Newsletter 99

Sleeves up the rest of the day, and I started noticing everyone's ink again. My mailman showed up absolutely dripped out, a full forearm I'd never seen once, because it's been under a jacket since November. Wild what six months of weather hides.

The ink's back out. Good time to be us.

Biggest order: Erika Wells pulled $189.30 ($43.80 commission). The cart was a Tattoo Lovers' Kit, a Tangerine Vanilla Tattoo Balm Salve, and an Everything Kit. Someone buying for the long haul.

Top earners this cycle: Abdul, Roberto, Brad, Jens, and Kaylee.

Here's the tell: the Tattoo Lovers' Kit shows up in all five of their top sellers, with the Everything Kit right behind. The people earning right now aren't selling single products; they're selling kits. Gifting and full routines.

So put a kit in front of your audience. That's what's converting.

Moving most through Pro right now: Soothing Gel, SPF 30, and Tattoo Wash. Yesenia and Luis are leading the way this cycle.

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Jace has been tattooing professionally for six years, working across three studios before his style settled into what people recognize now: black-and-grey realism with heavy contrast and a real sense of story. He builds pieces that feel custom to the person wearing them, not copied off a reference, with a focus on how a tattoo moves with the body and how the contrast holds over the years.

That work has been recognized well past his own studio. He took 1st Place Realism at Inked Expo Melbourne in 2025, and earlier earned a Runner-Up Collaboration Award at a convention. He's been interviewed and featured by DGN Magazine and Skin Artist Magazine, and he's a regular at major conventions across Australia and New Zealand, including Rites of Passage, the Australian Tattoo Expo, Roots Expo in Auckland, and New Plymouth. His guest work has taken him internationally, including a residency at Monsoons Gallery in Montreal.

He gives back to the craft, too. He mentors an apprentice and presented a seminar in Melbourne on his approach to realism, because breaking a technique down for someone else, in his words, sharpens your own understanding of it.

What stands out when talking to him is how little of this he leads with. The work comes first. "Every piece represents a level of trust from the client, and I never take that lightly." He only partnered with Mad Rabbit because his artist friends were already using it long before we reached out, which is exactly the kind of artist we want behind the brand.

Go see why people wait a year for him. 📲 IG: @jaceholdenart 💬 Code: JACEH20

Jozay: a self-described walking coloring book, 2013 to 2024, no ragrets.

Alexander: a Disney character collage, each one a trait he sees in himself.

Morgan: a tribute to Castle, the show she and her mom always watched together.

Jessica: a decade of self-acceptance, from one baby tattoo to a half sleeve to her leg, on her terms.

Christen: how she protects healed work in the sun.

Danielle: story time on her first tattoo, with a strong case that ink makes you smarter and hotter.

Arrian: first tattoo next to latest, years apart.

Tina: close-up detail work.

Mila: a Tattoo Wash reveal leopard gecko.

Kelly: a Soothing Gel swipe on a hummingbird and tulip.

Iliana: a Soothing Gel swipe on a glitter shamrock.

Tracci: how to prep for a tattoo appointment.

Want in next time? Show the product, show the code. That's the whole bar, and it's a low one.

You wouldn't guess any of that from meeting him. He reads blue-collar, beard and all. He's actually in IT.

It started at 19, with his daughter's name and birth sign in brushed kanji. He had her back in high school. First tattoo, first thread of the family theme that now runs up his whole left side.

Upkeep is daily, heavier in summer: protection before paddleboarding, swimming, or hiking, then the hydration balm so nothing fades.

Ask what tattoos gave him, and he skips the art. "My dad hates tattoos, but he appreciates my family theme."

Follow him for the sleeve. And if you want to be the one we feature next, the more you put in your dashboard, the more we have to work with. 📲 IG: @fill_courts84 📲 TikTok: @fillup84 💬 Code: BEARDEDFILLC

Plenty open in your dashboard. Here's what's live and what it's worth.

For everyone

• Tattoo Journey [1,500 pts]: how your collection grew into what it is now.
  

• Ink That Matters [2,000 pts]: one piece, and why it's on you for good.
  

• Protect What You've Built [2,500 pts]: keeping your ink sharp in the sun, so your SPF posts land here too.
  

• Born This Way, Inked This Way [2,000 pts]: the ink that's just part of who you are.

Tattoo artists

• Tattoo Close-Up [2,000 pts]: the detail work, up close.
  

• What I Send Clients Home With [2,500 pts]: the aftercare you actually hand over.

Sponsored artists

• Best Healed Piece of the Year [2,000 pts]: your cleanest healed work.

• Full Shelf [2,000 pts]: your Mad Rabbit lineup on display.
  
  

Closing soonest: Ink That Matters and Protect What You've Built both wrap on June 21, so move on those first.

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