TomTom
EXPERT in Japanese/Irezumi Tattooing
With well over 20 years of experience working in some of the best studios around the world and New Zealand, Tom McMillan, also known as Tom Tom, is well known as one of Auckland’s best tattoo artists. His Japanese tattoo style is a result of years of study and dedication to the art form, and clients travel from around the country to his Auckland studio to get work done. Tom is the founder and owner of Sunset Tattoo, established in 2014 and now recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading Japanese tattoo studios. He oversees the studio’s team of artists while focusing his own work on large-scale custom irezumi, and travels regularly to Japan to study the art form directly. He finds that the timelessness and dark beauty of the Japanese traditional approach to tattooing means he can ensure that his clients will have a truly elegant and strong tattoo that will hold up technically and stylistically for life. He loves doing both large scale work and smaller “one shot” pieces.
