Gelo.Ink

One of my favorite projects from my last visit to Amsterdam in 2024 ✨

I’ve been thinking about coming back in September during my European trip. Amsterdam has always been one of my favorite cities and I’m currently trying to figure out whether it makes sense to plan a trip there this year.

So if you’ve been thinking about getting tattooed by me in Amsterdam, send me a message and let me know.bRight now I’m just collecting interest and seeing where it leads.

Would be lovely to come back!
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Sound healing has been part of my life for a while now - and .oraya ’s setup is something else ✨ He works with a set of gongs from which are works of art just to look at. But when they sound - it's incredible.
I'm so grateful to have this in my life. And I notice how the gongs keep opening up something different each time - like my body and mind are learning to receive them.

This painting is acrylic on board and available to buy. Write me for details 🐋

This is a project we did a while back — I never properly shared it until now 🌿
Angie left corporate life in the US behind and built her dream life here in Peru. She runs a travel agency, does a lot of charity work, and is deeply involved in the local community.
We turned out to have a lot in common and just enjoy spending time together ✨
This is what I love most about tattooing — you meet people you never would have crossed paths with otherwise.

Just playing around with a jaguar tattoo concept. Trying different shapes, movement and ways the design can interact with the body ✨

Curious to hear your thoughts!

The most inspiring people I know are genuinely passionate about what they do. You just feel it when you're around them.

That day at the market I was walking past mid-lunch, carrying these flowers I'd just bought from an old Peruvian mamita. He was already in that mode - eyes alive, alert, ready to catch something. He saw the colors and the light immediately, stopped his lunch and wanted to make a photo. We found the right angle right there between the stalls and got this.

Sometimes I think - what if everyone brought that same quality to what they do. Not just artists, but anyone. The person growing vegetables in their garden, cooking dinner, doing the most ordinary things. Just doing it with real care.

I think the world would feel different.

And this is what I wish for myself too - to always have that fire for what I do ✨

Thank you Cullen!

Michał came to me and said he wanted a sleeve inspired by Norse mythology - and that he trusted me to choose the story. That kind of brief is rare and I love it. A direction, but no script.

I chose Sköll and Hati - two wolves from Norse mythology who chase the sun and the moon across the sky. According to the myth, the day they catch them, the world ends. I liked the idea of that endless pursuit living permanently on someone's arm.

Five sessions. This is what we made.

Looking back, this sleeve was the beginning of something. Michał and I have been working together ever since - and if you've seen my recent posts, you know there's still an unfinished back piece waiting for July.

The photos here are from a shoot we did a few months after it healed. Healed tattoos look different - softer, more settled into the skin. I always prefer to photograph bigger projects this way ✨