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 66 pieces on Perspectiv, 8 are Chicano, and no other style appears often enough to count. Roughly 59% 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. 47 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

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Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 41% of pieces, measured across 61 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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