Black and Grey Realism
Before tattooing, I spent years as a commercial photographer and colorist, painting in oils, and doing graffiti, amongst other things. Different disciplines, same problem — how light, tone, and composition make an image stand out and get the mind asking questions.
Photography and color grading trained my eye for tonal values black and grey realism depends on. Graffiti taught me scale and flow on surfaces that don't sit flat. Oil painting gave me form and depth. Deep Photoshop fluency means I can show you exactly how a piece will sit on your body — next to existing work, at the angles people actually see it from — before the needle touches skin.
I'd rather give you three options you didn't know existed than the one obvious answer. My clients will tell you the same.
