black and grey tattoo

Thomas O’Dowd is a tattoo collector living in Seattle, Washington who has an extensive collection of work from top names in the realism industry. His collection includes pieces from Josh Duffy, Tony Mancia, Fernie Andrade, Arlo…

Gabriel Godinez (“Gallo Santiago”) is a tattooer working out of Los Angeles who I’ve had the privilege of watching develop over the past couple of years or so ever since I first stumbled upon his booth at a tattoo convention in…

Matthew Brown is a tattoo artist working out of Salem, New Hampshire who’s been producing absolutely beautiful black and grey work for quite some time now. I got the chance to do an interview with him below, and am confident…

Dan Price is a tattooer working out of his own studio The Lab in Wilmington, DE. He is killing it in the black and grey realism world, and has got the respect of many big names in the industry. I got the chance to do a written…

Chase Tafoya is a tattooer/friend of mine who works out of Bend, Oregon in his own shop The Archive Art Collective. He is a grounded, humble, hardworking, and obviously highly talented individual who has gotten quite a large amount…

Alonzo Gonzales is a tattooer working out of The Black Rose Studio in Mansfield, Texas who has really began to hone in on his craft lately in the realism genre of tattooing. He has a smoothness to his style that is pretty coveted nowadays…

Kris Busching is an incredibly talented tattooer who currently works out of New York and specializes in realistic pieces (specifically color). He went from working construction and thinking he was going to be doing that for ever,…

I got the chance to interview a friend of mine named Keith Hernandez who is doing incredible black and grey work while tattooing out of one of the most well known studios of all time - Bang Bang NYC. He’s also got a pretty interesting…