Joy Shannon

Esoteric Tattoos

A client stands to show her upper arm tattoo of an anatomical heart with a dagger running through it vertically. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A blackwork tattoo of the Death tarot card from the traditional Ryder Waite deck, featuring death in armor riding a horse. Death holds a flag with a single flower on it. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A blackwork portrait of a unicorn bust with light rays framing it. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach at a Friday the 13th flash event.
A female client’s torso, hands covering her breasts, with a botanical pentagram tattoo design beneath her sternum. To either side of the pentagram are wildflowers. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A blackwork tattoo by Joy Shannon of a skull in profile. The lower jaw is missing, and the top of the skull is cracked, with a fragment missing.
A client stands to show her upper arm tattoo of two white cats beneath a crescent moon and constellations. Behind the cats is a mountain range, with a river that runs between the cats. Ornate pillars stand to either side of the cats, framed by wildfl
A client ‘s forearm bears a blackwork dagger tattoo wrapped in ivy. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A client stands with their bare back to the camera, showing off an intricate linework tattoo on their spine of stacked six pointed stars. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A client’s upper thigh features a blackwork tattoo of an ouroboros, or a snake curled into a circle to eat its own tail. Two large roses bloom in the center of the ouroboros, with smaller roses growing above it. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
Tiny blackwork stars form a tattoo of the letters “VR” in cursive. A linework hand is below them, with the first two fingers crossed and cut off. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A blackwork moth tattoo, framed by a thin dotwork crescent moon. Three dotwork teardrops hang from the bottom of the moon Tattooed at a Friday the 13th flash event by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A client shows a forearm tattoo of a blackwork goblet with intricate designs on the cup and a circular piece hanging from the stem. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A blackwork cauldron tattoo on a client’s ankle, with flames rising from the cauldron and a rune embossed on front of it. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A flowering mandrake tattoo, depicting the outline of a female figure in blackwork with leaves, flowers, and berries sprouting from her head and arms. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
Two images of a blackwork snake tattoo. The snake is knotted around a bunch of wildflowers. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A blackwork tattoo of a honeybee. The honeybee is symmetrical, with triangular shaped rays emanating from its head Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A male client holds up his forearm to show a blackwork tattoo of a linework sun setting into a cloudy ocean. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A client stands to show her lower leg tattoo: A blackwork snake wraps around her calf and climbs up her shin, covered in moon phases. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A closeup of a blackwork unicorn bust tattoo, with a celtic knot instead of a mane and a single large floral blossom beside it. Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A blackwork tattoo of a honeybee. The honeybee is symmetrical, with triangular shaped rays emanating from its head Tattooed by Joy Shannon in Long Beach.
A client stands to show off both forearms. One is tattooed with a blackwork portrait of a John Muir, bearded with a collar and cravat, the other is tattooed with Baphomet, a bearded goat with soaring horns and a flame growing from the middle of its h
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