+ the great list of lish-approved tattooists
+ http://compunction.org/tattoos.html
+ compiled by one picky fucker: crank@got.net
IF YOU USE AN ARTIST ON MY LIST, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME PHOTOS!
last updated: 12-19-16
key:
* = i've been tattooed by the artist.
# = i only saw one tattoo by the artist (or only one that i liked
enough to check credits) but it was *really* nice. this
means the artist has potential, but it's not a solid
recommendation.
! = i extra-bonus-a-lot like this artist.
reasons to email me:
if there's an artist you think belongs on this list. send me the
url to their website & i'll peruse their work.
if any of these people are unclean assholes & not deserving of
business. many of these recommendations come from seeing
work in tattoo mags or on websites.
if any information is out of date or missing (ie shop name, url).
in the states:
+ arizona
# sting sting's tattoo studio phoenix, az
http://www.stings-tattoo-studio.com
+ california
kari barba outer limits anaheim, ca
http://www.outerlimitstattoo.com
# adam barton new skool tattoo san jose, ca
http://www.adambarton.com
tom berg so cal tattoo san pedro, ca
http://www.socaltattoo.com/gallery/gallery.html
# the bishop fallen angel tattoo sacramento, ca
joel bones gold rush tattoo costa mesa, ca
http://goldrushtattoo.com
# brandon bracamonte heaven sent sacramento, ca
mike devries md tattoo studio northridge, ca
http://mdtattoos.com
# aaron funk tattoo revolution redlands, ca
http://www.tattoorevolution.net/aaron.html
james gordon inflictions body art covina, ca
http://www.inflictions.com/james.htm (offline)
nikko hurtado ignition tattoo apple valley, ca
http://www.ignitiontattoo.com/artists.htm
patty kelley avalon tattoo studio san diego, ca
http://www.avalontattoo.com/patty.htm
joe leonard monkey wrench tattoo santa rosa, ca
http://www.thebloodybucket.com
http://www.myspace.com/joeleonardtattoos
# bill liberty liberty tattoo sacramento, ca
http://www.billlibertytattoo.com
mez love tattoo boogaloo san francisco, ca
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37078610@N00/
marty m el toro body shop morgan hill, ca
http://www.eltorobodyshop.com
pierre monteleone heaven sent sacramento, ca
http://www.tattoosupergenius.com
carlos rojas black anchor collective hesperia, ca
https://www.facebook.com/crojasart
# rob semple streamline san diego, ca
mike sirot superfly tattoo san diego, ca
http://www.chronictattoosandiego.com
carlos torres so cal tattoo san pedro, ca
http://www.carlostorresart.com
# washo everlasting tattoo san francisco, ca
http://everlastingtattoo.com
!* dawei zhang da wei tattoo santa clara, ca
http://www.daweitattoo.com/main.html
+ colorado
# dave allen praying mantis tattoo lakewood, co
http://www.myspace.com/daveallentattoos
http://www.myspace.com/preyingmantistattoo
rich ives steel city pueblo, co
http://www.steelcitytattoo.com/images/Rich_Ives...
jef kopp th'ink tank tattoo denver, co
http://www.thinktanktattoo.com
+ connecticut
joe capobianco hope gallery new haven, ct
http://www.hopegallerytattoo.com/Tattoo_Galleries...
eric merrill hope gallery new haven, ct
http://www.hopegallerytattoo.com/Tattoo_Galleries...
+ delaware
matt amey independent tattoo selbyville, de
http://www.independent-tattoo.com/images/matt...
# bill gallaway little gary's tattooing dover, de
terry manning wild card studios wilmington, de
http://www.wildcardtattoos.com
+ florida
brett j barr primal tattoo casselberry, fl
dee dee pleasure points spring hill, fl
http://www.myspace.com/pleasurepointstattoos
mike parsons mike parsons ink riverview, fl
http://www.mikeparsonsink.com
* nina rose bruce bart irezumi pompano beach, fl
jeff w. pleasure points spring hill, fl
http://www.myspace.com/pleasurepointstattoos
zac ascension tattoo orlando, fl
http://ascensiontattoo.com/artist-profile/zac/
+ georgia
deano cook psycho tattoo marietta, ga
http://www.psychotat2.com/images/cook/cook_nav.html
cap szumski timeless tattoo atlanta, ga
http://timeless-tattoo.com/cap/gallery01/
+ illinois
* patrick cornolo cherry bomb chicago, il
http://www.patrickcornolo.com
# june bug the zone chicago, il
* nick wiggins mark of cain tattoos champaign, il
http://www.markofcaintattoos.com/main.html
+ indiana
# ramon estevez new breed indianapolis, in
http://paintedsouls.com/index2.html
monte west lafayette, in
http://www.montetattoo.com
st marq new breed indianapolis, in
http://www.paintedsouls.com
+ maine
chris dingwell santuary tattoo portland, me
http://www.sanctuarytattoo.com/chris/index.html
+ maryland
# will rothe art with a pulse glen burnie, md
http://awaptattoo.com/will.php
+ massachusetts
jerry issel stinky monkey kingston, ma
