Realism tattooing · Port Kembla, NSW

Realism, built over full days.

The old fisherman: black and grey realism back piece by Dylan Weber, a weathered fisherman portrait with a lone figure fishing from a boat below

The old fisherman · black and grey · back

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"I design every piece myself, from your idea or mine, and tattoo it over as many full days as it takes."

Black and grey and colour realism. Seventeen years in, working by appointment at Atlantis Tattoo Studio, ten minutes south of Wollongong.

sketch: octopus

Selected work

From stencil to skin

One back piece, start to finish.

Every piece starts as a hand-drawn stencil, mapped to the body. This bush homestead under the Milky Way was tattooed over full days at the studio.

01 · Stencil

02 · First session

03 · Finished

From the water

Sharks, ships and deep water.

Most days off are spent on the boat. It shows up in the work: great whites, old fishermen, tall ships and the things that live in the deep, drawn from a life on the water.

sketch: marlin

How booking works

01

Join the waitlist

Books open a few times a year. The waitlist hears first.

02

Apply with your idea

The idea, size and placement, plus references. A brief is enough; I design the rest.

03

Approval and deposit

If it’s a fit, you’ll get a date and a link to pay the $300 deposit by card.

04

Your day

Prep notes before, aftercare after, and a check-in once it’s healed.

Arrivals · by appointment

Some clients cross an ocean for a full day.

They flew in from Germany, Texas and Canada for full days in Dylan’s chair at Atlantis Tattoo Studio, Port Kembla.

  1. Dylan Weber with Gauge, a client who travelled from Texas, outside Atlantis Tattoo Studio in Port Kembla

    USAAUS

    Gauge

    From
    Texas
    Date
    Aug 2025
    Chair
    Atlantis
  2. Dylan Weber with Marco, a client who travelled from Germany, inside Atlantis Tattoo Studio in Port Kembla

    DEUAUS

    Marco

    From
    Germany
    Date
    Nov 2025
    Chair
    Atlantis
  3. Dylan Weber with Lars, a client who travelled from Canada, at the door of Atlantis Tattoo Studio in Port Kembla

    CANAUS

    Lars

    From
    Canada
    Date
    Mar 2026
    Chair
    Atlantis

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Dylan Weber tattooing a client at Atlantis Tattoo Studio, Port Kembla NSW

About

Seventeen years. One chair.

I grew up travelling around Australia and fishing whenever I could. I started tattooing on the South Coast, moved to Sydney to push my skills, and in 2015 opened Atlantis Tattoo Studio, now in Port Kembla.

I design and tattoo every piece myself. Away from the chair, I’m with my wife and son or out on the boat.