Black and Grey Tattoos

Here you will find a small selection of the black and grey tattoos that I have done over the years. Contact us today to get booked in. Add to my portfolio or book the Studio for an upcoming event.

fineline — fineline
Fine line Tattooing available

Tiger Tattoo — Tiger Tattoo
This Tiger tattoo has been in the skin and healed for a while. Taken from artwork found by the customer it was quite a challenge and a lot of fun to do.

Filler Tattoo — Freehand Lotus Tattoo
This small freehand Lotus was a filler in a gap among the clients existing tattoos.

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
Inspiration comes in many forms

Swallow Tattoo — Swallow Tattoo
Neck Swallow

Freehand Pheonix Tattoo

Really enjoyed this tattoo, I grew up with comics and would very much like to tattoo more comic book art

Lotus

Black and Grey Tattoos — Black and Grey Tattoos
A small selection of my black and grey work

Planet — Planet Tattoo
Tricky one, any chain around the ankle is quite fiddly. Not the easiest tattoo I have done but very pleased with the result. some of the smaller ones are more hair raising than a sleeve.

Tribal Dragon

fathersday — Father and Son
I thought this was an exceptional idea for a tattoo, both father and son got the tattoo to make up the phrase "like father like son". Simple but very clever.

Cherub Tattoo — Cherub Tattoo
Or is it Cupid?

Lioness and flowers

Ace of Spades — Ace of Spades
The Ace of Spades on the back of the hand

Totem — Totem Tattoo
This totem tattoo is part of an ongoing sleeve based on the native American culture, plenty more to do on this one.

Winged Cross Tattoo — Winged Cross Tattoo
in black and grey

Black Work — Black Work
Black work tattoo nordic symbol

Koi

England — England Tattoo
Psycho Stuart Pearce, MBE, Football manager of the England under 21 team and Great Britain Olympic Football team at the 2012 Olympics. Hard as nails ex England player.

Skull — Skull
The sands of time wait for no man

Praying Hands

Polynesian Tattoo — Polynesian Tattoo
three quarter sleeve

Skull and Crossbones

Ankle Anchor

For a father and son

Barry Sheene — Barry Sheene
The one and only Barry Sheene my absolute hero as a child

Christ

Dragon Fly Tattoo — Dragon Fly Tattoo
More wildlife which is more of my favourite subject

Healed Angel

star — Tattooed stars
just a couple of stars, one fashion one nautical above each elbow straightforward to tattoo, placement is important.

Healed — Healed
Racing Car Sleeve

Spider Tattoo — Spider Tattoo
Solid Black spider logo tattoo

Anchor Tattoo — Anchor Tattoo
Realistic 3d anchor Tattoo on the shoulder

Roman Tattoo — Roman Tattoo
Roman Centurion Tattoo

Ganesha — Ganesha
Ganesha tattoo thought of as the remover of obstacles

The Witch

Boxer Potrait

Da Vinci Tattoo — Da Vinci Tattoo
Taken from the work of the most famous artist of all

biomechanical

Praying Cherub

Dragon Head — Dragon Head
Never underestimate a crafty Dragon

Only Human — Only Human
After All

Buddha Tattoo — Buddha Tattoo
You will see a lot of Asian influence in my portfolio, it is where I learned to tattoo

Angel — Angel
Angel Tattoo

Buddha 3/4 Sleeve — Buddha 3/4 Sleeve
A 3/4 Sleeve is a nice option if you do not want to show off your tattoo all the time

Feather — Feather Tattoo
A really quick simple feather design on the inside of the bicep. Sometimes less is more, no drop shadow no background the customer just wanted a feather and thats it.

Big Script

Tattoo — Steampunk Tattoo
Steampunk Tattoo. Another take on the clock face but done in a slightly different style, we found lots of steampunk pictures online and made a design up

Horse Tattoo

Tea Party — Tea Party
I really enjoy working in this steampunk style

Flaming Heart Tattoo

Healed Tattoo — Healed Tattoo
The Healed Tattoo

Monkey Tattoo — Monkey Tattoo
When you get the monkey off your back why not immortalise him as a daily reminder

feather — Feather Tattoo
This feather tattoo on the hip was a lot of fun to do.

He sits and he waits.

Black needs to be solid

Simple outline

Lucky Tattoo

rose — Rose Tattoo
bold will hold, black and grey tattooed traditional roses with beads.

Skull and Roses — Skull and Roses
Some would say it is the perfect combination

Stocking Tattoo — Ongoing Stocking Tattoo
A floral leg in process. Pictured working on a giant rose on the kneecap, note the customer is relaxed enough to do the photography whilst I tattoo her knee. As I keep telling customers: it's like getting kissed by an angel. Does not hurt a bit.

Crucifix

Lizard Tattoo — Lizard Tattoo
A portrait of the customers pet

warrior tattoo — warrior tattoo
This one was fun to do, got a good brief and came up with the artwork from photographic reference with a bit of photoshopping it made a nice tattoo

7
Lucky number seven

Fallen Angel

Mask — Hanuman Mask
Freehand Hanuman Mask on the inner forearm, freehand colour cherry blossoms to compliment.

Racing — Racing
and Crashing

Taken from flash

Hand Banger — Hand Banger
Another coverup this time lettering

Dolphin Cover Up — Dolphin Cover Up
A healed cover up tattoo

Mehndi — Mehndi
Mehndi Tattoos are becoming increasingly popular

Runes Tattoo — Runes Tattoo
Celtic markings

Pocket Watch — Pocket Watch
And Cherubs

Lotus — Lotus
Black and Grey

Ornamental Dove Tattoo — Ornamental Dove Tattoo
Lots of heavy black line work in this dove

Ye old compass and a very old map of the island, 90% healed.

Lucky — Lucky
Nine

For Nan — For Nan
A healed vase of flowers

Tattoo — Old School Tattoo
This well healed Welsh Dragon was tattooed traditionally using coil machines. With very simple clean lines and smooth uncomplicated shade I call this old school black and grey. Its fast and uncomplicated.

Dot work Tattoo — Dot work Tattoo
Geometric dot work tattoo

Great White — Great White
Another one of my favourite tattoos I find sharks fascinating

Healed Tattoo — Healed Tattoo
Healed black and Grey

Gamer portrait tattoo

Jack Nicholson — Jack Nicholson
One flew over the cuckoo's nest

Cover Up Tattoo — Cover Up Tattoo
A good example of a fresh cover up

Rossi Tattoo — Valentino Rossi Tattoo
The Doctor.

Tears — Tears
Tears tattooed have different meanings in different cultures

Skull — Skull
Black and grey in black and white

A design supplied by the customer which was fun to do

Tribal — Tribal
Tribal sword tattoo

koi — koi
Black and grey Koi

Battle Royale

stag — Stag Tattoo
Black and Grey Stag tattoo half sleeve. Added a couple of daffodils to represent wales. I enjoy any animal or wildlife tattoos, especially black and grey. I like to work from photographs or illustrations.

Crucifix — Crucifix
when it comes to black and grey then bold will hold

Wrist Mendhi

Snowflakes

Deathshead — Deathshead
One of many deathshead moth that I have done over the years

Jacket Tattoo — Jacket Tattoo
This tattoo has a story, done a few years ago both front chest plates and the armpits were all done in a matter of days.

A different take on a floral design

Eye — Eye
Eye tattoo in the elbow ditch

For a big Oasis fan

A simple stand alone crow

Slipknot Tattoo — Slipknot Tattoo
This slipknot tattoo was taken from album artwork, the script is the title of the new album. I must admit that I learned this information whilst tattooing this client who is a big slipknot fan.

Part of an ongoing sleeve

Proposal Tattoo — Proposal Tattoo
Thats one way to do it

Push Tattoo — Push Tattoo
Pray Until something Happens

Barber Tattoo

Another freehand tattoo

Popular on the Isle of Man

Geisha

From the album one more brick in the wall

Teddy Bear Tattoo — Teddy Bear Tattoo
Another piece of Derek Hess artwork that it was my pleasure to tattoo

Feather Tattoo — Feather Tattoo
Feather and Script

bear

Ribcage — Ribcage
crazy Sessions in Asia

Trash dot style — Trash dot style
This is a fun style to work with sits really well in the skin

Not as bad as you would think

Family Coat of Arms — Family Coat of Arms
A coat of arms sleeve, each shield contains something relevant to this customers grandfather

