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Crossfire Tattoos - Surfers Paradise Blvd
Gold Coast Tattoos - Nerang Street Southport
Skin FX Tattoos/22 - Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise
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Tattoo by Luke
This is a new Tattoo from Luke Braniff. This Tattoo took 4 hrs to compete. To view some close ups of this piece, check out Luke’s Portfolio .
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Tattoo by Tony Ranger
This is a zombie war themed leg that Tony Ranger has done, Check out tony’s portfolio to see the rest of the leg and some close up pictures. Tony has also done Darrens other leg in a pirate theme which is in his portfolio aswell.
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Paul Braniff
The co-founder of Gold Coast Tattoos and one of the leading tattoo artists in Australia, Paul began tattooing over 33 years ago now. His studios – Skin FX Tattoos, Crossfire Tattoos & Gold Coast Tattoos – have been up and running on the Gold Coast for over 19 years. Borderline Tattoos in Coolangatta was where it all started, moving to Kirra after a couple of years.
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Luke Braniff
Luke Braniff started tattooing in 1997. Apprenticed under Paul Braniff at skin FX tattoos Luke currently works in studio 22 an extension of the skin FX studio Styles of tattooing Luke prefers are: Oriental and traditional. To contact Luke please see our contact page.
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Tony Ranger
Tony has been tattooing since 1991and has apprenticed under Paul and Robyn Braniff Currently working in the 22 studio where he can concentrate on his custom and free hand work.
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Alain Garcia
Alain “frenchy” Garcia started tattooing in Lyon France in December of 1996, after traveling to the gold coast 2 years ago he started working for gold coast tattoo he is currently working at Crossfire Tattoos. He enjoys tattooing black and grey realistic styles of tattoos along with colour tattoos.
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Michelle
Michelle completed her apprenticeship under Dave McEwen in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Influences include, John Waterhouse, Degas, Monet and Alphonse Mucha as well as many others! Michelle takes inspiration from many forms of art including; sculpture, painting and the theatre. All of which she uses in her style of tattooing Michelle likes to work on anything where freedom to do her thing can be given.
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Wayne Hartley
Wayne Hartley began his career in tattooing in Caboolture in 1997. Given his start by bob miller, Wayne is a talented all round artist who can take on any job given to him. Wayne prefers to do black and grey tattoos, animal portraits or just about anything.
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Aaron Jameson
Aaron Jameson started an apprenticeship at skin FX back in 2010 Aaron takes influence from artists including; Evan Griffiths, Owen Williams, Luke braniff, Juergen Eckel, Trevor mcstay, and uncle Allan. Styles of tattooing Aaron enjoys are; Neo traditional, Japanese, geometric, and traditional Americana.
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Ben Braniff
Ben Braniff started tattooing in 1994. Ben currently works out of the Crossfire studio. Bens preferred styles of tattooing are graffiti with a boog or Mr. cartoon edge to it. But is willing to take on any style given to him. Influences include Paul braniff, Tony ranger, Boog, Mr. cartoon and all within the GCT family.
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Corpse
Corpse started Tattooing in Cairns completing his Tattoo apprenticeship under Duane Cash from FNQ tattoo. Corpse currently works the night shift at Skin Fx Tattoos, he enjoys all styles of Tattooing. To contact Corpse please see our contact page.
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Cody Browne
Cody Browne started tattooing in tweed heads nearly 8 years ago. He is inspired by to many artists to list but enjoys anything original. Cody enjoys tattooing all styles but but prefers Realism, Traditional and Japanese Tattoos.
Welcome to Gold Coast Tattoos
Paul started tattooing in 1977 in his home town of Griffith NSW. In those days the nearest tattooer was either Melbourne “350 mls from Griffith” or Sydney about 600 mls from Griffith.
Paul is a self taught Tattooer and once he started he pursued the art with a passion. Eventually starting a studio in Griffith which he called Borderline Tattoos named in preparation of moving the studio and his young family “wife Robyn, and three children, Rickelle, Ben and Luke” to the Gold Coast where he opened Borderline in Kirra on the border of QLD and NSW in 1985, the studio was straight across the road from Kirra Beach and in those days when the surf was pumping the spray from the famous breaks would drench the shop front.
Tattoos from a family run business
Over the years that followed Borderline was moved to Coolangatta, then Burleigh Heads, where it is still located although the studio was sold to Tim Ebbles, who did his apprenticeship with Paul. In 1989 Paul and Robyn opened Gold Coast Tattoos.”GCT” In Southport where Paul worked until 1992 when Skin FX was opened in Surfers Paradise.
The next studio was Crossfire Tattoos which was built in 1999 and is also located in Surfers paradise, which was built to combat the influx of studios opening on top of the Skin FX Studio. Crossfire is run by Pauls elder son Ben and pauls wife Robyn.
In 2008 the family acquired Studio 22 which is the studio within a studio, as 22 is an extension on Skin FX where Paul and son Luke and Tony Ranger ply their trade, and run the studios with the help of the best crews of artists and Staff that any business would be proud of.
We the Braniff Family are here for the long haul, with the third generation of the family coming along nicely with five grandchildren to date, and all loving Tattoo we see great things ahead. Building on the foundations of hard work and good business this family has strived to make good, its mark in this industry.
Paul and Robyn Braniff started G.C.T back in 1985 in a one man studio located in Kirra/Coolangatta. They then moved to Southport and currently run four studios in the Southport and Surfers area. The Gold Coast Tattoos studios are the leading studios on the coast and employ well over twenty experienced staff including more than twelve tattoo artists.
Amongst the Gold Coast Tattoos artists are the award-winning Paul Braniff and Tony Ranger who both specialising in portrait and custom freehand work.
- See map 07 5592 1905
- Skin FX Tattoos -21/15 Cavill Avenue (corner Cavill & Orchid Ave) Surfers Paradise
- See map 07 5592 1905
- Studio 22, Cavill Avenue (next to Skin FX) Surfers Paradise
- See Map 07 5570 3344
- Crossfire Tattoos, Shop 1 3308 Surfers Paradise Blvd Surfers Paradise
- See map 07 5531 2728
- Gold Coast Tattoos - 15 Nerang Street Southport
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Portrait Tattoo Artist in Australia
This latest news article from the creative team at Gold Coast Tattoos provides interesting information on portrait tattoos and their services across Australia. Continue reading
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Rites of Passage Tattoo Convention
Gold Coast Tattoos will be heading down to melbourne from the 27th, 28th and 29th of April for the 2nd annual Rites of Passage Tattoo Convention held at the royal exhibition centre, Its Australias best tattoo convention so make sure if you are in the area you dont miss it, our artists attending are Paul Braniff, Luke Braniff, Tony Ranger, Aaron Jameson, Cody Browne, Matt Halliday and Michelle Mclaughlin… to try and make an appointment with any of them please send us through an email with a good description of what you would like to get done, keep in mind … Continue reading