Under the professional name ‘Tattoo Tom‘, Tom Harris has achieved a highly successful and acclaimed career as an artist.

In the field of tattooing, Tom is regarded as an expert in his style of ‘full-colour nerdism’. He has appeared as an expert on Channel 5 television and Fire FM, and was a guest judge at LucasFilm’s European Star Wars Celebration in 2016.

He won his first award whilst still serving his apprenticeship in Bournemouth, UK and has subsequently won competitions internationally. He opened his Poole based pop culture themed tattoo studio The Rising Tide in 2015.

He has been listed by Tattoodo as one of their top 5 pop culture artists, and has been featured in Total Tattoo, Skin Deep, and Skin & Ink magazines. As well as travelling to tattoo conventions and studios internationaly, he also regularly tours with the Ink Fusion Empire, tattooing at comicons and fan conventions, including MCM in London.

He has tattooed under license to LucasFilm at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023. Tom is sponsored by Electrum Inks and Starr Tattoo Supplies.

Tom Harris’ traditional art has featured in books and magazines internationally, and Cartoon Network has licenced his designs.