Brazilian tattoo artist Gregorio Marangoni groups beetles and floral designs to create this beautiful mandala flower tattoo. On the right the tattoo has not yet been shaded in. The tattoo on the left shows the same design after shading. Marangoni uses a tattoo technique called dotwork, dot work or pointillism, building up areas of shading with thousands of tiny tattoo dots. The texture created by this technique adds to the organic nature of the tattoo design, tying together the insect subject matter with the spiritual essence of the mandala. See more tattoos by this artist in Animals, Illusions and Dot work Tattoos by Gregorio Marangoni
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Animals, Illusions and Dot work Tattoos by Gregorio Marangoni
Gregorio Marangoni is a tattoo artist based in São Paulo, Brazil. Working only in black tattoo ink, Marangoni creates tattoos that have intricate details and lots of texture. To create the textures and details, Marangoni uses a combination of line work and dot work, using smooth lines to create and then shading and texturing the […]