Mitsuko Ching

@_mitsukochingart · Tattoo artist

🧿🇵🇭🌉 Bay Area tattoo artist + painter—custom tattoos in realism, color, & blackwork. Portfolio & bookings ⬇️ Now Booking September/October.

Mitsuko Ching is a tattoo artist in Sanmateo whose work centres on realism. The 172 pieces on Perspectiv are almost entirely realism. Roughly 73% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often burgundy, forest and navy. Woman, flowers, rose and shark come up again and again. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the back. 157 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 27% of pieces, measured across 170 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: burgundy, forest, navy and teal.

What they tattoo

Subjects: woman, flowers, rose, shark, leaves and lotus flower.

Usually on the forearm, the back and the thigh.

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Work

Shark and coral reef watercolor tattoo on the thigh by Mitsuko ChingSkull and snake realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingSleeping cherubs American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingSugar skull black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingRooster and skull American traditional tattoo on the thigh by Mitsuko ChingLotus flower watercolor tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingFrog and rose realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingRose and frog realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingDove and rose black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingPortrait of elderly woman realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingSugar skull Chicano tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingDragon and flowers realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingPagoda and flowers realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingHeart with cherub realism tattoo on the calf by Mitsuko ChingTribal pattern tribal tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingDoll realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingRose and swallow realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingMountain landscape realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingJaguar with flowers realism tattoo on the thigh by Mitsuko ChingSnake and flowers realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingBull-headed woman realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingDolphin new school tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingFlower and ribbon watercolor tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko ChingDaisies and ladybug realism tattoo on the forearm by Mitsuko Ching