The work

Black ink and the greys you get by diluting it. Shading carries everything, which is why it suits portraits, animals, religious imagery and large-scale work.

All 47 black & grey tattoos

Anything from a soft wash to full saturation, packed properly with imported professional pigment so it stays rich for years.

All 17 colour tattoos

Tattooing something so it looks photographic. A face, an animal, a statue, a scene. The most technically demanding work in the studio.

All 27 realistic tattoos

Irezumi and its modern descendants. Dragons, koi, hannya masks, samurai and peonies, all set in wind and water.

All 31 oriental tattoos

Thin, precise linework with little or no shading. Botanicals, script, delicate figures and single-needle detail.

All 13 fineline tattoos

Mandalas, sacred geometry and patterns drawn to follow the body rather than sit on it.

All 49 ornament & geometric tattoos

Bold outlines and a limited palette, and the richer, deeper neo-traditional work that grew out of it.

All 27 traditional & neo-trad tattoos

Names, quotes, dates and single words. Chicano script, blackletter, fine handwriting and kanji.

All 15 lettering & script tattoos

The style you can only really get properly here. Barong and Rangda masks, Garuda, temple gates and the ornamental carving on every doorway on the island.

All 14 balinese tattoos

First tattoos, travel markers and quiet additions. A few clean lines, a small symbol, something that means a great deal and announces very little.

All 34 small tattoos

Fine line florals, ornamental work and delicate placements, through to full sleeves and back pieces.

All 17 tattoos for women

Covering old work is a different discipline rather than a different style. Before and after, so you can see what is actually possible.

All 15 coverup tattoos / before & after