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Brazilian tattoo artist Gregorio Marangoni creates a large chest tattoo out of thousands of tiny dots. This technique is referred to as dot work, dotwork or pointillism. The shading in the tattoo is made darker or lighter depending on whether there are more or less dots in an area. This tattoo technique is becoming quite popular, especially with geometric, spiritual and totem tattoo designs. You can see more tattoos by this artist in Animals, Illusions and Dot work Tattoos by Gregorio Marangoni<\/a>
\nLions are a popular subject in tattoo art. The male lion’s mane is a symbol of masculinity and pride. Marangoni has skillfully hidden a mandala flower design in the lion’s “beard”, the are of mane beneath his chin. Not only is this an attractive addition to the tattoo design, it also has a spiritual meaning. You can learn more about the meaning of lion tattoos in this article; Lion Tattoos that you can Wear with Pride<\/a> and the meaning of mandala tattoos in The Spiritual Magic of Mandala Tattoos.<\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

Brazilian tattoo artist Gregorio Marangoni creates a large chest tattoo out of thousands of tiny dots. This technique is referred to as dot work, dotwork or pointillism. The shading in the tattoo is made darker or lighter depending on whether there are more or less dots in an area. This tattoo technique is becoming quite […]<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"A lion, mandala and impossible object illusions combine in this pointillism tattoo by Gregorio Marangoni","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":612,"height":612,"file":"2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-250x250.jpg","width":250,"height":250,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-250x250.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-56x56.jpg","width":56,"height":56,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-56x56.jpg"},"small":{"file":"A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-125x125.jpg","width":125,"height":125,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-125x125.jpg"},"post":{"file":"A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-300x300.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-300x300.jpg"},"post-thumb":{"file":"A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-336x336.jpg","width":336,"height":336,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni-336x336.jpg"},"full":{"file":"A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni.jpg","width":612,"height":612,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":1613,"source_url":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/A-lion-mandala-and-impossible-object-illusions-combine-in-this-pointillism-tattoo-by-Gregorio-Marangoni.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattatattoo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}]}}