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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