Graphic Tribe is Dali Rău’s tattoo studio, located in Tokyo, Japan.
Specialized in black and gray, fine-line, realistic designs, prolific in tattooing styles such as portraits, biomechanics, lifelike floræ and faunæ, compositions, dragons and kitsch art, but also having a vast experience in tribal and lettering tattoos.
All tattoos are based on unique, original, custom designs, drawn from scratch for each and every client. Flash catalogs are never ever used or —to put it simply— we don’t need no stinkin’ flash!
Starting with detailed information about the studio system, contact details and an extensive FAQ section, and ending with a photo gallery containing approximately one thousand tattoo pictures grouped in several collections, this website aims to provide all the information you need for a thorough research and decision regarding your first/next tattoo(s), as well as an enjoyable visit for those of you “just looking”.
The news column contains excerpts from the most important announcements, schedule– and update–related articles published on the blog, which can also be accessed via the RSS or Atom feeds.
For a complete table of contents, please refer to the site map.
Thursday, the 7th of January, I resumed work and the schedule returned to normal.
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More info: guide page (working hours, appointments, prices, hygiene), FAQ…
More info: contact page…
More info: gallery index…
Updated: Wednesday, January 27th 2010
I’ve resumed work Thursday, on the 7th, but I was already at the studio a day before that, catching up and getting ready for the reopening so, between answering e-mails and wiping the floor, a tiny post to say just that: I’m back! :)
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Thank you!
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IAQ, the “Infrequently Asked Questions” and the infrequent answers given to them. Questions frequent enough to deserve extra-attention, but seldom enough to be kept out of the more conventional FAQ section of this website. Some of them do have something to do with tattooing, most of them don’t but, hopefully, answering to some of them will prove to be more useful than just entertaining :)
The first chapter of the series gives a little insight on how my personal views —about religion, as the example given in the article— affect my work. A must read for first time visitors who are thinking about getting a tattoo with a religious theme…