Tide pool tattoo

Ziggy Mienko - Hard Easy Tattoo on Instagram: "Blood starfish and the cutest little limpet joined the tide pool party on Michele’s sleeve 🦀🪸🐚 Made with machine; dotwork is handpoked Healed pieces not by me! #oceantattoo #pnwtattoo #tacomatattoo #tacomatattooartist #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #bellinghamtattoo #olympiatattoo #handpoke #stickandpoke #tidepools #pnw"

Alia Bird on Instagram: "Wooo boy, is this not the most perfectly placed tattoo you’ve ever seen? As her first tattoo, my client is nothing short of a genius for coming up with this concept of a starfish munching on a baby mussel. As a marine biologist, she’s full of knowledge about starfish and all kinds of other creatures that reside in Oregon tide pools. I’m a lucky lady to have these experiences."

Ruby Lee on Instagram: “2+ years healed! Just touched up this coastal marsh scene for Audrey. Its always fun revisiting old work and seeing how my style/technique…”

Print of a pen drawing depicting some of my personal finds in the coastal tide pools of Oregon. Each sea critter has its name printed for identification. Printed on a bright white, heavy card stock (8.5x11 inches). The image is scaled to fit an 8x10 inch mat board and 11x14 inch frame.

So similar to what I want!

When we were young, our mom used to wake us up early when the tide was low. We rolled out of our bunk beds to pull on our boots, grab butter knives from the kitchen and buckets from the greenhouse, and run toward the beach. Over slippery ribbons of kelp, we made our way toward Stonewall Reef, stopping to peer into tide