bigsteve on Yellow Pages 15 years ago
04/16/2008, 08:08 AM
Well what can I say...they got the best Asian artwork that I've seen in a while (Traditional Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese styles). If your looking for tribal or portraits I'd go somewhere else. I waited for 10 years to find the right artist to do my Japanese tattoo work and go figure it was in San Jose and not in Japan. I searched world wide and the only artists that I liked were Horiyoshi III and his Apprentices Horitomo and Horitaka aka Taki, Shige, . Tommy did my sleeves and chest plates. He has great koi and dragon designs. His color work surpasses some of the great Japanese artist in Tokyo,Yokohama,Osaka..... All I got to say is book early and make multiple appointments because he's starting to get booked up. I heard that he's around 1 month wait at this time now, which isn't to bad, as some irezumi artist are booked for 6 months to a 1 year. This guys young in the industry and is not a showy guy but when his artwork get out he will most likely be as great as some of the more famous Asian artists (Horiyoshi, Pinky, Shige)
Good luck on your journey Big Steve