Vay

A selection of neo-traditional colour, old school and fine line pieces.

Vay is a Neo-Traditional tattoo specialist at BKK INK, known above all for his colour work, who also tattoos old school and finer, more delicate fine line pieces. He has been on the team since 2020.

He belongs to the new generation of tattoo artists. He started out watching time-lapse tattoo videos on YouTube, fascinated by the idea of creating works of art on skin. At the time he had a conventional job, and he kept refining his drawing while studying tattoo techniques in parallel.

An opportunity came to help out at a studio, where he learned from more experienced artists by watching and assisting them. Through dedication and steady practice he became a professional artist, passionate and innovative, with a particular eye for bold, saturated colour, now his signature.

Vay's first style is neo-traditional in colour, and he also tattoos old school and delicate fine line. Neo-traditional keeps the bold lines of old school but opens the palette and adds illustrative detail, which is where his sense of colour does the most work. See our Neo-Traditional page.

New to neo-traditional? The Wikipedia overview of old school tattoos explains where the style comes from.

Masks and demons from Japanese folklore come back again and again in his work: hannya masks in black and gold, a red oni face in green flames, a geisha turning into an oni. He also draws characters, from a monkey king warrior to a mecha anime girl. On our neo-traditional page, 20 of the 32 gallery pieces are his.

Vay's colour work has been recognised repeatedly across Thai and regional conventions. The nominative awards on record are:

• Divine Ink Tattoo Contest 20222nd place, Best of Small Job (Color)
• Land of Ink 20223rd place, Best of the Day
• Bangkok Tattoo Exhibition 20232nd place, Best of Day (Color)
• Land of Ink 20232nd place, Best of Day (Color)
• Vietnam Ink Festival 20242nd place, Best of Collaboration (with Bon)
• Artistic Ink Festival 20252nd place, Best of Show

Vay specialises in Neo-Traditional tattooing in colour at BKK INK, and also works in Old School and delicate Fine Line. For other styles, our team matches you to the right specialist among our twelve artists, see the full team.

Request a free consultation with your idea, references and rough size. Pricing is by time: 1,000 THB in materials per session plus 3,000 THB per hour, maximum agreed before we start.

Our team works in English, French and Thai. Every station uses sterile, single-use equipment opened in front of you. The studio is open daily 12:00–23:00 at 143 Thanon Tanao, right at the end of Khaosan Road.