portrait artists near illinois

im kinda picky when it comes to work being put on me. all i really want to know is who are some of the top portrait artists around the chicagoland..im willing to travel to milwaukee..indiana wherever..appreciate the responses in advance

Funny- Im suure theres good port artists in chi-town- but I can't think of any off hand- BUT- Josh Carlton is in Indiana- its a cruise but well worth it!!

We represent Larry Brogan and Dan Plumly in the Chicago area. Both excellent portrait tattoo artists!

www.chucho-arte.com www.myspace.com/peppertattoos www.montetattoo.com

i really like chuchos work but cant find anything about him besides his page?...does he have a shop?..monte had some great work dan plumly also..im going to have to take a closer look..chucho seems like he will be very high priced by just the look of his page..but you pay for quality

Check out Miles Maniaci @ Deluxe Tattoo. He does excellent work, both b&g and color. http://milesmaniaci.com

^^^^Ill definetly check him out too..larry brogan responded back to me and said he wasnt booking any new clients til june..I can wait but don't really want too I got that itch now..

Click on Chucho's contact/resume and it gives you his e-mail,and number. I beleive he's stil at www.jolietink.com Oliver@ www.agelessartstattoo.com does pretty nice portraits too.

I don't know if he does portraits, but isn't Tim Bierdon out that way? He is amazing.