TATTOOS BY DEFT

@deft_ink · Tattoo artist

San Diego -Tijuana *✈️🇲🇽 🇺🇸 - @gurutattoo

Tattoos By Deft is a Chicano tattoo artist in San Diego, CA. Of the 64 pieces on Perspectiv, 8 are Chicano, and no other style appears often enough to count. Roughly 61% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often coral, dark red and burgundy. Script lettering, lettering, butterfly and swirls come up again and again. The forearm and the thigh are the usual placements. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 39% of pieces, measured across 59 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: coral, dark red and burgundy.

What they tattoo

Subjects: script lettering, lettering, butterfly, swirls, scrollwork and cross.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the hand.

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Work

Resilience lettering script tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftDragon and flame American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftGeometric lettering geometric tattoo on the thigh by Tattoos By DeftScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the neck by Tattoos By DeftScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the hand by Tattoos By DeftGeometric geometric tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftWoman with gun realism tattoo on the upper arm by Tattoos By DeftButterfly and script black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Tattoos By DeftScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the thigh by Tattoos By DeftTribal pattern tribal tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftScript lettering American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftScrollwork black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftGothic script lettering script tattoo on the torso by Tattoos By DeftLettering lettering script tattoo on the hand by Tattoos By DeftScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftCalligraphy lettering script tattoo on the thigh by Tattoos By DeftButterfly and keyboard American traditional tattoo on the thigh by Tattoos By DeftScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftGeometric skeleton geometric tattoo on the upper arm by Tattoos By DeftSpine script new school tattoo on the thigh by Tattoos By DeftLettering lettering script tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the back by Tattoos By DeftGothic script tattoo on the forearm by Tattoos By DeftScript lettering lettering script tattoo on the torso by Tattoos By Deft