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411 N Rangeline Rd·Carmel, Indiana

Black and grey.
Drawn with you
in the room.

Custom tattooing on Rangeline Road in Carmel. Fine line, lettering, stipple shading, greywash, black and grey work, drawn for you and changed as many times as it takes.

5.0 from 697 Google reviews
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Books run a long way ahead. Call and ask what’s open.

Black and grey,
almost without exception.

Fine line and lettering. Stippled shading built out of dots rather than laid in flat. Greywash realism where the tone does the work and there is barely an outline left. Script in two alphabets if that is what the piece needs. If you are after heavy colour, ask first.

Carmel · since 2020

It gets drawn
as many times as it takes.

First tattoo or fifteenth, it starts the same way. The drawing happens here, with you in the room, and it changes as many times as you need before any ink goes in. Placement moves until it makes sense on your arm rather than on paper.

Breaks whenever you want one. Nothing starts until you say you are ready. That is why the books run long, and why a lot of the people in that chair have never been tattooed before.

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Phong TattooRangeline Road

Phong Ho learned to tattoo in Tan An, in the Mekong Delta.

He landed in Indiana in December 2015 speaking no English.

He opened this shop in 2020.

411 N Rangeline Rd, the little house-shaped building.

Four pieces.
All black and grey.

One palette, four different problems: hairline script, solid blackwork, greywash realism, and shading built entirely out of dots.

Fine-line script tattooed across the ribs: an Urdu line with an English cursive line beneath it
Hairline script, two alphabets Urdu above English cursive. Ribs.
Polynesian-style blackwork on a shoulder and upper arm: a thunderbird inside a toothed circular border above a stylised bull
Blackwork, packed solid Thunderbird over a bull, banded to the arm. Shoulder.
Black and grey realism tattoo wrapping a forearm: a clock face with Roman numerals, exposed gears and an eye
Greywash realism Clock face, gears, one eye, wrapped round. Forearm.
Black and grey desert scene stippled onto an upper arm: a mesa, a saguaro cactus, agave and open desert flowers
Stipple landscape Mesa, saguaro, desert flowers. Upper arm.

Every piece here was drawn for the one person wearing it.

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697 reviews.
Average: 5.0.

Four below. The rest are on Google.

Dr. Steel
I have being getting ink since the early 90s and Phong is the BEST artist that I have worked with. … I can’t say enough about the precision of Phong’s line work...it is SUPERB!

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Laura Adkins
He has expertly crafted a dozen beautiful tattoos for me, and they cover almost all of both arms. I’m proud to show them off.

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Naomi
Phong was very knowledgable and I did not feel rushed at all. He was super friendly and the entire process, as someone who does not have many tattoos, was really smooth and he made everything simple and easy to understand.

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Amy Russo
My husband had a fantastic experience with his first tattoo. Phong was incredible in taking the initial vision and interpreting it to match my husband’s arm and budget.

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Rangeline Road,
seven days a week.

Open 11 to 8 six days a week, and 11 to 5 on Sunday.

411 N Rangeline Rd, Carmel, IN 46032Open in Google Maps
11:00 AM – 8:00 PM todayOpen seven days · full hours on the visit page
Credit, debit and contactlessWheelchair accessible

Call the shop.

One number, seven days a week. Ask about a piece, ask what dates are open, or text through a photo of what you have in mind.

(317) 669-2326