A bearded man with tattoos wearing a black graphic t-shirt and black gloves, sitting in a tattoo studio and applying ink to a client's arm.

Nate

STYLE
Illustrative black + grey, blackwork, abstract

FAVORITE SUBJECT MATTER
Bugs, spiders, horror/spooky, medieval, weapons, abstract, videogames, movies, floral, creative freedom projects

ABOUT
Nate has been drawing for as long as he can remember. Always loved to be creative and enjoys artistic expression in many forms. From traditional art to music and movies, tv shows, videogames and graphic novels. He enjoys things that are expressive and dramatic with graphic art styles and unique composition and high contrasts.
As a kid he would get comic books from the library and go home and try to recreate the art in them for hours. Lots of late nights drawing and learning.
He got into tattooing later then most usually do, at 27 and has been engrossed in it ever since. That’s almost all he does in his free time is draw, as well as spending time with family/kids, little bit of video games and he’s an avid beer league hockey player as well.

He has been tattooing about four and a half years and loves to do black and grey, illustrative, abstract and blackwork projects.
He likes projects that have somewhat of a direction/subject, or theme to start, but then also give lots of creative freedom from there. He loves doing anything with a darker aesthetic like spooky subjects and horror themes. Projects with high contrast and lots of textures like bugs and insects and nature themed ideas. Dark-art and blackwork projects, movies/tv, video games, Fantasy and medieval subjects, floral and abstract work as well. Just overall things that he can get creative with and make something with the client that they both love.

He’s so excited to continuing the art and tattooing journey and all the artistic expression and collaboration with clients that is in the future.

BOOKING MERCH INSTAGRAM

PORTFOLIO

A close-up of a person's lower leg and ankle featuring a large black and red tattoo of a wendigo
A close-up of a person's forearm featuring a detailed black and gray tattoo of a praying mantis among leaves.
A close-up of a person's upper thigh showing a detailed black and red tattoo design of a stylized snake wrapping around a red sphere, with small red flower accents, against a plain light background.
A black and gray watercolor-style tattoo of a rose with thorns on a person's calf, shown against a dark textured fabric background.
A detailed black and gray tattoo of a bat with spread wings on a person's bicep
A close-up of a hand and forearm featuring a realistic black ink tattoo of two birds perched on branches with leaves and berries, shown against a light gray background.
A close-up of a person's side torso showing a detailed black and gray tattoo of a sleeping cat nestled against a dog among tree branches and leaves on the upper hip.
A close-up of a person's upper arm featuring a detailed black and gray tattoo of a Viking-style battle axe with a bold red slash design and black bird silhouettes on the shoulder.
A side-by-side comparison of two black tattoos on someones thigh
A close-up of a person's leg featuring a detailed black and gray tattoo of a snarling tiger head.
A black cybersigilsm tattoo on a person's chest.
A large black and gray tattoo of a samurai warrior with flowing brush-like elements on a person's upper thigh, shown against a plain light background.
A close-up of a person's thigh showing a large black and gray rose tattoo
A black and gray tattoo of a dagger surrounded by leaves on a person's upper thigh,
A close-up action shot of a tattoo artist's hand holding a tattoo pen, applying black ink to a person's skin in a detailed, spiky tribal pattern.