Retired tattoo legend · just living life
KEEP LIFE INSANE.
Welcome to my little world. Film, art, books and two decades of heavy black ink. I don't tattoo anymore — but the style I invented keeps living.
Lily Lu
Retired tattoo legend · just living life
Welcome to my little world. Film, art, books and two decades of heavy black ink. I don't tattoo anymore — but the style I invented keeps living.
For 20 years I pushed black ink further than it was supposed to go and ended up starting a whole genre. I hung up the machine in 2019. My crew at PSYLAND25 still tattoos, and I still teach everything I know.
Welcome, my little life addicts
Docs, short movies, a YouTube channel and everything around my world of art and filmmaking. If you want to collaborate, produce, sponsor or review — just drop me a line. I read all of it and I answer most of it.
I'm a trans woman, and I live all of this openly. It is a part of me, not the headline.
Behind the camera
Award-winning documentary and art films about bodies, ritual and the people who go all the way. Screened and awarded at a dozen international festivals.
Keep Life Insane
Art, prints, clothing and laser-cut pieces. 100% insanity guaranteed. Wear the madness.
Ink & Art
Masterclasses and courses — everything I know about blackwork, freehand, hand poke and even building your own machines. Plus 1000+ Procreate brushes for digital design.
Procreate brush sets
My books
Art books, pattern studies, sketchbooks — and one that isn't about tattooing at all: a philosophy of a life lived outside the box. Some of them exist in several languages.
My crazy tattoo studio
A converted farmhouse deep in the South German countryside, near Lake Constance. More temple than tattoo shop, and an ever-changing piece of art built by the artists who work there. I don't tattoo anymore, but this is still my place — and my crew keeps the style alive.
"We don't decorate skin. We don't watch the clock. We don't do ordinary."
My crazy guesthouse
On the same land we built a tiny guesthouse: three hand-made rooms, each sleeping two. Rudi is built from an old camper van shell down by the stream, Birdnest sits in the roof, and Diamond is exactly what it sounds like. Quiet, green and Sunday-slow — the kind of place where you actually switch off.
Guests come for a tattoo session, for a few days out of normal life, or just because. Adults and kids welcome. Camping is possible too.
Art & exhibitions
Abstract blackwork paintings, calligraffiti and the drawing language behind the ink. Shown in exhibitions and installations — sometimes on canvas, sometimes on people.
Get in touch
Film, collaborations, exhibitions, press and guest spots land in my inbox. Tattoo bookings go to the studio.
Contact me