Lil

Illustrative colour and blackwork tattoos.
Baby tattoo artist.
DM or email at [email protected] to book in!

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

@nancyctattoos The studio I did my apprenticeship in was all white walls, we weren't allowed to hang anything up. The owner even got upset if we moved the furniture in our stations because it wouldn't be symmetrical to the other side of the room. Horrid to get tattooed with nothing to look at!

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

I can really appreciate some of the creativity in the work of self-taught tattooers, but part of the apprenticeship journey is learning what is and isn't tattooable. You've got to know the rules before you break them!

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

Got a backhanded complement for being an "apprenticeship tattoo artist" the other day. Oof. I know lots of this non-traditiolally tattooed work looks sick, but so much of it is gonna be illegible in 5 years.

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

Wish tattooing was busier/more reliable for me. Hoping it becomes viable for me to go full time this year, or I can get another creative side hustle going.

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

@JustineLucyyink Lmao I'm https://t.co/edMJ5Yiwgk on Instagram because https://t.co/nMXoKOjsKp was some random dead insta. So fucking annoying

[🎨 TORE & CHILI 🐈 @ohitore]

Next year I actually want to have at least one cool photo of me doing my job like everybody else seems to have lmao

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

So jealous of all u guys who have gotten to tattoo this month 🥲

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

Finished this Luna moth on Saturday!!

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

@treacletatts Hopefully just a bit of trapped wind! Happens to the burpiest of us 🖤

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

It's scary, but more in a sense than I wanna tattoo and I can't improve when I'm not tattooing. The good times will come around again!

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

If any of you are feeling bad about a lack of bookings, I have three appointments booked in for the rest of the year - two of them are free touch-ups.

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

@nancyctattoos I've technically put my day rate up to £350 recently but not actually followed through at all...

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

Lawful evil feels natural, but sometimes neutral good or true neutral for fun

[Jorge R. Gutierrez @mexopolis]

Chaotic Evil to sketch.
True Neutral to clean up.

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

@rabbitfoottat I never get a massive amount of views but this takes the cake!

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

I posted a tiktok last week and it's literally had 18 views. How?!

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

What is it with being proud of a tattoo, then suddenly hating every photo?

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

@plantpuketattoo I did a guest spot this weekend, brought every colour I had, and did black & grey all weekend

[Lil @LialaTattoo]

Had a god awful migraine yesterday - at the tail end of it now, but I've been drawing on paper to save my eyes. I've missed it!!! So nice!!!

[🎨 TORE & CHILI 🐈 @ohitore]

I get that some people are anxious or non-confrontational but when you’re getting something permanent like a tattoo you need to start advocating for yourselves if you don’t like the design or placement instead of just agreeing to a tattoo you’re not 100% sold on. Communicate.