Hi I’m Austin!

I have been tattooing in Portland, OR since 2022 after having learned the craft in my hometown of Baltimore, MD (Go O’s and Ravens) in 2020. Throughout school, I always showed an interest in art- drawing on the backs of my assignments and trying to take as many art classes as possible. In my collegiate years, art education and advocacy based services fueled my education. Having graduated with a degree in Human Service and a minor in Psychology, I went on to pursue a career in my field.

I always kept painting and getting tattooed, slowly amassing a large collection of tattoos and meeting lots of tattoo wizards along the way. I could not stop getting tattooed- I was hooked. It was the coolest shit I had ever seen, and these artists were living my dream. In a stroke of incredible luck, I quit my job and was able to spend more time investing into the tattoo arts. After years of work, I was able to pursue my dream for real; I started apprenticing to learn how to tattoo. This gift is the best I had ever received, it is never taken for granted.

I started working with Connie at I Heart in 2023 and we officially became a co-op in 2024. I am so incredibly proud of the space we have been able to create, and I am so happy to share it with our clients. On my days off, I like to take my cattle dog, Peyote, for trail walks or river swims, go golfing or catch a Blazers game.