Where Dark Whimsy Meets Living Skin
20 Years of Ink. A Lifetime of Art.
Booking consultations open. Session dates held after policy and deposit.
Appointment only at Bird of Paradox Studio, 723 50th Street, Kenosha, WI. No walk-ins.
Book a consult on Porter. The artist may confirm that date as a session after reviewing your form, or start work the same day if time allows. 40% deposit in person after you sign the policy.
A Range Without Limits
Custom Tattoos
Custom tattoos designed from scratch, shaped around your vision and built for living skin — including dark horror and fantasy.
Cover-Ups
A featured specialty: thoughtful cover-ups of existing work, designed to transform what is already there.
Dark Fantasy
A featured specialty in dark fantasy imagery, where strange stories and lasting ink meet.
Biomechanical / Eldritch Horror
A featured specialty in biomechanical forms and eldritch horror, built with layered detail and atmosphere.
Fine Art & Paintings
Fine art and paintings that carry the same dark whimsy and storytelling into a different medium.
Leather Work
Hand-tooled and painted leather work made with the same obsessive attention to detail.
Other Commissions
Album art, paintings, portraits, and other commissions for ideas that need a darker point of view.
Digital & Screen
Digital illustration, concept art, and screen media — creature design, character work, and composites made for digital output.
Portfolio
The Work
A glimpse into the portfolio — tattoos, paintings, and everything in between.
Content notice: Cryptid’s Kiss and the artist’s work are intended for mature audiences. Images on this site may include nudity, gore, horror, or other adult themes that some viewers may find disturbing. By continuing you acknowledge that.
The Artist
"20 years of experience. One singular vision."
Cryptid's Kiss is the personal brand of an artist who has spent over two decades perfecting the craft of custom tattooing and fine art. Holding a degree in Film & Animation from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, his work is rooted in storytelling — dark, whimsical, and unmistakably his own. Currently working at Bird of Paradox Studio in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Let's Create
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Book a consult on Porter. The artist may confirm that date as a session after reviewing your form, or start work the same day if time allows. 40% deposit in person after you sign the policy.
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Paintings, leather work, album art, and more. Tell me what you're envisioning and let's create something extraordinary.
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Cryptid Tattoo Artist · Kenosha, Wisconsin