tattoo artists

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…

Mark Wade is a tattooist who I first discovered when I was building my list of the best realism artists across the country. I was immediately blown away by his ability to create such vibrant, saturated, and detailed floral work (though he…

Francisco Sanchez is a legendary tattooer who works out of a studio in Denton, Texas. I had seen his work before and was highly impressed, but when a world renowned tattoo collector named Yall Quinones was talking to me about some of…