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Consultation appointments and other queries (please first see Services for more info, if inquiring about a tattoo): esther@butterfatstudios.com

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Progress on the back of Jeremy’s rooster leg - l

Progress on the back of Jeremy’s rooster leg - looking forward to completing the background soon

20 cat tattoo designs coming soon! Sign up for the

20 cat tattoo designs coming soon! Sign up for the mailing list soon- email with link to shop comes this week. Almost all images are vintage /antique (one is over 300 years old!), and there are plenty of weirdos and cuties. I am saving room in my schedule for these in December and January. I’m very excited to offer a cat series again, it was super fun last time and can’t wait to see who gets what! 🐈 🐈‍⬛🐈

You can win this tattoo! I am delighted to donate

You can win this tattoo! I am delighted to donate this end-of-season rose to the Black Florist Fund raffle. Tickets are $50 - go to Asraigarden.com to purchase as many as you want, and to read more about this incredible project. There are other raffles to win many other delights- Sparkly rings!! Dinner @lulacafe !! You can also donate directly if pretty things and delicious food aren’t for you

Cat portrait by M Foujita 1926 I have 21 more catt

Cat portrait by M Foujita 1926
I have 21 more cattoos to offer sooooon 🐈

Swipe through to travel back in time and see a few

Swipe through to travel back in time and see a few steps of this full sleeve cover up 🌿Down to the final few sessions for @elizabeth_asraigarden

Hey guess what- CATTOOS COMING SOON!!! I had so mu

Hey guess what- CATTOOS COMING SOON!!! I had so much fun doing a herd of cats a few years back, I’m doing it again in December- will post more info and images soon ✨🐾🌿

Had a couple cancelations, ended up making some cu

Had a couple cancelations, ended up making some custom versions for other people- anyway all these sleeves are available again. Link in bio will take you to the application form. I can make these work for just about any cover up situation, I know some of you are ready to start over.

Final session on Gianna’s back today✨✨From a

Final session on Gianna’s back today✨✨From an old painting by Paul de Longpre

Chicken progress on Jeremy 🐓

Chicken progress on Jeremy 🐓

@colioscopy is taking a few clients at Butterfat t

@colioscopy is taking a few clients at Butterfat this weekend- there’s still a little availability for this visit🌿 Follow his link to schedule or DM him if you want a spot!

The same design on three different people, each wi

The same design on three different people, each with a different amount of melanin present in their skin.

Adjustments were made to the palette to suit skin color/tone, to the design for clarity, and to the placement and size to suit client preferences.

Every tattoo style can be done on every skin tone. Small adjustments make all the difference- enlarging the design, a little more open space, a tighter palette, skin breaks on one side of a line to improve visibility, and longer healing time before tattooing a second layer.

If you were told that delicate, illustrative, color tattoos were not an option for you, I am so sorry. Often an artist will say that something isn’t possible, rather than admitting that they don’t know how to do something. Artists are responsible for learning how to tattoo all skin tones, for understanding what their limitations are, and seeking the information to minimize those limitations so that they can best serve all their clients.

Most of the principles that make a tattoo design readable and clear on dark skin are the same ones that make a tattoo dynamic and appealing, so there is only benefit in improving your understanding and skill🌿Thank you to @missvtattoo for taking the second photo for me✨✨

Coverup sleeve project application form is live no

Coverup sleeve project application form is live now 🌿This round is dedicated to people in need of major coverups- full or 3/4 sleeves only this time, but there will be opportunities for other areas in upcoming offers. Straight black out sessions still available, as well as Coverup/Collection consults. Link in bio for more info✨

(Edited -projects live on Oct 3) Project update! I

(Edited -projects live on Oct 3)
Project update! I will be offering a handful of coverup sleeves soon, since from a look at my emails there seems to be a lot of need for heavy duty problem solving. Luckily I’ve been working on some very effective techniques for heavy coverups.
ALL sleeves offered in this round will be blackout + botanical element, and they will all be prioritized for those in need of major cover up solutions. The application form will go live on the website on October 3, and submissions will be collected for two weeks. I’m guessing that once these are underway, I’ll be able to offer a few more- for now they will be sleeves only, both in color and bk/gry. If you need your current sleeve covered up with a prettier one, now is the time to get your photos ready. More detail and a sneak peek will be sent out in an email on Monday, so if you’d like to sign up: find the ‘contact’ page of the website (link in bio). Don’t worry, emails are few and far between.
-Slide 1 (healed),2,3 opaque gray and white with black surround (some fresh some healed parts)
-Slide 4 in progress color + laser fading. -Slide 5 color and white on black (healed)

ALSO- effective immediately I am taking appointments for simple blackouts, one 3 hour session for $600 (I can complete roughly one side of a forearm in this time, depending on size) email Esther@butterfatstudios to book

More gorgeous healed photos! This is better than C

More gorgeous healed photos! This is better than Christmas, please send me all the healed pics 🌿✨

Lovely Antonia sent beautiful healed photos!

Lovely Antonia sent beautiful healed photos!

Difference between session 2 and session 1 🌿

Difference between session 2 and session 1 🌿

Thought I had an appointment today, but nobody sho

Thought I had an appointment today, but nobody showed up- so I painted these studies instead. Low contrast/ tones of black/ transparent oil paints on black canvas. Still each need a little more work, but it was a nice day in the studio listening to podcasts 🌿

2-in-1 photo for size reference for the previous p

2-in-1 photo for size reference for the previous post, and because I heard people don’t know what I look like.

Bird/Dog by Leonard Koscianski 1983 Oil on canva

Bird/Dog by Leonard Koscianski 1983
Oil on canvas 64”x 48” I have owned this very large surreal dream scene painting for a long time, but I no longer have a suitable place to keep it, and so I have to let it go. It’s been living at a gallery downtown for the last seven years, where it was valued at a shocking (to me) amount of money. I always understood I would get less than the value (gallery takes 30%), and so I’m ready to be flexible for serious offers. Check out the details in the dogs face, the whole canvas is intensely worked and mesmerizing to stand close to. Email esther@butterfatstudios.com if you’d like to come by the studio to take a look at it 🦅

The talented @blkkhand is across the hall from me

The talented @blkkhand is across the hall from me this weekend- I was honored to be invited to pose for a portrait, and it was more fun than I would’ve guessed. Normally I am pretty uncomfortable in front of any kind of camera, but a tintype photo seemed the perfect time for a glam costume/ full armor moment-and I’m really glad I went for it. Thank you for this experience, Carla 🌿

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