TATTOO STYLES
F I N E A R T . F I N E L I N E . S M O O T H . R E A L I S M . M I C R O R E A L I S M . J A P A N E S E
Fine Art
"Fine Art" is a combination of realism and fine line with a heavy influence from the painting style baroque. With this style, we use the contours and curves of your body to create a composition with the subject and background that compliments your body. This may be done in color or black and grey.
If you are looking for something very unique that compliments your body, this is your style.Fine Line
"Fine Line" is becoming more and more popular. The usual subjects for this style are flowers, foliage, and animals. With this style, if you have more space available it is better. Because the composition of these pieces are primarily based off of the perons' natural body lines. If you try to fit too much in a space, it will just look cluttered. So having a bigger area available is always better as you are able to compliment your body lines better and more continously.
If you are looking for a delicate femanine tattoo that accentuates your body. This is the style for you.Smooth
"Smooth" is as style that many people see as realistic. Although, in my case, there is a big difference and that being the amount of details and the contrast. In "smooth" I like to heighten the contrast (whereas in realism, I barely edit the contrast of a picture). In this style, for florals, it is a combination of fine line composition and realism. Where the flowers are easily distinguishable, but instead of a just a realistic picture of it, I'll give it a little of a stylized push to create a nice flow of movement. If you like realism, but don't necessarily want all the details or want a fine line tattoo but really like the way realistic tattoos look, this is the style for you.Realism
"Realism" is simply making the tattoo look as it is seen in real life. This is a timeless style, that won't ever go out of date. Although, the goal is to get it exactly as it is in real life or a picture, adjustments usually do have to be made so that it may translate better into a tattoo. Such as contrast, light source, and using weighted lines to create certain effects to help the tattoo keep it's shape over time.
If you are looking to memorialize someone/something or looking for a timeless detailed piece, then this is your style.Microrealism
"Microrealism" is realism that is done within a small area. Microrealism tattoos can be as small as 1"x1" to 6"x4". Although the tattooed area is small, these tattoos take just as much or sometimes more time than a regular realism piece. Because precision is of utmost important and being able to find a good balance of simplying yet keeping a lot of detail within the piece, it just takes time. Microrealism pieces are one of the easist pieces to make look bad, but done well it is an amazing piece you can enjoy on your body for the rest of your life.
If you are looking for a small but detailed piece you want to enjoy looking at and admiring all the details, this is the style for you.Japanese
"Japanese" or rather japanese influenced. Because the style I like to do japanese is a combination of realism, smooth, and japanese traditional. I like to take the traditional japanese composition and elements while putting a realistic twist to it. Therefore, I'll use different weights of line or no lines for certain parts as well as I'll smooth out the subjects shading. Which just means I'll put less details compared to a realistic piece but it'll still have a realistic feel. Also, I'll modify at times windbars so that they have ornamental patterns within them, giving a one of a kind look to the tattoo. And because of these alterations in the japanese style, I am able to modify anything into a japanese tattoo rather than sticking to the normal japanese subjects such as dragons, hannya masks, darumas, etc... If you are looking for a piece that is bold yet intricate and very eye catching, this is the style for you.