PORTRAIT TATTOO IDEAS THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!

Realistic tattoos are a tattoo style that doesn’t have a specific history compared to others, this type of tattoo indicates the idea of the tattoo artist that is to emulate an image already created in a way that looks real. One example of realistic tattoos is portrait tattoos, so if you want to know the best ideas of these types, keep reading!

Method and process of Portrait Tattoos

The interesting thing about realism is the process that is usually used during its development. When an artist wishes to apply this style he must work on a photographic image, this will give him the basis to reproduce it on the skin, the result depends on the quality of the photograph, of course!

In the same way, when the artist manages to copy the image on the skin, it’s called a portrait, this term isn’t applied only to faces but also to objects! You can also mix two photographs (one on top of the other), creating a tattoo called photo composition or double exposure.

To make a tattoo, what you must do first is wash and wax the area where you are going to tattoo, continuing with the tracing of the image, which consists of a review of the lines of the image on the hectograph paper; to make the shadows it’s done with broken lines that help to identify where they go and the size they are.

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Secrets of Portrait Tattoos

• It requires many hours of work, despite being slow, the result is incredible.
• The color in this style gives more life to the tattoo.
• To obtain a good result, the image must have a good quality, because when tattooing details are lost, the details of the image are proportional to the final result of the tattoo.
• The realistic and portrait tattoo retracts life as it’s nature. 

The Best Portrait Tattoos!

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