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Suzy was born in SanFrancisco in 1980 to her semi-infamous Underground Comix publishing parents, Fred and Kathe Todd. Together they ran Rip Off Press; publishing well-known underground comic books like the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat. Suzy was highly influenced by art, with both her parents being artists, and famous artists constantly around her. From a young age she was always drawing and honing her skills. In the late 80’s her family relocated to Auburn, California where Suzy was raised for the next 14 years. 

In 2001, she moved to Seattle with hopes of pursuing her art career. She’d always been fascinated by body art and the idea of being a tattoo artist was always in the back of her mind, yet the process to achieve this seemed so elusive.  Being a young female she experienced a lot of trouble getting any serious consideration from the male dominated industry. Because of this she concentrated on other areas of artistic expression for many years. She worked as a graphic artist for a few years while dabbling in freelance art on the side, such as illustration, commissioned drawings, portraits, and even doll painting.

In early 2007 Suzy left her office job and finally got her start in the tattoo business when we was accepted for an apprenticeship under the famous Vyvyn Lazonga. In 2010, after 3 years of working in her shop, Suzy joined Ruby Santiago to form Two Birds Tattoo in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. Together they run an all-female staffed, friendly neighborhood tattoo studio with a specialty in custom tattoos and excellent customer service. Suzy loves doing vibrant, colorful tattoos that blend realism with the graphic style of classic tattooing. Her favorite subjects are animals, food, pinups, and portraits, and does very well with plants and flowers.

In addition to tattoo, Suzy loves painting, sculpting, jewelry making, and generally any kind of visual craft that allows her to make something ordinary into a piece of art.