Minka Sicklinger has been tattooing professionally for five years. She currently works out of New York's Eastside Ink.
Read our interview with Minka below, then check out her work underneath.
How did you get your start?
I was always fascinated by tattooing, but from a more anthropological and ritualistic standpoint. Once I started to get tattoos of my own, something clicked and I realized I felt a connection to the art form which I needed to explore, and I ended up teaching myself.