best all-round tattooist in ireland right now...??

tayto909

...i'm curious to know what the general consensus is on this. maybe we could do a poll or something?

longshanks

i imagine all the dublin heads are gonna go for the chaps in zulu or celestial ring or somewhere local. jmd's will get a mention from down this direction. the galway tattooists in galway etc etc

amazingemmet

Its really depends on what style you want really, like justin in zulu ia great for colour/fantasy stuff, where as jmd is some of the best black and grey portraits stuff I've seen, the italians in temple bar do great black work, jani should get an mention too for great colour work etc so its not really a matter of all rounder

truthinwords

longshanks wrote: »

i imagine all the dublin heads are gonna go for the chaps in zulu or celestial ring or somewhere local. jmd's will get a mention from down this direction. the galway tattooists in galway etc etc

This is the reply to pretty much every post on here looking for a recomendation.

Will

I could recommend further a field but the average punter won't wanna travel for tattoos

truthinwords

That's not what I was getting at. It's that people constantly post the tattoo artist they go to even if their artist has a completely different style to what the persons looking for/ is on the other side of the country.

Will

not all the time but yeah, suppose you are right

hot2def

All round?

I'd say Mick in stigmata or Debbie in arklow. Mark in Celestial is the bomb-diggity too

mac123

amazingemmet wrote: »

Its really depends on what style you want really, like justin in zulu ia great for colour/fantasy stuff, where as jmd is some of the best black and grey portraits stuff I've seen, the italians in temple bar do great black work, jani should get an mention too for great colour work etc so its not really a matter of all rounder

any idea who would be the best for doing animal type work? tigers, lions etc.

Will

animal type work, what style... realism, cartoony? you need to be more specific

hunter164

Wilburt who are these artists in other countries?

Will

Again depends what you are looking for and how far you are willing to travel

hunter164

Very vague aren't ya! So how did you find out about these artists?Travelling the world?

Will

Through IAM (community on bmezine)
looking through online portfolios, im not trying to be vague, and its not as if im trying to keep them from anyone lol

dark imagery i.e skulls, babies, stuff to send chills down your spine paul booth in NYC. he costs a bomb though.
Dot work - french michael in into you tattoo in london, he also does amazing symmetrical designs

theres loads more, scar work lukas zpira. he goes all around the world. sammpa also in london. so many, all depends what you are after

hunter164

Ye and have you gone to all of these?

Will

of course not, but they are world renowned and leaders in their styles

oh wait yeah met lukas zpira a few times, didnt have the money to get anything done. just got my nape pierced by him

Maddison

Pluto, on Dorset Street in Dublin. Is fantastic, he has done all my tattoos which vary from realistic art,gothic & coverups of bogey ones I had done at 15. Can highly recommend him, is very professional although he comes across as being abrupt but Its just him being a perfectionist.He has a site but I cannot remember the address but Im sure you can google him.

amazingemmet

Wilburt wrote: »

Dot work - french michael in into you tattoo in london, he also does amazing symmetrical designs

*cough* French Thomas *cough*

Will

thanks man

amazingemmet

No no thank you

hunter164

Maddison wrote: »

Pluto, on Dorset Street in Dublin. Is fantastic, he has done all my tattoos which vary from realistic art,gothic & coverups of bogey ones I had done at 15. Can highly recommend him, is very professional although he comes across as being abrupt but Its just him being a perfectionist.He has a site but I cannot remember the address but Im sure you can google him.

www.dublintattoo.com

I think that's it.

Le Rack

don't know if I really liked all that tbh...

in my somewhat limited experience, Mariusz in Snakebite is good for tribal work, perhaps slightly heavy handed, maybe twas the area that made it hurt but twas sore.

Greg in Inkwell is great at old school stuff, and a lot of other styles from what I've seen

Not sure weather it was pawel or jerson in snakebite did my mate recently but twas good, sorta tribal but not, custom designed on the spot from her ideas

and the wee cute guy with the spikey brown hair in zulu is great at custom colour cartoonie stuff

Crumble Froo

that'd be justin in zulu, i think. has a kiwi accent?

mac123

Wilburt wrote: »

animal type work, what style... realism, cartoony? you need to be more specific

im looking for realistic, thinkin of getting the african big five done but its gonna be a big piece so i need to save a bit. id consider heading abroad if i couldnt find the right artist here though.

Dancor

Maddison wrote: »

Pluto, on Dorset Street in Dublin. Is fantastic, he has done all my tattoos which vary from realistic art,gothic & coverups of bogey ones I had done at 15. Can highly recommend him, is very professional although he comes across as being abrupt but Its just him being a perfectionist.He has a site but I cannot remember the address but Im sure you can google him.

Negetive, Folks stay away from this artist, Rubbish colour work (as can be seen in his gallerys) Black work is poxy, constantly needs touch up's. I was warned not to go to him by a friend, Wish I listened, Only thing he has going for him is position of tattoos, Very symetrical etc, Constantly contradicts himself and is an absolute asshole of a human being, no social skills whatsoever.

Music Addict

I have limited expeirence but anything I've seen by Michele in Art Tattoo in Temple Bar is amazing, he done my last one (attached).

Soundman

Music Addict wrote: »

I have limited expeirence but anything I've seen by Michele in Art Tattoo in Temple Bar is amazing, he done my last one (attached).

Very nice! PRS or Schecter?

Music Addict

PRS, took a good three hours, but was worth it.

Jimmy Trigger

Been to Zulu twice, nice place but JMDs in waterford is where
im staying now. Joe has done over 50 hours on me and it keeps getn batter and better.

Sofaspud

Le Rack wrote: »

Not sure weather it was pawel or jerson in snakebite did my mate recently but twas good, sorta tribal but not, custom designed on the spot from her ideas

I got mine done by Powel and I'm not too mad about it at all, it has uneven lines and a few misshapen bits, and he just didn't seem to be mad about the idea of the tattoo at all. That's probably why there was a bit of a balls made of it, it was supposed to be done by Denise but she wasn't in that day. It was my first tattoo so I didn't really care at the time, should've planned it better.

Ah well.

Soundman

Jimmy Trigger wrote: »

Been to Zulu twice, nice place but JMDs in waterford is where
im staying now. Joe has done over 50 hours on me and it keeps getn batter and better.

Did you ever finish that back piece of yours? Post it in the Show you mine sticky thread up top if you have.