Joy Shannon

Celestial Tattoos

A blackwork dotwork tattoo of the moon phases running up and down someone’s spine. The full moon is framed by the phases of the waxing and waning moon. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A blackwork sternum tattoo placed directly below a client’s breasts, with geometric shapes along the sternum and moon phases curving out to either side. Diamonds and crescent moons hang from the central design in an ornamental style. Tattooed by Joy
A woman shows off a blackwork half sleeve of the solar system, with the sun placed on the ball of her shoulder and the planet orbits lined out. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A woman shows off a shoulder/upper arm tattoo of a full moon with clouds drifting across it, tattooed in a woodcut style of blackwork by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A traditional triple goddess tattoo of the full moon flanked by crescent moons on a client’s thigh. Tattooed in a dotwork style by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A woman models a sleeve tattooed in a blackwork style that is reminiscent of a woodcut, featuring a dotwork full moon and stars above a many rayed sun that is setting into the ocean. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A dotwork full moon surrounded by three moon phases on either side, tattooed on a client’s thigh by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A delicate collection of tattoos by Joy Shannon of Long Beach on a client’s forearm: Two dotwork constellations frame a blackwork triple goddess symbol.
A person shows off a blackwork tattoo of moon phases on the side of their forearm, with ornamental filigree and dotwork details. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A dotwork full moon tattoo on the back of a client’s shoulder, with strikingly realistic details. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A dotwork tattoo above a client’s knee of the full moon flanked by crescent moons. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
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A dotwork tattoo of the full moon with lines radiating off of it, placed on the ball of a woman’s shoulder. The moonlight reflects on a linework ocean below. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A dotwork tattoo on a client’s ankle of the full moon flanked by crescent moons. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
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