hi everyone! welcome to newsletter #6 and thank you for being here :-D here are two tattoos I’ve made this past month that I love and want to share with y’all: MONKEY BALL, which was just so fun to shade; and my first-ever traditional ‘half-sleeve’ piece! (you can peek at the way it fully wraps around the arm on my instagram page.)

I also wanted to share a design that I’ll print on t-shirts soon - drop date TBA! I allowed members of the Panther Solidarity Organization (PSO) Ridgewood to screenprint a simplified version of this design on to t-shirts, which we sold to raise money for their Serve the People program. (so if the design looks familiar to you, that’s why!)

my next exciting announcement is that I’ll be visiting Chicago this October !!! I’ve been wanting to visit for forEVER, so I’m so stoked that this trip is finally happening. I’ll be tattooing out of My Place Tattoo on October 4 & 5, and you can book with me here! this link is only for Chicago bookings. I will open my books for the rest of October in NYC on September 13 (next Monday), in the evening. it’ll be at that same webpage.

I’m really excited to work with y’all! thank you for reading my newsletter and following my work — feedback is always appreciated. the last thing I want to say is that the mutual aid funds I shared last month still have not reached their goals! if you’re able to send funds, please do so. it’s great to buy merch when all the proceeds go to mutual aid, but it’s also great to send $ without material incentive ;)

Support Erica Eakins’ Emergency Medical Costs ($2080/4000) – Erica just had a kidney and pancreas transplant, after battling gastroparesis and renal failure for the past nine years.
Support Marlon’s Re-Entry ($1674/3000) – they are a Black non-binary elder who was just released to parole after being incarcerated for 16 years. (you can also Venmo @angelmartin!)

endlessly grateful for you all,

Ocean