https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/my-client-was-at-a-model-home-when-a-woman-shed-never-met~729aa27f-3ad3-43f0-bb13-543fde85e1be https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/07/7180a349-3c2a-42c5-a41e-722093c8bfc4.jpg My client was at a model home when a woman she'd never met… My client was at a model home when a woman she'd never met walked right up and grabbed her arm! She loved the tattoo and she meant it as a compliment 🤷‍♀️ But it got us talking about it. There's a line between loving the art and forgett… https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/art/not-good-technique-just-sayin~601cf4bd-b8f1-492f-baed-30f5bea25288 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/07/543b79cb-2604-46f8-afa5-466d1a409f93.jpg "Not good technique, just sayin "Not good technique, just sayin." I asked what you'd change. Still waiting. Here's what that video was. Color pencil on paper next to the start of a color gradient on fake skin. Two ways to work on the same problem, which is saturation. … https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/yes-you-can-be-into-everything~2b555194-288c-4b66-9a30-37cf0fd67ffc https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/07/23d20ed4-eafb-45e4-b3d4-7c1719e3d81f.jpg Yes, you can be into everything Yes, you can be into everything! I love so many tattoo and art styles. I could scroll other people's work all day and want to try every bit of it. But wanting to try everything and actually picking what I build towards aren't the same th… https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/what-if-the-work-you-keep-turning-down-is-the-work-that~cb8882a9-9a76-476e-94be-0eb9991bf1c1 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/07/8b531684-5774-4d9f-b167-0dd2083d4d81.jpg What if the work you keep turning down is the work that… What if the work you keep turning down is the work that gets you to your dream style? The pieces that get you to your dream style aren't always the dream. They're the ones sitting just a half step outside of it. The job that made you fig… https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/art/have-a-happy-and-safe-4th-of-july~09466a0c-1977-4b84-8202-6d6b285adcc0 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/07/56152421-bcbb-4274-8efa-d17271cb8ce3.jpg Have a happy and safe 4th of July Have a happy and safe 4th of July!!!! Here's a red white and blue realistic rose where I was testing out some new pastel paper. I'd been putting off digging in. I had the paper taped for months just waiting so figured this was a good tim… https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/color-theory-geometric-roses-upper-arm~449f832a-bdfc-480b-b08c-a4a5aef73610 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/06/a45b6078-f9a7-4fb8-972c-48700f4472f0.jpg Color-theory geometric roses, upper arm This is because of color assimilation! When you put small areas of color in among another color, your eye blends them together instead of keeping them separate. So a color spreads into the ones around it and changes how they look. That's… https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/abstract-linework-and-watercolor-tattoo~e48ffe45-a076-4014-abcc-712443d13ce2 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/06/4b9d510c-97a3-4c0c-93b5-25ed3f7bf284.jpg Abstract linework and watercolor tattoo I made this when I wanted to try something different than what I usually do. This is my approach to abstract linework and watercolor tattoos and is also several months healed. We want to try other things because we like other things. We … https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/color-rose-and-skull-arm-tattoo~c23c31ab-2d34-467d-862f-80b0b2a7a89d https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/06/cbd80a08-a0c7-4547-aa1c-647bcbe1651a.jpg Color rose and skull arm tattoo You can be booked out solid, making good money, and still feel like somethings off. That gap is where our imposter is lurking around pouring gasoline on the fire that eventually burns us out if we don't check it. Don't let the choice bet… https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/butterfly-tattoo-on-shoulder~c58255d5-0a88-4911-b505-4b32d3fc7807 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/06/beaca4f8-9d75-45f1-ac8a-c5760d3d5ce4.jpg Butterfly tattoo on shoulder Butterfly and waiting for dinner in Costa Rica! https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/colorwork-surreal-abstract-sleeve~178f139f-6c21-4561-a85c-ba1b85664f04 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/06/e3b211be-1f9a-460f-b564-9c0f82b032c2.jpg Colorwork surreal abstract sleeve You're posting the wrong work because an empty calendar is scarier than a confused feed. But every piece you post that isn't the work you want, it's a vote for the career you're trying to leave behind. Your portfolio is a filter. And rig… https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/tattoos/purple-linework-phoenix-tattoo-shoulder~bd1e5b4d-c355-4c28-aa63-e9eb963872d3 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/06/5b33d712-3da2-4c7d-a149-0751633fdea7.jpg Purple linework phoenix tattoo, shoulder I don't blast linework and I'm not the artist putting it in every piece. But if I'm gonna use it, I still have to be efficient and it has to pass. So here's how I fake it. If your single pass looks like shit, let the ego go. Get in with … https://liz-cook.tattoonow.com/gallery/art/color-portrait-drawing-practice-on-plaster-head~721fb9e7-e644-4b50-917d-63fe0cdedce1 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/images/2026/06/2a76335d-579d-4613-b51f-2c77ffb2921e.jpg Color portrait drawing practice on plaster head Nobody starts out good at color portraits! When I was little I started with mix and match How to Draw A Character books. This was just tracing different eyes or hair to make the character I wanted. I also had a bunch of just how to draw …