http://www.stinkymonkeytattoos.com
# cory kruger good faith tattooing clinton, ma
http://www.krugertattoos.com
# stephan lanphear lefty's world famous pittsfield, ma
http://www.leftysworldfamous.com
+ michigan
eric mos eisleys tattoos grand rapids, mi
http://www.moseisleys.com/eric.php
RIP ! suzanne fauser creative tattoo ann arbor, mi
! tom renshaw es kustoms berkley, mi
http://www.tomrenshaw.com
sqweege eternal tattoos livonia, mi
http://www.eternaltattoos.com
bob tyrrell eternal tattoos livonia, mi
http://www.bobtyrrell.com/indexx.html
jay wheeler eternal tattoos livonia, mi
http://www.jaywheeler.com
# jeff zuck name brand tattoo ann arbor, mi
http://www.namebrandtattoo.com
http://www.jeffzuck.com
+ minnesota
shahn anderson electric dragonland hopkins, mn
http://www.electricdragonland.com/
# lee carter tats by lee coon rapids, mn
megan hoogland mecca tattoo mankato, mn
http://meccatattoo.com
jeff kohl custom electric hopkins, mn
scotty munster olde town tattoo st. cloud, mn
http://www.myspace.com/scotty_munster
+ missouri
* cat spencer show me skin art! st roberts, mo
http://www.catbones.com/tattoo/
+ new jersey
!* mario barth starlight tattoo fairlawn, nj
http://www.starlighttattoo.com
paul booth last rites tattoo montville, nj
http://www.darkimages.com
+ new mexico
# brian everett route 66 tattoo albuquerque, nm
http://route66tattoo.com/brian_everett.htm
david martinez addictive ink albuquerque, nm
http://www.prickmag.net/davemartineztattoos.html
http://www.addictiveink.com/ (offline)
+ new york
jon clue resonance center moriches, ny
http://www.jonclue.com/tattoogallery.html
# rodrigo galvez m tempest artistic hopewell jct, ny
# maya third eye new york city, ny
tee jay white tiger tattoo rochester, ny
http://www.whitetigertattoo.com/artists/teejay...
+ north carolina
deran hall golden spiral tattoo greensboro, nc
http://www.goldenspiraltattoo.com/derangallery1.php
+ ohio
ron antonick generation x willowick, oh
http://www.genxtattoos.com
# mike dorsey permanent production cincinnati, oh
durb morrison stained skin columbus, oh
http://www.stainedskin.com
+ oregon
!* joshua carlton crimson torch eugene, or
http://www.facebook.com/carltontattoos
jeff gogue gogue art grants pass, or
http://www.gogueart.com
james kern no hope no fear portland, or
http://www.nohopenofear.com
+ pennsylvania
paul acker deep six laboratories philadelphia, pa
http://www.paulacker.com
jason angst tattoo noir pittsburgh, pa
http://www.jasonangst.com/work
# ella 717 tattoo highspire, pa
http://www.717tattoo.com
jason goldberg olde city tattoo philadelphia, pa
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/miniport/jason1.html
don mcdonald bodyworks tattoo pittsburgh, pa
http://bodyworks-tattoo.com
steve morris american tattoo verona, pa
http://www.americantattoos.com/Creepy/creepy.htm
shane o'neill studio 1 tattoos norwood, pa
http://www.studio1tattoo.com/shane.htm
+ tennessee
kyle cotterman ink revolution kingsport, tn
http://www.kylecotterman.com
# dan jones high energy tattoo murfreesboro, tn
sheri matlack tattoos by sheri nashville, tn
http://www.tattoosbysheri.com
+ texas
RIP danny armantrout amillion tattoo houston, tx
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/miniport/dasl1.html
http://www.theskinlab.com
nick baxter excellent tattoo austin, tx
http://www.nickbaxter.com
liz cook rebel muse dallas, tx
http://www.lizcooktattoos.com
andrea elston classic tattoo san marcos, tx
http://classictattootx.com
dan henk eternally bound tattoo austin, tx
http://www.danhenk.com
johnny jackson texas body art houston, tx
http://www.texasbodyart.com
# chris merchant nuevemuerte dallas, tx
http://www.nuevemuerte.com
jonathan skelton tattoo gallery amarillo, tx
http://www.tat2gallery.com (offline)
# wil randy adams tattoo fort worth, tx
http://www.randyadams.com
+ utah
# kent lost art tattoo salt lake city, ut
http://www.lostarttattoo.com/portfolios/kent/index.htm
+ virginia
! andy chambers studio evolve virginia beach, va
http://studioevolvetattoo.com/skin/andy-chambers.html
sean karn fuzion ink norfolk, va
http://www.fuzionink.com
+ washington
# donovan andrews jr eternal art studio vancouver, wa
http://www.myspace.com/472011050
aaron bell slave to the needle seattle, wa
http://www.slavetotheneedle.com/tattoos/aaron.asp
* jon gilbert slave to the needle seattle, wa
http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.gilbert.12?sk=photos
* bryan griffith social skins tattoo seattle, wa
http://www.socialskinstattoo.com
* coyote apocalypse tattoo seattle, wa
http://www.apocalypsetattoo.com
!* jack matisse studio arcanum seattle, wa
https://www.facebook.com/1555306761408535/photos...
