MATT LEIBO

@sweetleib · San Francisco, California · Seventh Son Tattoo · Tattoo artist

Tattooer and artist @seventhsontattoo Ceramics @ceramicsbyleibo SF ✨Booking form below!!!✨ 🖤leibo.tattoo@gmail.com 🖤seventhsontattoo@gmail.com

Matt Leibo is a realism tattoo artist in San Francisco, California at Seventh Son Tattoo. Realism is the one style that runs through the portfolio: 80 of the 778 pieces on Perspectiv carry it, and no other style shows up consistently. About 38% of the pieces use colour, most often dark red, coral and burgundy; the rest are black and grey. Dragon, waves, tiger and chrysanthemum come up again and again. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the upper arm. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 38% of pieces, measured across 300 segmented pieces.

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

What they tattoo

Subjects: dragon, waves, tiger, chrysanthemum, peony and flowers.

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

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Work

Peony with swirling patterns tribal tattoo on the thigh by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaChrysanthemum flower Japanese tattoo on the shoulder by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaEagle and waves Japanese tattoo on the upper arm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaCrane and maple leaves Japanese tattoo on the upper arm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaCranes and cherry blossoms Japanese tattoo on the shoulder by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaCranes and cherry blossoms Japanese tattoo on the shoulder by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaDragon and maple leaves Japanese tattoo on the upper arm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaCrane and koi fish with waves Japanese tattoo on the forearm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaDragon and maple leaves Japanese tattoo on the upper arm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaCranes and flowers Japanese tattoo on the shoulder by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaCrane and maple leaves Japanese tattoo on the forearm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaCrane and maple leaves Japanese tattoo on the upper arm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaChrysanthemum and waves Japanese tattoo by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaSnake American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaPanther and pine tree realism tattoo on the calf by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaDragon black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaFish and flowers japanese irezumi tattoo on the upper arm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaSnake and floral geometric tattoo on the chest by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaRabbits black and grey tattoo on the calf by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaDragon and flowers japanese irezumi tattoo on the upper arm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaCat and demon japanese irezumi tattoo on the forearm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaDragon and flowers japanese irezumi tattoo on the back by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaChrysanthemum black and grey tattoo on the calf by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, CaliforniaBirds black and grey tattoo on the upper arm by Matt Leibo, San Francisco, California