A popular tattoo trend that is very difficult for artists to master are portrait tattoos. Portrait tattoos can be family members, friends, or celebrities that were meaningful to a person. And when a person decides they want to get a portrait tattoo they have to do a lot of research to find someone is comfortable and talented enough to do the job well.

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Portrait tattoos can go wrong very easily and you do not want the portrait on your skin to turn out nothing like the person it is supposed to represent. So keep reading discover the 10 best tattoo artists for portrait tattoos.

10 Kimmy Tan

Anyone in the LA area that wants to get a portrait tattoo needs to check out Kimmy Tan’s work. Tan is a very talented tattoo artist that can specialize in many different fields but excels in portrait tattoos.

Her work, which can be seen above, can help anyone get that portrait tattoo of the loved one that they want to remember and carry with them for the rest of their life done. Tan’s work has been recognized by different industry magazines such as Inked Magazine and Freshly Inked Magazine.

9 Amanda Abbott

A portrait tattoo artist needs to have clear crisps lines and be able to excel in black and gray tattooing. This is Amanda Abbott's bread and butter. Abbott tattoos at Brilliance Tattoo in Boston, MA and her work is perfect for anyone who is looking for a feminine portrait tattoo. Abbott has made a study of female anatomy, and she knows how portray women's softer facial features. Abbott has been tattooing since 2009 and it is easy to tell that she has found her calling in portrait tattoos.

8 Omar Fame

Getting a portrait tattoo done can be very meaningful to the person getting it. It could be a portrait of their child, or a loved one that they want to memorialize with a tattoo. And Omar Flame knows how important portrait tattoos are to the people getting them.

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Fame owns a shop called Fame Tattoos in Miami, Florida and is one of the best portrait tattoo artists in Miami. Fame has a unique way where he can capture the spirit of your loved one in the tattoo he is creating.

7 Shane Estillore

Mastering the art of portrait tattoos takes dedication and time. Shane Estillore from Firme Copias Tattoo Studio in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait tattoo specialist. Deciding to only focus on portrait tattoos was a huge decision for Estillore, but it paid off. Estillore has mastered different face sizes, clean lines, and shading to bring portraits to life when he is tattooing. Anyone that has a portrait they've been wanting to get tattooed on them needs to email Shane Estillore

6 Chris Saint Clark

Chris Saint Clark starred on the reality TV show Ink Masters and is a portrait tattoo master. Saint Clark owns and tattoos at his own shop called Kustom Thrills in Nashville, Tennessee. Chris Saint Clark uses his knowledge from his time at Art Instruction Schools of Minnesota where he received a B.A in Fine Arts to help him with his tattoo work.

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Chris Saint Clark has over twenty years of tattooing experience and has worked with a range of clients on different tattoos. His tattoos give his clients the body art they've been dreaming of.

5 JR Linton

JR Linton is a talented tattoo artist who has mastered several different tattoo styles. Linton starting tattooing back in 2004 and has many years of experience under his belt. Linton owns and tattoos at Ink & Pistons Tattoo in West Palm Beach, Florida. Linton’s work has been featured in several magazines including International Tattoo, Car Kulture Deluxe, Ol’Skool Rodz, Kustom Mag, Rebel Rodz. With all of Linton's recognition from magazines, he is one of the best people to go to when looking for a portrait tattoo.

4 Cory James

Cory James is an Austin-based tattoo artist with his own shop called Cory James Tattoo that makes portrait tattooing look easy. James has studied photography and it is a passion of his outside of tattooing. With his photography skills, he is able to look at portrait tattooing in a different way.

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James has created many breathtaking portrait tattoos for his clients. He specializes in larger tattoos than most ink aficionados receive. Anyone in the Austin, Texas area that wants to get a portrait tattoo done needs to check out Cory James's work.

3 Kat Von D

Everyone has heard of Kat Von D whether it's because of her time on the shows Miami Ink or LA Ink, or because of her beauty line, named after herself. Kat Von D is one of the most well-known women in tattoos. Kat Von D still takes time from her busy schedule to do the one thing that she loves: tattooing. She tattoos at High Voltage Tattoo in West Hollywood, CA. She's currently not accepting new clients for tattoo work, but it is worth keeping up with her online to see if this changes.

2 Zlata Kolomoyskaya

There are thousands of tattoo artists in New York City. With so many tattoo artists in the area, it can be difficult to find the artist for your portrait designs. An artist that stands above the rest is Zlata Kolomoyskaya from Dot. Creative Group.

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Kolomoyskaya has mastered portrait tattoos, but not just featuring one person. She can do portrait tattoos that feature several people. Her portrait tattoos look so realistic they look like photographs lasered directly onto skin.

1 Amy Nicoletto

One of the best tattoo artists and the United States is Amy Nicoletto. Nicoletto has many years of experience since she started tattooing professionally in 2005. Since then Nicoletto has been featured on the TLC show LA Ink and has done amazing tattoo work in the realm of portrait tattoos. Nicoletto currently tattoos at Order Of The Sacred Crow Tattoo in Medford, New Jersey. Anyone in the New Jersey area looking to get a portrait tattoo done needs to make sure that they talk to the one and only Amy Nicoletto.

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