spring updates . . . :)

Ithaca flash day! booking May in NYC! la dee daaa

Apr 16, 2026

hey heyyy it’s been a minute, I hope spring is treating you well :)

Just gonna jump into updates because I’ve got a few that I’m very excited about!

#1 is that I am booking May in NYC, and I have very limited availability because I’m going on vacation for most of the month! So if you have been wanting a tattoo, let’s make it happen before summer so you can show off your new ink in the sunshine, worry-free.

BOOK A TATTOO !

Like… I know you thought I was kinda being dramatic when I said I have limited availability……… but…..it’s true :/

#2 is that Show Pony is getting together NEXT WEEK with Buffalo St. Books to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! We’ll be joined the incredible Gentle Fool Studios and Julianne’s amazing Cornell and IC students who will be slinging zines, prints, etc. Esmé will be selling some amazing (as always) new ceramics, and I’ll be tattooing!

And here’s the silly flash I designed for the occasion :)

I’m only booking 4 slots this time around (I wanna make it to the Ithaca Roller Derby game that night…), but these designs will continue to be available after the flash day! (just not at the listed prices). It’s really such a fun experience to tattoo at the bookstore, I hope to see you there!

FLASH DAY SIGNUP

#3 my unexpected day at the park

I’ve been feeling really uninspired to draw in the last few months, but yesterday, for the first time in so long, I drew, and couldn’t stop!

I had to run a random errand downtown yesterday morning and afterwards I decided to get myself an egg and cheese and a smoothie and sit at the park by City Hall. I ended up staying for nearly 3 hours, drawing and listening in on people’s conversations and soaking up the unusually warm weather. Opted for pen today, which I rarely do, and it really got me out of my head. :)

I always tell myself I’m not gonna post everything in my sketchbook but then I get so excited about drawing that I just end up sharing it… So here’s a little observational doodle of the Jacob Wrey Mould Fountain, which sadly doesn’t have any water in it right now. Can you spot the pigeon?

Some daffodils, which looked so scrumptious………tattoo…..?

And lastly, some scrappy drawings of a few awesome dinosaur figurines I bought yesterday in Bushwick with my friend Audrey, who’s visiting from Philly and tattooing in NYC this week! No, I didn’t buy the velociraptor-mobile, and yes, I’m regretting it.

Anyway it just felt extra awesome to draw. Did you know that drawing is so fun and amazing and therapeutic and great? Later in the day my friend from roller derby and I were chatting about how setting the intention to, say, go to the park and draw, often feels like setting yourself up for disappointment. There’s something special about stumbling on to it – which kinda sucks, because I want yesterday to happen all the time! Maybe there’s a secret formula I’m missing… I’ll crack it soon I hope. Maybe these warmer months continue to make me wanna get out there and make stuff.

Park, dinos (one of which looks like the flash I made of the dino coming out of the egg!!!), and velociraptor-mobile

Lastly I just really wanted to share these photos from a spontaneous and ridiculous trip last month to Universal Studios Orlando (my friend Alyssa’s unc is a roller coaster engineer so we got in for free, ok….). I adopted a Brontosaurus from the gift shop, his name is Brontë, and he loves margaritas.