Our Wild World - Tattoo flash designs by Bram Adey - August 2026

Our Wild World

Portraits of the Wild Things of Manitoba

Tattoo flash designs by Bram Adey

Our Wild World is a collection of tattoo flash designs in progress celebrating the natural world of Manitoba, from the Great Plains to the Parklands and the Interlake, all the way to the Boreal Forest and the Canadian Shield.

These designs are intended to commemorate moments like strolling with your grandparents in their garden, exploring the riverbank with your children, or lazing in a field alone as a child.  I am happy to tattoo any of these designs or use them as a springboard for your custom nature-themed tattoo.  

Email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for Winnipeg tattoo and consultation bookings.

This is the set as it stands today, new designs are being added every week.  If you'd like to have one of these or a similar tattoo done, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com

Meadowlark - Upper-arm tattoo

Morel Mushroom - Wrist tattoo

Caribou tattoo - Thigh

Cardinal tattoo - Inner-forearm

Mourning dove - Shoulder tattoo

Barn Swallow - chest tattoo

Northern Pike - Forearm tattoo

Jack Pine bough - Calf tattoo

Wild Rose tattoo - Forearm

Wild Rose tattoo - Forearm

Snowflake tattoo - Wrist

Snowflake tattoo - Wrist

Black eyed susan - Forearm tattoo

Thistle tattoo - Inner-ankle

Raccoon tattoo - Lower-leg

Snail tattoo - Upper arm

Snowflake tattoos - Upper arm

White-tailed deer tattoo - Upper arm

Sparrow tattoo - Inner-forearm

Sparrow tattoo - Inner-forearm

Swallowtail butterfly tattoo - Thigh

Lady's Slipper - Ankle tattoo

Damselfly tattoo - Upper-arm

Jack-Pine tattoo - Lower leg

Bison tattoo - Chest

Crayfish tattoo - Upper-inner arm

Monarch Butterfly tattoo - stomach

Barn Swallow - shoulder tattoo

Loon tattoo - Upper arm

Willow and pocket knife - calf tattoo

Jack Pine tree tattoo - Lower leg

Thank you so much for your interest in my work, have a good one!

-Bram

 

May 2026 - New Tattoos and flash, a surrealist experience, and garter snakes in Pinawa

Hi, welcome to my blog, if you're new here, my name is Bram, and I'm a Winnipeg based tattooer specializing in traditionally inspired black and grey nature tattoos.  

I make both custom and flash based work, and my books are always open.  If you'd like to set up an appointment to get tattooed, have a consultation, or share an idea for a tattoo you'd like to get, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com 

Here iare some new tattoos (and some older healed work) I photographed in the last few weeks, some tattoo flash designs based on local Manitoba flora/fauna and phenomena available to be tattooed, and some random photos from around the house/neighbourhood/province. 

Meadowlark - Upper arm tattoo

Sea Shell - Upper arm tattoo - several years healed

Tulip - Upper arm tattoo - healed

Raspberries - Outer forearm tattoo - two years healed

The start of a lage snake and chrysanthemum tattoo.

I"m very excited to sare this full-sleeve tattoo of local plant species, made in five sessions across the last year or so.

1st session - Snowberry

2nd session - Big Bluestem

3rd session - Spruce

4th Session - Oak

5th session - Ash

Jack fish tattoo - back edge of forearm

Garter snake tattoo - upper arm

Barn Swallow tattoo - outer forearm - several years healed

Pelican tattoo - outer forearm

Conch shell tattoo - inner forearm

I'm hard at work on my large flash set "our wild world", an ambitious collection of local flora/fauna/fungi and phenomena.  here are some new designs from the collection from across the last few weeks.

A couple of my favourite Audobon birds:

Raven - tattoo flash

Arctic tern - tattoo flash

I'm excited to have added some snowflakes from Bentley to the collection:

Snowflake tattoo designs

Snowflake tattoo designs

Wolf Spider - tattoo design

Cardinal - tattoo design

Cedar waxwing - tattoo design

Swallowtail on goldenrod - tattoo design

Monarch chrysalis on milkweed - tattoo design

Monarch butterfly - tattoo design

Monarch butterfly on milkweed - tattoo design

I'm also starting to think about a map for the project.

My favourite pencils right now.

Thanks so much for the interest in my work, here are some extra goodies from around my neighbourhood and the province: