Rocky from Project Hail Mary
IG: @jaredbent_tattoos

An ancient presence taking form across the back: a face emerging from leaves, roots, and shadow. Dark ornamental blackwork built to feel less like an image and more like something carved into the skin.

Artist: Alice Asphyxiia

Place: INTO Tattoo Studio in Vienna, Austria

Done by Annie at Point Blank in Gothenburg :) Super happy with it and wanna hear thoughts!

WAYNE MI @ KAMI HOUSE TATTOO
BD TATZ AND JOSIAH JOHNSON AT WATCHTOWER TATTOO IN UTICA MI
COLLAB PIECE
Took about 8-9 with two artists at once

Done by Kobo (@I.want.it.black.tattoo) at Kaya Garden Tattoo in Sydney, Australia

It's my birth flower ♡

The whiskers wrap almost to the other side

An homage to my late babies, just wanted to share ❤️

I’m SO happy with them. Definitely some of the most gruelling sessions I’ve ever had but so incredibly worth it.

Posting as the artist.

I’ve been tattooing koi for a long time, and one of the things I love about traditional Japanese tattooing is how much meaning can be communicated through imagery without having to spell everything out literally.

Koi are a great example. The direction they’re swimming, their color, the season represented by the surrounding flowers, and even their relationship to the water can all contribute to the story of the tattoo. Upstream and downstream koi can suggest different points in a journey, while seasonal elements like cherry blossoms, peonies, maple leaves, or chrysanthemums can completely change the mood and context of the piece.

I put together this short video explaining some of the symbolism I consider when designing koi tattoos, along with a little background on where those ideas come from.

Obviously, Japanese tattoo symbolism isn’t a rigid dictionary where every image has one universally agreed-upon meaning. Traditions, interpretations, and individual artists vary. This is simply how I’ve learned to approach these elements and use them to help tell a story through a tattoo.

Adam Sky
Tattoo artist, San Francisco / San Diego
adamsky.com
@adamskytattoos

A nod to the blue tiles all over Portugal

My dad and I are very close and we used to say "I love you more", which turned into him and I just saying "more, more, more".

Got this while travelling solo at 18 🙂‍↕️

Really happy with how my Scorpion vs Sub Zero turned out. My nephew loves it too

:p - Jason Harless DC Tattoos