Colour realism Eye Tattoo
Colour realism is one of my favourite style to tattoo. I love the realism look on tattoos. Realism is a new style that is still evolving, and the biggest challenge in a tattoo artist doing a realism tattoo is longevity, you have to really pay attention on contrast, however, at the same time you can not let the contrast take away the realism. That’s a concept that has made me think and re-think about realism a lot.
In realism, you do need your soft areas, and those soft and subtle areas are the areas where longevity comes to be considered. In Oder for the tattoo to last you need contrast. So even in those soft areas, I try to bring what I call a soft contrast in order to make the tattoo last as much as possible.
So I have been tattooing Perry for a while, I previously tattooed his head, we worked on a Chicano full head tattoo. However this time, he asked me for a realistic eye tattoo on his arm pit. I had previously tattooed an armpit in Leeds before, the first time I tattooed an armpit pit was a rose. I was quiet nervous to do it, as I had never tattooed an armpit pit before, however I worried for no reason, as soon as I started, I was happy as the ink went in the skin really easy, so I enjoyed my first experience tattooing an arm pit.
So approaching the second arm pit tattoo, I was more confident knowing the skin is quite soft, therefore easing the tattooing process.
The Tattoo was done in one session, however, as soon as we were finished I booked a touch up session straight way, specially being under the arm pit, the client sweats and you never know how it’s going to heal.
During the process we had fun, as my client was ticklish, so we were laughing a lot in the process. He managed to keep still in the process.
Taking brakes is really important when getting tattooed, specially in awkward areas of the body, and allowing your client to move around while they get tattooed, it can really help.
Thanks for reading my blog, if you would like to discuss your tattoo, please contact me on what’s app on 07803875713, I’m happy to help.
