MARKY HLADISH

Prior to beginning his tattoo career, Marky Hladish spent 12 years as a professional illustrator and graphic artist. Having always been inspired by the artistry and tradition of tattooing, he entered into a formal apprenticeship under Joe Beatty at Dark Heart in 2015. Although now only a few years into his tattooing career, he is clearly bringing his own notable style of illustrated realism into his tattoos, demonstrating a strong sense of composition with a keen attention to detail and sound fundamentals. He enjoys making bold, dark, high-contrast tattoos and putting his own spin on botanical floral. He also enjoys many other styles of tattooing including, black & grey realism, American traditional, neo-traditional, and full color pieces.

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View fullsize Matching color palette for Emily. She did a twofer. Do you guys like this style work? I’d love to do more of it. Thanks so much! #Tattoo #tattoos #tattooing #tattooer #tattooart #tattooartist #ttt #illinoistattooartist #traditional #neotradit
View fullsize Normalize bearded dragon pet portraits. Fight systemic fluffiness. Wraps a bit but you get the idea. Hit me@up for your pet portrait. Thanks! #Tattoo #tattoos #tattooing #tattooer #tattooart #tattooartist #ttt #illinoistattooartist #blxink #btattooi
View fullsize About ten years ago Joe Beatty (@darkhearttattoo) agreed to give me a tattoo apprenticeship. Today I got to tattoo his head. Life is weird and awesome and takes you all sorts of places that you never saw coming. Cheers and thanks always to Joe for le
View fullsize Made in two sessions. 100% drawn on. Most of the solid black is healed. I’ve been doing a lot more blackout work lately and I’m not mad at it. Feel free to hit me up if you’d like to start a project like this. (Shoulder piece not by
View fullsize Another fluffy buddy. Keep em comin! I want to make all the pet portraits. Lizards, fish, horses, they’re all good. We could even dress em up with a funny hat or sunglasses. I don’t mind. Wanna put flowers around em? I’m down. Possi
View fullsize I love making pet portraits. Hit me up if you want your best fren on you for life. Thanks! #Tattoo #tattoos #tattooing #tattooer #tattooart #tattooartist #ttt #illinoistattooartist #blxink #btattooing #blackandgrey #blackandgreytattoo #blackandgrey
View fullsize Whenever a client says “just do whatever you want” they already know they’re getting a rose. Thanks for letting me tattoo your whole arm, Aleshia. Hands are my absolute favorite thing to tattoo and roses are my favorite subject matt
View fullsize Here’s a bunch of looks at a snake I got a chance to make yesterday for Alex’s first tattoo. All is full of love. Thanks. #Tattoo #tattoos #tattooing #tattooer #tattooart #tattooartist #ttt #illinoistattooartist #blxink #btattooing #bla
View fullsize Single long stem rose done as a walk-in yesterday. Whenever anyone asks what my favorite thing to tattoo is, I always answer a rose. Maybe one day in the future people will say, “Remember that Marky guy? He sure could make a rose or two.”
View fullsize Hand piece I made a bit ago for V! I’ll be tattooing up at @merlinscavern for their grand opening today. If you’re in the Green Bay, WI area, drop by and get some flash tattoos! Thanks! #Tattoo #tattoos #tattooing #tattooer #tattooart #t
View fullsize Death pose. Thanks for coming out to get tattooed, Nick. NOW BOOKING! If you’re interested in something like this, fill out a submission form on my website (link in bio) and I’ll gladly get back to you. FYI there is a bit of a wait time
View fullsize Added the finishing pieces to Emily’s sleeve today. All mementos from her family and childhood, including some awesome puppy portraits and family birth flowers. All done over the last year, mostly healed. Lemme know if you’d like to start

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