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Meet The Artists

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Annika

Shop Manager & Artist - Camp East 

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Annika is the Camp East shop manager and a lead artist. She also runs the apprentice program and mentors the studio’s newer artists.

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Alex

Hand Poke Artist - Camp East

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Alex is a Slowpoke co-founder and part owner, tattooing at Camp East. She works mostly in hand-poke and is also a photographer active in the Austin art and music scene.

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Taylor

Machine Artist - Salina

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Taylor does saturated blackwork with a trad influence. Her flash draws on vintage cartoons, old photography and American Traditional. She offers both custom designs and flash.

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Molly

Machine Artist - Salina

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Molly works in bold black and grey with strong contrast and detailed shading. A proud queer artist, she keeps an LGBTQIA+ safe space for every client.

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Allie

Hand Poke Artist - Camp East

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Allie hand-pokes delicate, nature-inspired pieces with a soft, detailed feel. Her work is organic and intentional, suited to gentle, fine-line designs.

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Katie

Machine Artist - Camp East

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Katie is a machine artist with a vibrant, illustrative style. She also teaches the studio’s machine apprentices, with a focus on clean technique.

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Megan

Machine Artist - Camp East

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Megan’s work is nostalgic and playful: whimsical characters, custom lettering and fine-line details, always with clean lines and personality.

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June

Machine Artist - Salina

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June is a longtime Austinite and machine artist specializing in whimsical, cute pieces: anime, doodles, color and custom designs.

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Coral

Machine Artist - Salina

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Coral specializes in delicate fine-line work: botanicals, soft ethereal imagery and small, precise pieces with a timeless feel.

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Emma

Machine Artist - Salina

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Emma is a machine artist with an experimental edge. Her work features creative line-work and surreal, abstract imagery for one-of-a-kind pieces.

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Robin

Machine Artist - Salina

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Robin does highly detailed, realistic work, especially pet portraits, alongside whimsical character designs. Their focus is clean, precise linework that ages well.

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Elari

Machine  & Hand Poke Artist - Salina

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Elari works in both machine and hand-poke, with designs inspired by nature: plants, bugs, animals and the microscopic. Elari is a queer, non-binary Latine artist and keeps a safe space for every body.

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Jon Jon

Machine Artist - Salina

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Jon Jon specializes in fine-line micro-realism: miniature portraits, architecture and botanicals with a high level of detail. They talk through every design element before starting.

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Senoah

Machine Artist - Camp East

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Senoah tattoos blackwork, illustrative and "ignorant" styles with bold lines and high contrast, with a particular love for cartoons, clowns and expressive characters.

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Bianca

Machine Artist - Salina

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Bianca, the artist behind Chaotic Tattoo, does black and grey illustrative work: fine-line detail with moody shading and dark imagery, custom or flash.

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Lillek

Machine Artist - Salina

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Lillek tattoos colorful, illustrative anime-style pieces: pet portraits, Ghibli and anime characters, and original concepts in full color.

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Camille

Machine Artist - Salina

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Camille does large-scale black and grey illustrative work, including phoenixes, mermaids, dragons and ornamental fine-line pieces, sometimes with a pop of red.

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Steph

Machine Artist - Camp East

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Steph does both body art and cosmetic tattooing. Her body art blends vintage charm with bold graphic elements; her brows and freckles are natural and subtle.

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Dara

Hand Poke Artist - Camp East

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Dara is a hand-poke apprentice with a playful, "grem-like" style: quirky characters, bold linework and DIY-inspired designs.

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Maddie

Machine Artist - Camp East

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Maddie is a machine apprentice whose flash balances delicate and feminine with a sharp modern edge: butterflies, coquette bows and bold typography.

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Jenny 

Machine Artist - Camp East

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Jenny is a black and grey artist working in dark, horror-inspired portraits and characters as well as dainty fine-line florals. Expect crisp linework, smooth stipple and realism-leaning detail.

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Lex

Machine Artist - Camp East

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Lex is a fine-line artist based in San Marcos. Her work is delicate and whimsical: florals, ornamental designs and occasional stamp- and linocut-style blackwork.

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Jess

Hand poke Apprentice- Camp East

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Jess is a hand-poke apprentice inspired by whimsy, fantasy, nature and folk art. Her pieces are gentle and artful.

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Apply Today

Apply to be a commission, booth rental, or apprentice today. 

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