BMF Ink — short for 'Be Myself & Free' — is a custom tattoo studio on King George's Avenue in central Singapore, founded on Nina's belief that art is an outlet to explore your thoughts and be free. Rather than picking a design off a wall, clients bring their ideas and the team works with them to turn those thoughts into ink on skin.
The studio's story is one of steady growth: from a humble shop in Katong Shopping Centre that housed two artists, to a state-of-the-art space on King George's Avenue that can accommodate up to eight. Today, four resident artists — Nina, Junheng, Yong Qin and Tati — work here, each with their own specialities spanning realism, cover-ups, blackwork, script and wording, and anime-inspired tattoos. The studio's stated priorities are professionalism, ethics, and above all else, awesome pieces of art.
Everything runs on a clear, transparent process: an unhurried face-to-face consultation of up to an hour to explore ideas and take measurements, a deposit to set your date, and pricing that is discussed and agreed by everyone before any tattooing begins. Touch-ups within three months are free, and aftercare advice is generous and practical. Getting there is easy too — the studio is a short walk from Lavender MRT, with buses along the corridor and a carpark on French Road nearby.
Step into BMF Ink on King George's Avenue and you'll find the studio's motto everywhere: Be Myself & Free. Founder Nina started the studio on the belief that art is an outlet for exploring your thoughts and being free — and that a tattoo should be a collaboration, not a transaction. Clients are invited to bring their ideas, however rough, and the artists work with them to turn those thoughts into ink on skin.
BMF Ink's story began modestly, in a small shop in Katong Shopping Centre that housed just two artists. It has since grown into a state-of-the-art studio on King George's Avenue with room for up to eight tattooists. Today four resident artists work there — Nina, Junheng, Yong Qin and Tati — each with their own specialities and portfolios you can browse on the studio's website. What hasn't changed is the studio's stated priorities: professionalism, ethics, and above all else, awesome pieces of art for the world to see.
That reputation has been noticed beyond the studio walls. BMF Ink's homepage carries badges from local round-ups including Finest Services, Best in Singapore and BestLah, and the studio bills itself as one of Singapore's best-rated places to get tattooed.
The four resident artists deliberately cover a wide range of styles. Realism is a house strength, alongside cover-ups for older or unwanted ink, bold blackwork, script and wording pieces, and anime-inspired designs. Because every piece starts from the client's own ideas, no two visits are quite the same — you share your thoughts, and the studio works with you to shape them into a design worth keeping for life.
The craft doesn't stop at tattooing either. Nina paints in oils, and her paintings have their own corner of the studio's website, a reminder that this is a working art studio as much as a service business.
The process is laid out in three steps. First comes a face-to-face consultation — up to a full hour is set aside — to discuss your ideas and take measurements; a deposit secures the slot and is offset from the cost of your tattoo, or returned if you decide not to go ahead, essentially making the consultation free. Second, once you're happy with the ideas, you pay a deposit and set a date; it stays valid for six months. Third, you show up on your appointment day and get your BMF tattoo.
Pricing is transparent by design. Simple pieces — a line, a dot, a word — start from $120, while larger, more complex work is quoted by the piece or charged by the hour after an in-person discussion. The team prefers not to quote over the phone, since body type, shape and skin tone all affect how a tattoo should be built and priced, and designs are never sent over the phone either, to protect the integrity of the artists' work. Everything is discussed and agreed before tattooing starts, so you know exactly what to prepare. If a touch-up is needed, it's free within three months of your tattoo. Clients working on big pieces like full-back or arm and leg sleeves are encouraged to finish within a year of the first session, since rates may be revised over time.
The studio sits at 803 King George's Avenue, #02-226 — about five minutes on foot from Lavender MRT (Exit B) and ten from Bendemeer, with a long list of bus services stopping nearby. Drivers can use the 808 French Road carpark. Because artists are often mid-tattoo, the team asks you to WhatsApp, email or use the contact form rather than call.
House rules are simple and unapologetic: no one under 18 will be inked unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, no one who has been drinking, and no one who is disrespectful. Come prepared — eat beforehand, stay hydrated, moisturise your skin for a few days leading up, stay out of the sun, and skip the alcohol. Water is available in the studio on request, and the artists' gentle hands, they promise, will keep discomfort to a minimum.