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

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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Work

Vampire woman realism tattoo on the chest by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraHand holding a cross Chicano tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraJesus Christ holding a cross Chicano tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraJesus Christ realism tattoo on the upper arm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraJesus Christ Chicano tattoo on the upper arm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraVampire woman realism tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraMedusa and owl with clock realism tattoo by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraOni mask Japanese tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraStatue of Liberty and American flag surrealism tattoo on the upper arm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraJesus Christ with cross Chicano tattoo on the shoulder by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraPhoenix and flowers realism tattoo on the upper arm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraPhoenix realism tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraTiger realism tattoo on the thigh by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraFloral bouquet with butterfly new school tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraRobot head American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraZebra black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraBlue rose realism tattoo on the foot by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraTulip realism tattoo on the back by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraJesus Christ realism tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraGod-like figure realism tattoo on the shoulder by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraLion American traditional tattoo on the back by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraStatue of liberty realism tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraEagle and rose realism tattoo on the forearm by Jose Ernesto Leyva LaraButterfly and floral bouquet watercolor tattoo on the calf by Jose Ernesto Leyva Lara