Photo Realism Tattoos

The genre of tattooing that is widely held to be the most excruciatingly difficult to do well, photo realism is almost always done best in black and grey, and it’s highly recommended that if you desire a photo realistic piece of ink for your body that you go to an artist who’s known for their skills with it! Effective creation of an image on skin that looks three dimensional and realistic is done with pain-staking method and attention to detail. A good tattoo artist will do photo-realism with little to no solid line, instead focusing on minute gradations of detail: they’ll zone in on shade, hatching lines, texturing and light and shadow play. Bad photo-realism is a nightmare, the stuff of trashy “worst tattoo ever” stub articles to be found scattered across the Internet. The skin is a temperamental canvas, and a tattoo artist will need much more practise and training for this style than a standard art student, learning to render realism on paper. Photo Realism escapes classification for any symbolic meaning; obviously, as it’s most common employment is for portraiture, and a person who wants a portrait tattooed on their body will have reasons as unique as they are. There’s also a growing fan base for photo realistic animals, insects and paraphernalia of all kinds as more and more talented tattoo artists gain recognition and earn reputations for good work. The best names for photo-realism tattoos to look up include Paul Booth (obviously!) as well as Wendi Ramirez of Shaman Modifications, Texas, Mirek vel Stotker of Stotker Tattoo, London and Roberto Lopez of Suavecito Tattoo, Argentina.