I draw traditional American flash: bold outlines, three fills, no shortcuts.
Over 9 years I have produced 140+ finished sheets for shops in
Portland and Seattle, and my linework has been tattooed an estimated
3,000 times. I still sharpen pencils with a blade because the
electric sharpener eats the good ones.
Trade Skills
Linework
Bold single-pass outlines
Whip shading plans
Stencil-ready tracing
Color & Fill
3-color trad palettes
Aging-safe saturation
Watercolor flat washes
Sheet Craft
11x14 sheet layout
Banner & script lettering
Print-run prep, riso & giclee
Work History
2020 – Now
Resident Flash Illustrator
Copper Sparrow Tattoo · Portland, OR
Mar 2020 – Present
Deliver 4 new 11x14 flash sheets per month for a 6-artist shop; walk-in picks from my sheets account for roughly 35% of the shop's Friday bookings.
Rebuilt the shop's stencil library into 312 clean, single-weight line files, cutting average setup time per walk-in from 25 to 12 minutes.
Designed the shop's annual Friday the 13th sheet 5 years running; the 2025 event moved 118 tattoos in one day.
2016 – 2020
Flash Artist & Print Manager
Ironclad Anchor Supply · Seattle, WA
Jun 2016 – Feb 2020
Drew and edited flash for a mail-order catalog carried by 40+ shops across the Pacific Northwest, shipping about 900 prints per quarter.
Ran the 2-color riso press for all in-house sheets, holding misregistration under 1mm on 95% of runs.
2013 – 2016
Apprentice Illustrator
Rose & Rye Studio · Portland, OR
Aug 2013 – May 2016
Copied 200+ classic sheets by hand under supervision to learn line weight, banner curvature, and traditional color rules.
Lettered ribbon banners for 3 senior artists, averaging 15 custom banners a week by the final year.
Schooling & Extras
✦ Education
BFA, Illustration · Cascade College of Art, Portland
2009 – 2013
Senior thesis: a 12-sheet study of pre-1950 sailor flash, shown at the campus gallery for 3 weeks.
✦ Selected Extras
Solo flash show, Stray Dog Gallery, Portland, 2024 · 26 framed sheets, 19 sold
Guest sheets for 7 shops in OR, WA, and BC since 2021
Workshop host: "Banners That Bend Right", 40 attendees, 2023
Tools: Micron, sumi ink, gouache, Procreate for cleanup only