
Matt Howse
Hello and thank you for visiting my shop! I've been tattooing full-time since 2001, and most of my career was spent in the SF Bay area. I moved to San Diego in 2019, and in 2023 my wife and I moved to Yucca Valley. I've been so fortunate to have worked with phenomenal tattooers at world-class tattoo shops over the past 24 years -over the world, who have absolutely shaped and influenced the work I produce. And now, it's all culminated into not only what I tattoo nowadays, but my perspective on this trade and it's history. That, as well as my lifelong connection to tattooing is all reflected in this shop, and I hope everyone who visits has a memorable and awesome experience here.
The work I like doing the best is larger-scale traditional American / Japanese rooted, with either bold color or graphic black/grey. A lot of the imagery is centered around nautical and military traditional tattoos and flash, from there it becomes a lot of sea monsters, sharks and deepsea weird fish. Now, being here, I love the vibe in the Hi-Desert that is so stimulating, inspiring for bringing the imagery and feeling of this place into my tattoos and paintings.

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