Who Tattoos at Broken Clover?

Broken Clover is home to a collective of independent tattoo artists, each possessing a distinct style, temperament and collection of magnificent obsessions.

You will be tempted to flatten them into interchangeable service providers.

Resist that vulgar impulse, mon petit monstre!

Tattooing is not performed by “the business” in some abstract corporate mist. It is performed by individual artists whose hands, judgment and visual language determine what eventually lives on a client’s body.

Our artists work in black and grey, portraiture, fine line, traditional and neo-traditional tattooing, blackwork, watercolor, lettering, botanicals, ornamental design, anime, fantasy, horror, illustrative color and other forms of permanent mischief.

Some favor delicate lines and controlled details. Others prefer heavy contrast, rich shadows and images that announce themselves from across the room. Some are drawn to flowers, insects and private symbols. Others court monsters, saints, skulls, portraits and lettering with enough authority to command a wall.

You may explore them through our Tucson tattoo artist directory. Each artist’s page contains portfolio work, specialties, booking information and details intended to help visitors choose deliberately.

Look carefully at the photographs. For once, machine, the images matter more than the words.

Yours Eternally

L. L.