Styles

FROM BOLD LINES TO SOFT GRADIENTS

Vaughn specializes in a range of tattoo styles designed to match your story and vision.

ANIME/ILLUSTRATIVE

Ink that blends character, emotion, and style.

Tattoo of a person with a distressed facial expression, with black hair, behind a screen or curtain, with blood-like effects around the face.
Tattoo of a werewolf character wearing jeans, with a skull patch on the pocket, holding a molotov cocktail, on a person's lower leg.
Tattoo of cartoon dog wearing a red and white cap labeled "WRITER" with crossed arms.
Tattoo of Kakashi Hatake from Naruto on person's side ribcage.
Tattoo of a cute cartoon-style dog dressed as a medical professional, wearing a nurse's hat with a cross symbol and giving a thumbs-up, on a person's forearm.
Tattoo of a Bulbasaur Pokémon with a black outline on a person's arm, lying on a textured paper towel.
Tattoo of a menacing character with spiky hair and glowing eyes, along with a cartoonish bear wearing a hat, on a person's arm, beside a paper sketch of the same character.
Tattoo of a young anime character with spiky hair and large eyes on person's upper arm.
Tattoo of a red, fuzzy, ball-shaped creature with two white eyes and black pupils, on a person's thigh.
Tattoo of a young girl's face in anime style with large expressive eyes, shoulder-length hair, inside an oval frame.
Tattoo of an anime-style girl with long hair, blushing cheeks, and a cute expression, inside an oval frame with a textured gradient background.
Tattoo on person's arm depicting two manga-style characters, one with long hair and the other with spiky hair, in black ink with shaded areas.
Tattoo of Sakura Haruno from Naruto, holding a kunai, with a speech bubble containing a heart and a Y symbol.

Traditional

Clean lines, bold colors, and timeless symbolism.

Colorful tattoo of a caricatured fish with sharp teeth, an orange eye, and orange and black fins, accompanied by a yellow circular shape with black lines and a small blue jellyfish with purple spots and long purple tentacles.
Tattoo of four playing cards, the four of spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, with a skeletal hand holding them. Blood appears to drip from the cards.
Tattoo of a skull with a snake wrapped around it, and a dagger through the skull, with flowers and leaves.
Tattoo of a woman dressed as a cowgirl with a hat, holding a gun, wearing star and lightning designs on her pants, with a heart on her chest and a raise on her buttock.
Colorful tattoo of a lighthouse with mountains and lightning, enclosed in a torn paper effect, with a pink flower and green leaves at the bottom.
Tattoo of a tiger in a traditional style on a person's arm.
Tattoo of an owl with yellow and black features, perched on a branch with green leaves, on a person's upper leg.
A tattoo of a traditional American style eagle with spread wings, yellow beak, talons, and accents, featuring bold black outlines, red highlights, and shading on the gray feathers.
Tattoo of a roaring gorilla head with stylized lines and shading on a person's upper arm.
Tattoo of a butterfly with a skull in the center on a person's arm.

Black & gray - Stipple shading

Clean dotwork that adds texture & depth.

Close-up of a tattoo on a person's forearm featuring a large flower with black and gray shading and fine line details.
Tattoo of a childlike depiction of an Egyptian pharaoh, possibly Tutankhamun, with a headdress, blue eyes, and holding a scroll, on a person's thigh.
Tattoo of a Christian cross with a sword behind it on a person's forearm.
Tattoo of a large flower on a person's arm, with black outline and shading, resting on a paper towel.
Tattoo of a snake coiled around a skull with a dragon emerging from the top
Tattoo on person's forearm spelling 'LOVE' with each letter containing different themed designs: a skull, a fish, a figure, and dots.
Black outline tattoo of three roses with leaves on a person's upper arm.
Tattoo of a mountain with a cross on top, rays of light emanating from the cross, and the word 'Psalm' written below on a person's forearm.
Tattoo of a serene Buddha face on a person's thigh, with closed eyes and detailed hair, part of a black tattoo sleeve, wearing black shorts with a red 'California' logo.

Line work

Quiet tattoos for loud minds.

Tattoo on the side of a person's torso with the words "Luna Lumita Luna" written in cursive.
A person is getting a tattoo of the word 'Family' in black cursive script on their forearm at a tattoo shop.
Tattoo of three tulips and a butterfly on a person's upper arm.
A person's forearm with a tattoo of the words "Love, Lamp" and two dates, 6-5-38 and 5-29-25, written in cursive. The person is wearing a red and black checkered shirt.
Tattoo of a large, open-mouthed, three-dimensional monster or creature with sharp teeth on a person's thigh, outlined in black ink before coloring.
Tattoo of outlined roses and leaves with the word 'Bukka' in cursive script on a person's forearm.
Tattoo of a heartbeat line with a semicolon and a small circle in the middle on a person's forearm.
Tattoo of a delicate, minimalistic floral design with the word 'Faith' written in cursive underneath on a person's ankle.