richie (@cd___flash)

Free Apprentice Flash Sheet! All pieces on here are completely free- available in color and B&W. If you are in NYC and would be down to let me tattoo any of these on you, you get a permanent +5 to your Luck stat. #nyctattoo #apprenticeflash #tattooflash #vintagetattooflash

My finished portfolio! While it hasn’t landed me an apprenticeship (yet) I’ve put my whole heart into it and gotten a lot of great feedback. Can’t wait to replace these as I continue to grow 😤 #tattooportfolio #tattooapprenticeship #tattooflash #apprenticeflash #nyctattoo

After visiting a few homies and giving them my portfolio, the most consistent feedback everyone gave was to do over the worst sheets. Here’s a quick timelapse of laying out imo the most poorly done sheet in it. Excited to visit more shops 🙂‍↕️ #tattooflash #apprenticeflash #nycflash #megaman…

Haven’t done one of these in a while! Goldfish from a Greg Christian flashbook, thanks for looking! 🐠 #apprenticeflash #tattooflash #traditionalflash

Angry floating heads 🫨 top is a palette swap from Bert Grim and bottom is a somewhat faithful Stanley Moskowitz. #tattooflash #apprenticeflash

Some Bob Shaw pieces and a Paul Rogers dragon. Shot for a semi-face reveal, minus my big head messing up the focus up so much. #traditionalflash #apprenticeflash

Paul Rogers panther and K. Akamatsu battle scene. Messed up twice but kept going and it turned out to be one of my favorite sheets I’ve worked on. #tattooflash #apprenticeflash

Vintage Tattoo Flash with a small spin. Just paint for today. Maybe lines next time? #apprenticeflash #artprocess #tattooflash

Peacock from K. Akamatsu flash, Cowgirl from Vintage Tattoo Flash. No speed ups-just the old slow n steady. Hopefully never have to paint a peacock again 🤞🏼 #apprenticeflash #traditionaltattoos #traditionalflash #tattooflash #flashsheet

Some of the first flash sheets I worked on. Some from my man Will Tran, others from old japanase K. Akamatsu flash. Also Hyrule Historia. #tattooflash #apprenticetattoo #artprocess #legendofzelda #traditionaltattoo

Some Bob Shaw flash from Vintage Tattoo Flash. This book rocks. Wasn’t super happy with how the sheet was coming out so I threw a border in there and felt better about it lol. #tattooflash #apprenticetattoo #artprocess

Personality sheet. All flash from those birthday sheets gifted to me ala @will_tran. This one hits home the most since X is on me and it was the first one I ever got from him. Good lesson in color mixing- try it and dry it before you apply it. Dragon was going to have purple spots before I biffed…

First time documenting the process/using Tiktok. Got these bad boys from old Lee Roy Minugh sheets found in a Taschen tattoo book. Probably my last time doing a shoot like this-I had almost 3 hours of footage 😅 #apprenticetattoo #tattooflash #artprocess