Tattoo Styles

Black & Grey

The black and grey tattoo style is one of the most common. You can do any other style of tattoo in the black and grey tattoo style. This style focuses on shading to make tattoos look great. And, is what some call the OG of tattoo styles

Portraits

Portrait tattoos can be of famous people or just someone you love. They are very realistic looking and take a highly skilled tattoo artist to create. Portrait tattoos can be done in color or black and grey, and can range from simple to very complex.

Realism

The images in realistic tattoos look exactly like they would in real life. You are essentially recreating a photo on the skin.

Coverups

A cover-up tattoo is a new design that is inked over an existing tattoo. The old tattoo can be either hidden or incorporated into the new artwork.

Urban

Design elements inspired by urban trends. This style also encompasses styles commonly referred to as gang, jailhouse, and street. 

Traditional &

Old School

Bold lines and a limited color palette. Traditional tattoos are also called old school, American Traditional, classic tattoo style, or even sailor tattoos.

Fine Line

Fine line tattoos have a very delicate look are very aesthetically pleasing for a tattoo style. This style has seen a surge in popularity from those who are looking to get their first tattoos because they are easier to hide. 

Cybersigilism & Tribal

Cybersigilism uses thin lines, sharp angles, and usually black ink, to create intricate patterns that resemble a mix of circuitry and organic forms. tribal designs pull on that past for inspiration, they’re now more characterized by large areas of black and sweeping elaborate lines and patterns that flow with the body’s muscles.

Watercolor

Watercolor tattoo designs are meant to have the same opaque look as watercolor paint on paper. These tattoos tend to have soft-looking edges and plenty of color (often pastels).

Lettering

There are as many tattoo lettering styles as there are fonts on a computer, so tattoo artists have a lot of freedom when it comes to creating custom pieces for their clients. 

Trash Polka

Using primarily large blocks of red and black ink, Trash Polka usually incorporates design elements that vary from surreal and abstract to geometric and traditional. Paintbrush strokes and large bold designs are often seen in these tattoos. 

Anime

The Anime Tattoo Style is very popular. As the name suggests, the Anime tattoo style is inspired by Anime movies, shows, and comics. Many artists also tattoo common things in the anime style.

Micro

Small tattoo style, are tattoos that are small. They can be done using other tattoo styles, and can be color or black and grey like the tattoo below. Small tattoos are becoming quite popular as a first tattoo, and as a way to fill in the extra space for those with a lot of tattoos.

Sketch

Sketch tattoo are usually black like a pencil. But, they can also be done in color (see image below) like a colored pencil. The Sketch Tattoo Style is a great tattoo style choice for almost any tattoo subject, and gives a not too clean, very authentic look to any type of tattoo. 

Japanese

Japanese tattoos tend to be big, bright, and focused on cultural symbols.

Geometric

Modern geometric tattoos take any design and breaks it down into basic geometric shapes. A tattoo artist then uses shading to show how the light bounces off each plane of the geometric shape.

Cartoon

The cartoon tattoo style is done in the style of your favorite classic Saturday morning cartoons. These tattoos looks very cool, and can be actual cartoon characters or just anything reimagined in the cartoon tattoo style.

Freestyle

No stencil! The artist utilizes multiple permanent colored markers to draw the design on the skin. While the client is free to check out the marker tattoo, this is what the final piece will look like.