Emily
@mledoesart.bsky.social
tattoo artist | she/her | 18+ | AuDHD-haver
https://mledoesart.com/
https://mledoesart.com/
procrastinating on restocking supplies because i dont want to spend money but now i have a huge shopping list and have to spend more money!!! how could this happen to me!!!!
August 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
procrastinating on restocking supplies because i dont want to spend money but now i have a huge shopping list and have to spend more money!!! how could this happen to me!!!!
I'll only be a true professional, not when I start getting paid, but when I no longer have clothes not stained with ink or vaseline.
we're getting there, folks
we're getting there, folks
August 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'll only be a true professional, not when I start getting paid, but when I no longer have clothes not stained with ink or vaseline.
we're getting there, folks
we're getting there, folks
Unfortunately learning to cope with adhd means realizing my problem is less artsy byronic listlessness as it is my brain is a child that needs to be tricked into doing chores.
August 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Unfortunately learning to cope with adhd means realizing my problem is less artsy byronic listlessness as it is my brain is a child that needs to be tricked into doing chores.
Instructions unclear; ended up on freeway going south (not the direction of Washington)
July 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Instructions unclear; ended up on freeway going south (not the direction of Washington)
Sense of direction so bad I need Google maps to scry the position of the Starbucks at the other end of the parking lot
July 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Sense of direction so bad I need Google maps to scry the position of the Starbucks at the other end of the parking lot
Dad's neighbors: Oh, is Ray your brother??
Me: Nah he's my dad
Them: ...Oh!
either my dad is aging super gracefully or I'm aging super bad
Me: Nah he's my dad
Them: ...Oh!
either my dad is aging super gracefully or I'm aging super bad
July 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Dad's neighbors: Oh, is Ray your brother??
Me: Nah he's my dad
Them: ...Oh!
either my dad is aging super gracefully or I'm aging super bad
Me: Nah he's my dad
Them: ...Oh!
either my dad is aging super gracefully or I'm aging super bad
Achievement unlocked: walked through a sephora and didnt cry
May 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Achievement unlocked: walked through a sephora and didnt cry
Been practicing trad style recently as part of my training regimen. I appreciate the importance wrt history and art foundations but that doesn't mean I won't gripe about it the whole time
#traditionaltattoo
#traditionaltattoo
May 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Been practicing trad style recently as part of my training regimen. I appreciate the importance wrt history and art foundations but that doesn't mean I won't gripe about it the whole time
#traditionaltattoo
#traditionaltattoo
Nothing to motivate me to go shopping by myself like yet another case of joycon drift
Granted with the number of hours ive put on this thing I'm more disappointed than surprised ughhhhhh
Granted with the number of hours ive put on this thing I'm more disappointed than surprised ughhhhhh
May 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Nothing to motivate me to go shopping by myself like yet another case of joycon drift
Granted with the number of hours ive put on this thing I'm more disappointed than surprised ughhhhhh
Granted with the number of hours ive put on this thing I'm more disappointed than surprised ughhhhhh
ACAB: All Cops Are Blocking traffic every five miles down the entire length of the interstate what is going ON today??????
May 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
ACAB: All Cops Are Blocking traffic every five miles down the entire length of the interstate what is going ON today??????
Gonna be spending the next week+ in Olympia catsitting again, which is the hyperbolic time chamber of art projects
May 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Gonna be spending the next week+ in Olympia catsitting again, which is the hyperbolic time chamber of art projects
The street fair DJ changed up his set and now I'm living the skrillex bit from the second Deadpool movie
May 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The street fair DJ changed up his set and now I'm living the skrillex bit from the second Deadpool movie
My phone lanyard is the best purchase I've ever made but also during the rare times I don't wear it i drop my phone on the floor like I've just come back from space
May 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My phone lanyard is the best purchase I've ever made but also during the rare times I don't wear it i drop my phone on the floor like I've just come back from space
I am Not Especially Good at Balatro
May 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I am Not Especially Good at Balatro
Hanging out at the University District Street Fair and stress testing my makeup fixative in this downpour
May 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Hanging out at the University District Street Fair and stress testing my makeup fixative in this downpour
Im seeing a shocking amount of dramatical murder merch in the year of our lord 2025 truly history repeats
May 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Im seeing a shocking amount of dramatical murder merch in the year of our lord 2025 truly history repeats
I have such a strong flashbulb memory of putting my pencil sharpener somewhere and having the precise thought: "I'm absolutely going to forget this is here," AND THUS...
May 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I have such a strong flashbulb memory of putting my pencil sharpener somewhere and having the precise thought: "I'm absolutely going to forget this is here," AND THUS...
Aw yesssss first new business cards since college
May 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Aw yesssss first new business cards since college
This stupid little circle cutter is the most dangerous weapon known to man
April 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This stupid little circle cutter is the most dangerous weapon known to man
FWIW I've spent the past...3mo (god) doing portfolio work so I can make an honest go at Being An Artist In The 21st Century.
I linked my website to my bluesky account! I'm getting business cards printed!! I'm holding myself accountable!!!!!
I linked my website to my bluesky account! I'm getting business cards printed!! I'm holding myself accountable!!!!!
April 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
FWIW I've spent the past...3mo (god) doing portfolio work so I can make an honest go at Being An Artist In The 21st Century.
I linked my website to my bluesky account! I'm getting business cards printed!! I'm holding myself accountable!!!!!
I linked my website to my bluesky account! I'm getting business cards printed!! I'm holding myself accountable!!!!!
Time for that social media walk of shame where I say I'm gonna try harder to be more present several months after last posting anything LOL
a group of skeletons are dancing in a cemetery .
ALT: a group of skeletons are dancing in a cemetery .
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April 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Time for that social media walk of shame where I say I'm gonna try harder to be more present several months after last posting anything LOL
All that to say 1. January has been fucking wild for me 2. I got this beautiful flash piece yesterday at Black and Blue Tattoo from Clay (sourtrout.ink on insta)
January 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
All that to say 1. January has been fucking wild for me 2. I got this beautiful flash piece yesterday at Black and Blue Tattoo from Clay (sourtrout.ink on insta)
Well after the rat ate my car and before I could get a new one, my grandma fell at the San Francisco Airport en route back to Arizona from a Hawaiian cruise and broke her hip.
January 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Well after the rat ate my car and before I could get a new one, my grandma fell at the San Francisco Airport en route back to Arizona from a Hawaiian cruise and broke her hip.
While I'm covering my dash in kobolds: my xmas gift to @ffacrafts.bsky.social last year was a collection of charms to sell at conventions. The whole process was way easier than I'd anticipated. Next batch I do is definitely going to have some kind of glitter treatment.
#kobold #dnd #ttrpg
#kobold #dnd #ttrpg
January 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
While I'm covering my dash in kobolds: my xmas gift to @ffacrafts.bsky.social last year was a collection of charms to sell at conventions. The whole process was way easier than I'd anticipated. Next batch I do is definitely going to have some kind of glitter treatment.
#kobold #dnd #ttrpg
#kobold #dnd #ttrpg