Rachael Lonie | Tattoo Artist in Rockhampton

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tattoo artist specialising in black & grey realism

I am not your failure, Obi-Wan.
You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker.
I did.

I am not your failure, Obi-Wan.
You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker.
I did.

A still-life painting from an evening back in July, A4 in oils. Omnia finem habere debent - all things must come to an end.
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A still-life painting from an evening back in July, A4 in oils. Omnia finem habere debent - all things must come to an end.
🕯💀🍷

First session on a horror sleeve for @dimity.griffith 🎈
So excited to continue working on this and keen for anything similiar to hit my inbox for 2026 with my booking form you can fill out at rachaellonie.com 📥

First session on a horror sleeve for @dimity.griffith 🎈
So excited to continue working on this and keen for anything similiar to hit my inbox for 2026 with my booking form you can fill out at rachaellonie.com 📥

Healed vampire teef for @obsidiantea_
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Healed vampire teef for @obsidiantea_
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Medusa for Jenny who is an absolute delight
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Medusa for Jenny who is an absolute delight
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✨️2026 Pricing Update✨️
From the 1st of January 2026, my rates will be increasing.
If you already have a booking in 2026 - including ongoing projects into the new year - your pricing will stay the same as when you booked.

Thank you for your support 🙏 This adjustment covers the rising cost of supplies and expenses and has been a hard decision to make.

If you've been thinking about getting a piece done and want to lock in my current rate, fill out my Booking Form on my website rachaellonie.com (some days left for October and December currently).

Updated 2026 pricing info is available on my website 🖤

Thank you @obsidiantea_ for the photos 😘

✨️2026 Pricing Update✨️
From the 1st of January 2026, my rates will be increasing.
If you already have a booking in 2026 - including ongoing projects into the new year - your pricing will stay the same as when you booked.

Thank you for your support 🙏 This adjustment covers the rising cost of supplies and expenses and has been a hard decision to make.

If you've been thinking about getting a piece done and want to lock in my current rate, fill out my Booking Form on my website rachaellonie.com (some days left for October and December currently).

Updated 2026 pricing info is available on my website 🖤

Thank you @obsidiantea_ for the photos 😘

I love doing portraiture of elder faces. Every line in the skin tells a story. 🪶
Always enjoy working with someone who can sit like a rock through the spiciest parts while having a yarn @jake_havik

I love doing portraiture of elder faces. Every line in the skin tells a story. 🪶
Always enjoy working with someone who can sit like a rock through the spiciest parts while having a yarn @jake_havik

Belated post for the awesome people who made @deadlynightshade.atelier birthday flash day the best experience 🖤

Belated post for the awesome people who made @deadlynightshade.atelier birthday flash day the best experience 🖤

Spent some time on the floor painting this commissioned piece sometime around the start of the year. First time painting a long wood saw this size and it was tricky to photograph. It's currently hanging in its new home with some custom-made handles
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Spent some time on the floor painting this commissioned piece sometime around the start of the year. First time painting a long wood saw this size and it was tricky to photograph. It's currently hanging in its new home with some custom-made handles
🪚

WIP for Tia
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WIP for Tia
🏰

🔪 @nikitamclaren
What should she get next (please help me, she's more indecisive with tattoos than me with a three page menu 😭)

🔪 @nikitamclaren
What should she get next (please help me, she's more indecisive with tattoos than me with a three page menu 😭)

An absolute honour to tattoo a portrait of @marilynmanson whose work has inspired me since I was a teen.
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Once again @jd_engine_builds, you sat like a trooper and gave me pure artistic freedom and can't thank you enough. Also, @anjazemlicoff for feeding me chippies and corn jacks 😘

Anyone wanting a portrait or similar in this dark organic style, something horror, grotesque, or surrealistic, please consider sacrificing your flesh to me and hit up my booking form at rachaellonie.com 📥

