Makaveli post comes up blank for me, no image. Even if I go to his personal gallery All I see is the thumbnail then when I click on it, it goes to a blank page. oh well.
Orgasm_donor, Jesse is good but there are artists in Van who are in another league.
As far as realism goes this guy is probably the best in the area if not all of Canada.
www.robhopetattoos.com
and if anybody is looking for real traditional Japanese I would suggest Shoko Sonoda. She apprenticed in Japan under a Horimono Master and later fled to Canada as she was fearing for her safety.
http://www.shokoloco.com/japanese.html
For more western neo japanese i would recommend Jesse along with a bunch of other talented local artists. We are lucky to have so many good tattooists here in the lower mainland.