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Visual diary. Analog feelings.
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LUST4LETTERS | OCTOBER 2026

A little update! I’m finally making my way back to tattooing after seven months away.

I’m easing back into things with a limited schedule, starting with friends and family as I get back into my rhythm and continue exploring the direction I want to take my work.

Moving forward, I want to be more intentional about the projects I take on, focusing primarily on fine line, lettering, ornamental and geometric work, micro-realism, and select illustrative pieces.

I’m also excited to introduce FEEL SOMETHING FLASH DAYS, a new monthly flash series I’ve been wanting to put together for some time now. Each release will feature a small collection of original designs, available in limited quantities through private booking.

I’ll be sharing more details soon, including how to join the mailing list for early access to upcoming flash sheets.

For now, my October availability is up! Please refer to the icon key for available AM and PM slots.

If you’re interested in booking, feel free to send me a DM.

Thank you to everyone who’s continued to show love and interest in my work while I’ve been away. I’m looking forward to creating again! 🤞🏽 by @saucito__

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5 days ago

It’s that time of the year to celebrate someone that was creative, fun loving, and a beautiful soul. This year makes 10 years of Terrence being gone but his spirit lives on through us everyday. We honor him by putting on this annual skate jam on September 12th, 2026 from 12pm-4pm. Please come celebrate with us. This year we have vendors, fun surprises, and giveaways. Bring your own blank T-shirt because we will have onsite screen printing. Be ready to have a good time as we come together for TMack. #tmackskatepark taken in Berkeley Skate Park by @saucito__

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2 months ago

There’s something about being in the middle of so much at once that makes everything feel louder than usual.

My niece is here & she is everything. I took these photos 6 days after she was born, before I knew what the rest of the month would bring. There was a darkness before her, that part isn’t new. She just arrived in the middle of it….not to bring the light, she just was light, already existing in the middle of something already hard.

Looking back at these photos now…they carry a different weight. She’s still untouched by all of it. I’m not…we’re not.

This month has held some of the heaviest things I’ve carried in a while. I turned a year older on the 20th and the very next day we lost someone so deeply loved, someone pivotal to our lives, especially to Keoki. Both of them pointing at the same thing from opposite ends. Her being here is life saying look how beautiful, look what’s possible. Him being gone is life saying don’t wait, don’t waste it, how are you spending yours.

I’m generally a pretty private person but this is one of those moments I feel safe enough to share. A bookmark, to come back to.

Both of them held a mirror up to me. Underneath all of it, quietly, there’s me, turning a year older, already in the middle of becoming something. What I saw was someone who still has work to do, not in a heavy way, in a way that actually feels like hope.

Anthony didn’t wait for his moments, he created them. He was someone’s baby, brother, best friend, fiancée, grandson, nephew. A light in so many people’s lives who never wasted a moment of his own. He and Keoki had the kind of friendship that inspired everyone around them.

I don’t want her to wait the way I sometimes do. I want her to have that courage, to live freely, to be present, to make time for the people and moments that matter without needing permission.

What I do know is that Keoki and I are intentional people. We teach each other, and that’s what we’ll give her too.

Anthony is the reminder….Emery is the inspiration.
I want to leave this here as a promise more than anything. To actually create my moments. To stop waiting for them. by @saucito__

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5 months ago

Me and my girl Giulia (iykyk) have been having sooooooo much fun. Keoki surprised me with one of the most fun and exciting gifts I’ve ever gotten, just because 🥹💐 thank you boo!! I love her soooooo fricken much 🛵🥲🤪
I’d put creases in all my shoes for her & yeah, she stay in the house lmaoooooo by @saucito__

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7 months ago

Nothing like being home 🤒 and thinking about times I was outside with friends lol.
It’s been real nippy out and tbh I’m not built for this 🥶😆🫠

Here are some exposures I caught on my point-and-shoot, Ricoh TF-500. One of my favorites when I’m out and about. It’s almost always on me.
Point-and-shoots were my intro to photography. I’ve always had SLRs, but it took me a bit to really pick them up. Point-and-shoots were easy to grab, easy to move with. They helped me trust my eye first. No overthinking, you just pick one up, go shoot, and throw it in your back pocket till the next thing catches your eye.
If you see me out, chances are I’ve got one on me, and an SLR not too far away. by @saucito__

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10 months ago

this roll made me so happy 🥹

These came from my fav girl Oly - mannnnnn I love that damn camera

🎞️: @royalwefilmlab by @saucito__

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10 months ago

me, a fully manual camera, a smidge of confidence, and an accidental yellow theme

Keoki got me a new hardbody, Nikon F, a few months back (thank you boo 🥹💕 he’s the best, y’all)

Malik and I have been talking about doing more photo walks for a minute now, and we finally got a couple walks in.

