This tattoo video shows tattoo artist Darcy Nutt creating a full back piece tattoo for her dedicated, tattoo-loving client. The full color tattoo boasts an Asian theme with a large central figure surrounded by symbols of life and death. The entire tattoo took 60 hours, spread out over several sessions to complete. That’s a lot […]
Not everyone wants a tattoo that takes up their entire back or a large part of their arm or leg. For many tattoo lovers, a sweet little tattoo on the wrist, ankle or shoulder is a perfect way to show off their love of all things cute and cuddly. Whether the tattoo design is based […]
Singapore tattoo artist Donald Kwek trades his tattoo machine for a brush to create this beautiful wall mural of a koi fish. Using the same high contrast style favored by tattoo artists, Donald Kwek creates a lively and appealing design. The koi is rendered in black and grey, and is set in contrast to the vibrant […]
Tattoo artist Carl Grace takes a no fuss approach to this tattoo by tattooing straight onto his client’s skin, without drawing a design or creating a stencil to guide his hand. It takes courage, for both the tattoo artist and his client, to use a freehand tattoo technique. The client can’t be sure that the […]
Tattoo artist Bu, from Siam Tattoo in Thailand, uses bamboo instead of a tattoo machine to create tattoos for his lucky clients. He makes a new needle for each client, which he allows his client to take home with them once their tattoo is completed – quite an original keepsake! Bu’s tattoos heal quickly and the […]
Javi Wolf is a tattoo artist working out of Mexico City. He creates vibrant, colorful tattoos with an artistic watercolor style. Each of his tattoos focuses on a meaningful subject such as animals, musical instruments or symbols. One particular design style that has it’s own different and unique appeal is his technique of creating splashes […]
Vietnamese tattoo artist Tery Do creates a complex bio-mechanical tattoo for his client, which covers one side of the client’s chest and extends down his arm. Tery Do starts the tattoo process by drawing a design freehand onto his client’s skin. Not only does he create the tattoo design directly on skin with markers; towards […]
Pierluigi Deliperi works out of the Tattoo Crew Production studio in Sardinia, Italy, specializing in mind-warping geometric tattoos. Many of his designs include optical illusions that appear to transform the shape of the human body; adding an extra dimension to the reality of the tattoo wearer’s skin. Using geometric shapes, such as checkers, cubes and repetitive […]
Tattoo artist Jeremiah Barba begins his tattoo process by applying his tattoo stencil to his client’s skin. He then uses black and red inks to bring forth the demonic, deathly face from living flesh of his courageous client. This time-lapse video shows the entire tattoo process, as Barba adds black ink shading, white highlights and […]
Italian tattoo artist Pietro Sedda brings a strange new perspective to portrait tattoos by smearing the faces of his subjects across his human canvas. The result has a psychological element to it, and because of the realistic nature of the tattoos, a surrealist effect is created. The technique gives his portraits an inhuman appeal. The […]