Owner + Master

Ryan Diego

Working since 2010
Signature American Traditional · Bold color
Home shop Bang Bang NYC
Waitlist 12-16 weeks
Would Rebook
96%

The percentage of verified clients who said they'd sit for Ryan again.

421 Verified reviews
4.9 Line integrity @ 5y
4.8 Color retention @ 5y
Selected Work

Ten years, healed and holding.

Every image below is a real client, taken at least six months post-sitting. No fresh wipes.

Traditional · bold color 1 Year Healed
Color realism 1 Year Healed
Color traditional 3 Years Healed
Traditional aged 5+ Years Healed
Traditional panel 6 Months Healed
Compass + world map · hand 3 Years Healed · Client: T. Diaz
The Heal Timeline

The same tattoo, five years apart.

Every artist looks great fresh. The ones you want to book are the ones whose work holds up.

1 Month
6 Months
3 Years
5+ Years

American Traditional was engineered to age. Ryan's five-year work still reads exactly as intended because he never breaks the rules: bold outlines, limited palette, motifs solved by a hundred years of iteration.

A Verified Client
Fourteen years ago Ryan tattooed a rose on my forearm. Fourteen years, thousands of sunburns, a marriage and a kid later — the rose still looks like Ryan drew it yesterday.
T. Diaz · 14 years healed · Traditional rose
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