Lily's path to tattooing started with a single Instagram reel. She posted a drawing of a realism flash sheet in early 2023 and within hours the Main Street team had messaged her about an apprenticeship. By September that year she'd started. By January 2025 she was tattooing.

She came from an unexpected direction — finishing a psychology degree when she realised it wasn't the life she wanted. She already had a small arts business running market stalls with her twin sister, selling prints, stickers, tote bags, and notebooks. It was self-taught and built on encouragement from strangers who saw something worth backing. That's the kind of grounding that makes someone take the craft seriously.

Her roots are in realism — reproducing what she sees with accuracy and care — but since starting her apprenticeship, she's found a genuine love for American traditional. The two styles are almost opposites: one precise and logical, the other simplified and a little unruly. She loves both for exactly those reasons. She learned the rules of each and then figured out how to break them.

Everything inspires her — travel, music, poetry, nature, the people around her. She's a talker if you want to talk and perfectly comfortable in silence if you don't. No question is too basic and your comfort is her priority.