David Ruiz • Tattoo Artist

@davehatelovetattoo · Fort Lauderdale, Florida · Tattoo artist

🏆 International Award-Winning Tattoo Artist 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸 🎨 Color & Black & Grey Realism ✨ 📍Fort Lauderdale , FL 🇺🇸 📆 Booking by Appt ⬇️

David Ruiz is a realism tattoo artist in Fort Lauderdale, FL. About 72% of the 45 pieces on Perspectiv are realism, and watercolor shows up in 9%. About 71% of the pieces use colour, most often teal, burgundy and dark red; the rest are black and grey. Recurring subjects include woman, eye, skull and statue of liberty. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the hand. 34 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly colour, black and grey in 29% of pieces, measured across 38 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: teal, burgundy, dark red, coral and navy.

What they tattoo

Subjects: woman, eye, skull, statue of liberty, indian headdress and child.

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

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Work

Skull and mechanical elements realism tattoo on the calf by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaZeus with lightning tattoo on the upper arm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaDemonic eyes realism tattoo by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaThe Joker realism tattoo by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaEye and skull realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaWoman with flowing hair realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaSkull with lantern dark realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaStatue of liberty realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaWoman's face realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaDragon and flowers japanese irezumi tattoo on the back by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaEye and clock realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaEdgar Allan Poe realism tattoo on the thigh by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaChild with crying eyes realism tattoo on the hand by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaStatue of liberty realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaWoman's face realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaBaby Yoda realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaBuddha neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaLion and woman realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaOwl realism tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaAnime character anime tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaChild's face realism tattoo on the hand by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaRose and butterfly watercolor tattoo on the forearm by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaIndian headdress realism tattoo on the shoulder by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaEdgar Allan Poe realism tattoo on the thigh by David Ruiz, Fort Lauderdale, Florida