Beautiful, sad, strong tattoos by Lydia Marier.

I met Lydia Marier on Tuesday night. I've been following her on Instagram for a while now, and I just love her style. I was especially touched by a few pieces.

So, I've given her a deposit and a brief, and hopefully I'll have new work by her in September. She has some really great stuff, check her out!

She works only in black, and her black-work is really strong. A friend mentioned wanting to support female and queer identified tattoo artists only from now on, and I'm following her lead. I think it's a great idea. I met Lydia and thought she was really sweet and open to my ideas, so I'm excited to see what comes of it.