Alex Christensen

🌙Tattoo apprentice🌙 🥀they/them🥀 🖤Buffalo, NY🖤

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Today I got to do my first ever color tattoo! This was SUCH a blast to do and I learned so much through the process. I can’t wait to tackle the next one!

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Thank you to my wonderful boyfriend for trusting me to do my third ever tattoo on him, and for sitting like a rock for such a tough spot! 💪🏻🖤 Who knows what band this is from? 👀

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Definitely blew this one out in a few spots, but thankfully that's something we should be able to hide once it's healed! Swipe to see our reference (heavily simplified for the sizing)

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Yesterday I had the incredible experience of doing my first ever tattoos on my best friend in the whole world. Tara has been my biggest supporter over the years we’ve been friends, so for her to be there for this special day made it even more amazing. Thank you for the trust 🖤

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We did the heart first then the crayon, and I’m so impressed by the difference between the two!! 🖍️ I’m so very grateful to have gotten to this point in my journey, and I can’t wait to see how I continue to learn and improve. Be on the lookout for more tattoos this week!

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The past few months especially have been such a challenge. But I feel like I’ve bounced back better than ever, and I’m so incredibly grateful to have made it this far, and SO excited to watch myself learn and grow as a tattoo artist. I am officially a Junior Tattoo Artist at True Gloom Tattoo in Buffalo, NY. This is something I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid, and it’s so surreal that it’s finally happening. Thank you if you’ve ever supported me or my art, you know who you are 🫶🏻

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Some New School style Pokemon tattoo designs I did recently! It’s been challenging drawing in different styles, but I’m really enjoying it!

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Black Veil Brides was my first ever concert when I was 11, and they were one of the first bands that really made me fall in love with music. I really can’t describe how it was to finally be able to meet and thank them for what they do. Their music has helped me through some pretty awful times in my life, and it was incredible to see them live again all these years later. 🫶🏻

As if the meet and greet wasn’t amazing enough, I caught Lonny and Jake after the show too! These guys are seriously such sweethearts, it was such a pleasure to get to say hi and chat a little.

The whole experience was so incredible, I couldn’t help myself and I bought tickets to see/meet them again in Ohio… I’ve never traveled that far for a concert, or seen the same band twice on one tour before. And I absolutely can’t wait 🖤

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More Pokémon berries! 🍍🍒🍐✨ Part 3/?

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I’ll be taking a little break from working on these for now, be on the lookout for some spooky flash soon! 👻

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Our artist Hayley told me today that my outfit was giving Sophie, and I’m really happy with that ✨💐

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If you have any questions about tattoo apprenticeships please feel free to ask!! I started my apprenticeship in February, so about 7 months as of posting this. I’d love to use my socials to help other artists or anyone curious about tattooing 🫶🏻

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"If you pick a fight with a god of death, I can't guarantee your soul's safety."

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Another Soul Eater tattoo concept! One of my characters from one of my favorite anime. Would you be a meister or a weapon? I think I would be a weapon, and I'd be a big sword or a battle axe! 🪓⚔️

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On my quest to become the berry master 🍇✨

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Part 2/? of me drawing all of the Pokémon berries! I’m having an absolute blast with these 💕

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Making and placing some stencils on fake skin! It’s so fun to see how I learn and improve between every tattoo 🫶🏻✨

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My second time ever tattooing my own designs onto fake skin! I still have a LONG way to go but I’m super proud of how these came out! 🌱

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Practicing tattooing a Shellder! 🐚✨ This was my mentor’s pick, and my first time shading a tattoo! I learned so much and I’m excited to fill the rest of this fake skin with more of them for practice.

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Thank you to everyone who stopped by our Omen Ink booth this past weekend at the Niagara Tattoo Expo, it was a blast! 🖤 Huge congrats to my mentor Cody for winning 2 more third place trophies to bring back to the shop! We’ll see you all next time for AnimeInk Con in Richmond VA in October! 💖

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Setting up my station with a snap of my fingers ✨

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The rest of my animal skull flash! Which one would you get? 💀🐦‍⬛🦌🐺

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Some animal skull flash for you all 🌿🖤

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I had so much fun drawing these, part 2 coming later in the week. Which one is your favorite? 🐻🐈‍⬛🐎🦴