Welcome to Dream Jungle Tattoo
We specialize in Filipino tattoos that reflect the deep cultural roots and history of the Philippines.
Our work is about preserving tradition and telling stories through each design.
Dream Jungle Tattoo is the studio of Aleks Figueroa, an experienced tattoo artist skilled in Neo-Filipino tattooing as well as Fil-Americana/ Classic Americana, Blackwork, and Japanese styles. Every tattoo created here is a connection to culture and history, grounded in both craftsmanship and meaning.
At Dream Jungle, we focus on creating tattoos that respect tradition while incorporating modern influences.
Accepting RSVP bookings for:
Long Beach, Bay Area, Las Vegas and Honolulu.
My Background
I’m a student of tattoo; an intuitive tattoo artist who learned by a lot of reading-talking story with elders, due diligence-instinctively doing what others did not. I tattooed my family and friends with personal and cultural designs as one of the pioneers in the Filipino tattoo movement circa 1998. Those early experiences led me to pursue travelling around the world to learn first hand more about the art of tattooing from legendary modern tattoo artists, contemporary colleagues and tribal elders to combine my love of tattoo art, Filipino culture, ancestral connection and healthy living to help clients create custom and unique tattoos to breathe and tell their stories.
Travelling is my jam. No client is too far for me to accommodate. The earth’s circumference is 24,901 miles/40,075km. To date (2024) I’ve tattooed on six continents, upward to 40 countries, been around the world 17 times by plane (424,317mi/682,872km), at least once around by car with my late bestie, Oakland, about 500 miles/805km by train and 74 mi/ 119km by sailboat in the name of Filipino tattooing.
Dream Jungle Airlines. Where you are, we are.
Oakland aka Big Daddy Slim, Da Freight Train, Baby Oakland, Road Dog #1.
Oakland, my bestie for a solid 13 years, travelled like a G since he was 7-weeks old. We’ve traversed most of the west coast states together amassing at least 25k miles to earn some dog food scratch and tattoo clients from Arizona to Washington down to Mexico and everywhere in-between.
You are forever missed, ol’ man. Rest in Puppy Power.
Misc Trivia: The Dream Jungle Tattoo logo is called Dogflowre- it’s an aso (dog) design based on him. Created in 2007, this version was revamped in 2022.
Shaka Over Alons, 2015.
People don’t take trips. Trips take people. My tattoo trip is cultural, historical, political, and decisively a personal point of view about storytelling.
My old man used to say, You can’t bullshit a bullshitter.
I don’t pretend to know what I don’t know-which is a lot. Yet, in the same breath, I know everything about nothing.
Animal In Man: Mirror Warriors. No. 14. Vinyl on wood 24” x 24”, 2015.
I look forward to performing my brand of magic for you.