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October 1, 2020

This Tattoo Artist’s Designs Look Like Pop Culture Patches Stitched on Skin

Tattooist Min Zumi permanently places patches on his clients' skin. They aren’t real fabric badges, of course, but they look so authentic that his work will make you do a double-take. Zumi incorporates drop shadows and tiny lines that mimic the look of stitching, and he lends his style to a variety of pop culture-inspired subjects.

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June 21, 2020

Delicately Inked Tattoos Looks Like Enchanting Tales About Nature’s Bountiful Beauty

Tattooist Pony Reinhardt creates body art that views nature through the lens of the mystical.

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June 4, 2020

Cheeky Pop Culture Tattoos Combine Beloved Fandoms With Fine Art

Pop culture can play a meaningful role in our lives, so it’s only natural that people want to remember them...

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May 25, 2020

Surreal Fine-Lined Tattoos Inspired by Scientific and Strange Subjects

Tattooist Michele Volpi creates surreal body art crafted from finely inked details. Devoid of color, his delicate drawing style is the focal point of his work. His technique of choice is called dotwork, in which tiny dots comprise the images. Paired with thin lines, he depicts famous works of art, vintage-inspired diagrams, and the insides of the human body.

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May 20, 2020

“Hole in the Head” Tattoo Transforms Man’s Head Into a Mind-Bending Optical Illusion

Tattooist Matt Pehrson has transformed his client’s head into a mind-bending optical illusion.

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May 15, 2020

Optical Illusion Tattoos Imagine Fine-Lined Designs in Dizzying Double Vision

Tattooist Yatzil Elizalde will have you seeing double, triple, or even quadruple thanks to her dizzying body art.

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March 10, 2020

Rectangular Tattoos Reveal a Sliver of Scenes Like Peeking Through a Crack in a Door

While many colorful tattoos sprawl across the skin, the work of South Korean tattooist EQ is contained in a small rectangle. Calling this approach his Frame, there are entire stories told in the long, thin format. But because of their size, only a sliver of the entire composition is revealed—evoking the feeling that we’re viewing these scenes through a crack in a door. The inspiration for EQ’s Frames run the gamut.

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March 5, 2020

Mexican Tattooist “Stitches” Colorful Floral Tattoos Inspired by Her Culture

The embroidery tattoo trend has people from across the world rocking faux stitches on their skin.

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February 8, 2020

Whimsical Tattoos Look Like They’re Straight Out of a Children’s Storybook

Having always experimented with artistic materials since he was a child, Istanbul-based artist Ayhan Karadağ has finally found his calling—tattooing.

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January 29, 2020

Split Symmetrical Animal Tattoos Are Amazingly Inked on Separate Limbs

Berlin-based tattoo artist Valentin Hirsch strikes the perfect balance between the chaos of nature and the structure of geometry in his symmetrical tattoos. Meticulously rendered dot by dot in black ink, Hirsch adorns his clients’ bodies with intricate portraits of animals, human skulls, and other elements of nature.

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