Ollie idlehanded

A photo of Ollie Idlehanded tattooing. He has shaggy medium brown hair with bleached chunks, a stretched lobe, and a crescent moon tattoo by his eye. He wears pink eye shadow and black gloves. The wall has pink and blue metallic fringing.
An American Traditional thigh tattoo of a classic western style steam train. The train is red, green, and gold. It is backed by a red and gold sunset. A trad rose is at the center bottom flanked by orange flowers.

Howdy! I’m Ollie (he/him), and I’m the owner of Howdy Darlin’ Tattoo, alongside my husband Vic.

My work is somewhere in between American Traditional and neo-traditional tattooing styles; essentially, I use bold lines and lots of pink. My flash is inspired by video games (get me talking about Fallout or Red Dead Redemption!), old cartoons, nostalgia, and music. I’m a 90s kid who grew up emo, and it shows!

When I’m not tattooing, I’m hanging out with my two cats, Pumpkin and Parsley, exploring castles with my husband, or building elaborate mid-century homes in The Sims.

I love taking on custom work as well as tattooing my own designs. Pop me a message or drop by the studio and I’ll be happy to chat with you!

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A tattoo featuring a scene insipired by the video game Fallout New Vegas. An NCR Ranger in the NCR armor is shooting a feral ghoul in front of the New Vegas sign, as a nuclear blast is going off behind them. Orange, red, and brown are the main colors
An American traditional tattoo of a cowboy riding a bull. The cowboy is wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and brown chaps. The bull has long golden horns. The bull is bucking, but the cowboy is still riding.
A colorful hand tattoo of a Tamagotchi toy, with a pixel art sprite of Sailor Moon on the screen. Two small orange flowers are either side of the toy, and the are several small stars and moons around it.
A stylized color-splash tattoo of Ghostface from the movie Scream holding a phone with one hand, reaching out over a suburban street with the other. There is a red sunset behind the house.
An American Traditional tattoo of an ornate lamp with matching lampshade. It is pink, blue, and gold. The base has roses on it, and the shade has a heart and two smaller flowers, as well as blue fringing.
A trad style pin-up tattoo of Frankenstien's monster, interperated as a trans man. He has green and purple patchwork skin, and has prominent pink scars from top-surgery. He is sat on a large orange flower.
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“Why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food?”

— John Arbuckle