Truett Payton | Tattoo Artist | Austin TX

@truett_ink · Tattoo artist

✯ ATX ✯ Booking July - August Contact via email @bestkeptsecret.atx @truett_payton @tru_laserworks

Truett Payton is a realism tattoo artist in Austin, TX. Realism is the one style that runs through the portfolio: 63 of the 162 pieces on Perspectiv carry it, and no other style shows up consistently. It is black and grey work almost without exception. Recurring subjects include horse, cat, cowboy and dog. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the thigh. There are 148 healed pieces in the set, not just fresh work. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Black and grey, measured across 158 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: burgundy, amber and coral.

What they tattoo

Subjects: horse, cat, cowboy, dog, bird and cowboy skeleton.

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

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Work

Astronaut relaxing realism tattoo on the thigh by Truett PaytonCowboy skull black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonMartini glass black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonFrog skeleton black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonDog wearing cowboy hat realism tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonHeron realism tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonSeagull on shoe realism tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonBird black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonHorse rider black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonFlying fish black and grey tattoo on the thigh by Truett PaytonRider on horse realism tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonSwirls and bee new school tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonDesert landscape dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonTypewriter realism tattoo on the thigh by Truett PaytonSnake and heart black and grey tattoo on the upper arm by Truett PaytonTree and chrysanthemum black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonAnatomical heart dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonDog realism tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonSea turtle dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonRosary black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonSwallow and antlers black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonApple man realism tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonDog wearing cowboy hat realism tattoo on the forearm by Truett PaytonEagle realism tattoo on the forearm by Truett Payton