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This Artist Has Made Temporary Face And Body Tattoos Of Twitter And Instagram Profiles

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“Face Post” is the artist John Yuyi’s three-part series and a nod to social media via her aforementioned, now-signature transfer stickers. The stickers are reminiscent of the superhero tattoos you’d get in those packets of “cigarette” sweets, applied with a modest dunk of water but maintained the staying power of super-glue ­– it’s this use of familiar objects in a witty way that gives her work its relatability. Continue reading »

Simple, Ingenious, And Amusing: Blackwork Tattoos By Ilya Brezinsk

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Tattoo artist Ilya Brezinski creates polished blackwork drawings that just happen to be on the skin. The tightly-rendered pictures—often single subject—interact with the body in a playful way: a collar bone becomes a guide for a tightrope while half of a bicycle wheel is made wholly complete because it’s placed on a rounded pectoral muscle. Though Brezinski’s tattoos are simple in execution, their visual ingenuity is conceptually compelling and at times, very amusing. Continue reading »

Ethereal Nature Tattoos Inspired By Changing Seasons

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Crimean tattoo artist Pis Saro creates beautiful tattoos inspired by nature. Her style is somewhat peaceful and edgy at the same time, while the tattoos, which are created for both men and women, have so much detail and color that they could even be mistaken for real plants! Continue reading »

Beautiful Minimalist Tattoos Inspired By Popular Disney Films

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The effect of a Disney film lasts long after the movie ends. Merchandise, fan art and fan fiction all exist out of a pure love for these stories, and these minimalistic tattoos are no different. Featuring symbols from Peter Pan, The Aristocats, and Lion King among others, these designs are an understated way to pay a tribute to these eternal tales. Continue reading »

Geometrical Tattoos By Jasper Andres Beautifully Fuse Geometry With Nature

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New Zealand-based tattooist Jasper Andres creates beautiful minimal tattoos. Using his delicate touch, Jasper blends together the graceful figures of nature and geometry, resulting in unique tattoos. Sometimes the artist even infuses the thinly-lined tattoos with vibrant colors which makes them look something like watercolor paintings. Continue reading »

Andrey Lukovnikov’s Double Exposure Tattoos Inspired By The Digital Era

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One thing that Andrey Lukovnikov’s colorful tattoos might remind you of are clipping masks from Adobe Photoshop. The combination of bold, busy imagery with a crisp edge mimics digital imagery—as if these bugs, birds, and feathers are concealing a larger part of an overall picture. And if you watch some of Lukonikov’s videos, it’s clear that this type of media influences his body art. Entire sketches and paintings are created on the computer. Although it’s a challenge to replicate this precise pixelation on something soft as the skin, Lukovnikov achieves the clean outlines that for which digital work is known. Continue reading »

Cool Minimalist Geometric Tattoos By Roxx

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With a career spanning three decades, tattoo artist Roxx has transitioned from Japanese, bio-mechanical and other graphic styles before settling into her current minimalist geometric tattoos and tribal blackwork. One look her portfolio on Instagram and it comes as no surprise that this owner of San Francisco-based 2Spirit Tattoo studio is at the top of the ink world. Continue reading »

Bold Japanese Tattoos That Looks Like Full Body Suits

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Gakkin‘s dramatic tattoo style is so heavy and dense, it almost looks like his customers are wearing body suite! Drawing on the traditional Japanese style while paying tribute to the art of Irezumi, Gakkin’s tattoos are a bold statement in black and white. Continue reading »

Minimalist Single Line Tattoos By Iranian-German Artist

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German-Iranian tattoo artist Mo Ganji is back, creating more simple images with a strong impact. Continue reading »

Beautiful Live Leaf Tattoos By Rit Kit

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“I’m a nature lover, so most of my sketches are related to flora,” Ukrainian tattooer Rit Kit explains. “But the more I drew, the more I wanted something fresh and native, to feel the plants without any steps in between.” Continue reading »

Blackout Tattoos Are A Bold New Trend Popping Up Around The World

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“Blackout” tattoos have recently gained attention online as an extreme way to cover up old tattoos. The technique requires an incredible amount of patience and dedication. The technique gained notice recently when artist Chester Lee of Oracle Tattoo shop in Singapore posted a photo of an intense black out piece featuring a delicate, scalloped edge. Continue reading »

What Art History Would Look Like If Men And Women Had More Tattoos

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Advertising art director Nicolas Amiard has reimagined history with his clever mash-up series called The Art of Tattoo, in which subjects from classic paintings sport modern ink. Continue reading »

