Welcome! My name is Victoria and as a licensed tattoo artist, I create custom designed tattoos to suit your own personal style. Located in SE Portland, OR, I'm working out of my own studio space called Floating Lotus Tattoo. Please take a look at my work and contact me.

Her First Tattoo

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Lela called me up one day and asked if I thought I might be able to help her with a memorial tattoo for her mom. She was a bit concerned, as she'd never received ink before, but she was ready to commit. She knew she wanted it on her forearm, so that she could see it every day, but wasn't really sure about what imagery to use. After I asked her what kind of things her mom liked, she said, "Well, she did like frogs, but I don't know that I want a frog on me!" She eventually decided that she would like a design featuring the infinity symbol with birds flying up her arm and her mom's date of birth.

She says, "I want to give a positive shout out to Victoria at Floating Lotus Tattoo. Victoria is an amazing artist. She made me feel so comfortable during our tattoo session; it was my first tattoo.

I am extremely amazed how talented Victoria is with her work and I am very content with her beautiful art. If you want an awesome and beautiful tattoo, this is were you would want to go. Please go check out her art-- it's amazing. Thanks again, Victoria-- job well done."

Click on the Read more link to see the drawing, outline and final gray photos.

Watercolor Garden

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A photographer by trade, Teresa had some very specific ideas about the style of cover up tattoo she wanted; she just wasn't sure it would be possible to tattoo over her old burn scar. It took up most of her lower right leg, but it was fairly flat, so when she came in to see me about it, I thought we might be able to create something gorgeous together.

After some discussion, we decided on a botanical piece that would feature the birth flowers of the birth months of her five children. She really liked the soft, watercolor style of tattoos that are so popular right now. I had to be honest and tell her that that particular style doesn't last very long, especially if the colors are in the red/pink range--- even more especially if you don't use an outline and gray shading to define the shapes. Watercolor style tattoos can sometimes work to cover old scars but you still need to follow the Cover Up Formula (see my Cover Up Tattoos page) for them to be effective.

We worked together on the colors, with some back and forth, and in the end we were both happy with the way the piece turned out. She says, "You did such an amazing job on my leg. I don’t think I can come up with the words to thank you."

Click on the Read more link to see the drawing, before, outline and gray, plus the final (very fresh) color photos.

Samurai Dragon

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Matthew was looking to cover up some old tattoos he had on his chest and clavicle areas. They were pretty dark and a variety of different styles.

He brought in a couple of really bad ass images of Japanese Samurai masks with Asian Dragon illustrations that I thought might work well. After I did some of my own research into Samurai masks, I drew up a fairly complicated design based on that concept. But first we had to pump some white into those old tattoos to get them to turn a bit gray, so that the new black ink going over them would stand out more.

He says, "For a while now I have been wanting to do a cover up of some old tattoos-- an old sacred heart and some terrible tribal ones on my shoulders. To cover this, I knew it was going to take an artist who specializes in cover up work. I started Googling and found many artists out there who do cover ups, and judging the outcome of their work, it was evident not all artists are truly skilled in this type of tattoo work. I came across Victoria's website, and when I came across her personal thoughts, I knew she was the one. Her intro and her explanation alone took 20 minutes to read; Victoria knows what it takes to truly cover up old work. I took in a few pictures that I had, and we talked about the layout and the design."

Click on the Read more link to see the drawing, before, and very fresh outline photos.

My Studio

After apprenticing in 2005, getting my license and working in a couple of different tattoo shops, I opened my own personal, utterly private tattoo studio, Floating Lotus Tattoo Studio, in 2010. It's not a "tattoo parlor"; it is small and of course, I have and always will, keep it super clean. I am the only artist and open by appointment only. Thanks to: my family, friends and amazing clients for all of your support. I couldn't do this without you.

My studio space is located in inner SE Portland OR, near OMSI, in the red and gray ActivSpace SE building.

The address is:
833 SE Main #104
Portland OR 97214 USA

HOURS: Tuesday--Sunday,
11:00am-6:00pm
BY APPOINTMENT

503 807-7863
victoria@floatinglotustattoo.com

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