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Colour realism

Colour realism built to stay bright: saturated where it needs to be, soft where skin tones and water meet. Every colour piece is planned for how it will look healed, not just on the day.

Colour realism · back

Colour realism · sleeve

Colour realism · chest

Colour realism · sleeve

Colour realism · forearm

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Colour dragon leg sleeve

A rare full-colour piece: a dragon breathing fire down the leg, for a client who travelled down from Queensland to start it.

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About colour realism tattoos

Good colour realism is planned for the healed result. Colours are layered and saturated so they settle evenly, and skin tones, water and highlights are balanced so the piece still reads clearly years later. Bring references for the colours you love, and Dylan will design around your skin tone and placement. [Dylan: add your colour approach in a sentence.]

More from the portfolio

Great whites, old fishermen, tall ships and the creatures of the deep.

Lions, jaguars, bears, owls and Australian natives in black and grey realism.

Breaking waves, palms, beaches at first light and faces in the water.

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