HedgeWitch Tattoos by Finn Graves.

Tattoo Artist logging my tattoos, tattoo flash, ink work and style.// I have a nature based, sketchy style of tattoo art.// To get a tattoo contact me at: finn@finngravesart.com

Friday Mood:
"If [...] you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not [just] a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something." -Kurt Vonnegut
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Punk rock grunge koala on some weird fake skin from China that is thanks to @liaflower7 who made the cutest gemini baby in the world. #zarafanclub Happy Birthday tiny Gemini! .
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Messing with some design work thoughts. My illustrator brain likes to collect images all together for quick review. (Just the baking tools are my tattoos, the background is consentual sharpie poisoning).
I'm looking forward to playing with pulling the baking sleeve all together and using some huge grey color fields!!! I love graphic things. .
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#finngravesart #bakingsleeve #bakingtattoo

No joke guys. This is the sweater my Mom sent me this morning... #merchshirtsfromMom
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#momlife #tattoomeme #tattoomemes #tattooartist

Working out the kinks on this pretty little fox piece for @drc3p0, and experimenting with all the cross hatching of my dreams. I love etching texture.

"Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to level yourself up.”
– Thomas J. Watson
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Can we just say... some pieces are reallllly hard to get a picture of? *giggles* so here's this video of the #measuringcups addition to @lucasmiller12935 baking sleeve. Lucas is Watson's type of friend. He and I trade "Whatcha reading?" Stories and we are always on a self improvement kick. I am proud to have known him for so freaking long now. And even prouder that he keeps coming back so I can level up on his arm. Thanks for the trust buddy. .
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I so want to make stickers of all the guys and I for the shop like this. We'd be so cute. #tattooshop #tattoostickers #bobross #bobrossstyle

Finally got to complete the first tattoo on @bkopihua, out of her own art. It means: "Allowing the flow of life to carry us along in balance." .
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Many more tattoos to come on this one. Just... she wants to be able to get in the river. Which... cracks me up. Because that florida girl only gets in to her knees! .
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#theflowofliving #trusttheflow #liveinbalance #pigtattoo #kitetattoo #minimalisttattoo #lineart #linetattoo

“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” —Susan Gale
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Red and swollen shoulder cap/jellyfish for Lisa for Mother's Day.

"I am still learning." -Michaelangelo, Renaissance painter and sculptor. .
Knocked out this piece that @dominickrobynwolfe drew today.
Swipe right for the tattoo.
Excellent lesson in the concept: "It takes the time it takes." Thanks for the trust babe. .
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Do ya'll ever feel like you're trying ro push, or rush thru things, just swimming uphill on a dirt stream searching for water? I have this personal tendency to just power thru EVERYTHING until I get it done. @dominickrobynwolfe has been encouraging me to learn to flow downstream. To trust the flow of the water. To listen, leap and as @christopher_creath says, to "trust fall into the universe." .
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Worked on @hunifae's stuffed koala tattoo today. Thanks for the trust. :) #koala #traumabear #tattoo #tattooartist

We're getting further along on @dominickrobynwolfe 's deep blockprint tattoos with incredible saturation. I am falling deeply in love with the process across her legs. She challenges and uplifts me. I love that shit. Thanks babe for the trust and challenge. .
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Guys. GUYS. I have the best client/friends. Just finished this white peony on Vera and I feel stoked. We did the thing! .
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Look at the cutest tattoo business card stickers EVER!!!! I'm totally stoked on these. Schedule an apointment for March and you'll get one! .
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Got these little beauties of Jason's tattoo while I was gone in New Orleans. Fucking Stoked. Looks gorgeous and I love his and my collaborations on placement and script from old scrolls. Super fun Jason. Also... hilariously... I think it was @thereisnokelly who pointed out that my tattooing has now gone international. (Since Jason lives in Berlin and comes back to get tattooed by me.) Heart flutter pump. Awesome. .
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Anyways, my books are open. Working Thursday-Saturdays and my schedule is ready for you. Whatcha wanna get now that I'm back??? .
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#hedgewitchtattoos #queermagicklove

Hilariously... i forgot to take pictures post tattoo.... so here's a little purple stencil for ya'll. Thanks as always to @lucasmiller12935 for being a dream. .
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Actual tattoo pictures soon. .
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Had a blast doing this collaboration of Middle English with Jason. Script collaborations in red and black and now my favorite thing. Swipe to see close ups. Thanks for flying in. I like our Holiday Tattoo Tradition. .
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Tattoo apprentice/artist working.

Tattoo apprentice/artist working.

Available. $700

Available. $700

Mandrake/Ginsing tattoo flash for Cai's ongoing foot sleeve.

Mandrake/Ginsing tattoo flash for Cai's ongoing foot sleeve.

foot nature herb sleeve

Available. $700

Available. $700

worm guta kola bug stone Nature herb foot tattoo

upright mixer tattooflash

Available. $200-400

Available. $200-400

Beginning of a baking sleeve for my buddy.

Beginning of a baking sleeve for my buddy.

Available. $700

Available. $700

mandrake ginsing foot tattoo sleeve

Life cycle of a moth flash for tattoo