Meet The Artists!
Tyler Roberts
Tattoo Artist / Owner
Tyler Roberts opened Ink'd Tattoo Parlor in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. He originally opened shop in the same location that he had previously worked for, under another artist. After his first year, he was able to move into a bigger shop where he could continue to grow his business.
He has been in the industry for over 8 years and continues to grow and hone his skills. He specializes in realism and fine line, but he likes a challenge and will take on almost anything.
Outside of art, he's always happy to talk about his love of his many exotic pets, his family, LEGO's, taxidermy, and basically, all things odd.
Emalee Hobbs
Tattoo Artist / Piercer
Emalee (emmigutsu inks) is a full-time tattoo artist and piercer! She completed her apprenticeship right here at Ink'd Tattoo Parlor and has been tattooing for about a year and a half now!From a very young age, she has strived to express the world as she sees it, as well as a love for helping others. Having drawn all throughout her childhood, she fell in love with self-expression through art. She spent the majority of her teenage and adult life exploring with different mediums. Becoming a tattoo artist was the next step in achieving her goal of expression and helping others.A lot of her core inspiration is derived from the shows and movies she grew up watching, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Jellyfish, Scream, and pretty much every Cartoon Network show in the last 25 years. She mixes her love of various genres to create a nostalgic, cute, colorful style. Constantly challenging herself to step further out of her comfort zone and grow as an artist, she is willing to tackle almost any creative project.Outside of the shop, Emalee has two little demon cats, Juniper and Kirby, who she adores, and a beautiful chow-chow mix, Misha. Her hobbies, outside of drawing, include watching horror movies, going on small adventures or gaming. She loves cozy games like Slime Rancher, Unpacking, Spiritfarer, Monster Prom, and Animal Crossing, as well as Splatoon, Fortnite and Mario Kart. She also enjoys baking and basically every craft you could think of.
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Hailee Finn
Piercing / Tattoo Apprentice
Hailee Finn is a full-time piercing and tattoo apprentice at Ink’d Tattoo Parlor! She is currently learning about the industry through piercings and doing outlines. She has just started practicing shading and color packing!Hailee started drawing when she was young, taking art classes and doodling in her free-time. She continued to work on her craft throughout her life. She attended LCC and WCC for a few years before discovering that was not the right place for her, and soon after dropped out to pursue her passion. Her favorite styles to do are old book etchings, mythological creatures and song lyrics, but she’s always happy to explore new things!
Harley Ballard
Piercing / Tattoo Apprentice
Harley is a tattoo and piercing apprentice at Ink'd Tattoo Parlor! She is currently learning piercing procedures and practicing apprentice level tattoos, with hopes of becoming a full-time piercer and tattoo artist. She favors many tattoo styles including: cybersigilism, surrealism, tribal, abstract & trash polka.She has a background of working in the medical field for 6+ years in the hospitals of Michigan as a certified sterile processing and distribution technician, and has also studied painting and art history for several years in college. She is highly trained in sterilization, cross contamination, and biohazards.She has lived in Michigan her entire life, moving back and forth between Lansing and Detroit. Harley is a mother, and also owns three kitties. She spends most of her time with her family and pets, and creating all mediums of art. Collecting and curating oddities & curiosities is her favorite hobby, as she is also a trained taxidermist.Aside from piercing and tattooing, she also creates taxidermy jewelry that is sold in-store!
Abigail Palmisano
Piercing / Tattoo Apprentice
Abigail is a tattoo and piercing apprentice at Ink'd Tattoo Parlor! She is currently learning piercing procedures and practicing apprentice level tattoos, with hopes of becoming a full-time tattoo artist.Abigail comes to tattooing with a background in entomology, graphic design, and scientific illustration—so it’s safe to say she loves the details.She's always been fascinated by the natural world, especially the weird and wonderful side of it: bugs, reptiles, and all things creepy crawly. If it slithers, skitters, or flies, she probably loves it.Artistically, she works across a spectrum—from hyper-detailed realism to bold, colorful illustration. She draws a lot of inspiration from film and pop culture (shoutout to David Lynch, Baz Luhrmann, and Greta Gerwig), and she's excited to start translating her art from the page to the skin.You can follow her progress, sketches, and soon-to-come tattoos over at links below! Thanks for all the love and support—can’t wait to start this new chapter!