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Watch How Thousands of Dots Become an Esoteric Tattoo

Tattoo artist Henry Puhnarevich uses this elegantly simple video to show how he creates his dotwork tattoos. We see him design the tattoo, which includes esoteric elements and sacred geometry before placing the stencil on his client’s skin, completing the outlines and then adding thousands of ink dots to create texture and shading. The more […]

September 6, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
A lion, mandala and impossible object illusions combine in this pointillism tattoo by Gregorio Marangoni

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 […]

April 3, 2013 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
The two dragons fighting in this tattoo design are positioned perfectly to form the features of a womans face

Optical Illusion Tattoos: Body Art that will Blow Your Mind

Optical illusions are art works or designs that trick the eye and the brain. Some illusions trick the viewer into believing that they are seeing something that isn’t actually there. Other illusions contain two images in the same picture; the first is seen easily but the second can only be found if you change the […]

April 2, 2013 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
MC Escher Tattoos create Body Art Illusions

MC Escher Tattoos create Body Art Illusions

The artist MC Escher was born Maurits Cornelis Escher in 1898 in Holland. He was a graphic artist whose art work was influenced by geometry, perspective and visual illusions. His designs were popular during his day, but have become famous over time, winning the artist international notoriety. MC Escher’s Twisted and Trippy Tattoo Designs Although […]

August 20, 2012 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
A cute 3D tattoo of a character from the Pixar animated short "For the Birds"

3D Tattoos Add a New Dimension to Tattoo Art

Most tattoo designs are 2D (2-dimensional). This means that they are flat images, with no depth in the tattoo design. The terms “3D tattoo” or “3-dimensional tattoo” refer to tattoos that have an extra dimension, a third dimension. These tattoos interact with the skin, giving the illusion of being above the skin or within the […]

July 9, 2012 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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