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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

MUSHIES 🍄💖✨ I love making these little mushroom friends. I’ve started sculpting some out of acrylic clay recently, hopefully I’ll have a few finished soon to share. #tattoos #mushroom #fungi #funguys #cottagecore #cutetattoo

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I can’t believe it’s been 10 years 😢 I’m still working on reading the Tiffany Aching series, because it ends in the Shepard’s Crown and I am *not* ready. #GNUsirterrypratchett

A memorial post for the author, Sir Terry Pratchett, featuring the art of Paul Kirby. Terry is depicted wearing a tall top hat bursting with several of Discworld’s companion characters. The quote is “Mind how you go”, stated by who might have been Terry’s favorite character Granny Weatherwax. Sir Terry Pratchett was born April 28th, 1948 and passed away March 12th 2015. His work was prolific, proudly and fiercely progressive, and changed my life for the better at a time when I needed the most guidance. GNU Sir Terry Pratchett

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Trash panda! 🦝🍄💖 This is from a few years ago, I have a backlog of work that I want to post here. Eventually I’ll catch up to more recent things, but I’ll try to sprinkle a few of those in too. #tattoos #raccoon #trashpanda

Behold a newschool raccoon tattoo, with playful proportions and filled with cottage-core colors and textures. Orange capped mushrooms, blueberry clusters and oak leaves break up the design and introduce more flow. This tattoo was completed in my third year of tattooing, and it is now my seventh year. I am still proud of it and impressed by how well the gray colors in the raccoon’s coat healed. The subject is my client’s pet raccoon and she spent much of the session chatting about this mischievous little punk and his addiction to sugar.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

She’s my angel, my sweet baby bean, my precious little cinnamon roll baby named Hexi and she really just wants to lay on my feet all the time 💖 #cat

A brown and gray tabby cat sits pillowed up on a plush blanket between her guardian’s feet. Her whiskers are relaxed and her ears are forward, she looks at the camera—and her person holding it—and simply stares serenely. The cat’s name is Hexi, she is ten this year. She always wants to be beside me and her affection makes every day a little more special.

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makaʻāinana @keoraborealis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Ok there’s more people here now, please appreciate my Kim Kitsuragi embroidery 😭 #DiscoElysium

An embroidery of Kim Kitsuragi’s portrait from the video game disco Elysium on black fabric. He is a half Asian/white man with short black hair and round glasses, wearing an orange bomber jacket. There is a white circle painted behind his head

The same embroidered portrait but framed in a black frame with a black mat with white trim

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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/03/2025

Son-Of-A-Bitch Mouse Solves Maze Researchers Spent Months Building theonion.com/son-of-...

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thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 28/02/2025

who up unbridling they joy

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Storm Queen ⛈️💙✨ I’m really enjoying my Posca markers, y’all. If anyone wants to get this tattoo it’s perfect for a calf or a forearm! HMU #tattoo #goddess #posca #painting

This tattoo design features a split complimentary color palette that uplifts golden yellow as the star, with teal blue and true blue as it’s complimenting branches. The storm goddess’s royal blue hair echoes the power of rain and the raging ocean. Her iron gray skin promises an outpouring of power, draped in a delicate cream dress with golden jewelry matching her bright gold eyes. A light shines within her golden gaze, breaking through her cloudy face as a reminder that within her is the source of life. After every storm, the sun will rise again.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

of all the places to do what you want and say what you want to say, ART IS THE PERFECT ARENA. your writing, your songs, your music can absolutely be as subtle as you want, but especially during times like this, dont let anyone tell you that youre too dang loud. lets trot buckaroos.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

ALIEN 👽🍦💖 One of my favorites from last year, I really hope to get more requests as wild as this one! #tattoos #newschooltattoos #alien #colortattoo #horrortattoo

This newschool-style tattoo features a dark purple xenomorph alien crouched around an ice cream cone stuffed with pink alien eggs. Bright green ooze dribbles from the waffle cone’s brim and emits a lime colored haze that drifts through the background. Near the bottom of the cone a crack opens up to reveal more eggs. The alien creature wraps her tail protectively around the precious, sweet bundle and shows her teeth. Mashing together whimsy and horror, this tattoo plays with our expectations of the term “treats”.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/02/2025

Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal

Do you understand what I'm saying?"
shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!"
"Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm.
"What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?"
"I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly.
"I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!"
"No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/02/2025

Discworld QOTD, from Interesting Times “Look, I don’t mind summoning some demon and asking it,” said the Lecturer in Recent Runes. “That’s normal. But building some mechanical contrivance to do your thinking for you, that’s … against Nature.”

