Studio OUCH! is brought to you

by me: Dayi (dah-YEE), she/her

I graduated from The Cooper Union School of Art during the height of Covid with my drawing, painting, animating, bookbinding, typeface designing, big brain thinking skills. I had a little graphic design job stint… but quickly said yuck no thanks. Instead, I decided to build my own thing:

I started OUCH! Studio Magazine, a colorful, joyful arts publication, where I take on submissions regardless of experience or skill level. Drawings, paintings, photography, poetry, stories, recipes, essays, letters, screenplays, playlists, research findings…anything printable is welcome! I’ve run 12 issues so far, with each having its own theme that ties the content together.

And, ofc I opened a private tattoo studio where I now slap drawings onto 3-8 people a day, from 12-5pm, 4 days a week. I am licensed and have tattooed over 3000 appointments.

Occasionally, I take on freelance projects to keep my brain from disintegrating, and during my own hours I knit, make ceramics, paint, read read read, plan, scheme, dream, climb rocks etc. I always try to keep a current sketchbook and an extremely detailed log of every notable thing I do every day. Oh also I was valedictorian in high school lol