Annastazia Llewellyn-Rada of Gloucester recently received Gloucester County permits to operate as an independent tattoo artist. She works at Khaos Ink, located at White Marsh Village on George Washington Memorial Highway, White Marsh.

Llewellyn-Rada said she offers custom tattoos. She can enhance a customer’s design or work from a “flash book” of tattoo drawings.

Many people start with a small tattoo, find them useful in expressing themselves, and “they can become addictive,” as customers often go for more, larger tattoos, Llewellyn-Rada said.

On the other hand, she said people might get a tattoo of a love interest of the moment, then later want to cover that name up with someone else’s or move to more intricate designs. Some tattoos can be completed in one sitting, she said, while others take multiple sittings over many hours. Llewellyn-Rada has five years’ experience as a tattooist, having previously worked at shops in California, Florida ...