Kirk Sheppard is a Vancouver BC based tattoo artist working at Rain City Tattoos and an accomplished fine artist, working in watercolour, ink, acrylics, coloured pencils & chalk.

His fine art is heavily influenced by traditional tattoo imagery (both western and eastern), as well as lowbrow and pin-up art from the 1940s onward. He is also the co-author and illustrator of The Tattoo Colouring Book. www.kirksheppardtattoos.com

tattooing: since 2001
painting: since 2003
drawing: since he could hold a pencil
Media: watercolor, ink, acrylics, coloured pencils & chalk
this years' goals: more tattoo flash sets, more paintings
long term goals: becoming the best tattoo artist and fine artist he can be, learning as much about tattooing and its history as possible

Influences: Cara Sheppard; Leo Zulueta; Ed Hardy; Greg Irons; Rick Griffin; Robert Williams; Bobby 'Boris' Pickett; traditional tattooing (western & eastern); outsider, lowbrow, and pin-up art; music; horror movies and well-written books

Kirk's art & prints can be purchased at Kids Playing with Skulls. www.kidsplayingwithskulls.com

I also have a blog at
kirksheppardtattoos.blogspot.com/

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Name:
Kirk Sheppard
Joined:
February 2008
Hometown:
Elkford BC Canada
Currently:
Vancouver BC, Canada
I am:
Male and Taken
Occupation:
Tattooer, tattooist, tattooartist, whatever you want to call it I tattoo for a living
Website:
Kirk Sheppard Tattoos