Color Realism

A Color realism tattoo is a lifelike design that uses a range of colors, shading, and highlights to create a striking three-dimensional effect. The goal is to capture the intricate details of a real-life object, image, or photograph with precision. Achieving this requires a tattoo artist to have a deep understanding of the fundamentals of drawing and painting, including perspective, light, shadow, and form. The artist must also possess a keen eye for detail and the ability to replicate real-world textures onto skin. Key characteristics of color realism tattoos include the use of rich, accurate colors to add depth and vibrancy, as well as complex shading techniques to enhance the realistic feel.

Color realism, for me, is one of the things that bring me a lot of joy to do! Since we work with different colors to create depth and details, it becomes something similar to rocket science (at least it feels like that at first!). It just tickles my brain, and my clients enjoy me geeking out on techniques and how I approach color. As it is a more complicated style of tattooing, I do take my time on these projects, so this is one of the styles I do at a slightly lower rate. This is determined by how small or large the tattoo is and how much detail is in the piece. If you would like to learn more, feel free to book a free consultation and we can discuss your next tattoo!