Inkredible.
Blackout tattoos involve tattooing large areas of the body in ~solid~ black ink.
"It takes a lot of patience and technical skills to pack solid black," Chester Lee, a 29-year-old tattoo artist at Oracle Tattoo in Singapore, told BuzzFeed. The scalloped chest piece above took Lee roughly 20 hours to complete.
oddtattooer; Oracle Tattoo / Via instagram.com
The look is inspired by neo-tribal tattoos, which evolved from ancient sacred tribal markings, according to Lee.
Over time, a lot of these tattoos borrow from the past to create new, trendier styles, Lee explained.
oddtattooer; Oracle Tattoo / Via instagram.com
"People usually get blackout tattoos as cover-ups," Lee said.
Look at that transformation.
Alex Santaloci; Tattoo Bill's / Via instagram.com
If you want to cover up some tattoos and not others, you can just add blackout ink around your fave piece.
Look at those flowers basking in a ray of light.
Terry James / Via instagram.com
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