Chewbacca — Chewbacca Tattoo
When you pick up a somewhat unfortunate nickname whilst swimming the channel. Don't worry, I can turn it into a cool badge of honour to make you look "salty"

Hamsa Hand — Hamsa Hand
Always interesting to do as there are so many designs available

Rose

Time Tattoo — Time Tattoo
A very unusual old clock

Viking Tattoo

This was a big cover up

Jelly Fish Tattoo — Jelly Fish Tattoo
part healed and part fresh, more wildlife tattoos please

Fox Tattoo — Fox Tattoo
Fox in blackwork with all seeing eyes

Death Tattoo

In Progress — In Progress
Bold will hold check the gallery further for the healed results

Humbug — Humbug
Healed humbug tribute tattoo

Tree Tattoo — Tree Tattoo
This realist tree made a really nice tribute

From memory this was a first tattoo and a very brave sit

Rose Tattoo — Rose Tattoo
A classic old school black and grey rose to cap the shoulder

freehand — Freehand Tattoo
the small rose was collected on a holiday, I was asked to work around it and turn it into a half sleeve. So we went freehand and this is what we came up with in an afternoon.

Plane Tattoo — Plane Tattoo
For an adventurer

Crucifix Tattoo — Crucifix Tattoo
These can be quite time consuming with the beads running all around the wrist, but its a good effect when finished

Bentley — Bentley
Blackwork

It was a nightmare before Christmas

Buddha Tattoos — Buddha Tattoos
Thai inspired Buddha Tattoo

Lotus Tattoo — Lotus Tattoo
Called Job Stoppers hand tattoos used to stand in the way of employment

hammerhead Shark

wrist tattoos — wrist tattoos
Stay Strong another tattoo we can all relate to

Shotgun Tattoo — Shotgun Tattoo
sawn Off

Rose — Rose
Bold will hold on this black and grey rose

nice placement that extends slightly onto the hand

Chef Tattoo — Chef Tattoo
This tattoo was designed for a chef to feature pocket watch and kitchen knife

Sometimes simple can be quite effective

Sternum Tattoo — Sternum Tattoo
sternum tattoo in black and grey

Rocket — Rocket
Rocket Man Tattoo in black and grey healed

Time waits for no man — Time waits for no man
Not my original design but taken from artwork online.

Owl Tattoo — Owl Tattoo
A Wise choice

Drinkers Pocketwatch

Crucifix Tattoo — Crucifix Tattoo
Another Crucifix this one around the ankle

Jewels Tattoo — Jewels Tattoo
This Sternum Tattoo features hanging jewels

Falcon Tattoos — Falcon Tattoos
healed v Fresh A good example of what to expect

Tree Tattoo — Tree Tattoo
To represent family

Hammer — Hammer
Possibly belonged to Thor

Ballet — Ballet
Healed Ballerina Tattoo

Tiger — Tiger
tiger tattoo on the ribs

Custom design from On The Road Tattoo

Finger Tattoos — Finger Tattoos
A couple of small bangers on the fingers, always fun to do

Magpie Tattoo — Magpie Tattoo
A pair of healed Magpies

Mehndi Design — Mehndi Design
mehndi design placed at the top of the back

This tattoo was freehand from start to finish

calf tattoo — calf tattoo
Almost healed but there is still some signs where it is still healing. Geometric patterns and black work combined to form this calf tattoo.

Skull and Snake — Skull and Snake
Who doesn't love skulls?

Cross Tattoo — Cross Tattoo
Winged Cross Tattoo

Day of the dead — Day of the dead
A popular and welcome theme

Ship Wreck

Sleeve Tattoo — Sleeve Tattoo
I still have a load of sleeves and other tattoos to post to the galleries, I just have to find the time.... and find the file containing all of the sleeve tattoos. I really should clean up my desktop.

Scooby Doo Tattoo — Scooby Doo Tattoo
Fun Fortune telling Scooby Doo Tattoo. For some reason I don't get to do many "wacky" tattoos so this one was fun. Looks like it could be turning into a sleeve and some of the ideas are going to be amusing.

This tattoo is 995 healed and was a freehand tattoo from start to finish

Lion Tattoo — Lion Tattoo
My take on the three lions

black — Black Work Tattoo
if your looking for blackwork, I come to you.