#marilynmansontattoo

An absolute honour to tattoo a portrait of @marilynmanson whose work has inspired me since I was a teen.
🖤
Once again @jd_engine_builds, you sat like a trooper and gave me pure artistic freedom and can't thank you enough. Also, @anjazemlicoff for feeding me chippies and corn jacks 😘

Anyone wanting a portrait or similar in this dark organic style, something horror, grotesque, or surrealistic, please consider sacrificing your flesh to me and hit up my booking form at rachaellonie.com 📥

#marilynmansontattoo

A portrait of @danifilthofficial
Absolutely stoked to be given the trust to do something dark organic and related to such a creative band. Being able to do a piece like this has been a dream for so long and I am keen to add more to this leg.
@cradleoffilth

(Fill in my booking form at rachaellonie.com if you want to hail satan or whatever 😌)

A portrait of @danifilthofficial
Absolutely stoked to be given the trust to do something dark organic and related to such a creative band. Being able to do a piece like this has been a dream for so long and I am keen to add more to this leg.
@cradleoffilth

(Fill in my booking form at rachaellonie.com if you want to hail satan or whatever 😌)

Always love stories from Dan. He's a huge support for an artist who takes photos like wrestling a crocodile would be easier.

Always love stories from Dan. He's a huge support for an artist who takes photos like wrestling a crocodile would be easier.

"I'm a black and grey artist."
Also me: Colour Invincible ankle piece for Dylan.

"I'm a black and grey artist."
Also me: Colour Invincible ankle piece for Dylan.

🪷 Was absolutely thrilled to have this request hit my inbox. Chloe sat like a legend for a spicey calf

🪷 Was absolutely thrilled to have this request hit my inbox. Chloe sat like a legend for a spicey calf

Added a samurai to a sleeve I've been chipping away at. Always have the best chats with you, Shane. Bloody lucky to have someone give you my card out of the blue and get us on the journey we're on now. Keen for the next one!
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Added a samurai to a sleeve I've been chipping away at. Always have the best chats with you, Shane. Bloody lucky to have someone give you my card out of the blue and get us on the journey we're on now. Keen for the next one!
🚂🚃🚃🚃

Re-work over a cover-up of a cover-up and then some extra roses 🌹

Thank you for the challenge and for sharing your story with me @tahlea_02 😘

Re-work over a cover-up of a cover-up and then some extra roses 🌹

Thank you for the challenge and for sharing your story with me @tahlea_02 😘

For my bright spark @nikitamclaren

For my bright spark @nikitamclaren

First post of the year 📬
Cheers for sitting like a rock @jake_havik

First post of the year 📬
Cheers for sitting like a rock @jake_havik

✨️ 2024 post ✨️

Started the year at a new studio (@deadlynightshade.atelier 😘)
Lost our chocolate brownie boy to old age 🐕
Made a Saltburn birthday cake for @nikitamclaren 🪦
Designed my very first shirt (thankyou to every amazing person who has sent me photos of them wearing it!)⭐️
I've completed SO MANY artworks 🎨
I travelled to NYC with beloved @katychook and saw galleries and artworks I've dreamed of seeing ✈️
I went to the @odditiesandcuriositiesexpo in Brisbane to sell original paintings and prints 🖌
Spent time with my family making more fantastic memories 🥄

Thanks to everybody who supported me in all my wild schemes and crazy ideas 🙏

It's been a big year and I'm looking forward to achieving new goals in the next one 🥂

✨️ 2024 post ✨️

Started the year at a new studio (@deadlynightshade.atelier 😘)
Lost our chocolate brownie boy to old age 🐕
Made a Saltburn birthday cake for @nikitamclaren 🪦
Designed my very first shirt (thankyou to every amazing person who has sent me photos of them wearing it!)⭐️
I've completed SO MANY artworks 🎨
I travelled to NYC with beloved @katychook and saw galleries and artworks I've dreamed of seeing ✈️
I went to the @odditiesandcuriositiesexpo in Brisbane to sell original paintings and prints 🖌
Spent time with my family making more fantastic memories 🥄

