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Canvas & SkinThe Virginia–Carolina Creative Coast

Anime

Characters and scenes drawn from anime and manga.

Anime artists by municipality

Virginia Beach (2)Isle of Wight County (1)Portsmouth (1)

Artists working in Anime

Specializes in

Dorse Taylor

Virginia Beach

Tattoo artist at Inkcredible Tattoo Studio focused on anime tattoos, with additional work in vibrant color, pop-culture, black-and-grey realism, and portraits.

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Jacob Woods

Virginia Beach

Tattoo artist specializing in anime, American traditional, Japanese traditional, and neo-traditional styles. His individual profile remains live on Sandbridge Tattoo's site, but as of the Phase 5A audit (2026-08-10) he is absent from the studio's current artist roster listing — his current affiliation could not be confirmed either way.

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Colleen

Portsmouth

Tattoo artist at DNA Tattoo, Portsmouth, since 2022. Works in both color and black-and-grey, with floral, anime/manga, pin-up, dark/spooky, insect, and animal subject matter.

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Matt Williams

Isle of Wight County

Owner of James River Tattoo, with over two decades in the tattoo industry and more than 13,000 lifetime tattoos completed. Apprenticed under Kent "The Dixie Devil" Keaton in San Diego starting in 2003, then worked 4.5 years with J.D. Crowe at Ancient Art Tattoo and 14 years at Folk City Tattoo before opening James River Tattoo in 2025.

Often tagged alongside Anime

Other styles the same artists are also tagged with — not a claim that the styles themselves are related, only that they share artists.