22/10/2026
This came up on my news feed today and it stopped me for a moment… October 2019- I had just landed a tattoo apprenticeship! I worked like an absolute beast, I had a part time job so on days I weren’t working I was tattooing. It wasn’t the best apprenticeship in the world but it was something! 6 months later, Covid hit and I had to stop tattooing. I had been so disheartened, I vowed to never pick up a tattoo machine again! Fast forward to 2022, I left a very toxic relationship and told myself I would do something for me! I opened a tattoo studio in September 2022, no money, no clients, no clue if it would work 🤣 now in October 2026, I can proudly say I still have a tattoo studio, I have been to quite a few conventions, met some incredible artists, tattooed some amazing people, been globally published and won an award for black and grey 🥲 I’m still not where I want to be but I think October 2019 me would be pretty damn proud 🤘🏻🖤