
Some recent tattooing!! Had a blast with this run of tattoos! Today I got to make this bobcat for Patrick, would love to do more of these and/or more big cat tats, always! I also am psyched on this peter pan alligator for the man himself @21stcentury_schizoidman . Got a great start to this Thor vs The world serpent for @ianjefferson73 , looking forward to coloring it. I love mythology and mythology tattoos, man. Stoked to make yet another @legionriderswoburn bull for @gaetanoa3 the other day. I’ve been fortunate to make so many of the bulls for the Legion Riders, thanks to everyone over there that keeps comin in and lettin me do my work! Tattooing rules. Have a good evenin’ folks. Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattin and illustration inquiries!!

I drew this up as part of my morning warmups the past day or two, and scanned it in to practice my digital coloring skills, switch gears, and have a little fun. Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for tattoos and illustration inquiries!

The skull of a giant, lost to the ancient sands of hyperborea. Dead to time and space. Working on some new flash for you! This is pen and colored pencil on coquille paper. Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all of your tattooing and illustration needs.

Some still closeups and a full shot of my Lady Reaper Bio Queen in case ya missed it the other day or wanted to see the still shots! Thanks for lookin’. I got some time to tattoo this weekend and beyond so if you’re looking for some exciting tattoos, I’m the guy. 📩 DM or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all of your tattin’ needs.

Was super stoked to have the pleasure of making this electrified Panther for @alexmirageas_m.d yesterday. Thanks for the trust Alex! If you like this kind of thing, I would love to do more of it. I love powerful and exciting tattoos and I love animals of all shapes and sizes as well. Swipe for my reference images for this tat 👀
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Also just a reminder to anyone who hasn’t seen my story from the other day- I am on the other apps some of you are moving to. I won’t dare say their names to make sure I don’t get crammed down in your feed but it rhymes with poo-pie and scrub-cracks. Find me wherever you wanna find me, I’m still here and I’ll be there too. Probably have some different material floatin around on each one to keep it interesting! Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattooing and illustration inquiries!!

Lady-Reaper-Chromed-Out-Bio-Desert-Space-Queen just finished up. Had a lot of fun making this, would love to tattoo this image or something like it for anyone interested! Thanks for checkin it out! Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattoo and illustration inquiries!

Got a mix of all kinds of stuff this past weekend! Finished up this pair of dino feet for @gage_morin , stoked on the fresh triceratops colors! The Dilophosaurus is mostly healed, except a few touchups here and there. Started a new woodsman wizard that’s half tree and half man with a proclivity towards deer skull helmets for @iamthelurkr , and got some healed and settled pics of his angler from awhile ago. Also got a few hours of shading in on @alexmorin7 ‘s wizard sleeve. Thankful to everyone that comes in and gets tattooed, keepin’ me busy. Have a good day out there. Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattooing and illustration inquiries!

I call this next painting “OH SHIT!” 😂. I’ve been reading through the John Carter/Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs lately and I’m in the middle of the third book. I was inspired by an image on the back of a giant bug that (spoiler alert) 🚨 John carter gets into a lil’ scramble with in the woods. Always loved the @theartofmichaelwhelan covers for these books and thought he nailed the imagery. Really love the new ones @juskoart is doing as well! The art is too cool to not share! Had dragonflies on my mind lately and wanted to paint a monster dragonfly, and added the disrupted forest folks on the bottom for fun and for scale. Thanks for lookin’ ! Ink, watercolor, and colored pencil on illustration board. Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattooing and illustration inquiries, i got time to tattoo you this week!

Stoked to start adding color to @ashleyrosecouture ‘s golden eagle bum tat over the weekend! Cant wait to finish this one up. After color’s done we’ll be adding to her back with some more imagery and background. Swipe for a picture of ANOTHER 10/10 moon and DM or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for any moon or non-moon tats of your own!

Have some other drawings that I finished up late last year, including this one of Legolas. I drew this one up as I was making my way through the Fellowship book last year. Thanks for checkin’ it out! Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattoo and illustration inquiries!

One from late last year that I had a lot of fun making! Everyone loves some Wizard action. I wanted to try something that would be graphically ready to tattoo but in a more pen and ink style of shading. Let me know if you’d like me to adapt this to a tattoo for yourself! Available this week for tattooing @redemptiontattoo . DM or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattooing and artwork related inquiries!

