Nik Checots

@nik.checots · Tattoo artist

• Old world tattooing and Illustration • Machine building and general tinkering • Books always open, DM! • @beetattoo.mpls

Nik Checots is a tattoo artist in Madison, Wisconsin whose work centres on fine line. Fine line leads the portfolio (13 of the 86 pieces on Perspectiv), with realism and dotwork also recurring. Nearly all of it is black and grey, measured from the pieces themselves. Bird, woman, snake and dog 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 86 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: dark red, burgundy and forest.

What they tattoo

Subjects: bird, woman, snake, dog, man and skull.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the torso.

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Work

Woman with dog black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Nik ChecotsGirl with bird dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsSteam locomotive black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Nik ChecotsBirds black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsBirds and swords black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsCowboy riding horse black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Nik ChecotsSkull and woman realism tattoo on the thigh by Nik ChecotsThree figures realism tattoo on the back by Nik ChecotsMoon with telescope black and grey tattoo on the upper arm by Nik ChecotsWoman's head illustrative tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsBird and flowers black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Nik ChecotsSnake American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsFlamenco dancer black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsSnake black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsBoy with snake black and grey tattoo on the upper arm by Nik ChecotsWoman with bob haircut realism tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsBirds dotwork tattoo on the torso by Nik ChecotsSwallows black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsWoman's head black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsDog and woman black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Nik ChecotsSwallows black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Nik ChecotsSt. joseph with baby jesus realism tattoo on the thigh by Nik ChecotsDog realism tattoo on the thigh by Nik ChecotsWoman with snake black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Nik Checots