r/tattoo • • Jul 14 '25

Artist/Apprentice/Shop Verification UPDATED

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Hi everyone!

We have received a few comments on our previous verification instructions post that for some folks, the "See More" button has disappeared on mobile and desktop.

We have added a link to message modmail to the toolbar found on the right of desktop. As of June 2025, we do not currently have a workaround for mobile if "see more" is missing for you, so feel free to reply to this post letting us know you are having difficulty accessing modmail and we will help as best we can.


r/tattoo • • Jan 31 '25

Discussion Verifying Tattooers/Modmail

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Hey all!

If you are a tattooer that wants to be verified or are just someone with questions for the mod team please use modmail. Please do not message any of the mods via individual DM. Please see the screenshots for how to message modmail (via mobile) if you don’t know how to already.

Since Monday I have received about a dozen personal DMs for artist verification. However, one of these message came in at 12:30am and by 6am the same day I had a nasty follow up message for not replying. I’ll give the benefit of the doubt and say this person probably lives in a different part of the world, and didn’t realize they messaged these two messages at what would generally be considered times that most people (myself included) are asleep. And this is exactly why we ask people to message modmail instead of any of us directly.

The mod team here is small for a sub of this size but we do try to handle anything that comes into modmail as quickly as possible. Often times if we get individual DMs about mod related issues for the sub, we are at work when it comes in and forget about it by the time we get home. Sometimes we are simply with our families, or even touching grass and spending some time off Reddit ( gasp ). Sometimes we are just asleep. When you message via modmail, the message goes to a group inbox and we can all see it so if one of us forgets or is busy the rest of us can take over handling artist verification or any other issues you may have. That being said- we are still just people with jobs and lives outside of Reddit, so please don’t get annoyed with us if you don’t get a reply within a few hours. Most of the time we reply within a day, but shit happens and this sub is not all that important in the grand scheme of life, the universe, and everything.

TL/DR: Use modmail to reach the mod team please & thank you

PS: We took your feedback on the whole banning X links and have banned X links from the sub (overwhelming majority was to ban)

PPS: We have added a new mod to the team, u/coffeehedake , and one (possibly two) of our old mods should be returning soon


r/tattoo • • 14h ago

Neotraditional By Levi Murphy at OneBlock in Las Vegas

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161 Upvotes

Part fresh, part healed


r/tattoo • • 15h ago

Illustrative Floral garland across the shoulder by Veroni.ink at INTO Tattoo Studio in Wien, Austria

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138 Upvotes

Pink, purple, blue, and orange flowers trail across the shoulder and upper arm. Small berries and bees are tucked between the leaves, with thin stems linking the details. The style is colourful botanical illustration with fine linework.

by Veroni.ink at INTO Tattoo Studio in Wien, Austria


r/tattoo • • 3h ago

Neotraditional Owl swooping in done at Good morning tattoo, Copenhagen by me @kest234

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8 Upvotes

Half bottom is already healed just had to do little session to finish the top of the wings


r/tattoo • • 13h ago

Neotraditional Fenrir & Serpent by Alexander from Mandatoo Tattoo, based in Berlin, Germany @mandatoostudio

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30 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Tattoo done by Eszter David, London Uk

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62 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 22h ago

Dog portrait tattoo done by artist Federica at Old Bastards Tattoo Bucharest, România

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33 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Sumi-e bamboo tattoo by @thommesen_ink at True Canvas in Vienna, Austria

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38 Upvotes

Japanese ink-wash inspired bamboo tattoo. Love how it bends with the arm, as well as how the bold brushstrokes contrast with the softer, fading details..

Done by thommesen_ink at True Canvas in Vienna, Austria


r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Illustrative Crane and red sun back tattoo by Anna aka a_graphic_ink at INTO Tattoo Studio in Wien, Austria NSFW

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477 Upvotes

A crane spreads its wings in front of a red sun, surrounded by soft winding shapes and small red flowers. The piece combines illustrative linework with Japanese-inspired motifs.

by Anna aka a_graphic_ink at INTO Tattoo Studio in Wien, Austria


r/tattoo • • 23h ago

Pegasus by Wynn Wilder in Chicago, IL

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19 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 2h ago

I’m unsure how to go around booking a tattoo.

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Hello! I’m posting this because I’m wanting to get my first tattoo. I want to go to this specific lady in a tattoo parlour who specifies in american traditional.However, I found a tattoo I want but I’m nervous in asking her whether she would tattoo a design she didn’t design if that makes sense? Any advice would be helpful! I have no idea how to go around it 🤣


r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Neotraditional Faust custom by Alexander from Mandatoo Tattoo, based in Berlin, Germany @mandatoostudio

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213 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Japanese geometric kimono pattern full sleeve tattoo by Kevin Ligabue kevinligabue at future ink Oakland CA bay area

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320 Upvotes

Japanese geometric kimono pattern full sleeve tattoo. Shading and some grays are fresh; the patterns and red parts are healed.

The theme for this piece is Snow, Moon, Flower (Setsu, Getsu, Ka).

Setsu, snow: the beauty of winter, the muffling of the world.

Getsu, moon: the beauty of night and autumn, impermanence, the passage of time.

Ka, flower: the cherry blossom specifically (sakura); the beauty of spring; the awareness that beauty is short-lived.

Together they express the idea that the most profound beauty is inseparable from transience and longing. The bittersweet awareness of impermanence.

7 sessions, approximately 40 hours in total.


r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Neotraditional Strawberry jams... but my glock don't done at Good morning tattoo, Copenhagen by me @kest234

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371 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Freehand flowers by L.alisa.tattoo- Toronto, Canada

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85 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Tattoo by Kisha.tattoo at BavariaTattoo

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33 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 2d ago

Blackwork Crow done by Lukey Wolf at Red Point Tattoo London UK

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65 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 1d ago

IG: @iron.rayden Made at Mammoth Tattoo, Kirkland WA.

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9 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 2d ago

Neotraditional Dracula & Frankenstein by me, Arran V

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298 Upvotes

Made these earlier in the year but I'm super excited for spooky season right now!

Made at the Pearl Street Tattoo Club in Somerville, MA, USA.


r/tattoo • • 1d ago

Blackwork Heart and roses done by SSAB at Mama Ink, Seoul, South Korea

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11 Upvotes

My work at Mama Ink in Seoul. The design combines a dark heart, three roses and a flame, with open skin around the outlines.


r/tattoo • • 2d ago

First tattoo by Joe, owner of All Saints NJ

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52 Upvotes

Opinions? The shoulder and inner/outter part of my arm definitely hurt a lot more than the rest lol. I go back for my forearm next month. Extremely excited, just turned 18!


r/tattoo • • 2d ago

Blackwork Ornate back piece fully healed since March by Bryan Boe, done at South Shore Tattoo, in Amityville, NY. NSFW

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314 Upvotes

r/tattoo • • 2d ago

Realism Artist: Liza Tiemyrova (St Albert, Canads) at Max Color Ink

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31 Upvotes

Looking for some thoughts on my first tattoo! Any advice on keeping it crisp and popping long term?

The tattoo is a representation of a relationship in my life. I have a similarly themed one that represents my kids planned next!


r/tattoo • • 2d ago

Sushi stealing cat portrait by Artist Federica at Old Bastards Tattoo Bucharest, Romania

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29 Upvotes