welcome

hey and welcome to my tattoo blog. my name's johnny ford and i work out of my own shop right outside of nyc in brooklyn. in this blog i'll post all the latest updates and pictures of my work. i work in a lot of styles: american traditional, japanese, chicano, black and gray and anything else my clients can think up. if you like good, clean tattoo work and rock n' roll you'll love my stuff. so stay tuned and keep comin' back for more---you won't be let down.

pre-columbian get down

in-progress: aztec warrior sleeve

politico; united states domestic market

hunter s. thompson, noah's mom and old dirty bastard..

korean script on a tailors fingers

Octopussy!

Rachelle wanted an extension to her quarter sleeve so now it's a three-quarter sleeve and it's looking bright and tight.

Miracle Worker

Phil came in to fix some busted work and I gave him a beautiful lower sleeve... What a transformation!

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Lil' Cutie

typewriter death

americana

hand tattoo

come on guys, i got too much time on my hands...

keepin' busy

dragon cover-up

covering up ex-girlfriends' names keeps me busy!

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tebori

i've been doing tebori style tattooing (or handpoked) for about 20 years now. this process takes a much longer time, but it does allow for bragging rights. tebori is the style many cultures use, like all those amazing traditional japanese artists like horiyoshi III. I do offer this in addition to electric tattooing but it works on a very different pricing scale. the experience of tebori could be more or less painful than the electric method depending on the person, but with both you are getting a beautiful, clean and professional piece. this is NOT jailhouse style. i use the same needle setups and inks as i would with electric tattooing and everything is still completely sterile. if you're interested, shoot me an email. (the above piece was handpoked in two sessions and is awaiting shading)

recent work

got some new images for you to look at from this past weekend...

a few examples of my work