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 blood red ink to the design to add depth and shock value.

Jeremiah Barba used black, red, white and yellow tattoo inks to give this flame demon skull extra depth and perspective. At this point in the tattoo process, the skull tattoo already has some shading with black and red inks. [Still frame from the YouTube tattoo video]

Tattoo artist Jeremiah Barba used a tattoo needle with multiple needles to create the red and yellow shading around this flame demon skull tattoo. [Still frame from the YouTube tattoo video]

Dark Bio Surrealism

Barba has a dark, organic tattoo style that lends itself well to horror tattoos like this one. The artist calls his tattoo art style Dark Bio Surrealism. His style is reminiscent of the work of HR Giger, the artist behind the creature designs in the Aliens movie franchise.

This close-up of the final tattoo shows how artist Jeremiah Barba has used red inks along with black ink to add to the demon tattoo’s evil essence. [Still frame from the YouTube tattoo video]

Barba does interviews with tattoo artists on his YouTube podcast; Bloodlines Tattoo Podcast w/ Jeremiah Barba

Visit his website for more info about the artist and pictures of his past tattoo pieces and art works.