Every style, explained.
Origins, famous artists, pricing, and when not to pick it.
American Traditional
Bold lines, solid color, zero compromise. The style that won't quit.
Black & Grey
Diluted black, full rendering, no color. Photographic without the pigment risk.
Blackwork
Pure black ink, maximum impact. The style that ages best.
Chicano
East LA lowrider art, cursive script, roses, and religious imagery. Born in prisons, now in museums.
Fine Line
Single-needle precision. Delicate now, blurry later — unless the artist is good.
Geometric
Sacred geometry, mandalas, and mathematical precision.
Japanese (Irezumi)
Dragons, koi, waves, and windbars. The style that built modern tattooing.
Micro / Minimalist
Tiny. Cute. Statistically the most regretted style in tattooing.
Neo-Traditional
Traditional backbone, modern palette, more detail.
Realism
Portraits and photographs, pushed into skin.
Tribal
The oldest style in tattooing. Not the Y2K armband, the real thing.
Watercolor
Painterly splashes of color. Beautiful — and the style that ages worst.