Artists
Krys grew up in SoCal and has been drawing since before she can even remember. Always knowing that art would be in her future, as she could never seem to stop, she recently finished getting schooled by Chris 51. She draws inspiration from everything and anything (even ceiling paint can have it's beauty), but leans towards creating themes of nature, cartoons/anime, skulls, and fantasy.
If Krys isn't arting away, she can usually be found outside reading or hiking. She hopes to see you on a trail or in the shop!
Krys Martin
Tattooing is so much more than art. It’s a vast spectrum of culture, language and history. Having my artistic roots and inspiration embedded deep the historic cultures from all over the world, especially in Scandinavian, Celt and Germanic traditions. I have spent years focused on graphic arts and historical recreations, a unique skill that I bring with me into the tattoo industry.
Kirby Smalls
Born and raised in west Eugene, Ryan Bollinger is “as local as it gets.” He attended Willamette High School in Eugene and knew from a young age that he wanted to be an artist when he grew up. As a young child, you could always find Ryan drawing, but he really started taking art seriously around the age of 15, when he would frequently watch his father get tattooed and immediately became hooked on the artform and the lifestyle that came along with tattooing. His mother was very supportive of his artistic aspirations and encouraged him to pursue his goal of becoming a tattoo artist.
When Ryan started tattooing at the age of 19 in 2004, he was the youngest licensed tattoo artist in Oregon at the time. Having traveled outside of the country a handful of times, Ryan is greatly influenced by different cultures and lifestyles. You can see heavy influences from the natural world in both his illustrations and tattoos, with a penchant for female figures and animals. Though he enjoys tattooing many different styles, he feels that his work is best described as "illustrative realism.” Ryan is inspired by the world of psychedelic art, with major influences being Alex Grey and Android Jones, and you can always find him immersed in some type of creative endeavor.
Ryan Bollinger
Born in Atlanta, raised in Indiana, and apprenticed in central California; Lily is bringing a unique smorgasbord of tattooing to Eugene. After finishing her freshman year at Indiana University in 2018, Lily relocated to Santa Cruz, CA to begin her tattooing journey. Spending days working in landscaping and nights either drawing or taking volunteers for small tattoos, she was eventually offered an apprenticeship at a shop that housed one of Santa Cruz´s most decorated artists. Black and grey realism and lettering were particularly popular amongst their clientele, as well as American Traditional. It led to a thorough education of the “west coast” style, in the form of an old school apprenticeship.
Lily draws influence from artists such as Mister Cartoon, Jose Contreras, Ram Navarro, Freddie Corbin, Flaks, and Nolan Hatton (to name a few). Lettering and black and grey realism are her specialties, and custom pieces are always welcome.
Lily Gilmor-Flint
I was raised in Utah and have been in Eugene four years now. I love this area. It is lush, gorgeous, and filled with nice, unique people.
Tattooing is my passion. I have been interested in tattoos from a young age and am finally living my dream. I love the surreal feeling of creating something others appreciate, cherish, and enjoy. Especially when it will be with you for the rest of your life.
I’m very infatuated with 14th Century woodcut, engraving, and etching artwork. I’m also influenced by the gothic and religious pieces often seen in manuscripts. I enjoy taking all of that and combing it with fantasy or modern-era elements to create unique characters and designs.
Brett Stewart
Rhys (Crabby Stabs)
Your our local shop goblin for the nerdy, strange and cute. Miss Nautilus is in their second year of tattooing. She favors a neotraditional and new school style but is always excited to take on a variety of projects. Inspired by everything from cartoons to sci fi to horror, Rhys especially loves doing macabre, fantasy, and pop culture tattoos, often finding a balance between creepy and cute.
They strive to make a safe space for all bodies to get tattooed and are honored to serve the body modification community of Eugene/Springfield.
Spawned from the Oregon wilderness where she lives with her spouse and new baby. When not tattooing they can usually be found playing dungeons and dragons or cooking spicy food.
Maddie is a Eugene native and has been tattooing since 2022, and working in the industry since 2016.
She prefers neo traditional and illustrative but loves tattooing most styles. She's got lots of flash available and is always taking inquiries for custom designs through email and IG.
Non tattooing fun facts about Maddie:
She had a baby in January, has 3 furbabies and is classically trained in vocal performance and piano.
Maddie Nicole
I grew up in Port Angeles, Washington, and have now lived in Eugene, Oregon since 2016. After studying anthropology and graduating from the University of Oregon, I turned my attention back to art in an effort to incorporate it into my everyday life through tattooing. In 2023, I had the privilege being one of the first students at Out of Step and started studying under the incredibly talented Ryan Bollinger.
Art has always played an important and integral part of who I am since I could hold a pencil. My earlier work was rooted mainly in graphite drawings and slowly branched into digital art, ink, and watercolor. Themes surrounding nature, wildlife, and fantastical creatures have always been at the core of what I gravitate towards, which I have carried into my career as an artist. That being said, I am always looking for new ways to expand my interests and capabilities, and I am honored to continue this journey through tattooing.
Kira X. Maddox
Crash (they/them) is a multidisciplinary designer and artist turned tattooer. They have an associates degree in graphic design and about 80% (dropped out of UO) of a bachelor of fine art degree with a focus in painting. Crash has done everything from newspaper layouts and designing packaging for the marijuana industry to painting murals, displaying conceptual paintings in gallery shows, and tabling at events like Gross Encounters and Euzine. Tattooing has become their favorite art form and they’re so excited to do it for a living!
Crash specializes in bold, bright, fun, and colorful semi-traditional tattoos. They are inspired by vintage comic imagery, trad tattoos, and fun 2D illustrations. Crash is an art nerd and thinks way too much about color theory, composition, and conceptual meaning behind even the silliest drawings. They’re also a regular nerd which means they spend a lot of time watching tv (primarily cartoons and comedy shows), playing games (usually Nintendo games, but also really into RPGs), and reading fantasy books.
Despite doing fun and silly tattoos, Crash takes being a tattoo artist very seriously and promotes a trauma-informed, open communication approach to tattooing. Getting tattooed is a very personal experience and Crash wants to make sure you’re comfortable and have as pleasant an experience as possible while getting poked by needles thousands of times. If you have questions or concerns before, during, or after your appointment, don’t hesitate to ask!
Crash is married and has one daughter and loves spending time with both of them when not tattooing. They can typically be found at home eating Dot’s Pretzels by the handful or out at thrift stores laughing at the goofy little porcelain figurines. Crash is stoked to tattoo you :)
Crash
I was born and raised in Vermont, where I completed my tattooing apprenticeship and acquired my license in 2015. From a very young age I was artistically talented. A number 2 pencil was my weapon of choice growing up. Art remained at the forefront of my interests throughout high school where I chose to partake in elective classes expanding on my skills and mediums.
My apprenticeship was very well rounded, leaving me proficient in various styles of tattooing. I enjoy the process of co-creating with clients to bring their artistic vision to life in their tattoo whether it’s black and grey or color, more realistic or illustrative. I’m most fond of tattooing natural elements such as skulls, anything botanical, critters and creepy crawlies. My personal tattoo “style” leans towards a semi-realistic black and grey with limited pops of color when the mood calls for it. I also love sketch style tattooing.
Over the past few years I have lived and tattooed in several places across the States, most prominently Hawaii, Colorado, Oregon and Vermont. I just recently relocated to the Willamette Valley area, drawn in by the plethora of accessible nature and the notable fire spinning and musical scenes that Eugene has to offer. When not tattooing or creating visual art I can usually be found somewhere deep in the woods with my adventure cat, dancing, practicing fire flow, or playing guitar and singing with my partner.
