Carlos

Carlos

Bio

Carlos And Danielle own Primal Instinct Tattoo and are very proud to support an amazing team of artist and apprentices. They take great care in providing a safe and comfortable environment for all artist to thrive and do amazing tattoos.

Carlos Immigrated from Mexico at a very young age and grew up in Northern California. He always had a love of art and design but never thought he could make a career from his art. It wasn’t until his fellow Marines asked him to start tattooing them because of the drawings and sketches they saw hung in Carlos’s barracks room. Even though this was not the correct way of learning to tattoo, Carlos fell in love with the medium and decided to pursue a tattoo apprenticeship after his Military service was complete in 2007. That is also the year he would meet his future Wife, Partner and best friend Danielle. Carlos and Danielle Have been in Alaska since 2011.

Carlos handles a wide range of styles inspired by nature, Hispanic culture and military service. His preferred styles are black and grey, neo traditional compositions and geometric pattern tattoos. Carlos is very fortunate and appreciates his customers trust in designing their large custom tattoos.

Carlos can be reached at akironstattoo@gmail.com, Instagram @akironstattoo, or Facebook at Carlos Alberto Figueroa.

Tattoos

If you have an ongoing project, you will have priority, and I will be contacting you soon to schedule.  For new clients, please send name, phone number, email, description of tattoo, placement, style, color, or black and reference pictures here on IG, FB, or akironstattoo@gmail.com. Please allow 1-2 weeks for me to respond as I will be responding to many messages. I may also be fielding possible appointments for Inkmasters tattoo convention this weekend here in Anchorage, so get your ideas in. #booksopen #tattooappointment #tattoolife #tattoo #tattooart #tattooshow #tattooideas #tattooed
Hi everyone! Dani and I will  be at the Alaska Highland Games all weekend! We even have a new t-shirt and hoodie design! #art #artist #artfestival #alaskaartist #alaskapainting @alaskanscottish
Awsome piece on Bradly! This is one of those pieces I'm a little jealous of.  Wish it was on me, lol.  This was actually a coverup, check the pictures for the before. #mayantattoo #tattoo #mayan #aztectattoo #ink #elsalvador #maya #nyctattoo #tattoos #inked #mexico #mayanglyphs #glyphs #glifos #brooklyntattoo #tinta #humomaya #calligraphy #brushpen #glifosmayas #mayanhieroglyphs  #pincel  #ficosmayas #handtattoo #humomayatattoo #sacredarttattoo #escrituramaya #alaskatattoos #anchoragetattoos
"Determination" 12x36 Digital illustration. Available at darknorthartco.com I haven't really had the chance to introduce some of the art I've been working on.  This was a really fun piece, trying to catch the experience of an evening fishing on the Kenai, although the sun really never sets there is this golden hour fishing in the evening as the sun lowers on the horizon, the fish are thick in the water and there is a cool dampness to the air, being surrounded by some of the most majestic views in the country! You feel connected to the land, the water and the ancient cycle of life and death. The determination of this beautiful fish to fight for its life purpose is an inspiration. I wanted to incorporate neo-traditional and Japanese styling to this, and possibly make it a series of more Alaskan wildlife #alaskaartist #alaskaart #alaskapainting #salmondesign #Salmonart #salmonpainting #kenai #kenaifishing #tattoosrtist #tattooed #tattooart #sunset #sunsetpainting #artist #digitalart #illustration #waves #wavetattoo #alaskatattoo #anchoragetattoos #anchorageart @darknorthartco
We are excited to be at Kenai River Festival! This is our very first Festival ever! We will be here today and Saturday, @darknorthartco #kenairiverfestival
These FLASH designs and more will be available on a walk in basis June 3-4 at @primalinstincttattooak at the 1st annual "Shop and Stab" We are excited to have @LangRiverBoutique, Double D Lethersmith, @Saruotic Art and @DarkNorthArtCo altogether in the same space to share their art. Along with @DonalenBowers @danietatts and @akironstattoo doing walk in flash tattoos.  Hope to see you there. #artevent #art #artist #artwork #contemporaryart #artexhibition #artgallery #artistsoninstagram #exhibition #painting #artshow #artfair #fineart #arte #artcollector #instaart #drawing #artforsale #illustration #event #artlovers #artoftheday #photography #sculpture #arts #displayfullart #artlife #gallery #artists #artinstallation
Danielle and I are very excited to announce what we are hoping will be the culmination of years in the making, a dream we have had for years and something that we have been working towards.  Dark North Art Co (darknorthartco.com) will be the creative outlet for mine and Danielle’s passion projects, art we do for ourselves and taking that art and also creating a clothing line.  We have been so fortunate to hone our art skills in the tattoo industry for the last 17 years, and thanks to all of you who have supported us, we will be able to focus more on our own personal art.   We are screen printing all our own Hoodies and T-shirts in our own screen printing shop.  We went through a lengthy process to find the most comfortable, best fitting quality garments.   We are also making our own archival quality, giclée art reproductions in our own print shop on ultra smooth fine art paper, these prints are rated to last 280-300 years without fading.  Our online store is up and running, we will be making announcements as we continue to add new shirt and hoodie designs as well as new art.
  What we are most excited about is stepping out of the shop seasonally to do as many festivals and outdoor markets as we can, starting next weekend May 19-21 at the Anchorage Tattoo Arts festival, then followed by our very own first Annual "Shop and Stab" where we will have vendors and artisans at Primal Instinct Tattoo selling their goods on top of having a tattoo flash day, walk ins only small pre designed tattoos on the 27th and 28th of May.  We would love to see you there  if you can.  For those to far, all our art and clothing will be available as of today at darknorthartco.com.  We just got the site up and running, please let us know if you are having any issues with it.  Again thank you all for your continued love and support, we are so excited to explore this new chapter of our lives and share it with all of you. Follow our Facebook page Dark North Art Co | Facebook and IG page @darknorthartco  for information on upcoming events and new additions to the art and clothing collection. Please like and share if you can. Hope to see you this summer!!!