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

I posted this on my reels, but a wanted to post a picture too. Jamie was awesome and sat great! #tattoo #tattoos #inked #tattooed #guyswithtattoos #girlswithtattoos #tattooartist #tattooedgirls #tattooedguys #tattooideas #tattoosnob #tattooistartmag #tattooartistmagazine #primalak #alaskatattoos #anchoragetattoos #primalinstincttattoo #neotraditionaltattoo #oceantattoo #octopustattoo #octopus #flowertattoo
What a great tattoo Idea! Thanks Miss Ruth for bringing me such an awsome piece to do, two of my favorites, a little Alaska, a little Sci-Fi. Lol @ruth_e_nelson 

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I forgot to follow-up on my IG . Posted it ro FB last week.  Love Saturdays, we usually go to our local farmers market on O'malley.  So many great Alaskan ingredients to be had.  I love mixing local fare with a taste of home.  So I made a Tamarind grapefruit glaze for the rock fish, garnished with fresh Alaskan micro-greens.  The potatoes are also Alaskan grown, made those on the Traeger with a garlic butter sauce, and a little parsley. The salad is also mostly Alaskan grown greens with a little balsamic vinaigrette dressing that is actually also Alaskan made, it's called Mosquito Mama, 🦟! The fish is also local and fresh cought purchased at the farmers market.
Making something special tonight! I'll update with pictures, gonna be a latín taste on some beautiful fresh Alaskan cought rock fish!
Badass color sleeve on @rileysquirtle

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Catching up with some tattoos I have  finished recently, this was on Miss Cody.  Sat like a pro! #tattoo #tattoos #inked #tattooed #guyswithtattoos #girlswithtattoos #tattooartist #tattooedgirls #tattooedguys #tattooideas #blacktattoo #bestblackandgreytattoos #btattooing #tattoosnob #tattooistartmag #tattooartistmagazine #primalak #alaskatattoos #anchoragetattoos #primalinstincttattoo #plumeriatattoo #flowertattoo #flowers
I gotta give a shout out to my buddy Eric, Im loving his new inks @industryinks.  This entire tattoo was done with his wash set.  Colors tattoos to come! #tattoo #tattoos #inked #tattooed #guyswithtattoos #girlswithtattoos #tattooartist #tattooedgirls #tattooedguys #tattooideas #blacktattoo #bestblackandgreytattoos #btattooing #tattoosnob #tattooistartmag #tattooartistmagazine #primalak #alaskatattoos #anchoragetattoos #primalinstincttattoo #yournewfavoriteink #industryinks  @eric_industryinks  #rosetattoo #rosetattoosleeve #rose
This is an awesome full sleeve cover up on my homie Big Hass! These kind of projects are intense, take alot of time and dedication from the client! Full sleeve cover ups are the most challenging but can be the most rewarding, more to come on the bottom part of the arm. #tattoo #tattoos #inked #tattooed #guyswithtattoos #girlswithtattoos #tattooartist #tattooedgirls #tattooedguys #tattooideas  #tattoosnob #tattooistartmag #tattooartistmagazine #primalak #alaskatattoos #anchoragetattoos #primalinstincttattoo #rosetattoosleeve #rosetattoo #crosstattoo #coveruptattooing #coveruptattoo
First date night we have had in a long time thanks to Jason and Rikki!  Finally get a date with this babe 😘 🥰❤🤰#datenight #reallove #parenting @danietatts
What a cool piece on @ash.smash182! #cthulhu #cthulhutattoo #hplovecraft #hplovecrafthistoricalsociety #hplovecrafttattoo 
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This was a dope sleeve on @kill_shae 

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