queer illustrative and versatile tattoo artist in edmonton

Jakob Shivengri is an illustrative and versatile tattoo artist at Atomic Tattoo & Piercing in Edmonton, Alberta. With over 20 years of tattooing experience, Jakob works in a wide range of styles, with a personal style influenced by sketch based, painterly, and free flowing artwork.

Jakob is also, somehow, all knowing. Ask him about pine needles, cheese making, chickens, medieval folklore, or the history behind your tattoo idea, and he probably has a strangely specific answer ready. His background as a sculptor and painter gives his tattoo work movement, texture, and character.

Jakob especially enjoys weird custom tattoos, cryptids, folklore inspired designs, medieval drawings, witchy subject matter, plant life, traditional Nordic themes, Adventure Time, and strange little animals being strange little freaks.

He is also skilled with tattoo cover ups and reworks, including projects other artists may not want to take on. Jakob is open to most tattoo ideas, as long as the subject matter is not hateful or offensive.