Honored to make this reaper hand for longtime client @jeffassetta ! Super fun. Also psyched to start this huge octopus thigh piece for the one and only @artofbriancleary ! Pumped how the outline came out and looking forward to color! I got time soon if you’re looking to book in for any kinds of tats you’d like. Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattooing and art commission inquiries!

Some shiny pictures of a fun ass tiger I got to make for @alexmirageas_m.d the other day. Wraps around pretty good so swipe for the angles and other side of the tattoo huggin’ a mike tyson tat. Thank you Alex! Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattoo and artwork inquiries!

Here’s the second and last page to the two page Kron-Torath ‘Midnite Ride’ story! It’s compiled on my substack that you can find at my profile; or go back a few posts for the first page. I’d also suggest rotating your phone for slide 3 to see those panels properly. More comix to come this year! Thanks for checkin’ it out!
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This is all pen and ink with different white media here and there for sculpting and highlights. The comic is colored digitally, but the backgrounds are all done with paint on paper with a new trick I learned, and detailed in my substack if you’re interested. DM or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattooing and artwork inquiries!

A goal of mine for 2025 is to have more finished pieces by the end of the year. To spend more time working out ideas on a finished piece and less of that in my sketchbook, where it usually ends up under no one’s eyes but my own. Here’s something from January 1st. A lizard man victory against the cyborg revolution! Pen ink and some white media on bristol. @heavymetal

Will never complain about a weekend of dinosaur and mythological beast tattooing! Stoked as hell to start this pair of dino-feet for @gage_morin and get some shading in on @artofbriancleary ‘s griffin. Still have color to do on the triceratops but we decided it was enough for the day finishing the dilophosaurus up. Thanks guys! Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for tattoos and illustration inquiries!

Here’s some quick and messy photos of some cool tattoos among other things from recently! I thought it was fitting that unknowingly Evan and I would finish this first-tat-of-the-year coming into the year of the snake. It’s Shah Dalamadur from @monsterhuntergame . Looking forward to getting better photos when totally healed and un-bloody! Also got to make this arrow on @_theartistformerlyknownaschris as my last tat of 2024. Swipe for some other goods like sketches, @theultimateash hot doggin’ , and a big ass burrito.
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Thanks to all of you that wear my tattoos, buy some art, or keep hitting that like button on my page. I wouldn’t be able to do this without you so thanks to all my clients from 2024, before 2024, and until 2094. If I tattoo you after 2094, I’ll give ya an extra thanks in advance then when I’m probably half cyborg or something. Dm or jgettlershred@gmail.com for all tattooing and art inquiries!

A few small paintings for @ericklynchtattoos and @mikeredemption for Christmas! Had another great year, thanks for giving me and the rest of @redemptiontattoo an awesome place to work and be inspired!
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Dm or jgettlershred@gmail.com for tattoos or illustration commissions!

@heavymetal hear the call!
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Kron-Torath is BACK in a new two-page comic called MIDNITE RIDE. Just a simple fun story set in another place and another time. Page two is coming soon after I finish the colors up in a few days. Swipe to close in on the action or Joegettler.substack.com has the full page in its glory if you want to see it magnified!
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Entering this one for another entry into @heavymetal emerging artist campaign. Would love to work with you all! #heavymetalkickstarter

Some recent tattooing! An undead Wizard for @eric.balestrieri , an in progress and healing/peeling golden eagle for my babe @theultimateash , some shading on the skeletons from @alexmorin7 ‘s Wizard sleeve, drawn on start to a world serpent and wolf for @strongliketractor , finished up some background on the inimitable JD @instasin666 , and a healed up swamp thing also on Eric. .
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Thanks to everyone keeping me busy, I’m havin a blast working for all of ya!! Dm or email jgettlershred@gmail.com for appointments. Enjoy the rest of your Festivus!





















Welcome!
Nice to have you here. My name’s Joe Gettler and I’m a Tattooer/Illustrator/Comic Book Maker from Massachusetts. Check out my Newsletter for my Substack blog above; as well as my Store for Original Artworks for sale. Have a look around and enjoy. Thanks!