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Kaia

KAIA is a licensed & Insured Tattoo Artist, and Cosmetic Tattoo Artist in Washington serving the Vancouver & Portland OR Area since 2017

 
 

I was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and originally had a career in social work. Burnt out I decided to train in cosmetic tattoo in 2016 and in 2017 had an opportunity to move to the PDX area. In 2020 I apprenticed under Velma to learn body art tattooing and became a full time body tattoo artist in 2022.

Things I like to tattoo:

Monster Girls - Whether from myth or a dream I love all kinds. I accept customs and have a few flash always rotating in all things horned, scaled, undead, or slightly creepy.

Folklore - It's not a coincidence that my handle is YOKAIa. I love folklore, myths, and all things yokai.

Anime - I am happy to tattoo your favorite manga panel, character, or if allowed my stylized version of characters.

Kawaii: From Sanrio to taking a concept and Lisa Frankifying it I'm always down to color anything fun. I prefer vaporwave color pallets appealing to all skin types but have all the pastels and don't mind getting fun with it.

Abstract: I am now wanting to do more abstract work like huge flowers covering entire body parts, or smoke/wave lines. Things that flow. I use Art Nouveau as a big inspiration


 
 
Cute lil star ⭐ next to healed eyeliner done by @velmatattoos for @pandorasacres !
Healed Tattoo Monday Shout-out to all the clients that become regulars and let me see how your art heals. Thank you!
Haven't done a 🥰 Self Sunday 🥰 in a minute, so here we go....Embracing yellow and braid ins as the weather's been hot. Showing off some of the hella awesome earrings I got from the Ascending Lotus Craft Faire. And got to finally see Dinolandia before they closed! It was on the list to go and glad we did! Hope your last few weeks of summer for swell, mine have been a bit lackadaisical.
🎉 Hanya Mask Refresh 🎉 Got to refresh this flash for Olivia. We got to catch up on all the tea while I deepened the contrast to better suite her skin. Absolutely appreciate those willing to let me work to make color work, ya know? . . . . . . #hanyamask #hanyamasktattoo #onigirl #onimask #pdxtattoo
Berserk brand for @vamonos37 Used Eternals Dried Blood as I thought it super appropriate for the theme. . . . . . #berserk #berserkmanga #yokaia #pdxtattoo
#snaketattoo #snake #sleevetattoo #yokaia #pdxtattoo #portlandtattoo
👿 Demon Kitty 👿 Thank you @skeletonhatss for grabbing my Demon Kitty flash. There's more posted and I've been making some Halloween Flash sheets I'll post about super soon! We heading into the 🎃💀🎃 season my spooky sinners. . . . . . #pdxtattoo #portlandtattoo #kittytattoo #creepytattoo #yokaia
💀🍎 Ryuk 🍎💀 . . . . . . #deathnote #deathnoteedit #ryuk #mangatattoo #yokaia
#mulan #mushu #mushutattoo #mulantattoo #disneytattoo #pdxtattoo
Shinobi & Ninja Kawaii pup tattoos for Alice! Minimalist style. Thought it was a cute idea and would love to do more pets, in different styles ! . . . . . #kawaii #doggo #doggotattoo #naruto #shinobi #ninja #pdxtattoo
#evangelion #misatokatsuragi #nge
😢 Crying Cloud 😢 For the always lovely Korin a while back. . . . . . . #crybaby #alwayscrying #aesthetic
💥🤖 Fraken's Gears 🤖💥 Another Robot Carnival episode for Peter! A healed Presence piece just above. Did some monochrome for this piece and we're excited to put the whole movie on his arm! Finally got to try @crybabytattooproducts and it's hella cute and smells like cotton candy! Thanks guys for selling a great product! . . . . . . #robotcarnival #frakensgears #anime #oldschoolanime #presence #colorfultattoo
#hekate #goddess #hekatetattoo #goddesstattoo #moontattoo #moon #triplemoon #witchyvibes #witch #witchytattoo
#sailormercury #sailormoon #sailorscepter #wand #kawaiitattoo #uvtattoo #animetattoo
#kawaii
✨ Fight Like A Girl ✨ Sailor Jupiter Scepter for Johana ! This was super fun to do and playing around with color palettes is my absolute favorite. . . . . . . . #sailorjupiter #sailormoon #jupiter #fightlikeagirl
⚔️ Zoro One Piece ⚔️ Fun sword piece and elbow tattoo on @midnight_ninja_rx8 as part of the many pieces we did that day. . . . . . #onepiece #zoroonepiece #roronoazoro #pdxtattoo #portlandtattoo #seattletattoo #washingtontattoo #yokaia
😸🏥 Neferpitou & Dr Blythe 🏥😸 Some super dope villian characters from Hunter x Hunter for the always lovely @demonica.920 . The thigh is no joke, but we agreed the blood splatter was worth it. . . . . . #drblythenstein #hxh #hunterxhunter #neferpitou #pitou #yokaia #pdxtattoo #seattletattoo
⛓️ Chainsaw Man ⛓️ . . . . #chainsawman #mangatattoo #pdxtattoo #portlandtattoo #yokaia