DIEGO MARTIN/ OWNER

Diego has been tattooing since 1998. He is a native of Uruguay; born and raised in Montevideo. In 2001 he moved to the U.S., where he started tattooing professionally full-time. Diego is a self-taught artist. In February of 2014 he opened HVTC.

Aside from tatttoing, Diego did some temporary tattoo work for an indie movie in 2002, and created tattoo designs for “Pearl,” a Michael Gaydos and Brian Michael Bendis comic book series.

Diego specializes in traditional Japanese style tattooing. He also enjoys black and gray realism, here and there.