1. Ed Hardy ($1,500 per hour)
Don Ed Hardy is not only the highest paid tattoo artist but also the richest. His net worth is estimated to be $250 million. That is nowhere near other existing tattoo artists in the world. Based on that, you cannot argue the fact that he is a legend in tattoo industry.
By the age of seventy today, Ed Hardy has retired from tattooing. Some say his last clients were charged around $1,500 per one hour of tattoo session. However, that does not mean that Ed has stopped once and for all. He still works on some more personal art and he owns a tattoo parlor called Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City in San Francisco.
Ed takes art seriously even before he was a tattoo artist. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from San Francisco Art Institute. Then he studied tattooing in Japan with Japanese tattoo master, Horihide. This affects his style or tattoo designs: a blend of Japanese aesthetic and technique in his American style work.
If you really want this kind of tattoo, you are still able to get it from Ed Hardy’s son who follows his footstep to be a tattoo artist, Doug Hardy. He is available at Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City as well.
After knowing the cost of tattoo session with these highest paid tattoo artists, do you still want to get tattooed? Does it inspire you to get better tattoo designs? Or has it hindered you from doing so? Share your thoughts in the comment section!