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Artist Billy Graham (July 1, 1935-April 4, 1997), most known for his work at Warren Magazines, and his great runs on Luke Cage: Hero For Hire, Black Panther, & Sabre. #BlackHistoryMonth

The cover to Luke Cage: Hero for Hire #3, two splash pages from Black Panther, and a cover from Sabre.

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Preacher from the Black Lagoon @revpoppop.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

The fascist can not see beauty in anything that does not conform to what they believe the world should be. Capitalism needs this too, so that they can more easily market to you. Be ugly. Be ungovernable. Be unmarketable.

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

SHIVERS - MAKE IT RIGHT. MORE THAN YOU KNOW DEPENDS ON IT.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Shovel Knight!! Did this a few years ago on my pal, Cody. I am not good at games like this one but I always loved the retro vibes it has 💙✨ #tattoos #videogametattoo #shovelknight #nerdtattoos

A colorful newschool-style tattoo of the main character in the game Shovel Knight. The character wears a suit of blue armor and holds a shovel sword high above their head—true to the character’s valiant and whimsical demeanor. Our favorite characters remind us to have fun and fight evil, and enjoy life. In the words of Joe Dirt, “Life’s a Garden. Dig it.”

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Another tattoo artist list! I’ve seen a lot more folks making Bluesky accounts, I’m excited to find even more familiar faces 💖

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Tattooing a Goid Boi today! I had so much fun during the design stage that I ended up with 3. We’ll see which one the client picks 💖

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Me when I played a Blood Elf Warrior on WoW and did fury dps

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

This is an old painting but I still love it. I’ll have some fresh ones uploaded soon, still working on my website and just gearing up my online presence. #acrylicpainting #liquitex #plaguedoctor #art

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A healed Polywhirl from awhile back! Still stoked years later with how these blues healed out 💙 #pokemontattoo #healedtattoo #newschooltattoo

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Do it with cartwheels what can go wrong

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Spend some time reflecting on 5 experiences in which you felt genuinely, wholly alive. Get curious about WHY you chose these five specific memories, use them to learn about yourself. These powerful experiences teach us all who we are as individuals, and gives us a compass towards joy and peace.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Good morning! Here’s some pics of my sweetest baby girl who has never done anything wrong in her life. 100/10 a good bean 💖 #cats

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Color and rhythm in this peacock mandala piece give me the good brain tingles 🦚💙✨ #colortattoo #newschooltattoo #peacock #tattoo #mandalatattoo

A hybrid-neotraditional-style tattoo of a peacock synergizing with two mandalas, above and below. The complimentary color palette of teals and blues allow the orange and yellows to to dance from the center of the wing, and flow to the shoulder like embers. Peacocks are vibrant and splendid birds, and the rhythmic patterns of a mandala pull us into kaleidoscopic daydreams. Never forget that you, too, are a vibrant and splendid creature.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I’ve been having fun with the alt text of images on here. There’s lots of room to write a little story about the tattoo, to help express the feeling for those who might have trouble seeing it.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Some great folks on this list! Add some artists to your feed and brighten it up a little, y’all 💖

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

“Can we turn the volume down, Mister DJ? I’m not trying to party hard, I’m trying to hardly party.” -Me, today 2025

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I have time this week for local Arkansas folk to get tattooed—haven’t moved my flash over from insta yet, but I’ve got lots of options. I can also, ya know, draw! Give me your cool ideas and I’ll make it happen. #arkansas #tattooartist

