Best Tattoo Artists Worldwide

Hey -- I'm going to spend some time travelling and am looking to base my itinerary on visiting the best tattoo artists worldwide. In your opinion, who is worth going to see?

Great idea, but with one big problem. The best of the best have months, even YEARS long waiting lists. So if you dont plan on staying in one place for 3-12monhts, there will be only a slight possibility that if you book times now, that they will all fall some weeks of part from eachother. And some of them arent even taking on new clients at this moment. But, I am bored so I will give you some names anyway :) Shige (Yellow Blaze Tattoo studio -Yokohama, Japan) Robert Hernandez (Vitamine Tattoo, Spain) Electric Pick (Conspiracy inc. Copenhagen, Denmark) Filip Leu (The Leu Family's Family Iron STREET SHOP, Lausanne, Switzerland) Boris (Boris Tattoo, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary) Petri Syrjälä (Art For Life, Helsinki, Finland) Rudy Fritsch (Original Classic Tattoo, Trieste, Italy) Tin Tin (Tin Tin Tatouage, Paris, France) Steve Moore (Vancouver B.C, Canada) Theo Jak (Infamous Studio, Stockholm, Sweden) Tomas Tom (Into You Tattoo, London, England Paris Pierides Paris Tattoos -Nicosia, Cyprus) Rain Partlow (Strange Fruit Studio, Bern, Switzerland) Lus Lips (Berlin, Gemany) There are some from many countries

In addition to the list above, I'd like to mention a few names as well (excellent list by the way). Most of their work and info can be seen on this site under the tattoo artists tab. Pavel Angel of Russia Nick Baxter of Brandford CT Joe Capobianco of New Haven CT Eric Merrill of New Haven, CT Joshua Carlton of Indianapolis IN Robert Pho of Las Vegas, NV Ryan Downie of Las Vegas, NV Bob Tyrrell of Toronto ON Canada Nikko of Apple Valley CA Mike Devries of Hesperia CA Jeff Ensminger of Addison TX Believe me when I say that there are several more to be added to the list, these are the only artists popping out at me at the moment. It seems like every day I have the pleasure of discovering a new talent that to me, was previously unknown. That is the best thing about this industry.

and lets not forget krystof and me oh oh pick me LOL SERIOUSLY THOUGH LOTS AND LOTS OF GREATS OUT THERE EVEN ONES NOT FAMOUS ooops damm caps soory

thanks, this is really helpful. I'm really interested in Japan, Southeast Asia, etc. -- any more ideas in that corner of the world?

Brandon Bond Ezequiel Nunez Cory Cudney Tom Renshaw Shane O'Neil Carson Hill Paul Acker Tim Kern Paul Naylor Nikko Hurtado Bob Tyrrell Mike DeVries Boris Shige Petri Syrjala Jack Rudy Nick Baxter Joshua Carlton Filip Leu Kat Von D Larry Brogan Henning Jorgeson Kari Barba Robert Hernandez Josh Woods The list could go on and on...

Miyazo (Miyazo Tattoo, Osaka, Japan) Genko & Sabado (Eccentric Super Tattoo, Nagoya, Japan) Chopstick Tattoo Japan Hocus Pocus Tattoo, Shizuoka-Ken, Japan Horiyoshi III, Japan (He is a LEGEND) Asakusa Horiyasu (Tokyo, Japan, LEGEND) Ink Rat Tattoo (Tokyo, Japan)

threetidestattoo.com horigyn.com cotton-pickin.com genko-tattoo.com lifeunderzen.com trickortattoo.com fulltimebyeak.com darumagoya.com marklucky13tattoo.com acoustic-garden.com fateark.com wildmonkeytattoo.com wkktattoo.com mangotattoo.pf backinblacktattoo.com suketattoo.com yushitattoo.com horishige3.com horitatsu.com 56.tattoo.jp red-bunny.com

kingrattattoo.com assasin-tattoo.idv.tw horitada.com fotolog.com/oriental_tattoo edtattoos.com tokyohardcore.jp evolvedarttattoo.com sevetattoo.com psyten.com horiharu.com tattoo-cn.com tattoochina.cn mindscapetattoo.com taiwantattoo.com catclaw-tattoo.com hori-hiro-japan.com Done...

this is beautiful.

With a question like that i find it hard to answer not understanding the best at what?To me a guy that only does portraits or copies images is a total different artist then someone that creates the art from scratch.For what i like i have to say Robert Hernandez is the best artist at siting there with no reference and creating excellent art.And i am sure there are many more i never heard about.have fun looking there are some kick ass links listed above from others.

I don't know how I forgot to mention: Jeff Gogue Monte

Also... Stephane Chaudesaigues out of France I believe. He is one of my favorite artists, I want nothing more than to have a piece by him.

Marcus Pacheco and The Grime currently both at Primal Urge in San Francisco.

If your dream is to find the best tattoo artist(s) in the world, then you should book a ticket to Japan. Sabado and Genko are the finest of their trade, and after only nine years of work (under the master training of Sabado himself) Genko may be the best natural tattoo artist on the entire planet!

hey guys thanx for all the good tips besides the lus lips guy in berlin, any other recommendations in this area or around (hamburg, dresden etc) im looking for a real good allrounder, say a chris garver type. allthough id love to know all the specialists in these areas as well of course. japanese style is covered with an appointment with rob admiraal in amsterdam in about a year (have been on the list for a year allready!) thats what happens if yr really good i guess www.admiraaltattoo.com check him out. cheers!!

germany (europe area)??? =) here we go... Germany: (just a handfull of amazing artists out of my head) http://www.buenavistatattooclub.de/ http://www.myspace.com/andyengel http://www.myspace.com/tommy_lee_tattoo http://www.myspace.com/lutzlehmanntattoo http://www.tatauobscur.de/ http://www.tattoostudio-siwak.com/ http://www.nadelwerk.de/ http://www.myspace.com/406125029 http://www.little-swastika.com/ http://www.myspace.com/inkinfusiontattoo http://tattoo-osnabrueck.de/ - asia styles http://www.myspace.com/sandornese http://www.holyfoxtattoos.de/holyfox/ http://www.lonien-online.de/ http://www.smilindemons.de/ http://www.checker-demon-tattoos.de/ http://www.michaellorber.de/tattoo/index.html Europe: http://www.boucheriemoderne.be/ http://www.myspace.com/82860616 http://www.uncleallan.com/ http://www.myspace.com/triplesixstudios http://www.myspace.com/kamilmocet http://www.xedtattoo.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jackribeiro http://www.myspace.com/497248120 http://www.myspace.com/kynst http://www.myspace.com/luxaltera http://www.myspace.com/afferni http://www.myspace.com/alexdepase http://www.myspace.com/anabi_tattoo http://www.myspace.com/lenuart http://www.myspace.com/myskow http://www.myspace.com/jazz-tattoo http://www.myspace.com/tofi_tattoo http://www.myspace.com/eviltwinsjohan http://www.myspace.com/edtattoos http://www.lefthandtattoo.se/ http://www.myspace.com/csabamullner http://www.myspace.com/eze_nunez http://www.myspace.com/fuckingfat http://www.myspace.com/darktimestattoo http://www.tatuatgesxavi.com/htm/home.htm http://www.myspace.com/zhivkotattoo http://www.myspace.com/miloschtattoo http://www.myspace.com/circletattoo @gabe: you should try to drag over some of those guys to offthemap ;) especially the polish guys =) and tommy lee still owes you a guestspot ;)

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