Gaya// Gayatri Narayan

@gaya.creates · Tattoo artist

Creative musings of @picodegaya Co-created custom HandPoke Tattoo + Landscape Architecture /Climate Activism India/California📍

Gaya is a tattoo artist in San Francisco, CA whose work centres on dotwork. Of the 102 pieces on Perspectiv, about 24% are dotwork; geometric and fine line run through the rest. Nearly all of it is black and grey, measured from the pieces themselves. Lines, dots, bird and stem come up again and again. The forearm and the thigh are the usual placements. Portfolio last updated September 2026.

Styles

Colour

Black and grey, measured across 96 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: coral, burgundy and dark red.

What they tattoo

Subjects: lines, dots, bird, stem, abstract lines and flower.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the shoulder.

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Work

Abstract pattern black and grey tattoo on the torso by GayaFlowers watercolor tattoo on the forearm by GayaSunburst geometric tattoo on the shoulder by GayaSnake dotwork tattoo on the forearm by GayaGingko leaves dotwork tattoo on the forearm by GayaGingko leaves black and grey tattoo on the forearm by GayaSunburst dotwork tattoo on the shoulder by GayaGingko leaves black and grey tattoo on the forearm by GayaLeaf black and grey tattoo on the forearm by GayaSquid dotwork tattoo on the forearm by GayaAbstract pattern dotwork tattoo on the shoulder by GayaMoon black and grey tattoo on the forearm by GayaGeometric design geometric tattoo on the forearm by GayaAbstract swirls dotwork tattoo on the forearm by GayaGeometric stars and dots ornamental tattoo on the shoulder by GayaEye with rays sketch tattoo on the forearm by GayaGeometric symbol with dots geometric tattoo on the forearm by GayaBird minimalist tattoo on the forearm by GayaAbstract swirls dotwork tattoo on the forearm by GayaAbstract line art fine line tattoo on the forearm by GayaAbstract pattern geometric tattoo on the shoulder by GayaFlower branch fine line tattoo on the thigh by GayaBird dotwork tattoo on the forearm by GayaAbstract line minimalist tattoo on the forearm by Gaya