Jose Cruz

@artistzae_ · Tattoo artist

💍 @jasmine.rain.tatts Award winning 🏆 📍Maryland Co owner: @serendipitytat2 Multi styled artist 100 minimum $75 non-refundable deposit

Jose Cruz is a tattoo artist in Maryland whose work centres on realism. Of the 19 pieces on Perspectiv, about 82% are realism; dotwork and Chicano run through the rest. Roughly 78% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often burgundy, dark red and coral. Recurring subjects include woman, skull, baby and portrait. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the upper arm. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 22% of pieces, measured across 9 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: burgundy, dark red and coral.

What they tattoo

Subjects: woman, skull, baby and portrait.

Usually on the forearm, the upper arm and the thigh.

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Work

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