Tad Fulkerson • tattoo artist

@tf_tattoos · San Francisco, California · Tattoo artist

Queer Artist ✌🏻🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @undrgrnd.sf San Francisco, CA Contact/booking tf.tattoos@gmail.com or shoot me a DM

Tad Fulkerson is a tattoo artist in San Francisco, California whose work centres on realism. Of the 57 pieces on Perspectiv, 25 are realism, and no other style appears often enough to count. About 21% of the pieces use colour, most often navy, burgundy and coral; the rest are black and grey. Recurring subjects include skull, woman, man and cowboy. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the thigh. There are 39 healed pieces in the set, not just fresh work. Portfolio last updated September 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 21% of pieces, measured across 57 segmented pieces.

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

What they tattoo

Subjects: skull, woman, man, cowboy, clown and mummy.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the chest.

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Work

Grasshopper black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaStrong woman flexing black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaDemon dark realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaSword black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaMummy black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaSkull black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaMedusa and gorgon neo-traditional tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaSkull black and grey tattoo on the shoulder by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaSkull wearing pirate hat realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaAqua Tofana black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaPirate skull realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaCowboy with revolver black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaFairy with skull realism tattoo on the thigh by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaDemon face dark realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaHawk realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaBat woman realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaHorror clown realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaSkull realism tattoo on the hand by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaWoman with horns realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaSkull and moth realism tattoo on the chest by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaBird neo-traditional tattoo on the chest by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaMan carrying globe realism tattoo on the upper arm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaWoman realism tattoo on the forearm by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, CaliforniaButterfly new school tattoo on the chest by Tad Fulkerson, San Francisco, California