it how you want it, I'm not looking to cause pain, like I said it made me feel weird

Female
Potentially under 100lbs
Just under 6ft
Black coat
Dark brown back pack
Jean shorts
Black rain boots
No visible tattoos or piercings

Authorities notified

06/18/2026

FIRST time working on this client and he did absolutely amazing!

AND this is a full cover up aswell 😮!

Thank you so much for the trust and opportunity to work with you on this Jason!

I'll post the before and after in comments below!

06/18/2026

Painted a peach on cardboard
With a spoon as a brush

On display at Bears Skin Tattoo's

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

Here's a rework I did for my client earlier this week!

Opting for more of a heavy black and grey background with red tone only roses made for some really fun changes.

It's still in progress as there is a portion of her back shoulder to still tackle (coverup, rework, unknown right now) but very happy with the progression of this piece towards something my client felt was a better representation of what she wanted now.

Thank you so much for the continued trust and opportunities to work with you Alyssa!

06/06/2026

Absolutely amazing day!

Me and my bro did 58 tattoos in 6 hours today!

What a experience and forever grateful for it!

Thank you so much .stratford and Axel's Imprint Rescue and Sanctuary - Cats and everyone who supported today!!, whether you got tattooed, liked the posts or mentioned it to another you all came together today in such a amazing way!

Special shout out to for really helping support on such a material cost level and being such a advocate for so many things with supporting, grateful forever ❤️