Queer Stories

I am a trans and queer artist so a big inspiration for me is telling our stories. I draw fan art of things like Our Flag Means Death and Severence. And I make paintings and mixed media pieces in my personal practice about the way being trans is like being a cycle of nature.

Fantasy and SciFi

A big inspiration for me is fantasy and sci-fi storytelling. I draw fan art of things like House of the Dragon and Yoda. This includes books, podcasts, tv and film. I also play a lot of Dungeons and Dragons. I have stories I create in this genre. My goal is to tell them through animation or comics.

Nature and Animals

Another huge inspiration for me is nature animals and plants. I love to create art of any part of the natural world. I paint in acrylic or draw digitally. I create acrylic paintings of commissioned pet portraits.

What sort of things inspire you to make art? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Til next time! Be well!

Erin (they/them)

Hello Hope everyone is doing okay!

I’ve started weekly Art dumps on my tumblr and I want to use this blog to share the art I’m currently making too! My hope is to connect with folks this way and phase out some social media (especially insta/meta).

Below are my favorite pieces made in January. I’m continuing weekly drawing meetups, daily art prompts, fan art, portraits, animals and fantasy.

More next week! Stay safe!!

Hey hope everyone is doing well! I’m getting a lot of art done but continuing to look for more work and care for myself.

I will be at an event at the Bridgeport Parachute Home in Portland tmrw. There will be ceramic ornaments that I will customize for folks!

More art from me soon! Stay safe out there!!

Is everyone as excited for the -BER months as me?

I love spooky stuff all year so its not so different!

I’ve been staying very busy, making art, looking for more work, pet sitting, playing DND and reading.

I’m rewatching Buffy again and I love it!

What have y’all been excited about lately? Any good books, films, tv, podcasts inspiring you?

What have you been making?

Hope you are all able to have a nice autumn!!

Hope y’all are having a wonderful summer. I’ve been keeping very busy with pet sitting but I’m still making art all the time and I have an Art Market tomorrow July 20th!

Stay safe in the heat and try to enjoy the rest of summer. I will be keeping going.

Commissions are always available!Email or message for more info. I have done a lot of pet portraits but am open to most subject matter. I work either digitally, in acrylic or mixed media.

Love y’all!! 💖✌️💕☀️🌈

May will be my last month tattooing at Studio 72 Tattoo Co. I had such a lovely time there and I really love the space. To be honest I can’t keep up with all of the expenses to continue tattooing. Tattoos really are a luxury item and many people I know can’t afford them lately. I love tattoos and this is definitely not the last I’ll be tattooing. That being said if you’ve been wanting to get in let me know, especially if we have anything in progress.

The other big news this month is that I will be tabling at a Queer Art Market. It’s very local to me in the Lents neighborhood of SE Portland. I will bring originals, prints and other fun stuff!! I hope to see you there. Check my instagram https://www.instagram.com/erin_m_creates/ for updates leading up to this event.

Thank you everyone for always supporting my art and tattoos! There will be more art coming from me soon!!

More Inspiration from my photos

Top Left- DND party meme! Love to find inspiration in making characters and stories for DND

Top Middle- Me walking in my neighborhood on a summer spring day and waiting for the bus.

Top Right- Fan Art by me of Charlie and Vaggie from Hazbin Hotel

Middle Left- Digital painting by me. I often find inspiration for my art from my experience as a transmasc person.

Next to the right- a still life from art history featuring a moth and a Greek style statue. I love to take inspiration from art history.

Middle Right- This is a drawing I made in weekly Thursday drawing practice. I love to draw figures and portraits. I am always inspired by all the different ways artists look at and create from the same reference.

Bottom Left- More art history inspiration. Especially with witchy themes.

Next to the right- A repeating pattern of snails and mushrooms by me. I love to create patterns like this and you can find them on my Redbubble erin-tattoo

Next- Art engraving. I wanted to use the devil as inspiration for tattoo flash.

Bottom Right- And last I love to play video games on my switch in my down time. I am especially into Hades right now.

Where do I find inspiration? I find it everywhere really but I decided to sit down and go through my photos app. I created these collages out of my photos of things that have been inspiring me.

Top Left is a still life I drew digitally of the tattoo studio I work at. I went through an inspiring still life course from Visual Arts Passage and I spend a bunch of time in the studio. I love the vibes and plants there.

Next going left to right is a Louise Belcher/Ponyo crossover fan art. This is not by me but I saved it because I love Bobs Burgers and Miyazaki. I’m often inspired by animation.

Next is a contemporary sculpture I loved. I’m not much of a sculptor but I love to use them as reference. I love the surrealist elements added to the figure.

Top Right is a screenshot I took of a character I made in a cute app. I didn’t keep the app but liked these two buds.

Middle Row Left is a psychedelic Lisa Simpson. This is also not drawn by me. I love color and psychedelic art.

Next is drawn by me showing how I use some statue references in my art. Being trans is a common theme and always an inspiration to me.

Next is a fan art I drew of Our Flag Means Death. I love those gay pirates.

And on the far right of the middle is another example of reference of statue used. In this case archeological and reconstructed.

And last row on the left is a drawing of one of my cats. I am really inspired by my pets and the pets I get to care for.

Next is a drawing thinking about current global news from Palestine. Current events and news also influence me.

Next is an ai art of Xena as a mosaic. I recently rewatched Xena and I love art history references. Love the mix of campy fantasy sci-fi with myth.

And last on the bottom right is a redraw of an old marker drawing I did. Sometimes I find inspiration by going through my old art and sketchbooks.

Hey everyone! Hope you’re doing great!!

Are you a fan of my art but a tattoo is out of your budget right now? You can now order a new set of designs on many different products on my redbubble.

ERIN-TATTOO.REDBUBBLE.COM

Before the end of March 2024 I will have a new drop of designs and stickers on redbubble.

Erin-tattoo.redbubble.com

I’m really excited about all the fun designs! You can definitely see the inspiration from my tattoo flash. I had a lot of fun creating repeating patterns.