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Healed work, not just fresh.

Every fresh tattoo looks sharp — crisp lines, smooth gradients, and no information whatsoever about whether the artist knows what they're doing. The only honest way to judge a tattooer is work that has settled. That's what we lead with.

Black & Grey
Realism
Color
Fine Line
Script & Lettering
Memorial & Tribute
Tribal & Blackwork
Cover-Ups & Reworks
Piercings

Black & Grey

About this style

Layered greywash, anchoring blacks and bare skin left alone for the highlights.

Black and grey tattoo of praying hands holding a rosary, the beads trailing down the arm to a cross below the elbow — Praying Hands

Large black and grey angel wings spanning a full back, individually rendered feathers tapering down to the waist — Angel Wings

Black and grey lilies and small blossoms flowing from the shoulder down the outside of the upper arm — Lilies

Black and grey dove in flight with wings spread and every feather picked out, wrapping the inside of the arm — Dove

Black and grey dove and anchor tattoo on a shoulder blade, wings rendered in soft greywash over a pale blue background wash — Dove & Anchor

Black and grey tattoo of a winged angel resting against a fleur-de-lis cross, covering the ribs and side of the back — Angel & Cross

Black and grey inner arm tattoo of a hundred dollar bill with the portrait reworked as a skull, engraved detail throughout — Hundred Dollar Skull

Realism

About this style

Depth, reflected light and texture, sized so the detail survives healing.

Realistic black and grey white tiger's head framed by peonies and foliage, covering the front of a thigh — White Tiger

Realistic black and grey whitetail buck with a full rack of antlers on a shoulder, a family name lettered beneath it — Buck

Black and grey calf tattoo of a skull fused with a cracked pocket watch face marked in Roman numerals — Skull & Pocket Watch

Color half sleeve tattoo of an armoured crusader knight holding a sword, with a red cross tabard, banner and spiked flail — Knight

Realistic tattoo of a cracked skull pierced by spikes with lettering above and below it, rendered in grey with red accents — Cracked Skull

Realistic shoulder tattoo of a chrome-edged automotive bowtie badge with a brushed blue centre and cast shadow — Chrome Bowtie

Color

About this style

Solid packing and clean blends — the work that stops people across a parking lot.

Full-color tattoo of a matryoshka nesting doll painted with roses and folk patterns, on the back of an upper arm — Nesting Doll

Color tattoo of a monarch butterfly on an upper arm, wings rendered with a cast shadow so it lifts off the skin — Monarch

Color forearm tattoo of a skull wearing a red bandana, with red sockets and a drop of blood below the jaw — Bandana Skull

Bright new school color tattoo of a cartoon character in rainbow clothing holding a star wand, on a lower leg — New School

Pink butterfly tattooed across the back of a hand with smaller butterflies above it and shaded panels running down the fingers — Butterfly Hand

Color shoulder tattoo of a Detroit baseball with red stitching and crossed wooden bats behind it — Detroit Baseball

Full-color forearm tattoo of a daisy, red rose, orange hibiscus and pink stargazer lily with two name banners scrolling through them — Floral & Banners

Fine Line

About this style

Single-needle work, spaced for how lines settle rather than how they look on day one.

Fine line foot tattoo of small storybook silhouettes and a trail of stars curving around the side of the foot — Silhouettes

Delicate single-needle script running down the inside of a forearm, finished with a small red-orange poppy — Fine Script

A matching pair of fine line foot tattoos, each a pink blossom on a stem with a word in fine script alongside it — Matching Pair

Script & Lettering

About this style

Drawn by hand to fit the curve of the placement, never a printed font.

Bold black block lettering reading a semicolon followed by I G Y 6 across the outside of a forearm — Block Lettering

Four lines of ornate black calligraphy script tattooed across the ribcage, hand-drawn to follow the curve of the body — Rib Quote

Ornate serif lettering tattooed vertically down the side of the hand and wrist, each letter drawn with decorative flourishes — Hand Lettering

Memorial & Tribute

About this style

The appointments we take the most care with, and never rush.

Pink awareness ribbon with the word Survivor lettered across it in flowing script — Survivor

Memorial calf tattoo combining a line of script, a minimal line-drawn face, a traced signature and two dates — Tribute

Memorial ankle tattoo of a rosary made from small pink flowers leading down to a cross lettered with the word Dad — Rosary & Cross

Memorial shoulder tattoo of a pink rose with teal leaves beside four lines of script and a pair of remembrance dates — Rose & Dates

Tribal & Blackwork

Solid black, confident edges, and shapes built to read from a distance.

Solid black tribal heart with sweeping symmetrical points, centred across the upper back — Tribal Heart

Solid black tribal scorpion tattoo wrapping the upper arm, with sharp tapered claws and a curled tail — Scorpion

Cover-Ups & Reworks

About this style

Old ink buried properly — or rebuilt into something worth keeping.

Before and after comparison of a memorial back tattoo — thin outlined angel wings on top, rebuilt underneath as large fully shaded black and grey wings — Before & After

Piercings

About this style

Sterile single-use needles, implant-grade titanium, never a piercing gun.

Healed navel piercing with a gemmed implant-grade titanium curved barbell — Navel

This is a sample of the archive, not the whole of it — there are hundreds more healed pieces on the studio walls and in the artists' books. Come in and ask to see whatever style you're considering.

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See what each discipline involves.

Custom Tattoo Design

Original artwork drawn for your body and nobody else's — from a first small piece to a full bodysuit.

Black & Grey Tattoos

Smooth greywash, honest blacks, and the kind of contrast that still reads twenty years from now.

Photorealism Tattoos

Skin texture, reflected light and real depth — realism that survives the jump from photo to flesh.

Portrait Tattoos

Likeness first. Portraits of family, of the people you've lost, and of the faces that shaped you.

Memorial & Tribute Tattoos

Handwriting, dates, portraits and symbols — tributes designed slowly and carried permanently.

Traditional American Tattoos

Bold will hold. Heavy outlines, solid color, and a hundred years of proof that it works.

Japanese Tattoos

Koi, dragons, hannya and tigers — composed with the background, flow and structure the style demands.

New School Tattoos

Exaggerated, saturated and loud on purpose — cartoon energy backed by serious technique.

Color Tattoos & Color Bomb

Full saturation, smooth blends and color-bomb backgrounds that make the subject jump.

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