Tree of Life — Tree of Life
Tree of life and dead mans hand plays out

Collarbone Script

Dereck Hess — Dereck Hess
Another couple of pieces from my favourite Artist for reference

Old School Sleeve — Old School Sleeve
A good example of my healed work and the work I enjoy most, good old fashioned black and grey with lines

Until Death — Until Death
Until death do you part

Vulture Tattoo — Vulture Tattoo
This vulture in flight ended up part of something bigger

Bear Tattoo — Geometric Bear tattoo
Pictured is a tattoo of a bear in black and grey, it is placed on the shoulder and is roaring, part of the face is made up of geometric shapes.

Healed — Healed
Winged Skull

ship tattoo — Homeward Bound Tattoo
This has to be my favourite Homeward Bound Tattoo. I have done a few but this one was a lot of fun. If I remember rightly the reference came from an "old master" painting. Really nice to work from.

Geisha — Geisha Tattoo
black and grey Geisha tattoo taken from flash, nice tattoo. If you have your own artwork or have found some nice artwork to tattoo then I am very open to your ideas. Please be aware that we do have to agree before we proceed.

Angel Wings

Dragon Tattoo — Dragon Tattoo
outline

Racing Skull

Rose Skull — Rose Skull
This distorted skull made a great cover tattoo

The Delorean from the movie Back to the Future

Moon Tattoo — Moon Tattoo
Fine line moon tattoo on the ribcage

Interlocking Hearts

Tree Carving — Tree Carving
A tribute to a long and successful partnership

Black work — Leg Tattoo
Healed black work. We used various geometric patterns to create this lower leg tattoo.

Star Tattoo

Floral Shoulder Cap

Bangers — Bangers
Small tattoos and bangers most welcome

Sleeve Outline

Ribcage

Motorhead — Ongoing Motorhead Sleeve
ongoing Motorhead sleeve, plenty more to do on this one. Not really my kind of music but this band had some great artwork, much of which I am reproducing on skin.

Olive branch Tattoo — Olive branch Tattoo
The dove and the olive branch have significance for this customer

Bold Will Hold — Bold Will Hold
this chest piece will heal 50% lighter

Done in an old school style

Celtic — Celtic Knot Tattoo
Celtic Knot Tattoo on the back of the hand, commonly also known as a jobstopper.

Moon Tattoo — Moon Tattoo
A pair of moon Tattoos

Traditional Style

Grandad Tattoo — Grandad Tattoo
A tribute to grandad

Lotus Sleeve — Lotus Sleeve
Black and Grey Healed

Ankle and foot tattoo

Skull Tattoo — Skull Tattoo
Ornate Skull Tattoo

Shin Tattoo — shin Tattoo
his combination of geometric patterns and black work make up this shin tattoo which covers the lower leg.

Ying and Yang — Ying and Yang
Done in Angel feathers

One half of a tattoo... — One half of a tattoo...
One half of a tattoo, the other half is booked but it is on someone else. We took an old school swallow tattoo design and changed it to a house martin. I enjoy doing any style of black and grey but like to do traditional work especially!

Stars and Stripes

50's Pin Up — 50's Pin Up
The fresh Tattoo

Native American Brave

King of the Jungle — King of the Jungle
Can you wear the crown?

Snake Tattoo — Snake and Rose Tattoo
From memory at least part of this snake and rose tattoo was done freehand. Centre of the back between the shoulder blades.

Homeward Bound Tattoo — Homeward Bound Tattoo
The Homeward bound tattoo in progress, I have a lot of favourites for a lot of different reasons, this has to be in my top five

Harley Davidson — Harley Davidson
Harley Davidson Tattoo for a keen owner

Straight Blackwork

Manchester

broken lion — broken lion
This one is interesting, take one lion and break it up into shards of Lion. There is more to come on this one as it will tie in with another piece and all make sense once completed.

Swedish Chef Tattoo — Swedish Chef Tattoo
This Tattoo was designed for a Swedish Chef, I did this tattoo a long time ago in Asia, it is still one of my favourites

Rose — Rose
Rose with a geometric background

Scissors Tattoo

Cheeky pin up — Cheeky pin up
From the 50's are they offensive now? I really do not care as i really enjoy tattooing them, the pin up is a classic tattoo

Orchid Tattoo

aqua — Aqua Girl
part of an ongoing underwater sleeve.

