Tattoo artist · Hanoi · Since 2015
In search of Vietnamese identity, on skin
I am Huy Bản Sắc. After more than ten years tattooing every style, I want Vietnamese tattoos to carry a Vietnamese hand, and I want every tattoo to be a memory, not just an accessory.
The question I carry
Why can we tattoo every foreign style with such care, yet Vietnam still has no brush style, no tattoo genre of its own, when our ancestors left us such a deep store of art?
That question followed me through my years in the trade. I once stepped away for two or three years just to look at myself again, then came back to one task: researching Vietnamese art and tattooing, to find a Vietnamese style and a mark of my own.
Work
Ten years of craft
Since 2015 I have tattooed every style: Japanese traditional, realism, black and grey, watercolour. That craft is the foundation for the road ahead.
Seated Buddha, full backColour
Pair of koi on the legColour realism
Snake, peony and maple on the armJapanese traditional
Dragon and pearl, close-upJapanese style, colour
Waves around the elbowBlack and grey
Demon face on the forearmBlack and grey realism
How I work
A tattoo is a memory
Identity that keeps your story
Your tattoo keeps your own story and carries the spirit of Vietnam, so wherever you go you can say: this is Vietnamese style.
Price after consultation
Every piece is different. Tell me the budget you have in mind and I will design to it, so we can be straight with each other.
My word comes first
A tattoo on you should be as good as one I would put on myself. When the piece is done, we are still friends.
Vietnamese Symbols
Notes before the needle
Vietnamese artifacts, patterns and history, with sources you can check.
Vietnamese Symbols #1: the nghê
Small, short-legged, hornless and playful: why the guardian of Vietnamese temples is not a lion.
Read →When Did the Vietnamese Start Tattooing? Three Moments in the Records
Hùng kings, Lý dragons and the “Sát Thát” tattoos of Trần soldiers: three sourced moments.
Read →The Vietnamese Dragon Through the Dynasties: Which Form for Your Tattoo?
The supple Lý dragon, the powerful Trần dragon, the detailed Lê dragon: which form to choose.
Read →Đông Sơn Drum Tattoos: Read the Patterns Before You Ink Them
The 14-point star of the Ngọc Lũ drum, its pattern bands and the open debates.
Read →
Visit
Bản Sắc Việt Tattoo
- Address
- 15, Lane 424 Trần Khát Chân, Hanoi
- Opening hours
- 9 am – 10 pm, every day
- Zalo
- 0931 954 321
To meet Huy in person, please message on Zalo to book a time first.