Lee Stewart mimics the graceful, flowing lines of a brushstroke in her minimalist body art. Riding a fine line between tattoos and Japanese sumi-ink paintings, she conveys elegant, sweeping marks in seemingly one motion. At times, this abstract imagery celebrates a love of painting, while in other instances, the powerful strokes define animals, birds, and […]
Category: Abstract
Distorted Portraits in a Dreamlike State by Henrik Uldalen
Self-taught artist Henrik Uldalen puts a contemporary spin on 19th century figurative painting. Combining realistic styling with distortion, portraits of people are wiped away and obscured, as if Uldalen is trying to erase their memory. He’s interested in the dark side of life, exploring themes of nihilism, existentialism, and loneliness, juxtaposed with subjects’ vulnerable beauty. […]
Abstract Tattoos That Meander the Body by Chisato Chavo
Chisato Chavo creates abstract drawings on skin. The Japanese tattooer sketches minimalist scenes that meander across the body, with tiny characters and geometric shapes forming incomplete yet intriguing composition. Chavo is inspired by a myriad of artistic movements—Cubism and Dadaism make an appearance—as well as cartoons and comics. The subtle details are what makes Chavo’s […]
Mind-Bending Body Art: Interview with Tattoo Artist Łukasz Sokołowski
It’s as if the Polish-based creative Łukasz Sokołowski was destined to be a tattoo artist. He started his career not once, but twice: first as an inexperienced teenager that created some bad ink. After a long break, he returned to the field ready to try again. The second time Sokołowski started to tattoo, it stuck—he’s […]
10 Expert Biomechanical Tattoo Artists
In the late 70s, Ridley Scott collaborated with Swiss artist H.R. Giger to design the creatures in his internationally acclaimed sci-fi horror film, “Alien.” Giger’s art became so popular that it inspired generations of artists, and impacted a surrealistic style of tattoo art. Fusing machines with living organisms, biomechanical tattoos have developed over the decades, […]
Free-Flowing Abstract Tattoos by Sanne Vaghi
Many new school tattooers have academic degrees in fine arts, and that is the case with Dutch artist Sanne Vaghi who upon graduating became a tattoo apprentice and now works professionally at Zoes Zirkus in Berlin, Germany. Known for her abstract art style of nature-based themes, Vaghi admits being fascinated with “the feeling of transience […]
Striking Geometric Blackwork by Tomas Tomas
Often tattooing full sleeves and body suits, Tomas Tomas’ neo-tribal art is for clients who know precisely what they want. Those looking for low-contrast white tattoos can visit this page, because Tomas is all about bold blackwork that combines abstract geometric patterns sometimes with op art. A few of his designs include motion illusion effects, […]
Eyes of the Swan: Illustrations by Andrea Wan
Andrea Wan is an illustrator and visual artist. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, she is now based in one of Europe’s best cities for young artists: Berlin. Forming part of her “Fleeting Seasons” project, the images published on these pages adhere to her whimsical style rooted in folklore and surrealist imagery. They […]
5 Amazing Op Artists
Known throughout the world by its shorthand form, Op Art, Optical Art is an art movement which has its roots in older art periods during the 20th century, including Cubism and Dada. It flourished in the 1960s with wonderful artists like Bridget Riley and Jesús Rafael Soto who put their own unique stamp on the practise. They […]
Swirly Fun Animated GIFs by Ni Fong
If you look attentively at Ni Fong’s zoetrope-style animated GIFs, you can see technicality in it. It isn’t just skulls and butterflies dancing around randomly, each shape connects with the other and other—metamorphosing like an insect life cycle. It is incredibly made by this Brussels-based illustrator who also animated and directed this music video for […]