We recently connected with Randi Plemmons and have shared our conversation below.

Randi, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

I’ve always been obsessed with art as a young kid. It wasn’t until round the age of 18 that I realized I could make a career out of it. My mom suggested I look into tattooing and the rest is history!

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

My name is Randi and I mainly specialize in fine line, black and gray stipple shading! I love me some botanical tattoos and basically anything I can freehand! I posted a cover up I did a few months back (done in fhe style mentioned above) and a freehand vine on another girl and people from Instagram went nuts! (Shoutout to Cass and Lexi!) Ever since then tattooing has become a lot more enjoyable because I found a style that I really truly like and I’m more comfortable turning down designs that don’t peak my interest. I am extremely grateful for everyone who has supported me this far and especially the people who are willing to let me experiment a bit on them! Very excited to see what future creative chaos I can create!

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

The best thing society can do to support artists in honestly as simple as like and share their work! Even if you personally can’t afford or want to own/wear their artwork, a simple shout out, a follow or a repost on your Instagram goes a long way!

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.

Something that I think non creative people/ first time tattoo getters is that no one’s perfect. Tattoo artists on not robots nor are we computer printers. Not every tattoo will turn out *exactly* how you want. Some tattoos people want are not even tattooable. The best thing I can recommend is just listen to your artist. As long as you picked a good artist, I promise you they will know more than you. No matter how much you watch Ink Master, you’ll never understand all the behind the scenes things that happen with tattoos. Patience, trust and communication are key to tattooing

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Tattoosbyrandi

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