The Natural World Illustrated on Skin by Hannah Willison

bird tattoo on thigh

Living the life of a vegan, Hannah Willison confesses she is “intrigued by our interconnection with animals & nature” and enjoys exploring themes associated with human and non-human animal consciousness. A few of her tattoos include a spiritual vegan cow and one that is “Not 4 Sale.” The animals are illustrated to resemble black pen drawings with background color blocks of blue, green, orange, and red—a graphic style that was initially inspired by Xoil, and one that Willison has developed to becoming her own. Her graphic influences have not only come from other tattoo artists, she comments, “I like to find inspiration from outside the tattoo industry. I love looking through vintage illustrations & natural history books.”

bird tattoo, illustration style

black and green nature tattoo

whale tattoo with geometric shapes

leg tattoos

bird and dog, cityscape tattoo

insect tattoo

the artist hannah willison working on a tattoo flash

All images courtesy and © of Hannah Willison.