TattedTentacle

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They/them. Queer and ND illustrator and tattoo artist at a private studio in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. Streams art on Twitch. #tattoo #art

A digital illustration of an angry looking, tan draft horse with fiery, flowy mane stomping on a rainbow iridescent King cobra that coils around its front right leg. The horse is looking down at the cobra pinned underneath its hoof while lifting up the other front leg, either in triumph or to land another blow. The cobra has its collar open, mouth wide and tongue sticking out while locking eyes with the horse. The cobra is a blueish purple with flashes of rainbow where the light hits. There is a diagonally striped border around the illustration and in the background a sun or explosion-like shape. The style of the horse is painterly with clearly visible brush strokes while the background and border are more graphic.
A collage of 4 digital illustrations overlapping each other. The illustrations are all of an anthromorphized Amur leopard (Siberian leopard). On the left is a full body illustration of the character sitting on a big branch, high up in a tree in a frosty landscape, while golden sunlight hits them from the back. The character is wearing an outfit traditionally worn by people native to the Siberian region. On the right are three smaller illustrations, all depicting details of the character. On the top is a rough illustration of one of their eyes, in the middle a tuft of fur, at the bottom a closeup shot of their mouth being held open by a claw, showing off their sharp teeth. The style is a mix of painted and sketch, where the middle section of the illustration is rendered in a painterly manner, while the edges of the illustration show the rough pencil lines of the underlying sketch. All illustrations except for the tuft of hair are on tattered pieces of paper.
A closeup of a rough sketch of a mouse holding a bottle almost as big as itself. The mouse is behind the bottle and looks up at the glass plug that has just popped out of the bottle, followed by a plume of smoke that coils behind the mouse. The text on the bottle says “Formula 86”. On top of the drawing lie two pencils, the purple and green pencils used for the sketch.
A digital illustration of a grotto, in the center of it sits a skeleton, of which you only see part of the top half, is sitting in the bright, twinkling water nestled between some rocks. A gold necklace is draped over the skull. On the biggest rock behind the skeleton there's a pile of coins, gems, jewelry and other shiny things. Behind that rock is a tall shrub on which a Red-billed Blue magpie sits with a gold, pearl and ruby brooch in its beak. There's a hole in the ceiling of the grotto letting in a beam of light, hitting the shrub and the pile of treasure. The grotto is closed off with tall, moss and shrub covered rock walls. The overall style of the piece is done with somewhat looser, textured brush strokes.
4 tattoo designs together in one composition. All tattoo designs are of a Japanese Dogwood tree branch with some flowers, berries and sparkles. The style is illustrative and all but the bottom left flower are in black and grey, the bottom left flower is in color. Top left is a diagonal branch with 2 flowers, 2 berries and 6 leaves, top right a little mouse standing on/holding on to a single flowered branch with 1 berry and 4 leaves, bottom left a colorful small branch with 1 big flower and 6 leaves, bottom right a small flower surrounded by 4 leaves and a berry. All designs have little dots and sparkles surrounding them.
A digital illustration of two adult snakes wrapped around half an egg, out of which sticks a very happy baby snake. The green snakes are surrounded by Epimedium flowers while further in the background is a tree with one prominent branch on which two fluffy cats sit, one orange cat and one beige (seal point?) cat. The illustration has a dark yellow border with a couple of soot sprites from Studio Ghibli movies in front of it.
A large tattoo of Queen Azshara from World of Warcraft that takes up most of a white person’s upper leg/thigh.
4 characters from the Nickelodeon animated series “Ahhh! Real Monsters”
A photo of a set up tattoo workspace with a soap bottle, wipes, a tattoo machine, ink and cream. Behind the trolley, in a shelf, are more hygienic items like, gloves, wipes and tattoo ink.
A photo of three ducks walking on a tiled section of a garden. They are one female and one male duck. The male duck in the front is eating some duck food from the floor. There are a few plants on the side and some pots and bags in the background.
A photo of a tattoo on a Latina's hand. On the wrist are a red and pink ribbon coming together in a heart shaped knot. Attached to the knot is a large emaille charm of a wild rose. The style of the charm is inspired by folk embroidery art, with two round leaves on the top curling behind two rose petals that are curled inward. The rest of the petals are open and form the rounded part of the bottom of the charm. In between the leaves and petals are spikey yellow and red ornamental leaves. Behind the charm flows a ribbon that comes loose from the knot, curling first towards the thumb, to end up on the top of the ring finger. The top part of the ribbon is red while the bottom is pink, showing the pink section in the curl near the thumb. The style is illustrative.
