ALEKIVZ

normal human tattoo artist & illustrator

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

✦ pre-drawn / idea list for tattoos

✦ prints for sale

✦ online store

✦ unkindness art

my least fave part of making prints is figuring out proofs, esp. for digital stuff! but i have something new in the works, so i have to figure it out, for you to be able to buy for ur friends and family, or maybe just urself this holiday season. ty l

some blackberries for brian’s chest! only the rest to go 🫶 sorry about the nipple flower, bud #blackberry #chestpiece #floraltattoo #berrytattoo

kitty w/some blue salvia for rachael 🫶 i’m really bad at posting sorry. i’m ok at tattooing tho, hope that makes up for it #cat #cattattoo #deadcatdonoteat #blackandgrey #bluesalvia

frog for tay— he has real ribbiting action :) #frog #elbowtattoo #frogtattoo #greentreefrog

what’s scarier than DEATH? probably getting your chest tattooed. but brian toughed it out for this fun homage to our favourite big bad wolf 🐺 #death #pussinboots #deathtattoo #chesttattoo #wolftattoo #pussinboots

schrödinger’s cat for LA! had a ton of fun doing this alive-but-not annihilation-esque take on the classic quantum physics theory thing. schrödinger never put a cat in a box so i’m just left wondering why a cat was his animal of

my first (and so far, only) leg sleeve— a whale fall for theo! i am so happy with how this came out; everything in the pictures is healed! we finished this earlier this year but i’m itching to do another leg sleeve! my books are still ope

we have a big ol’ halloween party tomorrow night at the one, the only, @unkindnessart — and to celebrate our ten year anniversary, we’re doing a night parade of 100 demons! you can join us in hell & enjoy a costume contest, deli

a little walkthrough of the process of a large piece— i’ve been doing fitting sessions, which is just me putting on a sketchy stencil & adjusting things to fit your body, then copying it with a transfer of clear shelf liner. i then go

hey guess what. after 6 months of struggling and realising that i have been dealing with what we in the neurodivergent world call “executive dysfunction,” i’ve finally reopened my etsy store! well, sort of— my beautiful wife @

“I think about all the stuff that makes up our bodies...and how it’s just the remnants of stars that died away eons and eons ago. Isn’t that nice? We’re all just little clumps of stardust, walking around. So when I look up at

blue glaucus sea slug, but a dragon 🤙 #ribtattoo #bluedragon #blueglaucus #seaslug

🐀👑 #ratking #backpiece #crown #illustrative #tattoo #colourtattoo

PS: books open october 17th & 12PM 🤙

okapi for mary! we have a little soft edge to the side so we can add an african grey parrot in the future 🦜 #okapi #armtattoo #colourtattoo #illustrative

furry tattoo weekend recap version! i did ten tattoos on saturday as part of our inaugural event so i’ve been a little wiped 😮&zwj;💨 but i hope everyone had fun! if you missed your chance to get some of our furry flash… definitely reac

finished this ankylosaur for heather about three weeks ago— i’m behind on posting stuff but i’ve been pretty non stop lately 🦕 … always down for dinos. my books open soon, too, fyi 👀 #ankylosaurus #ankylosaur #dinosaurtatto

aadhya the gryphon for alex! my middlest tattoo from @literaryink but the last to post (the timing on the thylacine was just too good) #gryphon #griffon #mythicalcreature #tattoo

did you know that on september 7th 1936, the last known thylacine died & they went extinct? i’ll pretend i planned that for this tattoo today @literaryink — and not that i found out by coincidence after finishing it. 🫶 #thylacine #ta

day one of @literaryink down! i was so busy yesterday i forgot to share anything or even finish setup until after i finished this leopard seal for my lovely client, who took up a super last minute spot this weekend. we got third in best large colour