styles i do

Illustrative Realism
Fine Line Florals
Ornamental
Geometric
Black and Grey
Stipple
Blackwork
Blast Overs

subjects I love

Botanical, Flora x Fauna
Animals x Insects
Patterns x Geometry
Surreal, Abstract, and Psychedelic themes
‘Girl Faces’
Landscapes
Selective Cover Up Transformations

I HAVE.A SPECIAL INTEREST IN EXPLORING:

Large Illustrative Work involving themes of triumph/overcoming challenges or dark periods in one’s journey
Large Illustrative Work involving themes of awakening/transformation
Medium-Large Floral x ornamental Combos
Triangles
Feminine Floral & Matching Sets, fronts/back pieces
Girl faces & lady sleeves
Blackwork Blast Overs (Cover Ups) utilizing
- blackwork
- floral
- ornamental
- geometric
Also happy to do smaller pieces that can be finished in 1-2 sessions
Freehand Ornamental Flow

PLEASE READ MY F.A.Q.

Here is the LINK

This is an essential on-boarding step; it outlines so many questions and answers, and explanation of processes. It saves me so much time and energy and I think you should read it before you submit a proposal because it will clear up so much of the most fundamental questions of pricing, deposits, policies, drawing schedule, preferences, and more. I add to it all the time.

get on the waitlist

I work one person at a time, semi-private studio style. I am currently working in the Art Gallery of Utopia Tattoo, where I work with two other female artists, but we are appointment-only; closed to walk-ins and foot traffic.

Use the form to get on my waitlist, so I can contact you as soon as I have availability.
Taking Appointments @ Utopia Tattoo Shop, 885 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA

Utopia Tattoo - Auburn Ca

ABOUT ME:

My name is Ashely.

I graduated Humboldt State University in 2011 with a BA in Studio Art, with an emphasis on painting. Throughout my life, I also studied Multimedia, Animation, and Graphic Design. I studied with professional artists abroad to further refine my work in painting and visionary art, working with various healing paths, before I was handed a tattoo machine and taught some basics in a bungalo in Venice Beach. ‘Self-taught’ with the help and inspiration of tattooer friends, I sought to work in a tattoo shop to further improve my skills, and have stayed with that path since 2017.

I started as a colorful oil painter, but through tattooing I have come to find that I enjoy a simplified & grounded approach to art making, influenced by my drawing abilities, love of pattern and flow, & my design background. Additionally, the characteristic structure of tattooing as a medium itself, its own implicit imperfections and aging processes, housed in the fleshy canvas over time… are also major influences into how I’ve come to work in the styles that I do.

“Faelien” is a word I made up. It is a combination of Fae (as in Fairy) and Alien (as in extra terrestrial?) It’s sort of a summary of how I often feel living in these incredible times; like I feel as an outsider to society and the overculture, but not alien to the earth.

I am grateful for your interest in having me permanently ink your body forever (hopefully), and appreciate that you would consider me. Something I have found over the past several years of tattooing is that the best work comes when having a lot of creative freedom to interpret your ideas the way that I see them, or at the very least, you having a very loose grasp on what it needs to be in order to let it become better than you imagined.

I am very intuitive, and highly visual. It’s like a movie inside my head. Sometimes when you’re talking I will just see things and get ideas. Utilize this to your advantage. My little faelien antennae beams have been fine tuned for pituitary imaginings.