A photo (medium portrait) of a Mainecoon cat resting his head up against my leg. His face is smooshed on left side that’s up against the leg. He’s looking up at the camera with one open eye while the other is almost entirely closed due to the smoosh. With his left paw he’s hugging the leg, his right paw curled up on the surface he’s lying on. His fur is brown, white, grey and black — on his face are defined stripes while the rest of his fur is more splotchy. His toes and chin are white. On the right side there’s a small part of a hand, holding him, and in the background a wooden floor and the tail end of a small Tibetan tiger rug.
A (digitally) painted portrait of a young Asian man. He is looking directly into the camera with a neutral look on his face. He has a sparse mustache, full brows and a haircut with short side and a longer, swooping top. The background is gray. The style is rough and painterly with the brushstrokes obviously visible. Some colors in his face are exaggerated to be brighter than reality.
An illustration of the position of the heart in the ribcage, showing it’s positioned almost exactly in the middle and not under your left shoulder, as many not sees seem to think.
A photo of a tattoo of a sleepy bat surrounded by flowers growing out of its chest on the inside of a white person's lower leg. The bat is floating in space, its right wing stretched up and out while the left wing is folded in close to the bat's body. Its left leg stretches out and its right leg is going up towards the flower stem. Its eyes are closed peacefully and it has a little smile on its face. One of the flowers growing out of its chest is a large white flower with a yellow center and many petals, above it is a purpleish pink flower with 5 big leaves and a yellow center. A few leaves are attached to the stem and behind the pink flower, behind the flowers and bat are a bunch of small white flowers and Asparagus Setaceus leaves. Around the bat are small decorative dots, some grouped together in fours to resemble a little flower or star. The flowers are full color while the bat and part of the stem growing out of its chest is done with black and grey tones. The style is illustrative.
A digital illustration of a mouse sleeping curled up in a ball with a flower growing out of its chest against a white background.
A triptych of slightly different angles of a tattoo of My Neighbor Totoro and two chibi Totoros surrounded by flowers and foliage on a white person's lower leg. The big Totoro in the middle is holding a glowing acorn that's sprouting leaves. He has a big grin and is wearing a big leaf as a hat. The white chibi Totoro is holding on to big Totoro's back while wearing a red flower as a hat. The blue chibi Totoro is sitting on the right of big Totoro, shading itself with a leaf-umbrella. The style is illustrative and heavily inspired by the original Ghibli movie "My Neighbor Totoro".
A digital illustration of a masculine looking fire genasi draconic sorcerer. His skin is a deep, dark grey with cracks that show the fire beneath. His eyes are glowing and fiery, his hair and eyebrows a flow of lava. He is looking to our left with a dreamy look and slight smile while holding a branch of bleeding heart flowers. The style is stylized and painterly.
A digital illustration of a feminine looking half elf celestial warlock, accompanied by her purple pixie companion. Her skin is golden brown with flecks of gold, her wavy, shoulder length hair is a reddish brown with white streaks framing her face. She is looking at our right with a dreamy look and slight smile while holding a heart shaped pendant on the chain around her neck. The style is stylized and painterly.
A digital illustration of a nasturtium flower in a painterly, Art Nouveau inspired style on a light beige background.
A digital sketch of Nancy from the 1996 movie “The Craft”. It is a medium portrait of her kissing a snake she is holding up with her left hand. The style is rough and loose.
A collage of 4 sketched portraits of Anjelica Huston as the Grand High Witch from the 1990 movie “The Witches”. The style is loose and looks like pencils. It is made in Clip Studio Paint.
A digital illustration of the Grand High Witch from the 1990 movie “The Witches”. She’s holding a bottle of Formula 86 in her right hand and a grey mouse in her left. A brown mouse is climbing up her right leg unnoticed.
A digital illustration of a small grouping of Snowdrop flowers.
A digital study of two Globe thistles with a bumblebee on each flower in a painterly style.
A large tattoo of Queen Azshara from World of Warcraft that takes up most of a white person’s upper leg/thigh.