1. Amanda Wachob in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Amanda Wachob does the impossible with tattoo ink — her pieces look so impeccably close to real paintings.
2. Chaim Machlev in Berlin, Germany
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.
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
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.
Working out of his own Love Hawk studios, David’s ornamental artwork is tinged with a folk-art spirit.
.6. Kenji Alucky from Hokkaido, Japan
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
Marcin uses incredibly vibrant inks to achieve his brand of highly vivid surrealist tattoos.
8. Madame Chän in Berlin, Germany
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
Mariusz has a flair for shading and creating incredibly vibrant tattoos that are practically neon.
10. Ondrash in Znojmo, Czech Republic
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
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
Peter is incredibly skilled at creating many visual art styles, be it watercolor, cubism, or precisely shaded pencil drawings.
13. Xoïl in Paris, France
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.
