Education, Awards, & Convention Schedule

Resume: Education, Awards, & Other

I have a constant need for education and am curious by nature. Below you'll find list of seminars taken (digital & in person), and other standard courses taken since becoming licensed, it is not all, but most. I also am a frequent reader, podcast listener, & vlog subscriber. The following is as much a resume to me as it is a way for you to become familiar with just a part of what I do to create the best tattoo I can give and continue to be as knowledgeable as I can be in this profession. Additional merits/accomplishments are also listed.

 Awards

2024 September: 2nd Place Best Small Color (Convention) 
Evergreen Autumn in Hillsboro, OR 

2020 Best BioMechanical Tattoo (Online)
Sponsored by Sanibalm for Tattoo Awards 
People's Choice 5th Place

2019 September: Best Animation/Cartoon Tattoos (Online)
Sponsored by World Famous Tattoo Ink for Tattoo Awards 
People's Choice 2nd Place

 Formal Education

The Art Institute of Portland- 4 years- Studied Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design

Hot Rod Betties Tattoo School 2014/2015


Licensure:

Oregon Licensed Tattoo Artist 2015-present

Oregon Registered Business & Body Art Facility License- 2017-present


Magazine Publishings

Carnival of Ink

Tattoos in the following issues (pictured below)

September 2023, September 2024, October 2024

  • Sept 2023 Issue

    Carnival of Ink Sept 2023- 2 included in Gallery

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  • Sept 2024 Issue

    Carnival of Ink Sept 2024- Gallery

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  • Oct 2024 Issue

    Carnival of Ink Oct 2024- Gallery

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2024 Classes/Seminars Taken

Fireside Tattoo Club- Ongoing w/Jake Meeks

Guest Artist Technique Talks (mini seminars), critiques, monthly drawing prompts, etc.


Evergreen Educational 2024: Seminars from Victor Portugal, Steve Butcher, Deanna James, & Ulysses Blair


Color Realism w/Ben Kaye

21 Draw- Various classes on landscape drawing, figure drawing

Additional Education

Nikko Hurtado Patreon Seminars (1 & 2)

InkSpired- Reese HillburnNew Paragraph

Virtual Art Summit 2021

3D Tattoos- Mike Devries

Caricature 101- Nick Mitchell

Painting a Skull- Christian Perez

Mixed Media Art for Tattoo Design- Thea Duskin

Techniques of Traditional (Tattoo Flash) Watercolor- Hunter Spanks

Outer Space Tattoos- Haley Adams

The Calm Within the Chaos- Jesse Smith


DVD/Digital Download:

Pink Rose: Phil Garcia

In the Studio w/ Joshua Carlton vol. 1 & 2

Guy Aitchison: Coverup A Fresh Look 

& Coverup The Next Level

Tattooing Color Portraits-- Nikko Hurtado

Carl Grace: Tutorials from the Dark Side vol 1, 2, & 3

Get Real- Mike Devries

Get Digital: Photoshop Techniques for Tattoo Artists

Shoot It Right- Mario Rosena

The Whole Enchilada vol 1 & 2- Brandon Bond

Gray Opaque Tattooing- Joshua Carlton

Oil Painting (2 Seminars) Joshua Carlton


Tattoo Machine Maint. & Troubleshooting- 2016- GB Irons

My Approach to Tattooing- 2016 Jerad Preslar

Color Tattoo Seminar- 2017- Patrick Flynn

Flesh Tones Demystified- 2017- David Gluck

Tattooing the Impossible- 2017- James Kern

Tattooing the Impossible 2- 2018- James Kern

Advanced Color For Tattooists- 2018- James Kern

Studio Management Seminar- 2018- Melissa Ferranto

Evergreen Tattoo Educational- 2018- Seminars from
Nikko Hurtado, Remember Orellana, Mark Wosgerau, Ruben Langsted

Evergreen Tattoo Educational- 2019- Seminars from
Poch, Robby Latos, Jesse Smith, Kyle Cotterman

Virtual Tattoo Gathering May 2020- 
Nick Baxter Oil Painting Seminar
Kris Lachance "Reopening w/Covid-19 Guidelines/Tips"
Other Artist Interviews & Channels to view from Fireside Tattoo, Eternal Ink, Cheyenne, Rockford Tattoo History Museum etc.

Reinventing the Tattoo Subscription- weekly classes w/Guy Aitchison, interviews, art seminars/paint jams, tutorials, critiques, etc.

Virtual Tattoo Gathering June 2020-
Corey Ferguson seminar "Geometric Designs"
Matt Hurtado Seminar "Intro. to Oil Painting"
Dark Skin Body Art Panel
Christina Ramos Seminar "Still Life in Oil"
Additional content/interviews from Jesse Smith, Nikko Hurtado, Fireside Tattoo, Cheyenne

Virtual Tattoo Gathering August 2020- 
Andre Malcolm Seminar "Large Scale Japanese Tattoos"
Guy Aitchison Workshop "Sleeve Design"
Panel: "Thriving as an Independent Artist in 2020"
Rain Delmar Seminar "Surreal Portrait" Oil Painting
Lady Sara "Innovation is Hidden in the Past"
Frank Lanatra "Next Level Character Design"
Other content: Biomech Paint Jam, Lightning Critiques, Product Demonstrations, & artist interviews.
Other Online Courses 2020: 
Social Media Marketing
Blogging & Content Marketing
Viral Marketing
Digital Marketing
Virtual Art Summit 2020
Time Management
Shelley Dax Interviews
Painting with Felix K

2022/2023-
Continuing Reinventing The Tattoo Subscriber (year round classes, book, exercises, drawing groups etc.)

Tattoo Business Mastery- Next Level 2021-June 2023 Matt Clemmer, James Wightman 

Everything I Know- Joshua Carlton

Aaron Blaise- All sorts of courses in illustration, drawing, digital tools

Evergreen Educational 2022- Daniel Rocha, Mark Wade, Autumn Hudson, Ty McEwen

Evergreen Educational 2023- Lady B., Daniel Brevik, Cassady Bell, Edgar Marquez

Robbie Ripoll- Rad Academy 90 min seminar

Painting Courses from Andrew Tischler
Skinny on Skin: OHSU Melanoma Course
Nicollette (Back 40 Tattoo)- Coverup Seminar Oct 2023
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