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Tattoo artist — black & grey realism

ART XAVI

Ink that lives with you.
Custom pieces, drawn once,
worn forever.

@artxavii EST. MMXIX
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Selected
work

Realism that holds its detail — portraits, icons and large-scale work in black & grey.

Black and grey realism dog portrait tattoo on upper arm

Pet Portraits

Black & grey realism

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Michael Jordan realism portrait tattoo on forearm

Portraits & Icons

Realism · forearm

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Santa Muerte skull tattoo in black and grey

Sacred & Dark

Black & grey · shoulder

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Full back piece Aztec warrior tattoo

Large Scale

Back piece · sleeves

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Full archive on Instagram→
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The
studio

“A tattoo is the only artwork that breathes, ages, and dies with its collector. I don’t take that lightly.”
Xavi Santos with his son in front of his race car
Xavi Santos — artist, father, racer

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Xavi Santos blends technical precision with raw artistic expression — a craft perfected over 15 years, from the street-art walls of São Paulo to skin.

A background in Product Design and a life spent around motorsports shape the way he works: obsessive detail, clean execution, and portraits that capture motion, power and emotion in black & grey.

Xavi tattooing on a rooftop overlooking Miami
Sessions, wherever the work takes us
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years of craft

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custom pieces

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private studio, by appointment

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The
process

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    Consult

    You bring the idea — a feeling, a reference, a story. We talk placement, scale and flow with your body.

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    Draw

    One custom design, drawn for you alone. Revisions until the line feels inevitable. No flash reselling, ever.

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    Ink

    A private session, unhurried. Single-use everything, museum-level care, and a piece that heals clean.

Books open — limited slots monthly

Let’s make
your mark
DM @artxavii