Galen
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Tattoos of 2025 I feel like I’ve progressed since I started wearing readers lol. It’s nice to see better! I didn’t realize how bad it was until I started using them. Happy New Year everyone and thank you for supporting my art! Here’s to a even better 2026 🍷🍷
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Happy new year! One of my favorites of 2025 Healed Jack Nicholson Joker. @preyingmantistattoo
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Touched up this 20-year-old tattoo that Big Mike from twisted sol did on my sister @danaanastasiatattoos . I always respected his work and the tattoo shop. I looked to Twisted sol like it was the best tattoo shop on the planet.
The shop was pretty internationally known it was always in magazines and it was top-tier back in 2000. It was a dream of mine to working there one day. Much respect the artistic design!
I think he freehanded this. It was an honor to revamp this tattoo #touchuptattoo #brightcolortattoos #colorfultattoos #rosetattoo #besttattoo
I was gonna wait to post it. I need to touch it up in a few spots and add a little bit more background. It’s gonna be a full leg sleeve. I already got lucky Luciano on the other side. Alex was telling me that his grandfather was in the mafia . We’re gonna add him on the top. Fully healed @preyingmantistattoo
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Needed to repost this I didn’t think this reached enough people! @preyingmantistattoo @preyingmantiskipling #naturetattoo #beachtattoo #blackandgreytattoo #realistictattooart #coloradotattooartist
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Yeah, sorry for the horrible video. I had to hurry up and get to my next client lol. But I’ll follow up with a really good video next time. @preyingmantistattoo @preyingmantiskipling
#healtattoo #jokertattoo #jacknicholsontattoo #blackandgreytattoo #portraittattoo #besttattoo #coloradotattooartist @preyingmantistattoo @preyingmantiskipling
Not all finished I’m gonna put a cloudy sky behind this. I basically freehanded that tree. I didn’t use much of a stencil pretty rough. The clock is healed. This is the first photo I’ve taken with my new iPhone 17 Pro Max. I don’t feel like it’s too much different than my other phone. #coloradotattooartist #lakewoodcolorado #preyingmantistattoo #blackandgreytattoo #realistictattoo
Thought I’d repost this one! Does anyone know if there is a way to rearrange your carousel? I’d like to put on my good pieces on the top but it looks like I have to just repost them so all my #healedtattoo best pieces congregate towards the top. #liontattoo #lionportrait #relistictattoo #coloradotattooartist #besttattoo #portraittattoo #denvertattooartists #preyingmantistattoo @preyingmantistattoo @preyingmantiskipling
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Touched up this 20-year-old tattoo that Big Mike from twisted sol did on my sister @danaanastasiatattoos . I always respected his work and the tattoo shop. I looked to Twisted sol like it was the best tattoo shop on the planet.
The shop was pretty internationally known it was always in magazines and it was top-tier back in 2000. It was a dream of mine to working there one day. Much respect the artistic design!
I think he freehanded this. It was an honor to revamp this tattoo #touchuptattoo #brightcolortattoos #colorfultattoos #rosetattoo #besttattoo
I was gonna wait to post it. I need to touch it up in a few spots and add a little bit more background. It’s gonna be a full leg sleeve. I already got lucky Luciano on the other side. Alex was telling me that his grandfather was in the mafia . We’re gonna add him on the top. Fully healed @preyingmantistattoo
@preyingmantiskipling
#blackandgreytattoo #realistictattooart #portraittattoo #healedtattoos #besttattoo #greyscaletattoo #colorado #coloradotattooartist #denver #denver #alcapone
Thought I’d repost this one! Does anyone know if there is a way to rearrange your carousel? I’d like to put on my good pieces on the top but it looks like I have to just repost them so all my #healedtattoo best pieces congregate towards the top. #liontattoo #lionportrait #relistictattoo #coloradotattooartist #besttattoo #portraittattoo #denvertattooartists #preyingmantistattoo @preyingmantistattoo @preyingmantiskipling
I couldn’t decide which one of the post I posted both. I’ve been using the back room with a black background, but sometimes I feel like it doesn’t capture the soft gray, but it makes it more dynamic. @preyingmantistattoo @preyingmantiskipling #coloradotattooartist #blackandgreytattoo #realistictattoo #portraittattoo #besttattoo
This song from offspring reminds me of my mom, she passed when I was eight. I still feel like I have a relationship with her and I feel she visits me from time to time. I feel she visited me today when I was doing this tattoo when this song played , all the hair on my body lifted and I knew it was her. @preyingmantiskipling @preyingmantistattoo #mothermarytattoo #virginmarytattoo #blackandgreytattoo #realistictattooartist #besttattoo
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My name is Galen Seewald, I’ve been creating tattoos in the Denver Metro area for over two decades. I opened Preying Mantis Tattoo in 2007, we’ve been thriving ever since! I tattoo all styles and I love to tattoo at a very large scale. I devote 100 percent into the craft of tattooing. Thank you for your interest in my art and I am honored as always to share my love for tattooing with you…
