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Canvas & SkinThe Virginia–Carolina Creative Coast

Blackwork

Solid black ink used for bold graphic, ornamental, or abstract designs.

Blackwork artists by municipality

Norfolk (2)Virginia Beach (2)Portsmouth (1)

Artists working in Blackwork

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Nathaly Hernandez

Virginia Beach

Tattoo artist at Inkcredible Tattoo Studio specializing in blackwork and gothic imagery, with work spanning animals, florals, statues, architecture, skulls, and mythology.

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Amelia G.

Virginia Beach

Tattoo artist at Sandbridge Tattoo, originally from Virginia Beach, specializing in blackwork and neo-traditional styles.

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Clayton

Norfolk

Tattoo artist at Valhalla Rose Tattoo and Piercing specializing in blackwork and large-scale designs.

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Matty

Portsmouth

Tattoo artist at DNA Tattoo, Portsmouth. Army veteran; tattooing since 2025, working in traditional, neo-traditional, illustrative, floral, and blackwork styles.

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Arvin (AK Champloo)

Norfolk

Tattoo artist at Slow Ride Tattoo & Gallery in Norfolk, originally from Yokosuka, Japan. Licensed in May 2023, specializing in Japanese traditional (Irezumi) work with bold lines and blackwork, drawing on Ukiyo-e woodblock print imagery.

Often tagged alongside Blackwork

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