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 act of morphing the faces seems to bring out the personality of the characters. Suddenly, a facial expression that ordinarily would have been viewed as friendly and engaging becomes threatening or disturbing. Sedda’s portrait tattoos have a darker element than those of other artists’, because it is not only the subject’s facial expressions that give meaning to the design; the simple act of warping the faces creates a secondary level of symbolism.
Pietro Sedda doesn’t only created tattoos of twisted faces, but he appears to be the only tattoo artist who is doing so. You can see more of Pietro Sedda’s tattoos on his website.
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- Pietro Sedda gives this portrait tattoo a twisted and psychological edginess by warping the woman’s face.
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- A portrait that may have once seemed innocent becomes a trip into a psychological realm when morphed by tattoo artist Pietro Sedda.
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- A woman’s face melts into an image of a skull in this psychological portrait tattoo by Pietro Sedda.
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- By dividing this portrait into thirds, Pietro Sedda reveals the different emotions and attitudes of the subject.
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- By warping this portrait tattoo, Pietro Sedda creates a character that wouldn’t seem out of place in a surrealist world.
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- Pietro Sedda gives this portrait tattoo a split personality by seperating the sides of the face.
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- Pietro Sedda’s twisted perspective on portrait tattoos gives a lot of character to his subjects.
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- This black and grey portrait tattoo by Pietro Sedda reveals what is on this man’s mind.
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- This surreal portrait tattoo by Pietro Sedda reveals what lies beneath the face that people present to the world.
