Hard to believe it’s been 14 years since Biggie was killed. His music still lives on, and as long as someone can make money off his memory, there will still be “new” songs published. He’ll also live on in this portrait that Kevin Gordon from Inkaholics in Monroe, NC did on JosephGutshall’s foot.
Not surprisingly you can find this and other portraits that Kevin has done in the portrait tattoo gallery.
Today we’re going to be taking a look at the works of Michael Kozlenko, one of the many talented artists from Kipod Tattoo and Piercing in Tel Aviv. We’ve featured works from Michael before, as well as other artists from Kipod. Over the course of today you’ll be able to see a small preview of some of the many works that can be found in the Kipod Tattoo Portfolio.
In this, the third of four posts, were going back to a portrait tattoo. While the subject of the last portrait was somewhat traditional, this one is a bit more modern.
Looking up at the top right corner of the photo you can make out what appears to be a revolver sticking into the girl’s head. This could mean this piece is just the start of a much larger one.
Today we’re going to be taking a look at the works of Michael Kozlenko, one of the many talented artists from Kipod Tattoo and Piercing in Tel Aviv. We’ve featured works from Michael before, as well as other artists from Kipod. Over the course of today you’ll be able to see a small preview of some of the many works that can be found in the Kipod Tattoo Portfolio. You’ll also see why Jen and I both race to post these photos first. I can’t count the number of times she’s told me her intention to fly to Israel just to be tattooed there.
To kick things off, we’ll start with a color portrait.
The soft purple shading on the face really brings out her features, and makes this appear to be a watercolor painting as opposed to a tattoo.
This memorial portrait by Luca Natalini from Transcend Tattoo in Branford, CT is of a woman’s mother when she was a child.
Portrait tattoos can be hit or miss, and this one is definitely a hit.
Teddy Roosevelt is known for a lot of things, being the first American to win a Nobel prize, getting the Panama canal finished, establishing the first national parks, and having his face carved into a mountain. Well, he can now add having his face etched into skin thanks to Andy Johnson from Cap City Tattoo in Columbus, Ohio.
Working around the moles that are on the skin, Andy pulled off an almost charcoal-esque portrait. You can check out more portraits in the portrait tattoo gallery, or if political tattoos are more your thing, then head over to the political and patriotic tattoo gallery.
This angry looking Hellboy was done on Bill Devenny, as part of a leg sleeve full of movie portraits. Bill’s leg is being created by Keith Nellins from Nautica Tattoo in Carrickfergus, NI.
Keith’s portraits are consistently great and cover a wide range of subjects. Check out the portrait tattoo gallery to see more of his works.
While it’s true that there are often a lot of tattoos inspired by Salvador Dali’s art, there are also a good deal of portraits of Dali floating around out there. With a mustache as distinctive of his art, it’s no wonder he makes for such a good portrait.
This colourful portrait of Dali was done by Keith Nellins from Nautica Tattoo in Carrickfergus, N. Ireland. Keith’s been sending in a lot of his works lately, so it’s worth a trip over to the portrait gallery to check out some of the other works he’s done.
Deep thoughts. With Mr.T.
Portrait by Keith Nellins, from Nautica Tattoo Studio in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Last week we got a look an an octopus tattoo by Ania from Szery Tattoo in Warsaw, Poland. Well this week we’ve got another artist from the same shop, Aldona. The two tattoos below are just a small sample of the works that have been submitted by her recently, and each and every one is just as impressive.
The first is an abstract piece that incorporates a large birthmark on the owner’s arm.
The second is a piece that pays tribute to Salvador Dali.
Be sure to check out all the tattoo galleries for more examples of Aldona’s work.
The monochromatic image of Che Guevara created by Jim Fitzpatrick is one of the most recognizable portraits in the world. However, that portrait was not the only image of Che and it is refreshing to see a portrait tattoo of him that doesn’t use the “standard” image. Zoran from Tattoo Hard Core in Serbia added this image of Che to the political and patriotic tattoo gallery. He made the interesting decision to use yellow and black as opposed to greyscale to craft the image, giving the tattoo the feel of a faded photograph.
