Morgan Bruinsma

@morgan_tattoos · San Diego, California · Tattoo artist

🏮Korean/Japanese inspired tattooing🏮 🏮@gurutattoo🏮 🏮DM or email morgan@gurutattoo.com to book!🏮 📍San Diego

Morgan Bruinsma is a realism tattoo artist in San Diego, California. Realism leads the portfolio (12 of the 69 pieces on Perspectiv), with dotwork and Japanese also recurring. Roughly 36% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often coral, dark red and amber. Recurring subjects include tiger, koi fish, waves and bird. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the thigh. 44 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated September 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly colour, black and grey in 36% of pieces, measured across 67 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: coral, dark red, amber and burgundy.

What they tattoo

Subjects: tiger, koi fish, waves, bird, clouds and dragon.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the upper arm.

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Work

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