EL PATO

@dave_duck · San Jose, California · Tattoo artist

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El Pato is a tattoo artist in San Jose, California whose work centres on realism. Of the 115 pieces on Perspectiv, 53 are realism, and no other style appears often enough to count. Roughly 74% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often dark red, coral and burgundy. Recurring subjects include script lettering, roses, religious figure and lion. The forearm and the neck are the usual placements. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 26% of pieces, measured across 109 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: dark red, coral and burgundy.

What they tattoo

Subjects: script lettering, roses, religious figure, lion, woman and child.

Usually on the forearm, the neck and the shoulder.

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Work

Elephants in landscape Chicano tattoo on the back by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaWeeping woman with rosary realism tattoo by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaSaint Jude realism tattoo by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaJesus Christ with a dove Chicano tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaEye realism tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaReligious figure realism tattoo on the back by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaMichael Myers mask realism tattoo by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaChucky realism tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaDragon American traditional tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaPortrait of a woman realism tattoo on the shoulder by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaGothic script tattoo on the head by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaLion and woman realism tattoo on the shoulder by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the hand by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaOur Lady of Guadalupe realism tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaMichael Myers portrait on a knife realism tattoo by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaSkeleton praying realism tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaReligious figure black and grey tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaReligious figure realism tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaBIG GAIN lettering script tattoo by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaWoman praying realism tattoo on the chest by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaWinged dragon American traditional tattoo on the torso by El Pato, San Jose, CaliforniaLion realism tattoo on the forearm by El Pato, San Jose, California