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Co-owner and tattoo artist · Kankakee and Crown Point

Tommy Solace

Tattooer, rapper, festival starter, Kankakee through and through. Tommy Solace (Tommy Solis) has 20 years of tattooing behind him. He co-founded Downtown Tattoo, a walk-in shop downtown, then built Art and Sol as the opposite: private, calmer, personal. In October 2026, Tommy and co-owner Joey Malia opened the Crown Point studio.

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Color realism White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland holding a pocket watch above orange and violet pansies, on the upper arm.
White Rabbit and pansies, full color, by Tommy Solace

“Be like Q, get big cool horror tattoos.”Tommy, on Facebook

The range is wide on purpose: black and grey realism, vivid color, illustrative pieces, portraits, custom script, freehand and cover-ups. Most of his pieces get designed on the day, with you in the chair next to him: drawing, pulling references, sizing, stenciling, placing. He keeps a list of Want To Do's, designs he is itching to tattoo, usually at a discount.

Off the clock he writes and performs with Ill State and Luck of the Draw (one Ill State track is literally called Ink My Whole Body). In 2021 he helped start Kankakee's Estival Festival, which turned into C.I.R.K.A., the Collaborative Initiative to Revive Kankakee's Arts: Estival, Teen Talent Takeover and April Grooves Day.

Styles
Black and grey realism, color realism, illustrative, portraits, cover-ups, horror, back pieces and sleeves
Studio
Kankakee, IL and Crown Point, IN
Rate
$250 an hour for most pieces. Half day is 4 hours, full day is 8 hours, each extra hour $250.
Wait
Typically about a month. Requests answered typically within two weeks.
Booking
Tommy's booking application. Reference pics can follow once you are booked.
Reschedule
Once, with 72 hours notice, and keep your deposit. Deposits are non-refundable.
Instagram
@seenyoursol
Portfolio

Tommy's book

36 pieces. Tap one to see it big.

Black and grey memorial on the shoulder: a cross of baseball bats over home plate reading Dad, sun rays, a sailboat and the words A hero's heart is safe at home.
Baseball memorial for Dad, black and grey, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey largemouth bass under rippling water and sunbeams, above a compass, on the forearm.
Bass and compass forearm, by Tommy Solace
Color realism blue water lily on rippling water, on the shoulder blade, tattooed over an old butterfly.
Blue water lily cover-up, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey bull head with long horns on the chest.
Bull head chest piece, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey calf piece of three crosses on a hill under lightning, with the Earth and reaching hands below.
Calvary under lightning, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey Jesus with a crown of thorns and red drops of blood, on the calf.
Crown of thorns, black and grey, by Tommy Solace
Color realism Day of the Dead portrait: a sugar skull face under a hat of pink roses, on the forearm.
Day of the Dead portrait, full color, by Tommy Solace
Color hand piece of rows of green eyes on blue scales around a golden triforce, tattooed over an old triangle and lettering.
Eyes and triforce hand cover-up, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey Ghostface mask from Scream on the forearm.
Ghostface in black and grey, by Tommy Solace
Color realism gray cat with jade eyes among white flowers and leaves, on the shoulder.
Gray cat portrait in color, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey Medusa with golden eyes and a crown of snakes, on the shoulder blade.
Medusa with golden eyes, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey Our Lady of Guadalupe with roses at her feet, on the forearm.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, by Tommy Solace
Color chest piece of a roaring black panther in blue clouds with memorial dates and angel wings, tattooed over old lettering.
Panther in the clouds, chest cover-up, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey praying Virgin Mary with a red rosary and lilies, on the forearm.
Praying Mary with a red rosary, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey roaring tiger with red eyes above a rose, on the upper arm.
Red-eyed tiger and rose, by Tommy Solace
Color forearm piece of a winged Star of Life and serpent staff wrapped in orange flames.
Star of Life in flames, full color, by Tommy Solace
Color realism White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland holding a pocket watch above orange and violet pansies, on the upper arm.
White Rabbit and pansies, full color, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey crumbling stone chess king against blue smoke, on the chest.
Crumbling chess king, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey anime portrait of Naruto with a red glow behind him, on the shoulder.
Naruto in black and grey, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey dripping eye on the chest, between color hummingbird and flower work.
Dripping eye on the chest, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey full sleeve on a woman's arm: a woman's portrait, flowers and a masked face running down to the wrist.
Black and grey full sleeve, front, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey lioness walking above her cub, on the forearm.
Lioness and cub in black and grey, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey back piece of Michael Myers' mask with a curling ribbon across the shoulder blade.
Michael Myers back piece in black and grey, by Tommy Solace
Full color back piece of a sci-fi battle: an armored walker firing on the left, troopers under a giant moon in the center and jungle on the right.
Sci-fi battle back piece in full color, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey half sleeve of the jackal-headed Egyptian god Anubis surrounded by smoke.
Anubis half sleeve in black and grey, by Tommy Solace
Outer side of the same black and grey sleeve, with flowers and a lone figure walking near the wrist.
The same sleeve from the outside, by Tommy Solace
Color realism demon with glowing red eyes covering its mouth with its hands, under a burning gothic church, with a rosary hanging below.
Burning church and red-eyed demon, by Tommy Solace
Color realism French bulldog under a rainbow on the upper arm.
French bulldog under a rainbow, in color, by Tommy Solace
Color geometric mandala with an all-seeing eye at its center, on the thigh.
Geometric eye mandala in color, by Tommy Solace
Color illustrative green alien with huge glossy eyes against a starry purple background, on the forearm.
Green alien in color, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey sleeve with a mandala inside an eye on the shoulder, falling into hexagons and a checkered optical pattern.
Mandala eye and geometric sleeve, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey skull inside an hourglass under a Memento Mori banner, with a rose below, on the shoulder.
Memento mori skull and hourglass, by Tommy Solace
Color horror piece of Pennywise the clown with a red balloon above a child in a yellow raincoat, on the forearm.
Pennywise and the red balloon, in color, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey surreal eye above crashing waves and a rose, on the shoulder and upper arm.
Surreal eye, waves and rose in black and grey, by Tommy Solace
Realistic tiger head on the shoulder, tattooed as a cover-up over an older piece.
Tiger cover-up, by Tommy Solace
Color illustrative woman's face framed by calla lilies and green leaves.
Woman with calla lilies in color, by Tommy Solace
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