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MICRO TATTOOS The World’s Top Fine Line Tattoo Artists
SVEN RAYEN & TI RACOVITA
TATTOO ARTISTS
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Abii Ahmet Cambaz Aki Wong Andrea Perea Bombayfoor Checho23ttt Dane Nicklas Daniel Berdiel Edit Paints Eva Karabudak Fimm Ignativ Frommay Ghislain Jake Nowicz Kirill Potehin Léa Amati Marcos Garau
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Mikey Brannon Mini Lau Mo Ganji Mr. K Nawa Paw Tattoo Pureum Ria Kim Soltattoo Sven Rayen Tahir Tokmak Tarie Mattoo Tasha Zeal Tattoo Ziv Tattoo Zoë Francis
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ABII Los Angeles, USA
Before becoming a tattoo artist, Abii studied scenography at the Sangmyung University in South Korea, and has been painting porcelain since 2011. Abii started tattooing eight years later and became a resident artist at Vism Studio in Los Angeles in 2022. Focusing on highly detailed realist tattoos, her portfolio features poetic compositions of natural elements, and playful portraits. The bright and vivid colours express the artist’s mood and solid expertise. She is known for her elegant watercolour designs that show a feminine flow, full completeness, and sophistication.
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AHMET CAMBAZ Istanbul, TURKEY
Ahmet Cambaz started his career as a cartoonist, working for a local comic magazine for seven years. His tattoos have a simplicity that directs the eye towards the extraordinary detail in his work. The exquisite tattoos reveal the artist’s vivid imagination and profound know-how. With a background in cartoons, he finds his inspiration in illustrations and books. Cambaz works from his private studio Flap Ink in Istanbul.
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AKI WONG Beijing, CHINA
Aki Wong started her tattooing career in 2015 as an apprentice with her mentor Chen Lie at the Newtattoo Studio in Beijing. Initially she adopted the dotwork technique, which was rare in China at the time. In 2020, Wong discovered metal textures and integrated the technique into her astonishing craftsmanship. The artist’s true fascination for this new discovery led her to create surprising and meticulous metal structures, mainly working with gold. Together with tattoo artist InkFlow Franky, Wong founded Studio Inkflow in 2022. A place where both continue to break existing barriers, guided by their curiosity.
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