Wakako Inks

American traditional cat tattoo with a purple flower

American traditional cat tattoo with a red peony

American traditional cat tattoo with a red rose

Some cat portraits 🐱

#cattattoo
#traditionaltattoo

Black and grey tattoo of a honey bee on a leg with a small crescent moon

A recent fun walk in 🐝

Traditional clipper ship line tattoo on an upper thigh

First session of a fun trad clipper ship 🚢

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#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #femaletattooartist
#asiantattooartist

Color tattoo of a traditional rose with arrows through it

Older black linework of a rise with an arrow

Coverup of a rose and arrow with…another rose and arrows! This was a fun challenge and I hope I get more opportunities like this in the future!

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#minnesotatattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #femaletattooartist
#asiantattooartist

Color traditional strawberry tattoo

Little memorial strawberry tattoo

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#coiltattoomachine
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Color Danny Devito tattoo of him as Frank Reynolds wearing a white wig and black outfit with subjective art as a backdrop

Is this bullshit or derivative? Why not both!

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#coiltattoomachine
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#asiantattooartist #frankreynoldstattoo #dannydevitotattoo

Black line work tattoo of an eye surrounded by lines going away from it in the shape of a heart

Really fun walk-in the other day, inspired by Roukie’s work 👁️🖤

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #femaletattooartist
#asiantattooartist #linework

Black and grey traditional butterfly tattoo

Love when walk-ins get something traditional 🖤

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #femaletattooartist
#asiantattooartist

Color tattoo of a crane doing a dance in the water

Fun crane tattoo with some color and whip shading, done with a coil machine ❤️🩷🖤🤍🩵💚

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #femaletattooartist
#asiantattooartist

American traditional color tattoo of a spider on an ankle

Really had fun whip shading this SC flash piece 🕷️

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #femaletattooartist
#asiantattooartist #americantraditional

Traditional color dagger tattoo in between other tattoo pieces

Another SC flash filler piece nestled between some other pieces I’ve done. Used a 5rl, 7m, 5rs, fusion and Intenze inks and done with a coil machine.

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#minnesotatattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #femaletattooartist
#asiantattooartist

A peace symbol tattoo with the shape of Africa embedded, done in green and blue color with splashes of white highlights, on dark skin

I am always so grateful when a new client trusts me with their first tattoo 💙💚

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #femaletattooartist
#asiantattooartist

American traditional tattoo of a peach with peach blossoms on a band above the knee

Cute peach with peach blossoms above the knee 🍑 Done with a 7rl, 7m, Intenze and Fusion inks with a coil machine.

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
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Text tattoo that reads “forever incomplete” in typewriter font where the “e” is not fully inked

Alanis Morissette song quote using a 5tl on a coil machine with Dynamic Black ink.

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American traditional color tattoo of a floral band above the knee from a predawn flash set

Stoked to have the opportunity to do something from my flash 🌺

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A pilot skull tattoo done in American traditional style in black and grey

Another #samcollins flash piece I got to do, and it was on my first walk-in! I’m always told how walk-ins wanting American trad just don’t exist anymore so I’ll treat this like the unicorn it is 💖

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#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice

Color tattoo of two cherries with some sparkles done in a graphic illustration style with gradient colors

Little 🍒for a friend 💖
Done with a 5tl and 9rs, using a coil machine.

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist
#coiltattoomachine
#tattooapprentice #colortattoo #cherrytattoo

TYSM 🥰

Would love to be added to the list as well!

A color tattoo of a kitten heel with a pastel floral pattern on the bicep

Photo inspiration for the tattoo of the kitten heels; it is made with a metallic fabric and has colorful floral designs

A kitten heel tattoo and a photo of the inspiration it’s from. Done with a 9rl, 5rl, & 7m, using a coil and Intenze inks.

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist
#coiltattoomachine #tattooapprentice

I heard their donuts are bomb!

Muted and beautiful work to go with it 💖

Small black line tattoo of a dinosaur being beamed up into a spaceship with a crescent moon and stars in the background

Small black like tattoo of a spider coming off of a spider web

Small black line tattoo of a skull that a child drew

Black marker drawing of a skull that a child drew on a board

Some filler line tattoos for a client. All done with dynamic black ink and a 5rl, using a coil machine.

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist #ufotattoo #blacklinetattoo #illustrativetattoo #finelinetattoo #skulltattoo #spider

@sen.holiday Thinking about you, friend. Happy to see you here 💖

😭 thank you so much and such a good lesson 💖

Huge improvement! Love seeing progress pics like this, as an apprentice myself 💖

Color tattoo of a heart with a moon, stars and clouds, filled in black and lined in pink with a decorative frame around the heart

Some Valentine’s Day flash I got to do the other day ❤️

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#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist

😍 These are so freaking cute and well done and ughhh I love it so much

I haven’t even scratched the surface of how to use them properly 😅

Traditional style peony flash tattoo from Sam Collins’ flash book. It is bright coral red with pink highlights, green leaves and red tips.

Traditional style #peonytattoo from Sam Collins’ flash book. Coil machine using 7rl, 7m, Intenze Coral Red and Intenze Pink inks.

#tattoo #tattooartist #queertattooartist #tattoodesigns
#minnesotatattooartist #japanesetattooartist #coil