Local Roots Ink Studio — Des Moines, WA

Needle
Romance

Med–Large Anime/Black & Grey Realism

Two lanes, done properly: anime built at a scale that reads across a room, and black & grey realism with the patience of a graphite study. Every piece drawn by hand for the body it lives on.

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ニードル・ロマンス — INK FOR THE BOLD

01 / DES MOINES / WA

Red Sun — anime geisha calf tattoo with red sun accent by Cam Bradley

Large-scale berserker knight anime thigh tattoo

Attack on Titan Freedom calf tattoo with red kanji

Med–Large Anime · Calves, thighs, sleeves

Anime,
built big

Medium to large scale is where this work lives — calves, thighs, half sleeves. Room for the whole scene, not a cramped thumbnail. Your character rebuilt panel by panel: not traced, redrawn. Attack on Titan, Berserk, Demon Slayer, Pokémon — bring the story that raised you.

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Black and grey Egyptian portrait sleeve tattoo on melanated skin

Nefertiti portrait upper-arm tattoo in black and grey

Black & Grey Realism · Full sleeve

Realism in
black & grey

Portraits and detail work rendered in black and grey with ten years of graphite behind them. Built for deeper tones too — contrast and healing planned from the first sketch, so it looks this good healed. A specialty here, not an afterthought.

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