Jose Ernesto Leyva Lara
@j2k_tattoo_ · Tattoo artist
Tattoo artist in Tampa 5+ years experience 🇨🇺🇺🇸Specializing:Black & grey -color realism . Text to book -7867955722☎️☎️
Jose Ernesto Leyva Lara is a tattoo artist in Tampa, FL whose work centres on realism. Across the 60 pieces on Perspectiv the work spans realism, watercolor and American traditional, with realism making up about 75% of it. Roughly 34% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often burgundy, pink and navy. Woman, jesus christ, flowers and lion come up again and again. The forearm and the upper arm are the usual placements. Portfolio last updated August 2026.
Styles
- Realism — 42 pieces (75%)
- Watercolor — 7 pieces (12%)
- American Traditional — 6 pieces (11%)
Colour
Mostly colour, black and grey in 34% of pieces, measured across 50 segmented pieces.
Recurring colours: burgundy, pink, navy, teal and coral.
What they tattoo
Subjects: woman, jesus christ, flowers, lion, phoenix and cross.
Usually on the forearm, the upper arm and the shoulder.
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View Jose Ernesto Leyva Lara on Perspectiv · Instagram
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