A.B MOORE

✶ custom & freehand illustrative blackwork tattooing since 2013 ✶
specializing in fauna, flora, & fantasy

most recent work… see more on Instagram: @v_a_l_l_e_y

View fullsize Bloodborne bath messengers for Holly. I don’t play video games but I’m usually down to do some weird video game creatures!! Holly has been getting tattooed by me for ten years and my favorites are the ones inspired by the time she spend
View fullsize arooooo Inspired by a sketch by @archbudzar which piper paid a tattoo ticket for :)
View fullsize another kingfisher! different angle and a little more naturalistic maybe? Two different, completely unrelated out-of-town clients just so happened to book back to back kingfisher appointments… and both were first tattoos???? Go figure!!
View fullsize kingfisher!
View fullsize some really old flash finally made it as an epic backpiece! What a dream ✨
View fullsize This past Saturday was the Lloyd Center Mall’s last day. As strange as it is to admit as a guy who says they hate capitalism, this mall weirdly became a source of joy and inspiration for me over the last few years. I try to go watch the ice ska
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View fullsize brookgreen dove from my flash :)
View fullsize Modified flash! We redrew the flames on the bird/branch to fit this gap, and added shading to the doggie. Swipe for healed lines before we started- the heal on this one was really great. I usually prefer to add shading to pieces about a month or so
View fullsize heart for my friend @pest__world :3
View fullsize freehand rattlesnake & many years-healed kestrel fighting over a mouse! Eep
View fullsize horsey :)
View fullsize this one is from a while ago. I am embarrassed to say that I can’t remember what species of snake this is. I’m pretty sure it’s a milksnake. I’m embarrassed because this non-venomous snake has a venomous doppelgänger, the
View fullsize gargoyle inspired by a loon! reaching back into the archives of stuff i forgot to post. I am pretty sure I never shared this one.
View fullsize alligator vs anhinga!! Partial freehand, swipe for drawing
View fullsize Long-billed curlew!! I drew this one to mirror the healed bird tattoo by another artist on Kati’s other arm.
View fullsize two little flash pieces 🕯️🕯️🕯️🌘
View fullsize really big bearded vulture!
View fullsize spotted towhees foraging under a gamble oak. Leon traveled all the way from Colorado for this first tattoo :’) thank you!
View fullsize monarch butterfly life cycle :) good luck in ireland!!