Chris Ingles

From a young age, Chris was interested in many art forms. In school he studied drawing, sculpting, oil painting, airbrush and others. In his late teens he became interested in tattoos and began the first of two apprenticeships.

Chris joined the Navy at 18 and traveled the world for 22 yrs deploying in both submarines and then serving in special operations before retiring as a Master Chief in early 2022. While on active duty he continued to focus on his passion of tattooing and completed a second apprenticeship in 2010. During this time, he was developing flash sheets and making custom tattoo machines and caught the attention of Golden Rule Tattoo where he worked nights and weekends for 3 years when not deployed. In 2013 he moved to NC and operated a private studio for 6 years, tattooing some of the most elite military in the world while also doing guest spots at several studios during his travels.

Chris joined the team at Dapper Dog Tattoo in Annapolis, MD following Navy retirement in 2022. Having traveled to over 40 countries, Chris has seen nearly every style of tattooing and technique of application giving him a well-rounded viewpoint on tattoos, their history and the culture that surrounds them.

Chris enjoys working on complex tattoos, color realism, highly detailed black & grey, geometric, and abstract designs.