The girl behind the Swirls

I always knew I was going to be an artist, Its cycled through many things, Art teacher, comic illustrator, painter, animator etc. tattooing was something I thought would be cool, but never anything I would actually do.

A few months before I graduated High School in 2018, I had applied and gotten accepted into a local university hoping to get an illustration degree.

During the time before my graduation, my family and I went into a local tattoo studio to get some piercings. At the end of the transaction, It was the owner who helping us. Purely out of curiosity, I asked him how I go about going into the tattoo industry. He told me to bring a portfolio and we can go from there. I was so excited, I brought it in the next day. He offered me an apprenticeship for when I graduated high school, a few days after graduation, I was in a tattoo shop learning the process!

I apprenticed for about 6 months, even though it was a bit short, It got my foot in the door and I’m eternally grateful. I have worked at a couple shops throughout my years of tattooing. In that time, I have also traveled and tattooed across the US. Portland, San Diego, Seattle, and Virginia to name a few.

I was born and raised in Utah and moved to Orlando in the spring of 2024. We moved here because of my partner, he got a job working for a local theme park company and I followed! Orlando has been quite the experience so far and I’m excited to experience even more of it!