Quick backstory: some of y’all know my baby baby is my Olympus OM-10. She’s aperture priority, so she spoils me a bit. I get to move with feeling.
The Nikon F though… he’s putting me to work lol.

And then there’s my best friend… fully fluent in photography, speaking a whole other language. Meanwhile I’m like: wait…what? Huh? You know Charlie Browns teacher? Picture that.

My brain genuinely starts to glitch when I’m given directions, especially when numbers are involved. Add a camera I’m not fully comfortable with and suddenly I’m buffering.
But thank God I have a friend who truly loves photography, loves speaking to the craft, and is extremely good at it, might I add lol.

So it’s time to really shoot with this Nikon and I’m intimidated. Like what if my whole roll comes out underexposed or overexposed? Which is totally fine because I’m learning… but also, film ain’t cheap.

The internal dialogue is wild:
okay 1/1000 is fast, got that.
wait… f/2.4 is open open, right?
wait what should I even set this at???
How’d he know to do that!?

Oh yeah, the built-in light meter doesn’t work. So like… huh????
But in true best friend fashion, Malik lets me borrow his light meter. Internal crisis averted.
And THEN there’s the fact that I can be a bit of a slow shooter. So now I’m being timed. Pressure is on. This fools starts counting down from FIVE!!! 🫠

Anyhow, these are some of the exposures from my first completed roll on my new workhorse, the Nikon F. I’m honestly stoked. Definitely more to come.

Have a great rest of your Friday!!!
lol ok bye

🎞️: @royalwefilmlab by @saucito__

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10 months ago

I had the honor of shooting my brother and Daejah’s pregnancy reveal yesterday and I’m so in love with how the photos came out. Idk how many times I caught myself thinking, “Wow… I’m really about to be an aunty,” “Teets is really finna be a daddy,” “Daejah pregnant fr.” I can’t even explain how excited I am, at this point Daejah basically my surrogate because I know they don’t think they’re about to give me the best birthday gift and I’m not gonna make it about me… except I definitely am. This is totally about me, y’all. Jkjk (kinda) Lmao. They’re fulfilling my Tía dreams.

But in all honesty, I’m so grateful they trusted me to capture this moment. I still can’t describe how I’m feeling, so I can’t imagine what they’re feeling. I’m excited for you two. I’m praying over y’all, and I truly believe you’re going to be covered, protected, and blessed every step of the way.

Teets, you’re growing into a new chapter of manhood as you step into fatherhood and I already see how much heart you’re bringing into it. And Daejah, you’re expanding into a new chapter of your womanhood as you step into motherhood, a role you’re already carrying with so much grace.

Y’all, take care of one another, continue to learn from one another, and show up for each other even when it gets tough… not out of obligation, but because you genuinely want to see each other grow and become the best versions of yourselves. There are going to be moments that feel overwhelming, moments that feel new and scary, and moments that change you forever, but you won’t be going through any of it alone.

You have each other. You have family. And you have a whole support system ready to hold you, guide you, and celebrate you through every high and every low. And through all of it, this little baby is already bringing so much love, softness, and purpose into your lives.

I know y’all are going to be incredible parents, and I cannot wait to meet my niece or nephew. This child is already so covered, so protected, and so deeply loved and they don’t even know the joy they’re about to bring into all of us. Trust me… we finna have a ball. by @saucito__

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a year ago

life lately: tattoo > study > bake > art therapy > throw fits at work > get that quality H2O > make cool shit > appreciate cool shit > give thanks to the most high > repeat by @saucito__

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a year ago

candid portraits of me by @andremaliikfilmz

It’s Wednesday and I feel like a good ramble is ensuing lol — I don’t really care for having fotos taken of me. I’d much rather be tucked off somewhere behind my camera (oh to be seen & not seen at the same time lol)
Lately, I really haven’t cared for fotos being taken of me at all. I could give you a whole list of reasons why, but I’ll spare you.

Still, that don’t stop my usual suspects - Cita, Keoki, Malik, mi Abuelita, Alexis or whoever the f**k else from snapping away 🙄🫠😑

When Malik sent me that first foto a while back, I thought “ah, there she go” and to my surprise, I actually liked it. Maybe ‘cause he caught the true essence of “Doña Jetas”, as my mama likes to call me 😆

Then more recently, this fool printed a big ass 9x13 foto of me, and I told him I wanted no parts of it. Told him to give it to my mama instead, and of course…she loved it. That’s what matters.

So anyway to conclude this early ramble. I want to give thanks to my loved ones who pour into me & care for me, even when I’m resistant.
Y’all have a blessed one. Keep a kind heart & stay vigilant. by @saucito__

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a year ago

& it went a little something like this…. by @saucito__

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a year ago

Lost, but not without hope. I trust I’ll end up where I’m meant to be. Somewhere between who I was and who I’m meant to become. by @saucito__

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a year ago