Meet The Legend Ink Elite
Over 50 Years of tattoo royalty.
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PETER BOGDANOV
AKA: Mr. Bad Petrovich. The Legend Maker. Peter Bogdanov is the founder of Legend Ink and the visionary behind the brand. During his career Peter has mentored and employed well over 50 artists in the tattoo, retail and technology design industries. Peter's client list spans many industries including work for the NBA, NBC, US Post Office, Pepsi, Hyatt, US Marines, Verizon, Sprint, The Black Crows, Pete Townshend of The Who, Picabo Street and many more. Peter's work has been in museums, educational facilities and private collections. You can find Peter Bogdanov tattooing and inspiring our team at all Legend Ink locations.
[ KAUAI ] [ SAN FRANCISCO ] [ BEND ]
TONY OLIVAS
The East Coast Godfather of Black & Gray Tattooing. Tony has been Tattooing 38 years now and has achieved over 100 world titles. His work has been in every major tattoo magazine throughout the world and one of my tattoos was on display in the museum of natural history. Tony Olivas has led an epic career dating back into the 1980s sharing life memories with the greatest names in the business. Tony Olivas is one of the owners of Legend Ink SF and he brings with him an old school mentoring attitude and some of the best black & gray skills in the business.
[ SAN FRANCISCO ]
BRIAN EVERETT
For fourty years, Brian has specialized in black and gray and old school single needle work. He is the owner of Route 66 Tattoo in New Mexico and has run the shop in this single location for over 30 years. Brian is also the former president of the National Tattoo Association. Brian started tattooing in 1976 with the help of Col. Todd, who aided him in starting his profession. Later on he met and became great friends with Jack Rudy. Brian can do all types of tattooing but his expertise is definitely realistic portrait work.
PACO YEF
Born in Mexico City, Francisco Palacios, better known as Paco Yef, drew with great ease from his childhood. He studied the career of Engineer-Architect and began his career as an interior designer and architect demonstrating from the beginning his fascination for drawing and calligraphy. Paco is one of the tattoo world's greatest script artists. You won't find anyone who can pull a line with such ease and beauty anywhere. We are pleased to have Paco Yef as a guest artist in our San Francisco location.
[ SAN FRANCISCO ]
TATTOO ROYALTY
We are building a new millennium family of tattoo studios and a mega brand inside the tattoo industry by connecting legendary artists, prolific hustlers and prodigies. Our ownership line up already includes "The Godfather" Tony Olivas and Peter "Bad Petrovich" Bogdanov. Brian Everett of Route 66 Tattoo and Shanghai Kate both tattoo under our brands legendary artist team. In our Kauai, San Francisco and Bend locations we also support and house a growing young team of elite tattoo artists.
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