BLACK AND GREY TATTOO, WHEN A SINGLE COLOUR IS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING INCREDIBLE RESULTS
The black and grey tattoo, also known as a black and white tattoo, is a tattoo created solely from black ink.
You may be wondering how it is possible to achieve designs that say so much with just one colour. Black and grey tattoo artists dilute the black ink with water to create a greyscale that is used to create the shading and volumes that bring life and light to the design.
Sometimes, the tattooist decides to include an accent of white in the piece to add a few extra points of light, adding extra dimension.
In addition, in black and grey tattoos, a single needle is used for the entire composition, so the calibre of the needle for the design will be the same for the entire image.
The keys for this style to achieve the desired impact are the mastery of chiaroscuro that leads to the contrast to which we aspire and the control of the gradient technique to give the design movement and dimension.
HOW THE BLACK AND GREY TATTOO CAME TO BE
The black and grey tattoo appeared in American prisons between the seventies and eighties. Prisoners managed to use instruments such as guitar strings as needles and the ink with which they wrote, or even ash, to reflect images on their skin.
In order to create different shades of grey, they mixed the ink with water. This is how the black and grey tattoo was born, which has evolved to the present day, perfecting the technique used in prison tattoos in the past but maintaining its essence.
BLACK AND GREY STYLE TATTOO ARTISTS IN MADRID
You may think that, as it is a tattoo in which only black is used, it does not require such a refined technique as other styles or techniques, but nothing could be further from the truth.
The fact of using exclusively black ink requires an expert tattooist in black and grey tattoo in Madrid, because if this technique is not mastered and, therefore, the shapes are not well defined, the shades of grey are not the right ones or the dark and light areas are not clearly delimited, the tattoo could end up looking like a blur.
Ideally, you should get a black and white tattoo from a tattoo artist who is experienced in this style of tattooing and whose work you have seen before.
That’s why at “Karbon Tattoon Gallery” we want you to get to know the designs of our black and grey tattoo artists, because a picture is worth a thousand words.
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