Can you think of any American artists that are comparable to Bumpkin tattoos?

[Vivian]

Recenty discovered Bumpkin Tattoos and I'm in love...but i can't afford a trip to Slovakia. Is there anyone who does similar work in the US?

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[oboogie]

Oh, my god. I love their work. Reminds me a bit of Chagal and Kandinksy sort of mixed together.

[marley mission]

hmmm - not necessarily my style of tattoo

but i like the work i see there

so i dont really follow that type of tattooer

closest i can think of that has a style in the ballpark of that

would be Georgia Gray

http://instagram.com/georgia_grey

she used to tattoo in jersey

but is now tattooing with bangbang in new york

[LadySparrow]

I have a fresh tattoo by them :) definitely recommend, but I live in the neighbour state , so the trip was easy :)

They have very unique approach, they let you fill the questionaire about your wishes, favourite colours, things and your personality. Then Lucy draws the picture and sends it to you by e-mail. It is possible to tweak it.

I didn't go through the process, because this one was an available drawing they put on the Facebook.

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[Vivian]

Marley - I contacted Bang Bang a while ago, and the artist I was interested in (Georgia or Liz, can't remember) had a base min. of $1000 for 2 hours!!!! And this was for a pretty small tattoo. I almost died. I think their cheapest artist charged 400/hour. There are a lot of great artists out there who aren't so crazy overpriced. If it were a dream of mine to have a tat done by them, I might consider it....but I'd sooner fly to Slovakia and spend all my money at Bumpkin. ATM, it's just not financially feasible. That's not to say I won't consider a great artist if they're expensive...it all depends.

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LadySparrow - I just saw your tattoo on another site! Love it. I love their drawings of people...if I ever go to Bumpkin I think a tattoo depicting a person would be quite lovely.

[marley mission]

@Vivian i hear ya - good points

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@Vivian i hear ya - good points

[Vivian]

OMG I literally just found this guy from Russia ((https://www.instagram.com/aleksey_platunov_tattoo/) andddd right now he's in DC!! Not too far of a drive for me either. If he has openings, I might've lucked out. What do you all think? He's got more of a sketchy look to his tattoos, but I think they're pretty endearing and energetic.

[marley mission]

he seems pretty consistent in his efforts in that style

what would you call that style

it seems like a water color meets trash polka type of thing

it may have a proper name?

anyway - good luck @Vivian

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he seems pretty consistent in his efforts in that style

what would you call that style

it seems like a water color meets trash polka type of thing

it may have a proper name?

anyway - good luck @Vivian

[Vivian]

he seems pretty consistent in his efforts in that style

what would you call that style

it seems like a water color meets trash polka type of thing

it may have a proper name?

anyway - good luck @Vivian

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he seems pretty consistent in his efforts in that style

what would you call that style

it seems like a water color meets trash polka type of thing

it may have a proper name?

anyway - good luck @Vivian

Hard to say. I can see the water color and trash polka youre talking about. His drawings remind me of newspaper comics too.

[Graeme]

Go see Tom Yak at Electric Tattoo in Asbury Park, NJ. He can do everything, including folky tattoos (some are included in his portfolio which I am linking to here) plus his tattoos are going to look good forever because he knows how to properly make a tattoo. He's also a fantastic guy and is very gentle, which is always a pleasant bonus.

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[Vinnie]

search the style "trash polka" i think that's what you're after. also check out "trashpolkaofficial" on instagram for some more of that style.

[Vivian]

Bumping since I'm back to square one with the artist search.