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 thing. π₯ Your imagination is the creative fuel to explore all the tattoo styles that inspire you. Use it intentionally. π You can be into everything and still be selective about what you use for your portfolio and your brand. In my coaching we work on how to pace that out, so you still get to enjoy all the other things that inspire you as an artist.
https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/videos/2026/07/ec25edb0-ca76-422e-b05c-2c38b7b90fb4.mp4
yes
2026-07-07T16:50:02+00:00
Realism
Geometric
Color
Flowers
Abstract
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 thatβ¦
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 figure out an edge, or a blend that you hadn't tried yet, that pushed you in another fun direction that you didn't see coming. π₯ To evolve your dream tattoo style, you must be flexible and adapt to the given opportunities first. You don't get to the dreamwork by holding out for the dreamwork, you get there from the pieces in between. First session on this one inspired by the St. Michael Vanquishing Satan by Raphael but with a twist.
https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/videos/2026/07/106c3a32-8971-4305-8ea1-9665f90b56db.mp4
yes
2026-07-07T00:09:24+00:00
Religious
Celestial
Realism
Illustrative
Color
Mythology
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 time to stop making excuses and just do it. What do you think? I'm thinking next time, much bigger!
https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/videos/2026/07/9cdcbc32-d014-4fba-a114-dd29bf231ced.mp4
yes
2026-07-04T13:48:37+00:00
Realism
Color
Flowers
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 why the color you see from across the room isn't the color you see up close. And this matters because it can happen by accident. When it does, a tattoo loses its definition and goes flat from across the room. So when I tattoo my geo roses, I'm not just coloring a rose, I'm hijacking how your eye see color. π¨ππΉπ€π
https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/videos/2026/06/d02c7d86-f63a-40c1-bc43-50ff0f827484.mp4
yes
2026-06-27T13:30:46+00:00
Illustrative
Geometric
Color
Flowers
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 can still do that in tattooing. It's not just about one style for the rest of your career. That's great for some artists, but it's not every artist. Follow for more on growing as a tattooer without picking one lane and dying in it.
https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/videos/2026/06/3a8a58a9-3bc3-455e-8c92-9b3afd750d74.mp4
yes
2026-06-26T17:01:03+00:00
Watercolor
Fine Line
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://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/videos/2026/06/de54edda-8b2e-4222-9290-d1a7e31c1b2c.mp4
yes
2026-06-11T23:29:23+00:00
Insect
Illustrative
Fine Line
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 a small 3 liner and softly shade the edges of your lines to sculpt them clean. Fast pass your proportions gently first with a 3 round liner and gray wash or color wash. Do your color or shading. Let it heal and then sculpt and polish your linework in a second session so the linework stays crispy. Don't expect to move through color linework as fast as black. The color has a totally different physical property. It takes a minute to get over the time blindness (that gap between how long you think it should take and how long it actually takes when you're not used to it yet). If it doesn't look clean, fix it before it leaves. If it heals and still doesn't look clean, get it back in. And if that's not possible, make sure the next new tattoo has these fixes.
https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/videos/2026/06/0e7fee63-8a3b-41e9-b9fa-69137be48c21.mp4
yes
2026-06-10T18:00:10+00:00
Illustrative
Color
Fantasy
Fine Line
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 books that were super basic like draw a circle and then add this line and this till you've drawn the whole thing. Then I sight drew comic book characters I loved. Gen 13 by J. Scott Campbell @jscottcampbellart and Fathom by Michael Turner were my favs. And by now it's high-school and I'm drawing some black and gray graphite portraits but still not really into full on color portraits yet. Then in college I finally started painting color portraits. But I seriously had to do a lot of work on understanding lighting and form. So by the time I started tattooing color portraits, I had a lot to lean on that I had intuitively built up. So then I started obsessing about ink. Point is, I never started good and the education continues and I'm fine with that because I love art and tattoos. Wonder what the next obsession is gonna be?
https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/liz-cook/videos/2026/06/60473b16-0634-4f2d-926f-16164e0a3e9a.mp4
yes
2026-05-22T14:31:00+00:00
Illustrative
Portraits
Portrait