Jukan is a German tattoo artist who currently works at the Stilbruch Tattoo shop in Berlin, Germany. Jukan’s body art works are intriguingly abstract and yet they contain symbolic forms that are recognizable in the real world. Human hearts, animals, hourglasses and houses are all recognizable symbols that appear in Jukan’s tattoo designs. By representing these symbols in an artistic, abstract manner, Jukan adds to the visual beauty and the meaning of the tattoo designs.
Jukan employs illustration and paint techniques in his tattoo art to create texture and aethetic appeal. Some of his tattoos appear to have been sketched and painted right onto the skin and yet these art works won’t wash off the way pen and paint would. Jukan’s clients instead get to proudly wear a work of art for the rest of their lives.
This watercolor tattoo style is becoming increasingly popular, especially in Berlin, and will hopefully set a precedent for future tattoo artists to aim for the same high level of quality and beauty in their own tattoo art styles. You can contact Jukan through his Facebook page or the Stilbruch Tattoo website.
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- This horoscope tattoo by Jukan shows a crab, the symbol for the starsign Cancer. On the crab’s back is another Cancer symbol that vaguely resembles a yin yang. Jukan has added aesthetic appeal to this tattoo in the form of scratchy lines that makes it seem that the crab has crawled across the skin and left behind inky marks.
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- Tattoo artist Jukan celebrates relationships and rollerskates in this tattoo that symbolizes love and marriage.
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- This chest tattoo by Jukan shows a wolpertinger surrounded by forest elements. A wolpertinger is a mythological creature that exists in German folklore. It is often a rabbit or large rodent with horns and/or wings.
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- Humor and animal symbolism collide in this illustrated tattoo by Jukan of a ninja panda bear.
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- The melting clock was an idea introduced by 20th century surrealist artist Salvador Dali. Tattoo artist Jukan has incorporated the melting clock image into this tattoo of two swans and a painted woman.
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- Poppy flowers are the source of opium, and are used in art to represent higher states. Jukan has used a watercolor technique in this opium tattoo, often spilling the paint over the lines of this tattoo in a way that is often seen in watercolor art works.
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- This deeply symbolic tattoo of an owl carrying an hourglass symbolizes life, death, mortality and time. Like all of his tattoos, this body art work by Jukan is rendered beautifully in an artistic watercolor style.
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- The manikin in this tattoo design is a movable puppet used by artists to practice drawing body positions. In this tattoo design the artist’s manikin is itself an artist and stands as a symbol of human creativity.
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- As with all of his abstract tattoo designs, Jukan has packed this chest piece tattoo of a butterfly with symbolism. Clocks represent time and can symbolize either mortality or eternity and immortality. butterflies are a symbol of change, new beginnings and personal transformation.
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- Berlin tattoo artist Jukan has given his client an artistic illustration tattoo of a cozy wood cabin in a windy swamp. This kind of tattoo will appeal to people with a strong sense of family ideals and a love for their childhood home. Essentially the tattoo states that no matter how cold or wet it may be outside, this person will always have a warm home to welcome them.
