Ink caps in orange, blue, red and black lined up on a plastic-wrapped flag station at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, machine above.
Interior of Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, a hand-painted shop sign and "keep out" panel behind an empty station chair and desk.
Close-up of Karl Cooper packing purple ink into a bold orange-and-black leg tattoo at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, needle to skin.
Tattoo artist Karl Cooper preps his machine at his station at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, a large American flag behind him.
Macro shot of Karl Cooper's needle laying purple ink into a bold orange-and-black leg tattoo at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Tattoo artist Karl Cooper focuses on a leg tattoo, brass coil machine in hand, at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, flag behind him.
Line-drawing tattoo stencils and a brass coil machine laid out on Karl Cooper's flag-draped station at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii
Macro shot of Karl Cooper packing yellow ink into a fiery orange-and-red leg tattoo at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, tip to skin.
Tattoo artist Karl Cooper leans in with his machine, coloring a bold orange leg tattoo at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, flag behind
Karl Cooper's gloved hands work a tattoo machine into a bold red-and-black leg tattoo at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, ink pooling.
Tattoo artist Karl Cooper picks a coil machine from a drawer full of them at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, flags and flash behind.
Karl Cooper's gloved, tattooed hand loads a brass tattoo machine at his flag-draped station at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Tattoo artist Karl Cooper leans over his flag-draped station mixing ink caps at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, tattooed arms sleeved
Karl Cooper's gloved hand pours orange ink into a cap on a flag-draped station at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, ink bottles behind.
Macro shot of Karl Cooper packing bright blue ink into a bold black-lined leg tattoo at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, star nearby.
Tattoo artist Karl Cooper leans in with his machine as he works on a client's leg at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, flash behind.
Karl Cooper lays the black outline of an anchor-and-star leg tattoo with a coil machine at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Black-and-white portrait of tattoo artist Karl Cooper working intently on a leg tattoo at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, lamp lit.
Karl Cooper's tattooed hands squeeze black ink onto a stick at his flag-draped station at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Tattoo artist Karl Cooper preps a machine at his station at Sacred Art Tattoo in Honolulu, Hawaii, flags, flash art & ink tools around him.
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