Ethereal Floral Tattoos Mimic Delicate Watercolor Paintings On Skin

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Aro Tattoo, aka @tattooist_silo, creates exquisite works of art onto the skin of her clients. Focusing on floral arrangements, the Korean tattooist uses soft pink, red, and blue ink to mimic the colors you’d find in a beautiful sunset. They offer an alternative stylistic approach to tattooing—rather than outlining subjects in a solid dark outline, Aro Tattoo completely skips the black ink and defines form with color. Continue reading »

Foreboding Creature Tattoos Are Modern Brothers Grimm

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Tortoises, hares, skulls, and crows—these are all characters featured in Parvick Faramarz’s blackwork tattoos. The Moscow-based artist combines intricate dot and bold lines, creating a subtle texture and sense of motion in every tattoo. At times, they appear as if they’re crawling over the skin. Together, they conjure vintage illustrations of folklore; not the type that are friendly and welcoming, but the dark, psychological tales such as The Brothers Grimm. Continue reading »

Adorable Mother-Daughter Tattoos That Show Their Unbreakable Bond

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A mother’s love is eternal, just like a tattoo is (most of the time), so what nicer way to celebrate this close bond than with matching tattoos? Continue reading »

Woman Agrees To 11 Tattoos In A Week All In The Name Of Art

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Casey Lubin recently saw an ad that offered one brave and open-minded participant 11 free tattoos in one week as part of project documenting the evolution of tattoos. Unlike the majority of the people who saw the ad, Lubin decided to take up the extraordinary offer and challenge. Continue reading »

Artistic Animal Tattoos Made with Exquisitely Bold Contour Lines

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Portuguese tattoo artist Nouvelle Rita flawlessly transforms animals into an array of geometric shapes and clean lines. Typically devoid of shading or color, the artist’s designs are created from a minimalistic viewpoint and, despite their simplicity, Rita’s tattoos are anything but average. It’s almost as if she’s able to see the world through a Cubist lens when coming up with a brand new sketch. Continue reading »

Nature-Inspired Tattoos Combine Vintage-Style Etchings of Fauna and Flora

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Pony Reinhardt‘s naturalistic monochromatic tattoo pieces reflect deep artistic flair and amazing talent. Her intrinsic tattoos are rich in detail and visual texture, and often feature elements of the natural world with a modern twist. She tattoos using vegan ink with plant-based glycerin, and is happy to accommodate each client’s unique vision into their piece. Continue reading »

This Artist Gives Free Tattoos To Survivors Of Domestic Violence

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Meet tattoo artist Flavia Carvalho. Not only is she extremely talented, but for the last two years she’s been helping survivors of domestic violence deal with their scars in the most beautiful way possible. Continue reading »

Wild Animal Spirits In Beautiful Tattoos By Cheyenne

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Cheyenne is a talented tattoo artist and illustrator in Strasbourg, France that creates beautiful tattoos that exhibit a wild and natural spirit. Continue reading »

Hyperrealistic Tattoos By Italian Artist Paolo Murtas

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Currently living and working in the island of Sardinia in Italy, Paolo Murtas has tattooed a beautiful assortment of birds and movie scenes on his clients. Continue reading »

Absolutely Adorable Minimalistic Tattoos By Seoeon That Will Make You Want To Get Inked ASAP!

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Not every girl likes tattoos but today meet Seoeon, a Seoul-based tattoo artist who makes tattoos are so delicate, discreet and absolutely amazing that the fear of getting inked disappears the moment you see her designs. Continue reading »

Ukraine-born Tattoo Artist Stanislava Pinchuk Inks Her Friends With Minimalist Tattoos For Food, Lessons Or Books

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Stanislava Pinchuk (aka Miso), a Ukraine-born artist that works in Tokyo and Melbourne, practices an interesting sort of bartering economics – when she does her trademark minimalistic and meaningful tattoos for her friends, they pay with goods or favors, not money. Continue reading »

Elegant Greyscale Tattoos By Polish Tattoo Artist Kamil Czapiga

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Polish tattoo artist Kamil Czapiga takes a different approach when it comes to tattoos. He actually creates stunning works of art in just black ink. Continue reading »

Lego Minifigure Tattoos by Polish Tattoo Artist Max Pniewski

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These are portraits of people and animals, skulls, vampires, and a lot of Lego men. Talented Artist Max Pniewski gets a lot of tattoo requests from clients for Lego Minifigures of DC Comics superheroes and Star Wars characters. Some of the requests include portraits of people, animals, skulls, vampires, and as you may have guessed a lot of Lego men. Continue reading »