Ricky

@rickyttattoo · Chicago, Illinois · Tattoo artist

📍 Chicago Tattoo Artist 🖋️ Black & Grey | Fine Line | Custom Work | Surrealism | Flash Designs | Art 📩 DM BOOK for availability 📍 @theta.tattoo.chi

Ricky is a realism tattoo artist in Chicago, Illinois. Realism leads (11 of the 52 pieces on Perspectiv), with fine line on another 5. Roughly 80% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often coral, burgundy and dark red. Recurring subjects include dragon, desperado, fish and lemon. The forearm and the thigh are the usual placements. 40 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 20% of pieces, measured across 50 segmented pieces.

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

What they tattoo

Subjects: dragon, desperado, fish, lemon, branch and medusa.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the back.

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Work

Fox chasing butterfly realism tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisGreyhound black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisDragon and crescent moon realism tattoo on the back by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisGreyhound black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisMech dinosaur dotwork tattoo on the thigh by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisAlligator American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisPortrait realism tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisMythical creature realism tattoo on the thigh by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisDemon dark realism tattoo by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisAlien creature dark realism tattoo on the shoulder by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisCrosses and snake black and grey tattoo on the back by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisMoka pot watercolor tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisDragon black and grey tattoo on the back by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisKnife, fish, bow realism tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisFox black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisWhippet realism tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisFish realism tattoo on the thigh by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisFrog riding rooster new school tattoo on the thigh by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisPrawn black and grey tattoo on the shoulder by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisWhale and fish realism tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisCobra black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisMedusa realism tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisMedusa realism tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, IllinoisCrown of thorns black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Ricky, Chicago, Illinois