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Color tattoos

Two flavors of color live here: painterly realism with no hard outlines, and bold, outlined neo-traditional and new school that hits from across the room.

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Color realism Day of the Dead portrait: a sugar skull face under a hat of pink roses, on the forearm.
Day of the Dead portrait, full color, by Tommy Solace

Tommy Solace does vivid color realism and illustrative pieces, from a full color sci-fi back piece to pet portraits and surreal horror. Sarah Jane Zow goes neo-traditional and new school: thick outlines, saturated color and a lot of character, from flowers and portraits to monsters and jukeboxes.

Which color is yours

  • Color realism looks like a painting, soft blends, no heavy outline. Book Tommy.
  • Neo-traditional keeps bold outlines with richer color and detail than old-school traditional. Book Sarah Jane.
  • New school is cartoonish and exaggerated, bright and big. Book Sarah Jane.
Portfolio

Color

30 pieces, each credited to whoever tattooed it.

Color realism blue water lily on rippling water, on the shoulder blade, tattooed over an old butterfly.
Blue water lily cover-up, by Tommy Solace
Color neo-traditional beaver wearing a crown of crystals and pearls and holding leaves, on the calf.
Crowned beaver, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color realism Day of the Dead portrait: a sugar skull face under a hat of pink roses, on the forearm.
Day of the Dead portrait, full color, by Tommy Solace
Color hand piece of rows of green eyes on blue scales around a golden triforce, tattooed over an old triangle and lettering.
Eyes and triforce hand cover-up, by Tommy Solace
Color new school Frankenstein's monster as a big-eyed trick-or-treater with a jack-o'-lantern bucket, on the forearm.
Frankenstein trick-or-treater, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color masks of Ghostface, Jason Voorhees and the Jigsaw puppet in a row on the calf.
Ghostface, Jason and Jigsaw, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color realism gray cat with jade eyes among white flowers and leaves, on the shoulder.
Gray cat portrait in color, by Tommy Solace
Color chest piece of a roaring black panther in blue clouds with memorial dates and angel wings, tattooed over old lettering.
Panther in the clouds, chest cover-up, by Tommy Solace
Black and grey sea god with a scallop shell crown, octopus suckers in his beard and scales on his cheek, on the inner arm.
Sea god portrait in black and grey, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color forearm piece of a winged Star of Life and serpent staff wrapped in orange flames.
Star of Life in flames, full color, by Tommy Solace
Color realism White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland holding a pocket watch above orange and violet pansies, on the upper arm.
White Rabbit and pansies, full color, by Tommy Solace
Color horror forearm of a fungus-headed zombie reaching out with a rotting hand.
Fungus zombie forearm, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color neo-traditional pinup in a Leatherface mask holding a chainsaw, inside a patchwork of small tattoos.
Leatherface pinup, by Sarah Jane Zow
Full color back piece of a sci-fi battle: an armored walker firing on the left, troopers under a giant moon in the center and jungle on the right.
Sci-fi battle back piece in full color, by Tommy Solace
Color neo-traditional skull with a moth, purple and blue flowers and green leaves, on the thigh.
Skull, moth and flowers, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color realism demon with glowing red eyes covering its mouth with its hands, under a burning gothic church, with a rosary hanging below.
Burning church and red-eyed demon, by Tommy Solace
Two skulls merged into one heart in red and purple, on the back of the leg.
Double skull heart in color, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color realism French bulldog under a rainbow on the upper arm.
French bulldog under a rainbow, in color, by Tommy Solace
Color illustrative green alien with huge glossy eyes against a starry purple background, on the forearm.
Green alien in color, by Tommy Solace
Grid of nine color horror tattoos, including a doll, a masked killer, a puppet on a tricycle and a slime ghost.
Horror tattoo collection, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color horror half sleeve with Leatherface above a Ghostface mask on the upper arm.
Leatherface and Ghostface, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color new school Martian with a giant exposed brain and an Ack Ack banner, above a green creature's head, on the leg.
Martian and creature, new school color, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color realism Michael Myers on the forearm, above more horror villains.
Michael Myers forearm piece, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color new school jukebox with glowing tubes on the shoulder.
New school jukebox, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color neo-traditional orange rose with green leaves on the arm.
Orange rose, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color horror piece of Pennywise the clown with a red balloon above a child in a yellow raincoat, on the forearm.
Pennywise and the red balloon, in color, by Tommy Solace
Color neo-traditional red peonies and leaves on the shoulder.
Red peonies, neo-traditional color, by Sarah Jane Zow
Color neo-traditional snake coiled through red poppies over an ornamental lace border, on the sternum.
Snake and poppies sternum piece, by Sarah Jane Zow
Realistic tiger head on the shoulder, tattooed as a cover-up over an older piece.
Tiger cover-up, by Tommy Solace
Color illustrative woman's face framed by calla lilies and green leaves.
Woman with calla lilies in color, by Tommy Solace
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Questions

Does color cost more than black and grey?

Each artist sets their own prices. Tommy charges by the hour, so time sets the price, not the palette. Ask your artist.

Can you add color to an old black and grey piece?

Sometimes. Send a clear photo of it with your request and the artist will tell you what's possible.

Other styles

Got an idea that won't leave you alone?

Pick your artist and send it over. Questions first? Email artsolstudios@gmail.com or DM @artandsolstudio.

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