These nine Black tattoo artists are masterful around the concept of skin as canvas, demonstrating that brown skin and deeper complexions are not limitations, but rather opportunities.

A style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East Los Angeles' Chicano culture. It moved from penal institutions, to the barrios, to high-end tattoo shops around the world.

To help you on your search, here are 20 unique tattoo ideas for men or women with styles and designs from trendy to classic, because only you can decide which one is just right. 1.

Thinking of inking? In part one of our tattoo style guide, we broke down the difference between black and grey, biomechancial, tribal, and the popular Japanese styles. But what's the difference ...

Color Outside The Lines is an in-depth look at some of the world’s top Black tattoo artists. Vivid, personal, educational, and empowering, it also speaks to any dreamer.

A photo guide to 10 popular tattoo styles you need to know including watercolor, color realism, geometric, American traditional, and Japanese.

The 30-year-old Australian actress debuted a brand-new back tattoo — an extensive color chart reminiscent of the swatches found in the paint section of home improvement stores — on Instagram ...

Born and raised in Wilmington, DE, Eric Marcinizyn is a rising star in black and gray tattoo. Tattooing for just three and a half years, he mixes West Coast styles with East Coast reference point ...

I'm a tattoo artist that specializes in black-and-gray and color-realism designs. Don't expect the color to look exactly the same as in the reference photo, especially when healed. Consider ...

The style, once dismissed for being culturally appropriative and meathead-y, is back. By Joseph Bernstein Reporting from Ann Arbor, Mich. Sometimes, a customer walks into Name Brand Tattoo on ...

Big Joe Kaplan opened the original shop just outside of Mount Vernon in 1969, less than a decade after the New York City tattoo ban of 1961. Three of the artists are second- and third-generation ...