Red Region Tattoos

Red Region Tattoos Custom tattooing and art services by appointment on the Olympic Peninsula Custom tattooing and art services at Port Angeles location by appointment.

Hours listed are for walk-in consultations. Appointments available 7 days a week. Artist = Aarron Laidig - Tattooing since 1985

Aged/healed mermaid on a moon swing tattoo. The client was nice enough to stop in to show me her healed piece when she w...
06/01/2026

Aged/healed mermaid on a moon swing tattoo.
The client was nice enough to stop in to show me her healed piece when she was in the area.
A tattoo isn't done till it is healed out a while in my mind.

I recall when I was doing this that in my head I was singing a song.
Swinging on a Star by Bing Crosby.
When I think of that song I always end up thinking of the 90s movie Hudson Hawk.
Super serious movie staring Bruce Willis and Andie MacDowell.

Here is the lyrics...

Would you like to swing on a star?
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a mule?
A mule is an animal with long funny ears
Kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way, if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule
Or would you like to swing on a star?
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a pig?
A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
His shoes are a terrible disgrace
He has no manners when he eats his food
He's fat and lazy and extremely rude
But if you don't care a feather or a fig
You may grow up to be a pig
Or would you like to swing on a star?
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a fish?
A fish won't do anything, but swim in a brook
He can't write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
Ha, and though he's slippery, he still gets caught
But then if that sort of life is what you wish
You might grow up to be a fish
New kind of jumped-up slippery fish
And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
Every day you meet quite a few
So, you see it's all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swingin' on a star.

05/26/2026

Scary scary, well... maybe not so scary little scarecrow 👀

One of the cute and tiny lamb tattoos from my April lambs deal which was inspired by Easter. This one was directly off t...
04/25/2026

One of the cute and tiny lamb tattoos from my April lambs deal which was inspired by Easter. This one was directly off the sheet I drew. I ended up doing about a dozen of them was all, each different except two gals got matching ones, which I thought was cool.

I had never heard the word sonder before. It's a coined word from John Koenig's dictionary of obscure sorrows. It was co...
03/29/2026

I had never heard the word sonder before. It's a coined word from John Koenig's dictionary of obscure sorrows. It was coined in 2012. It has already been added to many official dictionaries. I rather like it, so hope it stands the test of time.
Sonder is a noun referring to the profound realization that every random passerby is the main character of their own story, living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
We walk around, all of our own main characters, others just side characters, some just background... but we are just that to them.

03/27/2026

For the record, I don't like peas. Never have. With that said... peas. I've tattooed peas on people only a few times. Considering that I've been tattooing for four decades now, that's a pretty uncommon tattoo. Peas are actually a fruit. Fruit is not uncommon in tattooing. Vegetables aren't so common. Peas are thought of as vegetables. There ya go, that's why it's not a common request I suppose.
These designs are not of my making. I didn't draw them, they are client supplied. They were internet finds.
I'd have drawn the peas differently, probably over exaggerated a few things in a way that wasn't easily noticeable.
The client got five small tattoos at once for her first tattoos. Four show here.
Her wife left midway through for a coffee run and came back with a cute Snow White and D***y figurine thing for me.
Unlike peas, I'm very fond of Snow White. I don't have a favorite dwarf, if you're wondering about that. You probably weren't.
Obviously from the redness the tattoos shown are fresh. Like a couple minutes old type fresh.
I'm guessing she'll come back for something else eventually. Maybe I'll try to duplicate the mini vid when it's aged out so I can have an excuse to mention that I don't like peas, and am fond of Snow White again.
That's about it.
Anyways... peas.

03/19/2026

Figure since it is a tattoo style sketch it kinda goes here too maybe. Worry not, If I were to tattoo it I'd do it much nicer, not so sloppy, and fancier as well. I do these all super quick for the sketching vids.

This tattoo is minutes old. My client said I must post this immediately because it is St. Patrick's Day and it's clover....
03/18/2026

This tattoo is minutes old. My client said I must post this immediately because it is St. Patrick's Day and it's clover. Posting it on another day would not be cool she said, so here it is. This is the startled bee from The Story of Ferdinand. If you are unfamiliar with the story, it is about a gentle bull that loves smelling flowers and isn't really into bull fights. He startles this bee and gets stung, he jumps around and humans think he would make a good fighter, but he's a peaceful bee that just loves flowers. It's a good book. The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Freshy tattoo of "We The People." This particular client was of the extra cool variety too, because he also got one of m...
03/11/2026

Freshy tattoo of "We The People." This particular client was of the extra cool variety too, because he also got one of my original paintings. I enjoy it greatly when my paintings end up staying local or semi-local. Most get shipped off to buyers way far away.

"We the People" are the opening words of the U.S. Constitution's Preamble, signaling that government power derives from the people (popular sovereignty) rather than states or a monarch.

02/19/2026

Mixed frame, used to be on the wall. 35mil cameras were better and didn't lie, but phone cameras are convenient.

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719 S. Laurel Street
Port Angeles, WA
98362

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Wednesday 10am - 1pm
Thursday 10am - 1pm

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