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

Miss Katie is out here living her best life! I don't think either of us knew how big and detaied this was going to be when we first talked about it, lol.  Miss Katie trusted me and the procces.  Often freehand tattoos take a life of their own, this was definitely did.  I seriously have the best customers! Thanks again @redheaded_hottie for the trust. 
#octopustattoo #octopus #tattoo #ink #octopusart #blackandgrey #tattoos #octopusdrawing #art #octopuses #octopuslove #tattedup #london #miami #anchoragetattoos #alaskatattoo #tattoosnob #tattoodo #colorfultattoo #oceantattoo #underthesea #nature #naturetattoo
Miss Mandy was an absolute blast to tattoo, killer ideas and great conversation! Thanks for the patience and the trust 🙏 @wryharmony. 
#athenatattoo #tattoo #athena #ink #tattoos #tattooartist #inked #blackandgreytattoo #greekmythology #tattooideas #blackandgrey #owltattoo #tattooart #fkirons #greekmythologytattoo #blackworktattoo #tattooed #paris #snaketattoo #sleevetattoo #eternalink #spektraxion #blackwork #anchoragetattoos #alaskatattoo #pinupgirl #pinuptattoo #flowertattoo #butterflytattoo
This is the first of two announcements that we have been very excited to share.  We are so grateful for the opportunity that tattooing has afforded us.  We have never taken it for granted or all the amazing people that have allowed us to make a career from what we love to do.  Don’t worry we are not quitting tattooing I promise.  But we will be tattooing less in an attempt to spend more time with our girls.  Dani and I will be taking off the summers to run a couple new business that will hopefully allow us to spend more family time together. So with that being said we are excited to introduce Wild North RV Rentals.  This will be a seasonal business that we will be running from May to Sept, and we will be focusing on small towable trailers to allow those with little to no towing experience the ability to explore Alaska from the comfort of a travel trailer.  We have three R-Pods and a 28 ft. travel trailer, all newer and fully equipped to get you started on your Alaskan adventure.  We will be working on an independent website over the next year, but to get started we will be renting through Outdoorsy. So, without further ado, we would like to introduce the Wild North RV Rentals Fleet.  Links will take you to the listings on outdoorsy.  

 

https://www.outdoorsy.com/rv-rental/anchorage_ak/2021_r-pod_hood-river-edition_343454-listing?address=Anchorage%2C%20AK&filter%5Btype%5D=trailer%2Cfifth-wheel%2Ctoy-hauler%2Cfolding-trailer

 

https://www.outdoorsy.com/rv-rental/anchorage_ak/2020_r-pod_hood-river-edition_343321-listing?address=Anchorage%2C%20AK&filter%5Btype%5D=trailer%2Cfifth-wheel%2Ctoy-hauler%2Cfolding-trailer

 

https://www.outdoorsy.com/rv-rental/anchorage_ak/2016_r-pod_r-pod-trailer_343162-listing?address=Anchorage%2C%20AK&filter%5Btype%5D=trailer%2Cfifth-wheel%2Ctoy-hauler%2Cfolding-trailer

 

https://www.outdoorsy.com/rv-rental/anchorage_ak/2021_forest-river_salem-cruise-lite_343461-listing?address=Anchorage%2C%20AK&filter%5Btype%5D=trailer%2Cfifth-wheel%2Ctoy-hauler%2Cfolding-trailer

#rving #rvlife #rvlifestyle #rvliving #rv #rvtravel #camping #gorving #fulltimerv #travel #homeonwheels #rvcamping #fulltimervers
I was honored to do this memorial tattoo for @jesmo_ak.  It's a Mashup of video games and book authors that some very special puppies were named after. #videogametattoo #tattoo #videogames #gamerink #animetattoo #tattoos #gamertattoo #gamer #anime #ink #videogametatts #videogame #geektattoo #mangatattoo #videogametattoos #gaming #inked #animemasterink #pokemontattoo #tattooartist #otakutattoo #videogameart #nintendo #pokemon #videogamers #videogamecollector #videogamer #videogamecollection #colortattoo #videogamememes
What's up everyone! Feel like I've been neglecting my social media, but for good reason! Dani and I have been working on a very exciting project that we will be announcing soon! In the meantime check-out Rodrigo's Poke-Sleeve. 10 points to anyone who can name them all!

#pokemontattoo #pokemon #tattoo #pok #pokemongo #animetattoo #mon #pokemoncommunity #anime #tattoos #pokemonart #pokemontcg #pokemonfanart #pokemoncards #tattooartist #pokemonswordshield #pikachu #pokemonmemes #pokemontrainer #nintendo #art #ink #geektattoo #pokemoncollector #gamer #pokemonmaster #pokemontattoos #pokemoncenter #pokemoncollection #colortattoo
This one was particularly speacial as it represents Oregon, Brinns home state but this image was derived from a beautiful painting done by his grandmother! This project is one of the most challenging and rewarding tattoos I have had the honor to help bring to Life.  Brinn is a hell of a Human being. This is his life story brought to life through images of places near and dear to his heart.  We also hade several large coverups to do in the procces.  I decided to do several post to really show the complexity and procces of such a large project.  @b_jax01 #coverup #tattoo #coveruptattoo #tattoos #ink #inked #tattooed #art #tattooartist #cover #bodyart #instatattoo #tattooart #tat #inkedup #alaskatattoo #tattoist #tatted #handtattoo #design #tattoolife #instaart #sleevetattoo #tatts #tattedup #tats #amazingink #chesttattoo #photooftheday #anchoragetattoos
This is the left side. This project is one of the most challenging and rewarding tattoos I have had the honor to help bring to Life.  Brinn is a hell of a Human being. This is his life story brought to life through images of places near and dear to his heart.  We also had several large coverups to do in the procces.  I decided to do several post to really show the complexity and procces of such a large project. @b_jax01 #coverup #tattoo #coveruptattoo #tattoos #ink #inked #tattooed #art #tattooartist #cover #bodyart #instatattoo #tattooart #tat #inkedup #alaskatattoo #tattoist #tatted #handtattoo #design #tattoolife #instaart #sleevetattoo #tatts #tattedup #tats #amazingink #chesttattoo #photooftheday #anchoragetattoos
This is the right side.  Left side on next post. This project is one of the most challenging and rewarding tattoos I have had the honor to help bring to Life.  Brinn is a hell of a Human being. This is his life story brought to life through images of places near and dear to his heart.  We also hade several large coverups to do in the procces.  I decided to do several post to really show the complexity and procces of such a large project.  So we start with the before! @b_jax01 #coverup #tattoo #coveruptattoo #tattoos #ink #inked #tattooed #art #tattooartist #cover #bodyart #instatattoo #tattooart #tat #inkedup #alaskatattoo #tattoist #tatted #handtattoo #design #tattoolife #instaart #sleevetattoo #tatts #tattedup #tats #amazingink #chesttattoo #photooftheday #anchoragetattoos