normal human tattoo artist & illustrator

kingsley van zandt, also known as “alekivz,” just another tatttooer in richmond, virginia

for transparency’s sake: i reduced the saturation in these photos & videos because it’s not far off the mark for the healed black & grey but the redness really jumps out when it’s a small piece of a full leg sleeve. a big
i suppose it’s appropriate to post today about the thoughts i’ve been having regarding the tattoo industry— namely, that i’m so extremely grateful to have the clients, coworkers, and followers that i do have. i don’t say
🦖 #spinosaurus #dinosaur #dinosaurtattoo #workinprogress
stefy the dwarf bunny for stefanie! i love drawing and talking about rabbits, gotta be one of my fave animals to tattoo. they’ve got an impressive range, from cute to dapper to, if getting into hares, kind of haunting and surreal… anyway
some antler collarbones 🌸 i like to make things visually symmetrical but with some offsets— antlers, skulls, etc. are rarely ever truly symmetrical & it is more fun to draw & tattoo that way for me. #antlers #antlertattoo #collarboneta
i do pretty much all my liners by hand these days. here’s some from the past month, some for finished projects, some for pieces i haven’t posted yet, some for in progress work— they’re all taken in some or another capacity tho
thank you to everyone who came to our @unkindnessart “roll for initiative” dnd flash day yesterday! i did 6 tattoos— two of which were my very own unicorn design 🫶 it was an awesome & fun filled day, with plunger games, healed
lil audrey II, or two-y— i only saw little shop of horrors for the first time in 2019 and im not sure why because it is honestly great & i was reminded to post this cuz im at the dentist right now and the entire field of dental care is now
light dragon for rebeka, a piece that’s been at least several months in the making. 🫶 btw i love zelda games. im pretty much always down to do a zelda tattoo. #zelda #lightdragon #zeldatattoo #blackandgrey
elizabeth’s fursona, a dragon! and some trumpet flower. lines & shading healed, colour fresh. this is my first fursona tattoo (and her first tattoo at all!) but like, just so you know, i *am* a furry and i’d be delighted to tattoo you
how now, brown trout 🐟🎀 #fish #trout #browntrout #fishtattoo
lil work in progress— lines healed, this is mostly just black shading & then some solid greys/purples at the bottom. hopefully we can finish this bad boy up next session 👌 #wolf #wolftattoo #thightattoo
mamma mia that’s a spicy meat-a-ball-a 🍝👌😩🤌🫰 #opossum #opossumtattoo #italiano #spaghetti
faunus tattoo, paired with krampus! we knocked out both of these in one day. thanks again for the trust, brittney! #duskwalkerbrides #faunus #handtattoo
i’m still doing #invertober this year! here’s the first two weeks of prompts— i caught covid while out of town and im taking the time to catch up on my bug drawings before the end of the month. prompt list by @fossil.forager PS: t
mushroom person shepherding snails through the moss! thank you, myco, for the trust as i tattooed an awful spot forever. #mushroom #chanterelle #mushroomtattoo #snail #snailtattoo #transmasc
krampus for brittney! one of two hand tattoos we knocked out in an all day session, everyone’s favourite yuletide demon. seems an appropriate one to share as the weather has been getting decently cold & spooky lately. ❄️ #krampus #handtatto
i’m all set up at #blfc here in reno! i’m at table 601, near the snack bar. it’s my first time selling on the west coast in over 5 years thanks to covid & i’m excited to be back. con hours are tuesday 12-6PM, wednesday 11A
fresh beetle, healed salamander, for tay, by me 🫶 #beetle #stagbeetle #beetletattoo #salamandertattoo #salamander