mike tidwell hidden hand tattoo seattle, wa
http://www.hiddenhandtattoo.com/artist.aspx?p...
everywhere else:
+ canada
# mike austin austin tattoos london, on
http://austintattoos.com
# dave way cool tattoos niagara falls, on
http://www.waycool-niagara.com/dave/dave.htm (offline)
# paul jeffries smiling buddah calgary, alberta
nadine mitchell metamorphosis winnipeg, manitoba
http://www.metamorphosisbodyart.com
sean treble tattoo caravan regina, saskatchewan
http://www.tattoocaravan.ca (offline)
melissa valiquette sincity montreal, qc
http://www.sincitymtl.com/portfolio_melissa.php
+ estonia
roman warwink warwink tattoo tallinn, estonia
http://www.warwink.com
+ france
alain prestige tattoo paris, france
bebert annecy, france
! stéphane chaudesaigues atelier graphicaderme avignon, france
http://www.graphicaderme.com
manu art tattoo saone, france
http://www.manu-tattoo.com
nick bertioli eurotribal paris, france
http://fr-fr.facebook.com/NickBertioli
! tin-tin 37 rue de douai, 75009 paris, france
http://www.tin-tin-tattoos.com
+ germany
chriz buxe voll tattooz dortmund, germany
!* benjamin moss apocalypse tattoo berlin, germany
http://www.apocalypsetattoo.com
nico allstyle tattoo berlin, germany
http://www.allstyle-tattoo.de/kuenstler/nico...
http://www.tatauobscur.de/Nico/NicoTattoos/nico...
tattoo alien (aka axel holland) krefeld, germany
http://www.tattooalien.de
till south-west tattoo nidda, germany
http://www.south-west-tattoo.de
tobias werner pain and ink department berlin, germany
http://www.painandinkdepartment.com/tobias_index.html
+ spain
eneko 4x4 tattoos madrid, spain
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/miniport/eneko1.html
maximo lutz route 666 tattoo barcelona, spain
http://www.myspace.com/maximolutztattoo
! victor policheri vip tattoo barcelona, spain
http://www.viptattoo.com
+ united kingdom
edgar ivanov old london road tattoos london, uk
http://www.oldlondonroad.co.uk/edgar/portfolio/
# louis molloy middletown tattoo manchester, uk
http://www.tattoos.co.uk
# jon nott guildford, uk
http://www.jonnott.com
tom ptolemy london, uk
pawel stroinski kamil tattoos london, uk
http://www.kamiltattoos.com/Pawel_Tattoos_Gallery.html
kamil mocet terczynski kamil tattoos london, uk
http://www.kamiltattoos.com/Kamil_Tattoos_Gallery.html
+ the rest of the world
pavel angel tattoo angel moscow, russia
http://www.tattooartists.org/PavelAngel
zhivko baychev bloody blue tattoo prague, czech republic
http://bloodybluetattoo.cz/gallery/Zhivko%20Gallery/
gabriel callico uruguay
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/miniport/gabe1.html
! andrey barkov grimmy unknown moscow, russia
http://www.grimmy3d.ru
jade campos arte sagrado lima, peru
http://www.artesagrado.com
john vlad cecelja slovenia
! led coult led coult brazil
https://www.facebook.com/LedCoultTattooArtist/
errol inkstitution rotterdam, netherlands
http://www.inkstitution.com/New/Tattoo.php
chris govier body art tattoo swansea, wales
http://bodyartattoo.com
# mario m. inkstruktor tattoo tiamat zadar, croatia
lassi "ravi" junttila pitbull tattoo gallery oulu, finland
https://www.facebook.com/ravilassitattooartist
! kobay kronik kobay kronik tattoo istanbul, turkey
https://www.facebook.com/kroniktattoo
# filip leu leu family iron lausanne, swtzrlnd
http://www.tattoos.com/jane/tatfilip.htm
roberto lopez suavecito tattoo buenos aires, argntna
matteo pasqualin the inkers tattoo shop porto viro, italy
https://www.facebook.com/matteo.pasqualin
! dmitriy samohin unknown odessa, ukraine
https://www.facebook.com/DmitriySamohin
# roger snappy moderno primitivo gramado, brazil
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/miniport/snappy1.html
# mick sutrarner mick tattoo zurich, switzerlnd
http://www.asiaswiss.com/Tattooartgallery.htm (offline)
tattoo eus holland
http://www.tattoo-eus.nl
# toffi ink-ognito rybnik, poland
http://ink-ognito.pl
! den yakovlev negative karma moscow, russia
http://negativekarma.ru/en/
* zhuo dan ting shanghai tattoo shanghai, china
http://www.shanghaitattoo.com/en/artists/zhuo-dan-ting
i don't know where:
dana clinton
clark north