The 13 Coolest Tattoo Artists In The World

1. Amanda Wachob in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Amanda Wachob does the impossible with tattoo ink — her pieces look so impeccably close to real paintings.

2. Chaim Machlev in Berlin, Germany

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Known in the tattoo world as Dots to Lines, Chaim Machlev creates stark black-ink geometric tattoos that are both intricate and pristine.

3. Alice Carrier in Portland, Ore.

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If you want the sort of nature tattoo that looks straight out of a weather-worn vintage textbook, you might want to consider a trip to Portland to see Alice.

4. Ien Levin in Kiev, Ukraine

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Ien works solely in black ink. His extremely intricate drawing style has a macabre yet whimsical feel.

See a large gallery of his work over at this Pinterest board.

5. David Hale in Athens, Ga.

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Working out of his own Love Hawk studios, David’s ornamental artwork is tinged with a folk-art spirit.

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6. Kenji Alucky from Hokkaido, Japan

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Kenji is known for a dotting technique called stippling. His tattoos employ geometric and tribal motifs, and beg to be inspected up close.

7. Marcin Aleksander Surowiec in Warsaw, Poland

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Marcin uses incredibly vibrant inks to achieve his brand of highly vivid surrealist tattoos.

8. Madame Chän in Berlin, Germany

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Madame Chän does a few different styles, but my favorite ones are the dreamy, chimerical tattoos she specializes in.

9. Mariusz Trubisz in Wroclaw, Poland

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Mariusz has a flair for shading and creating incredibly vibrant tattoos that are practically neon.

10. Ondrash in Znojmo, Czech Republic

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Ondrash is practically becoming a household name due to the raging popularity of the watercolor tattoos he specializes in.

11. Sasha Unisex in St. Petersburg, Russia

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Sasha’s tattoos are like vibrant prisms with unexpected colors that shine through. The lack of outlines and brilliant shading effects lend her artwork an opulent softness.

12. Peter Aurisch in Berlin, Germany

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Peter is incredibly skilled at creating many visual art styles, be it watercolor, cubism, or precisely shaded pencil drawings.

13. Xoïl in Paris, France

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French tattoo artist Loïc Lavenu, also known by the nickname Xoïl, has a very distinctive Photoshop collage aesthetic. The results are always surreal, sprawling, and highly experimental.