Luke Jinks

Luke started tattooing in 2011 under Nick Baldwin at Infinite Ink then moved to One Shot Charlie's in Stourbridge before joining Cloak and Dagger when we first opened in 2013.

Since being one of the first resident artists here at Cloak and Dagger, Luke has been developing his unique take on the western traditional style, drawing influence from folk art, American imagery as well as antiques and also loves tattooing Japanese inspired designs.

Luke cites his major influence as being Indian art with a special mention to “Tipu’s Tiger" which is housed in the V & A. It is a life sized mechanical wooden toy of a tiger mauling a British soldier from the 18th century.

Inspired by a traditional tattooing approach of representing their artwork by creating flash, Luke creates a constant and varying flow of flash designs.