Kenzie Shepherd

@kenzie_the_barbarian · Tattoo artist

The Crow's Nest Tattoo 486 N. Main Street #33, Royal Oak MI ✨ DM to book ✨ ✨ Booking for Oct 2026✨ *Deposits Required

Kenzie Shepherd is a tattoo artist in Royal Oak, Michigan whose work centres on realism. Across the 47 pieces on Perspectiv the work spans realism, American traditional and dotwork, with realism making up about 56% of it. Roughly 62% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often coral, burgundy and forest. Skull, roses, ancient figure and woman come up again and again. The forearm and the thigh are the usual placements. 32 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated September 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 38% of pieces, measured across 47 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: coral, burgundy, forest and dark red.

What they tattoo

Subjects: skull, roses, ancient figure, woman, bear and god-like figure.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the shoulder.

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Work

Floral bouquet realism tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdJack-o'-lantern American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdClown American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdAncient temple ruins black and grey tattoo on the shoulder by Kenzie ShepherdStatue of Athena realism tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdMouse playing flute American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdThe lovers realism tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdFlowers realism tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdPhoenix American traditional tattoo on the shoulder by Kenzie ShepherdAncient temple and goddess realism tattoo on the upper arm by Kenzie ShepherdHaunted house realism tattoo on the thigh by Kenzie ShepherdSkull and gothic architecture dark realism tattoo on the thigh by Kenzie ShepherdSpinning wheel black and grey tattoo on the torso by Kenzie ShepherdSkull with bows American traditional tattoo on the shoulder by Kenzie ShepherdBear realism tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdWizard and frog American traditional tattoo on the thigh by Kenzie ShepherdBear realism tattoo on the thigh by Kenzie ShepherdAncient architecture and statue black and grey tattoo on the shoulder by Kenzie ShepherdWoman with antlers dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdJaws shark realism tattoo on the forearm by Kenzie ShepherdAncient figure realism tattoo on the upper arm by Kenzie ShepherdTweety and Sylvester American traditional tattoo on the thigh by Kenzie ShepherdOctopus realism tattoo on the upper arm by Kenzie ShepherdButterfly and raspberries dotwork tattoo on the torso by Kenzie Shepherd