THE GAL BEHIND IT ALL
Erika is ultimately a perfectionist with a bad sense of humour.
Erika started her journey with a desire to create meaningful (and apparently permanent) art for other people. In 2019, Erika lived in Seville, Spain for a few months where she received a paprika tattoo from a travelling stick and poke artist (cool, huh?). From this moment, her interest went from a mere thought to a reality.
With her vast background in art and her interest to develop as many skills as she can discover, Erika knew that tattooing would be something she would love to try and do herself, and the rest is history! She was lucky enough to have a range of victi… *friends, to practice on, and 15 tattoos later, her passion continued to grow! She hopes that one day she will be able to run her own mobile tattoo service, or even a studio with a cool café on the side.
Erika cares a lot for the environment and tries her best to work towards creating your tattoo ideas in the most sustainable way possible. You can have the trust that an eco-conscious individual is trying her hardest to incorporate that into her lifestyle and her work.
...But guess what, her talents don't just stop there! Over the years, Erika has committed to many creative side hustles. Dancing, skating, procrastinating, climbing.. you name it! Although, pointing a camera at things is definitely a more significant one, which she has developed alongside her focus towards realism and portraiture in fine art.
After leaving college with enough UCAS points to scrape into university, she went on to study a bachelor's degree in Visual Effects at Arts University Bournemouth. 3 years later, she finished it. Then she moved back home. Realised VFX wasn't the hokey to her cokey. VFX was not to be touched again.
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A few years later, after a few drastic relocations and the emotional imbalance of a 4 year old (gotta get that life experience in there), she discovered tattooing as a venture worth pursuing.
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That brings us here today - Erika, simply trying to put her art skills to use and make her mark in society.