Profile for Marlaina Mortati

Marlaina Mortati is a tattoo artist and illustrative artist in California. She started her career in 2015 under master artist Andrew Sussman, becoming his one and only apprentice in his 25 years of tattooing. Finishing her apprenticeship in 2016 and soon moving to Los Angeles to work at Royal Heritage Tattoo.

Heavily inspired by animals, nature and a deep love of children’s illustrations. She works in multiple styles to accommodate her broad client base, but her love and passion is deeply embedded in illustrative colorful work. She works closely with her clients to create unique and well thought out custom tattoo designs.

In 2019, Marlaina started focusing her illustrations on the HBO/BBC series Gentleman Jack and hasn’t slowed down yet. Anne Lister has become her heroine and has inspired multiple styles of artwork surrounding the show and historical trail blazer.

Member since July 2019

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