Great Lakes Tattoo — tattoo studio in Chicago, United States

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Great Lakes Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Chicago with 10 artists on TatSeek. Traditional (old school) in 72% of tattoos and new school in 17%; usually on the forearm, upper arm and back; 76% in colour. 10 min walk from Chicago.

Key facts

• Address: 1148 W Grand Ave, Chicago, United States
• Getting there: 10 min walk from Chicago
• Artists on TatSeek: Brandon Heuser (14, new school, old school) · Chip Douglas (14, japanese) · Danni Nievera (14, old school) · Erik Gillespie (14, old school) · Kevin Leary (14, new school) · Mario Desa (14, old school) · Matt "Beatdown" Ziolko (14, old school) · Mike Dalton (14, old school) · Nick Colella (14, old school) · Nick Osbourn (14, old school)
• 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)
• Phone: +1 312-870-0458
• Email: info@greatlakestattoo.com
• Website: https://www.greatlakestattoo.com
• Opening hours: Mon 11:00–19:00 · Tue 11:00–19:00 · Wed 11:00–19:00 · Thu 11:00–19:00 · Fri 11:00–19:00 · Sat 11:00–19:00 · Sun 11:00–19:00
• Google rating: 4.8 from 444 reviews, recorded 2026-09-30 (mirrored from Google; TatSeek does not rate studios)
• Features: LGBTQ+ friendly, Walk-ins welcome
• Coordinates: 41.891218, -87.656569

Newest tattoos

1. Butterfly and Skull Traditional Upper Arm — Color Traditional (Old School) butterfly tattoo on the upper arm by Nick Osbourn.
2. Fish Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) fish tattoo on the forearm by Nick Osbourn.
3. Fish Vase with Flowers Traditional Forearm — Black & grey Traditional (Old School) fish tattoo on the forearm by Nick Osbourn.
4. Tasmanian Devil Character Traditional Upper Arm — Color Traditional (Old School) comics & anime characters tattoo on the upper arm by Nick Osbourn.
5. Centipede Traditional Upper Arm — Black & grey Traditional (Old School) female figure tattoo on the upper arm by Nick Osbourn.
6. Oni Mask Traditional Forearm — Color Traditional (Old School) demon tattoo on the forearm by Nick Osbourn.

All tattoos from this studio

How we know

• Address, contacts, hours, booking and prices: from the studio’s own website and its Google Business Profile, with the date each was recorded. Data sources
• “What they do most”: counted from the 140 tattoos the studio published, not from how it describes itself.
• 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 published price list. Each tattoo’s own estimate is the tier for its measured size, narrowed by size and detail. How prices are calculated
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