Jocelyn Cortes is a tattoo artist at Skin It Tattoo with a passion for creative expression. While only a year into her tattoo career, she has been nurturing her creativity in other ways throughout her life.

Cortes is a poet, a flow artist and has a background in mixed media. She says she hopes her work makes people want to “express themselves more, no matter the medium. Anything that makes people feel empowered, I want to root for it.” She specializes in fine line and illustrative tattoos, which is vastly different from her loose-lined, abstract pen and watercolor artwork.

Cortes’ says her flow art, a movement-based rhythmic practice, translates through to her work as a tattoo artist by allowing her to “find a headspace where she is grounded and steady handed.”

Tattooing has brought Cortes a way to get her art into the world in a way that she expresses great gratitude for. “My art is walking around the city and it feels like an honor. Those people gave me their canvas, their skin, and they wear it every day.”

Cortes will be a part of the 1st Annual Ogden Tattoo Convention. She says she wants “to be a part of Ogden’s history and this is a historic moment.”

You can follow Jocelyn Cortes on Instagram @changing_expression.

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