My name is SJ Horvath. Mother. Artist. Collector of oddities. Hillbilly. A threat in Mario Kart. I co-own and operate at Black Moon Tattoo in Knoxville, Tennessee with my husband, Mo. I have been an artist my entire life. I can't even remember a time where I wasn't drawing, painting, sculpting, crafting or just making a huge mess. I love being able to express myself in ways that I can't always vocalize.
My tattoo style is a little all over the place. It's a bit illustrative and a little neo-traditional. Mostly color. Usually sparkles. I'm a self-taught artist and I'm always wanting to learn and grow.
Lately, I've been falling into the beauty of cosmetic tattoos that are unconventional. I do scrapes, scars, slaps, bites, freckles, bruises and blemishes. Something about giving people the power to choose what they want their meat suit to look like, to have me help them become more of themselves, is extremely rewarding to me.
I specialize in SFX tattooing. 've been into horror movies, macabre art and special effects for a very long time. I feel like a lot of my background in drawing creepy horror scenes and playing in sfx makeup has made the tattooing medium so much easier for me to jump into. I honestly don't use a reference for my cosmetic tattoos. I don't stencil them, not even my freckles. I just go into it with the idea of making it special and unique for the client in that moment. I follow my heart, not a stencil.
