Category: 3D tattoos

Black and Grey Realism Angel

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Angel black and grey half sleeve. It was a pleasure working with Carl such a patient and chilled guy. Contrast is important when tattooing black and grey due to longevity, all tattoos fade over time, and black is the only tone that’s gonna hold your tattoo over time. I understand some clients do not like to have much black in their tattoo and I understand, however the tattoo artist should make sure the client knows they are getting a temporary tattoo. A lot of young tattoo artists will start learning to tattoo after 5 years, when they see their tattoo aged, specially in black and grey. Black and grey realism is a style that I draw in order to understand how shadow fall in the subject, I had a seminar with Carlos Torres about shadow, and when I had the seminar I discovered how much I didn’t know about shadow. A lot of black and grey tattoos are based on black, grey and skin, and that’s a very basic understanding of black and grey, that’s how I used to see it and understand, however after understanding and studying black and grey and attending a seminar with one of the best black and grey tattoo artists in the world, I realised that, black and grey tattoos, there’s a lot more deeper understanding than, black, grey and skin. And that’s the thought I have when looking at most black and grey tattoos.

Phoenix Tattoo Full Thigh in colour

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The Larger the tattoo, the bigger the responsibility. When I approach a large tattoo, this is when I’m glad I like drawing, because the larger the tattoo, the more you will need to deal with the human body. The human body curves a lot, so the drawing will have to follow the human body shape in proportion. Dealing with the human body is a big part of tattooing, specially when bringing a design from one part of the body to another. An example of that, is bringing the head of a dragon from the chest to the arm, to make a dragon flow from the chest to the arm, in proportion, and make it believable, it takes a lot of time of practising in the drawing board. A lot of tattoo artists who don’t draw, they can do a really nice single tattoo, A4 or A3 size, however, when they approach a large tattoo, where they have to deal with the human body, and flow the design from one part of the body to another, that’s when you will see the drawing will not flow as it should in the body, due to lack of understanding of proportion in the drawing. Of course not everyone will have the eye to see that, that’s why if a tattoo artist don’t draw, they still are going to have work, because not everyone understands proportion. And I think that’s all good, as you have to get tattooed with who you resonate with, and everyone has a different perception about everything they see. I love art in general, I love to draw and paint outside of tattooing, I’m interested in many different forms of art, and in those 15 years of tattooing and exploring different forms of art, the biggest lesson I had is that, the drawing is the foundation of all types of art, painting, sculpture, video-games, without a foundation of the drawing, all kinds of art is not possible, so that’s why I have to ask you, how can someone be an artist if they don’t draw?

Full Back Tattoo Cogs and Wings

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Full back Black and grey Tattoo. Cogs with Wings. Doing a full back tattoo it requires a lot of patience from both client and artist. When the client goes through thick and thin and reaches the end result, specially being a full back tattoo, the reward is amazing from both client and artist. I love doing full back tattoos, the reason why is because it feels like having a canvas in front of you, so it feels like a painting. Thank you

Lily Flower Colour Tattoo

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I free handed this Lily Tattoo cover-up, I love working with cover-ups, however, it helps when the client likes colour, as the colour will deviate the viewers eye from the cover-up. I love doing black and grey, and colour tattoos. The balance between black and grey and colour it’s really refreshing for me, with a balance between doing black and grey and colour tattoos and art, I can keep going and never get bored of it. Thank you for looking.

Egyptian Black and Grey Tattoo idea

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Egyptian black and grey tattoo idea. Traditional pencil drawing, Egyptian Tattoo idea. Egyptian related art and tattoos is a style I’m loving to do at the moment. I like drawing to bring out new ideas, as we see a lot of Egyptian Tattoos duplicated from google images, then a lot of clients end up with the same tattoo.

The Power of existence- Digital Art

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The Power of Existence, realism digital art in colour. Painting realism is a joy to me, digital art allows me to throw realism ideas in colour out a lot quicker than painting traditionally. I had this idea of translating the idea of death and rebirth in a digital paint. All humans will go through an ego death experience while they live, we all must go throughout that lesson, which it will teach us a better and more balanced ego, it’s a place in between, where you believe in yourself, you know your worth, therefore , you don’t need to believe you are better than anybody else. If we are not humble, life will humble us eventually. So it’s good to have a good ego balance, and getting to that place takes years of living, and the more capable you are, the more life will squeeze you to make you learn. So it’s not in vain that we go throughout difficult times. Everything will pass by.

A blast from the past, black and grey realism

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This Tattoo was made a few years ago, in my last studio, i was looking through my camera roll and i found it. Black and Grey Realism portrait, i also love colour realism, however, black and grey is very relaxing. I draw realism in my free time in order to understand how shadow falls in a subject.

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