Mario Desa — tattoo artist at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago

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Mario Desa is a tattoo artist at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago, with 14 published tattoos on TatSeek; mostly old school.

Key facts

• Studio: Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago
• Tattoos on TatSeek: 14
• Styles: Traditional (Old School) 100%
• Subjects: Snake 50% · Skull 50% · Flower 29% · Dagger & Knife 29% · Eagle 21%
• Placements: Forearm 64% · Back 14%
• Colour: 100% in colour, 0% black and grey
• Size mix: small 0% · medium 0% · large or bigger 7%
• Typical detail: 45/100 — Moderate (from 1 scanned tattoos)
• Price, medium piece: $500–750 (published or confirmed by the studio, as of 2026-09-30)
• Price by size: Small $100–$400 · Medium $500–$750 · Large $1000–$2000 · Very Large / Sleeve $2500–$6250+ (studio prices; published or confirmed by the studio)
• Book: https://greatlakestattoo.as.me (directly with the studio; TatSeek takes no fee)

Tattoos

1. Rose Snake and Skull Traditional Upper Arm — Color Traditional (Old School) snake tattoo on the upper arm.
2. Snake Rose and Skull Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) snake tattoo on the forearm.
3. Skull and Snake Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) skull tattoo on the forearm.
4. Heart and Dagger Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) heart tattoo on the forearm.
5. Hand with Eye and Dagger Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) hand with an eye tattoo on the forearm.
6. Tiger and Snake Traditional Back — Color Traditional (Old School) tiger tattoo on the back.
7. Eagle and Flower Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) eagle tattoo on the forearm.
8. Dagger Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) dagger & knife tattoo on the forearm.
9. Demon Mask Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) demon tattoo on the forearm.
10. Snake and Dagger Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) snake tattoo on the forearm.
11. Butterfly and Roses Traditional Stomach — Color Traditional (Old School) butterfly tattoo on the stomach.
12. Orangutan with Axe Traditional Calf — Color Traditional (Old School) orangutan tattoo on the calf.
13. Eagle, Snake and Skull Traditional Back — Sleeve-size color Traditional (Old School) eagle tattoo on the back; ≈$3,280–$4,970; ≈18–32 h, 6+ sessions.
14. Eagle and Snake Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) eagle tattoo on the forearm.

How we know

• Styles, subjects, placements, colour, size and detail: counted from this artist’s 14 published tattoos on TatSeek, not from a self-description.
• Tattoo descriptions and tags: TatSeek Vision Scan, an AI reading of each photo (Claude, by Anthropic) under written rules and a closed tag vocabulary, checked against photos labelled by hand. Shares of the picture are visual estimates, not measurements. Nothing about the person in the photo is recorded. How tagging works
• Prices: the studio’s price list (published or confirmed by the studio). Each tattoo’s estimate is the tier for its measured size, narrowed by size and detail. How prices are calculated