Japanese, traditional, black and grey, fineline and lettering tattoos, plus custom designs, from a tattoo studio on Victoria Avenue in Gonville, Whanganui. The artist specialises in Irezumi, the Japanese style, and American traditional work, and takes on large pieces such as sleeves and back pieces as well as smaller ones. Free consultations are offered for large and small tattoos, and clients are asked to bring their references so the design can be shaped around them.
Customers describe a calm, friendly artist who makes first-time clients comfortable and is considerate about pain. One visitor had a squirrel drawn in place of a skunk on request, another had a portrait of their dog done, and a third praised the fineline work. One visitor walked in with a design ready and was taken on. The only other tattoo studio within a kilometre, Custom Styled Inkers Tattoo, 0.1 km away, rates the same. Our pick in Gonville for fineline and custom tattoos.