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Eight pieces.
Black and grey,
every one.

Fine line, stipple, greywash and solid black, on forearms, shoulders, ribs and above the knee. Each caption says what the technique is and where it sits.

Scale and placement get settled in the shop rather than over the phone. A design that works on paper often has to move before it works on an arm.

Pieces8

ColourNone in any of them

Rating5.0 from 697 reviews

Shop411 N Rangeline Rd, Carmel

Heavy etching-style blackwork figure tattooed along a forearm, photographed inside the shop against a red wall — **Etched blackwork** Forearm
A standing figure, shaded in dense short line rather than smooth grey.

Black and grey realism tattoo wrapping a forearm: a clock face with Roman numerals, exposed gears and an eye — **Greywash realism** Forearm
Clock face, Roman numerals, gears open behind the dial, one eye set into it. Tone throughout, almost no outline.

Black and grey rose tattooed along a forearm with stippled shading in the petals — **Rose, black and grey** Forearm
Stipple inside the petals, hard outline on the leaves. The stem runs the length of the arm, not across it.

Dotwork moth tattooed above the knee with a crescent moon above it and a fine trailing line below — **Dotwork moth** Above the knee
Wings built from dots rather than solid grey, eye patterns picked out in fine line. One thin line trails over the knee.

Black and grey desert scene stippled onto an upper arm: a mesa, a saguaro cactus, agave and open desert flowers — **Stipple landscape** Upper arm
A mesa, a saguaro, agave, two open desert flowers. The rock face is dotted top to bottom, with no solid grey in it.

Polynesian-style blackwork on a shoulder and upper arm: a thunderbird inside a toothed circular border above a stylised bull — **Polynesian-style blackwork** Shoulder and upper arm
A thunderbird inside a toothed border, a stylised bull under it. The banding follows the curve of the deltoid rather than cutting straight across. Skin is the second colour.

Black and grey snake winding through magnolia flowers on a shoulder, photographed in front of the shop's ink shelves — **Snake through magnolias** Shoulder and upper arm
A snake wound through open magnolias. Petals stippled soft, the snake held to a hard edge.

Fine-line script tattooed across the ribs: an Urdu line above an English cursive line — **Hairline script, two alphabets** Ribs
An Urdu line above English cursive. One hairline weight throughout, no thickening on the downstrokes.

Yours won’t be on this page.

Every piece here was drawn for one person. Call and describe what you are after. It gets drawn from scratch, with you, and changed until it is right.

Call (317) 669-2326 Hours & address

“the incredible work you see is what you will get.” Dr. Steel · Google review