Picture Machine Tattoo

Picture Machine Tattoo is a no-nonsense street shop producing high-quality tattoos in an unpretentious environment featuring some of the best young, up-and-coming artists. Picture Machine Tattoo maintains a reputation for quality tattoos applied in a bustling street shop environment, long hours of availability to customers, and high-end custom work made to order for discriminating tattoo collectors. Picture Machine tattoo was founded in 1976 by Pat Martynuik, who had moved to San Francisco from Canada in 1970. He earned his nickname “The Picture Machine” for the long hours he worked and his constant productivity - Pat was at the shop seven days a week, and at any given moment he was either tattooing or drawing flash. The first letter of his nickname also matched his initials.