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Black & Gray Tattoos

Black and gray tattoos are the backbone of the tattoo world — timeless, versatile, and built to age well. Using only black ink diluted to various s...

Fine Line Tattoos

Fine line tattoos use delicate, thin needles to create intricate, detailed designs with a subtle, elegant feel. Think botanical illustrations, mini...

Realism & Portrait Tattoos

Realism tattoos reproduce photographs, paintings, and real-life imagery directly onto skin. Portraits of loved ones, animals, landscapes, and hyper...

Traditional Tattoos

Traditional tattoos — also called American Traditional or old school — are defined by bold black outlines, a limited but vibrant color palette, and...

Neo-Traditional Tattoos

Neo-traditional tattoos take the bold outlines and iconic imagery of American Traditional and crank up the detail, color range, and artistic comple...

Anime & Manga Tattoos

Anime and manga tattoos bring your favorite characters, scenes, and art styles to life on skin. From Dragon Ball Z to Studio Ghibli, Naruto to One ...

Watercolor Tattoos

Watercolor tattoos mimic the look of watercolor paintings — soft color washes, splashes, drips, and blends that flow across the skin like paint on ...

Blackwork & Geometric Tattoos

Blackwork tattoos use solid black ink to create bold, graphic designs — geometric patterns, mandalas, tribal-inspired work, ornamental pieces, and ...

Cover-Up Tattoos

Cover-up tattoos transform old, faded, or regretted ink into something you actually love. It is one of the most challenging skills in tattooing — t...

Lettering & Script Tattoos

Lettering tattoos turn words into art — names, quotes, dates, and meaningful phrases rendered in styles ranging from elegant calligraphy to bold bl...

Ear Piercings & Curated Ears

Ear piercings go way beyond the basic lobe. The modern ear piercing landscape includes a huge variety of placements — helix, conch, tragus, daith, ...

Nose & Nostril Piercings

Nostril piercings are one of the most popular piercings we do — and for good reason. They are versatile, flattering on virtually every face shape, ...

Septum Piercings

Septum piercings go through the thin membrane (the "sweet spot") between the cartilage and the bottom of your nose. When placed correctly in this c...

Lip & Labret Piercings

Lip piercings encompass a wide variety of placements around the mouth — labret (center below the lower lip), medusa (philtrum, center above the upp...

Tongue Piercings

Tongue piercings are a classic body modification that has been popular for decades. The standard placement is a single barbell through the center o...

Navel & Belly Button Piercings

Navel piercings (belly button piercings) are a classic body piercing that looks great with the right anatomy and jewelry. The standard navel pierci...

Industrial & Cartilage Piercings

Cartilage piercings include a huge variety of ear placements — helix (outer rim), industrial (two points connected by one barbell), conch (the larg...

Dermal & Surface Piercings

Dermal piercings — also called microdermals or single-point piercings — are unique in the piercing world because they have only one visible point o...

Bridge Piercing

Bridge piercings are placed horizontally through the skin at the top of the nose, between the eyes, crossing the bridge. They are a surface piercin...