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Canvas & SkinThe Virginia–Carolina Creative Coast

Neo-traditional

Builds on traditional line work and palette with more illustrative detail, depth, and varied subject matter.

Neo-traditional artists by municipality

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

Artists working in Neo-traditional

Specializes in

Amelia G.

Virginia Beach

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

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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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Lewis

Norfolk

Tattoo artist at Valhalla Rose Tattoo and Piercing (4 years' experience), focused on illustrative and neo-traditional styles, plus color and black-and-grey realism.

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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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Jarred

Norfolk

Tattoo artist at Slow Ride Tattoo & Gallery in Norfolk with a decade of professional experience, focused on neo-traditional, illustrative, and black and grey work, and also taking on realism, geometric, and color pieces.

Often tagged alongside Neo-traditional

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