Thanks to everybody who supported me in all my wild schemes and crazy ideas 🙏

It's been a big year and I'm looking forward to achieving new goals in the next one 🥂

"Tattoo Removal"
Acrylic on tools
2024

"Tattoo Removal"
Acrylic on tools
2024

"Pig King"
Oil on bone
2024

"Pig King"
Oil on bone
2024

"Cards"
Oil on bone
2024

"Cards"
Oil on bone
2024

"Landscape"
Oil on bone
2024

"Landscape"
Oil on bone
2024

"Ghost Horse"
Oil on bone
2024

"Ghost Horse"
Oil on bone
2024

"Shotgun Cowboy"
Oils on bone
2024

"Shotgun Cowboy"
Oils on bone
2024

"Skele Cowboy"
Oil on bone
2024

"Skele Cowboy"
Oil on bone
2024

"Stoking Fire"
Oils on bone
2024

"Stoking Fire"
Oils on bone
2024

"Goat Devil"
Oils on bone
2024

"Goat Devil"
Oils on bone
2024

"Burning Village"
Oils on bone
2024

"Burning Village"
Oils on bone
2024

Pieces for my big sister @jjones1723 and brother-in-law Morgan. Can't wait to see you both again soon!
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Pieces for my big sister @jjones1723 and brother-in-law Morgan. Can't wait to see you both again soon!
🏹

Krack attack for @steiny_101 today
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Krack attack for @steiny_101 today
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Huginn and Muninn
@andi_all_day and @ohnoesnaomi
😘

Huginn and Muninn
@andi_all_day and @ohnoesnaomi
😘

To quote the great philosopher Owen Wilson; "WoW".
@sean.ricks

To quote the great philosopher Owen Wilson; "WoW".
@sean.ricks

Healed Leeroy Jenkins tattoo

Healed Leeroy Jenkins tattoo

FOR SCIENCE

FOR SCIENCE

Lil brain rattler for @grim_skin for his yearly birthday tattoo tradition 🍀

Lil brain rattler for @grim_skin for his yearly birthday tattoo tradition 🍀

Currently out of the office, sampling the delicacies at Applebee's and admiring the fine selection of first aid kits for serious wound care.
I'm gone for the whole month of September, so if I'm delayed in responding to messages, I'm busy watching squirrel fights in Central Park and overdosing on sugar.
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(Probably gonna photo dump to my stories, so skip them if you're hoping for a cancellation meme, it's just gonna be holiday pics for the next few weeks)

Currently out of the office, sampling the delicacies at Applebee's and admiring the fine selection of first aid kits for serious wound care.
I'm gone for the whole month of September, so if I'm delayed in responding to messages, I'm busy watching squirrel fights in Central Park and overdosing on sugar.
🇺🇸

(Probably gonna photo dump to my stories, so skip them if you're hoping for a cancellation meme, it's just gonna be holiday pics for the next few weeks)

Reworked an existing piece (done originally overseas) and had a lot of fun bringing it back to life (original photos are buried somewhere in my inbox). I added a butterfly and flowers to fill out the arm, relined a lot of stuff that had almost completely faded away, and brought some contrast back into the hourglass. Had a great day working on it and had the best chat!
🦎

Reworked an existing piece (done originally overseas) and had a lot of fun bringing it back to life (original photos are buried somewhere in my inbox). I added a butterfly and flowers to fill out the arm, relined a lot of stuff that had almost completely faded away, and brought some contrast back into the hourglass. Had a great day working on it and had the best chat!
🦎

Progress on a leg sleeve 🏛

Progress on a leg sleeve 🏛

More work on the lovely @life_with_no_borders

More work on the lovely @life_with_no_borders

WIP

WIP

Healed seagull 🦤

Healed seagull 🦤

Healed Odin ⚡️

Healed Odin ⚡️

Odin and Fenrir

Odin and Fenrir

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