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A little confusion is okay! 🐤❓❓ Did this rubber psyducky on a cool pal. I love Pokémon tattoos 💖 #tattoos #pokemon #nerdtattoo #newschooltattoo #colortattoo

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

VOLITION - No. Not a disaster. Weave this into the story of you. Walk out of its *ruins*. Save those who still can be saved -- *I'm* on your side.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

For those who make video content or stream, what’s a decent platform for short form videos for educational content? I hear YouTube Shorts is getting better, I’m curious about Twitch, I don’t know if Bluesky might begin to facilitate it, and that’s the extent of the list I have so far.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Please use your local libraries, y’all. We’re going to need those more than ever before and they need support.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The lion turtle from Avatar the Last Airbender. It was a real challenge to create the illusion of this massive creature within a narrow vertical space. I had a lot of fun with the wind and light effects. Can’t wait to eventually do more on this arm! #atla #art #tattoos #arkansasartist

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Also the flowers at the bottom were from the first session and they are fully healed in this, so I’m SUPER stoked at how this is coming out 💖

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

2 sessions in on my second attempt at color realism, and I’m so eager to finish this. It’ll take awhile yet—maybe it’s a new skill set for me but I’m slow at this. There’s a whole lot going on trying to achieve those layers and transitions on a tattoo #tattoos #art #tattooartist

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I know I look tough but deep down I just want Kim Kitsturagi to like me. #discoelysium #shitposting

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👻 Ghoul Named Cru 🦇 @carnitas.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Live your life like you’re so 3000 and 8 and the haters are so 2000 and late

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The disco man himself! Harrier Du Bois from Disco Eysium. I’m not even done with this game yet and I had to make some quick fan art. 🕺🏻 #discoelysium #art #harrierdubois

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

You're going to need to be unconscious from 2-6pm today. Your choice how you do it, but you definitely won't want to be awake for this.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I’m still learning how to use Bluesky, so bear with me. I want to start building myself up here, but I struggle a lot with learning new things especially as it relates to social media and tech. I’m just a silly lil’ guy making art, I don’t know how to make new feeds and lists yet lol

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Hello! I’m Lee Dandy. I am an artist and tattooer in Arkansas. I primarily design and create Newschool Tattoos, specializing in color work. I like anything nerdy, whimsical, and weird. All the links 💖✨ :: linktr.ee/leedandytatt... #tattoos #newschooltattoos #leedandytattoos

A photo of the artist: Lee Dandy. They are dressed in formal attire, navy and gray in color, standing in front of a mirror in a tattoo shop.

A newschool-style tattoo of a dead pigeon with gore created with neon pinks and green colors. Bright neon green and yellow fungi grow from the corpse as the design flows down the outside of a right forearm.

“Barbie-Yaga” This newschool tattoo is a take on the idea of Barbie’s Dream House mashed up with the Baba Yaga folk tale. The house is pink and purple and the legs are that of a Barbie doll, rather than a chicken. The legs are playfully attempting a “chorus line kick” amid glittery sparkles.

A newschool pheonix tattoo that stretches from armpit to knee of a plus-size model, fitting to and compliments her natural curves. The client’s melanated skin tone still holds all colors used in the design: black, orange, pink, blue, and a lot of purple. This image is fully healed—some areas are healed a month and others are healed for almost six months. The tattoo took 4 sessions to complete.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I guess I should do one of those intro posts, I struggle a little with the format of this place. I was the same way with Twitter—which is why I was never on it. But I really want to migrate over here, it just feels rough starting all over even if it’s better this way 😅 I’ll try and do the intro soon

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Ded birb 🐦💖 This pigeon is from my flash designs and probably the best tattoo I’ve done so far—I love it so much! #tattoos #art #tattooartist #leedandytattoos

A forearm tattoo of a colorful pigeon with glowing green fungus sprouting from its dead figure, with magenta and pink guts spilling as it falls through the sky. The style is newschool, the color palette is complimentary greens and pinks overall.

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Lee Dandy 💖✨ @leedandytattoos.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Cozy game weekend: more Stardew Valley. The new update hit console and I’ve been absorbed all month. 💖

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