Custom Tattooing

I create personalized tattoos with clean, expressive detail.

Personalized Tattoo Design

A focused tattoo experience built around your story, style, and the details that make the design personal.

A More Personal Way to Wear Your Story

I begin by learning what you want the tattoo to express, then translate those ideas into a considered custom design. We can discuss placement, scale, linework, shading, and visual references so the final concept feels intentional and suited to you.

The session is calm and collaborative, with attention to clean execution and expressive detail. Whether your idea starts as a clear concept or a collection of loose references, I guide the process from early direction through the finished tattoo.

Ideal For

  • Meaningful personal artwork

  • Clients with a developing idea

  • First-time tattoo clients

  • Existing collections needing a new piece

How It Works

  1. Share Your Idea: Tell me about your concept, references, preferred style, and placement.

  2. Refine The Design: I shape the direction into a clear tattoo concept suited to you.

  3. Create The Tattoo: We move through the prepared session with care and attention to detail.

About

Kings I-N-K runs on one rule: don’t come for ordinary, come for unforgettable.  I’m the DMV Piercing King, the underground king and celebrity tattoo artist and exotic body piercer who built Kings Ink across the DMV.  For nearly 20 years I’ve put ink on legendary comedian and actor Pierre, known for B_A_P*S with Halle Berry, How to Be a Player with Bill Bellamy, and his own podcast Pierre’s Panic Room where you can see the sleeve I did on him.  I’ve also worked with Krystina Monet, featured as a cover model on Pressure Magazine issue 11 in 2015, and with Henry “Sugar Poo” Buchanan, Baltimore’s NABA super middleweight champ.  You can see my work on DMV R&B artist Maya Milan - I pierced her before she hit the stage on the Keep Sweat Legends Tour in DC, and she later performed background for Joe on NPR’s Tiny Desk right here in our hometown.  I also did the famous smiley piercing on Rico Nasty, the one she put on display on her album and that shifted how hip hop moves.  Now it’s a crew.  Harley’s on the rise and we just added another artist to the roster.  I’ve mentored over 100 artists, and I’m known as the godfather of DMV exotic piercings because we push every line, every placement, every detail to the edge.  We do bold, precise, fearless work that leaves you with something that’s yours and yours only.  Walk in with a vision or let us lead.  Either way, you’re leaving marked by the king.

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Services

01

Body Piercing

I provide professional body and exotic piercing services.

02

Facial Piercings

I offer nose and facial piercings, including select specials.

03

Walk-In Tattoos

I welcome walk-ins for tattoos and piercings at my studio.

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact

Send me a message to start planning your tattoo or piercing.