Test User Karasuma

Work

Prices

Wrist size

¥15,000

Per hour

¥15,000

1-hour unlimited small one-point tattoo

¥20,000

About

This account is for a test user. I am Karasuma, a young tattoo artist based in Hiroshima City. Born and raised in Hiroshima, I studied drawing and Japanese painting at a local art school before entering the world of tattooing at age 20. What I value is seeing tattoos as "traces of choices left on the body." Rather than simply applying a design, I want to draw lines that resonate with a person's bone structure, posture, habits, and the density of their life. Lines are both boundaries and liberation. My motifs primarily focus on flowers imbued with quiet negative space, and biological forms existing in the liminal space between life and death. However, I do not impose meanings. I believe that a tattoo is not complete the moment it's inked, but rather something whose meaning grows later as the person accumulates age and experience. Before a session, I conduct a brief dialogue and observe the body, seeking "the flow of lines that the person themselves possesses" rather than adhering to existing images. More than works that look good on social media, I aim for something you can be proud of as your own skin 10 years from now. For that purpose, I continue to quietly advance my needle today.

How a session works

1. 1

   Pre-session consultation (chat/in-person)

2. 2

   Design proposal and adjustment

3. 3

   Design finalization

4. 4

   On-the-day session