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im up near san jose in sunnyvale and im looking for a good artist to do a back piece for me. some asian work like a dragon and a tiger. i just moved here and i dont know too many shops around the area and i dont want to do to some sleeze bag shop because im getting a fairly large back piece done. ive been to CRUZ CREATIONS in san jose and HUMBLE BEGINNINGS in san jose. The owner of cruz creations seems to be a pretty good artist while humble beginnings have some of their own good artists. none of which seem to do much asian work. anybody have advice?
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State of Grace - San Jose
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beuneek wrote:State of Grace - San Jose

state of grace? is there a specfic artist i should look for? hows the pricing?and thanks for the recomendation
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og96816 wrote:
beuneek wrote:State of Grace - San Jose

state of grace? is there a specfic artist i should look for? hows the pricing?and thanks for the recomendation

horitaka/horitomo are perfect candidates for what you are looking for.
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or horitomo
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edited to add the tomomeister.
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www.horitaka.com

that's the website for the studio.

or check out yutaro @

www.primalurgesf.com / http://www.lifeonly.net (his personal site)

(just a heads up, they never answer the shop phone @ skull&sword ((formerly primal urge)) so hit him up on his cell or myspace.
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which artist from primal is doing your piece? its pretty sick so far...
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yodaddynukka wrote:which artist from primal is doing your piece? its pretty sick so far...
phil holt. :D
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Horiyuki/Jill Bonny from State of Grace also. She should be the first western female artist in the world to get the Hori in front of her name from japanese tattoo masters.

www.horiyukitattoo.com
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beuneek wrote:
yodaddynukka wrote:which artist from primal is doing your piece? its pretty sick so far...
phil holt. :D

nice! nuttin but the best...
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yodaddynukka wrote:
beuneek wrote:
yodaddynukka wrote:which artist from primal is doing your piece? its pretty sick so far...
phil holt. :D

nice! nuttin but the best...

i was leaning more towards chinese dragons and tigers. im pretty sure they can do it but are these places close to san jose?any wait list?
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og96816 wrote:
yodaddynukka wrote:
beuneek wrote:
yodaddynukka wrote:which artist from primal is doing your piece? its pretty sick so far...
phil holt. :D

nice! nuttin but the best...

i was leaning more towards chinese dragons and tigers. im pretty sure they can do it but are these places close to san jose?any wait list?

state of grace is in san jo, primal urge is in sf. im pretty sure primal will have a wait, not quite sure about state of grace. FWIW, aaron bell is coming to san jo from seattle in february to get some work done from horitomo, so you know horitomo is no slouch.
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yodaddynukka wrote: state of grace is in san jo, primal urge is in sf. im pretty sure primal will have a wait, not quite sure about state of grace. FWIW, aaron bell is coming to san jo from seattle in february to get some work done from horitomo, so you know horitomo is no slouch.
Yutaro actually went to Horitomo to get tatted on his bday. Horitomo has been taught to tattoo in the traditional ways.



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I don't know why I hadn't thought of this, but if you want dragon and you want old school. Pinky Yun @ Dragon Tattoo. His work isn't what it used to be, but it'd be a Pinky tattoo. 8)
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