Tattoo Style Guides
Comprehensive guides about tattoo styles, origins and history
Style Guide: Biomechanical & Bioorganic Tattoos
Everything about Biomechanical and Bioorganic tattoos, which combine nature, science fiction, and realism to depict what's beneath the skin.
Style Guide: Blackwork Tattoos
Everything about the origins and stylistic elements of Blackwork tattoos.
Style Guide: Dark Art & Horror Tattoos
This guide covers Dark Art and Horror tattoos, which depict supernatural or spooky imagery in black and gray.
Style Guide: Fine Line Tattoos
Learn more about this thin-as-thread style of linework currently on-trend in tattooing.
Style Guide: Handpoke or Stick-and-Poke Tattoos
Handpoke tattoos are a form of non-electric tattooing — that is to say, there's no tattoo machine used.
Style Guide: Ignorant Tattoos
Everything about the origins and stylistic elements of Ignorant tattoos.
Style Guide: Japanese Tattoos
In this article we explore stylistic elements and influences in the world of Japanese tattooing.
Style Guide: Neo-Traditional
Explore the history, influences, and artists within the Neo-Traditional tattooing style.
Style Guide: Ornamental Tattooing
This guide to Ornamental tattooing looks at a few of the most known styles within the genre.
Style Guide: Realism
In this guide we explore the history, techniques, and artists within Realism, Surrealism and Micro-Realism tattooing styles.
Style Guide: Traditional Tattoos
Explore the history, classic motifs and founding artists within the Traditional tattooing style.
Style Guide: Trash Polka
Discover the bold, Eastern European tattoo style known as Trash Polka, a chaotic collage of abstract and realistic elements in black and red ink.
Style Guide: Tribal Tattoos & Polynesian
In this article we explore the history, sub-styles and contemporary artists who are keeping the tribal tattoo tradition alive.
Style Guide: Watercolor Tattoos
In this article we explore the origins, techniques, and aging of pieces within the Watercolor tattoo style.
New School Tattoos: Origins, Styles, and Artists
In this article we explore the origins, styles and artists who work within the New School tattoo aesthetic.
Chicano Tattoos: Roots, Cultural References, and Artists
This guide to Chicano tattoos looks at the historical roots, cultural references, and artists who have mastered the craft as well.
Style Guide: Illustrative
In this article we explore the history, motifs and artists within the Illustrative tattooing style.