Old School

Owl Tattoo — Owl Tattoo
Owl in flight

Swallow Tattoo — Swallow Tattoo
old school swallow filler

Lion Tattoo — Lion Tattoo
The Lion is healed but the crown is fresh

Sleeve Tattoo — Sleeve Tattoo
Ongoing sleeve tattoo, adding the background

Black and Grey — Black and Grey
Cannot remember the reference or the character, not my artwork but great fun to tattoo

Mixtape — The Mixtape tattoo
Listen up kids, the mixtape was the ultimate act of courtship in the 80's. Hand over one of these bad boys with a bit of kajagoogoo loaded on to it and you were good as engaged. This one resulted in true love, you can tell its serious when its a TDK cassette.

Bugs Bunny — Bugs Bunny
Gambling Tattoo

space — Space Girl Tattoo
50's style Space girl pin up tattoo. I enjoy working in any comic book style be it black and grey or colour.

Freehand — Freehand
Freehand Skkull Tattoo

Pocket Watch

Portrait — Portrait
The man out of the Transformers

Winged Heart

Abandoned — Abandoned
Left to the elements

Japanese White Tiger Tattoo — Japanese White Tiger Tattoo
Traditional Black and Grey Tiger in a Japanese style

To a friend who went too soon

Chest

Freehand — Freehand
I tend to freehand a lot of blackwork and Japanese style

Always a crowd pleaser

Pin Up Outline

Suffer in Silence — Suffer in Silence
The healed suffer in Silence Tattoo

Goalkeeper Tattoo

Hand Banger or Job Stopper

Butterfly Tattoo

Greek Inspired

Angel Tattoo

Sleeve — Sleeve
Black and Grey sleeve Tattoo

Wolf Tattoo — Wolf Tattoo
This wolf has been done a lot, this is my version.

Rope Tattoo

Hess Angel — Hess Angel
A touch of colour in this tattoo another piece of art by Dereck Hess another of my favourite tattoos

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From a local breed

Black and Grey — Black and Grey
Some Shading

sleeve Tattoo — Ongoing Sleeve
Inspired by Ohlins shocks this mechanical arm is an ongoing tattoo that is almost finished. Most of it is healed.

Ink

Blackwork Tattoo — Blackwork Tattoo
This all seeing eye is done in blackwork

Los Angeles

Classic Tattoo — Classic Tattoo
Laugh now Cry later

Rose Tattoo — Cherokee Rose Tattoo
Never came across the cherokee rose before. I believe it is a native American flower. This tattoo has been nicely healed using Super tattoo Sauce.

Fallen Angel

Lion Tattoo — Lion Tattoo
If you recognise this Lion then maybe you are spending too much time in Vegas?

Sleeve — Sleeve
Black and Grey tattoo sleeve

Drumsticks — Drumsticks Tattoo
Drumsticks on an ongoing leg, lots of ides going on in this one, quite random but very enjoyable, there are plenty more shots of this ongoing leg throughout my galleries.

Wings

forrest — Forrest Tattoo
One of my favourites from 2018. Just a nice little shack in the woods. A lot of fun to do, quite technical, I don't know what it is but there is just something about this tattoo that makes me happy. I would like to do more landscape and landmark tattoos

Kanji

Leopard Tattoo — Leopard Tattoo
Not the usual Leopard this one looks like he or she has seen it all

Anchor Tattoo — Anchor Tattoo
Placed on the inside of the bicep we went big on this anchor

Coil Tattooing — Coil Tattooing
Busy working with coil tattoo machines

Elbow Tattoos — Elbow Tattoos
Not as bad as you think

Chains — Chains
A cross made from parts of a chain

dove — Simple Dove and Script Tattoo
You don't have to have a sleeve done in order to work with me. If all you need is a keepsake then thats fine.

Hess Tattoo

Royal Marine Dagger — Royal Marine Dagger
I discount Tattoos for all serving and Injured Servicemen and Woman

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
Roman Numerals

Tribal Tattoo

Traditional Dragon

Faith

Fox Tattoos — Fox Tattoos
Best shot I got of this fox with geometric design

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
One eight Seven

Elephant Tattoo — Elephant Tattoo
The Elephant is healed but the background is fresh, I really really enjoy this style of work.

A challenging tattoo for anyone

Healed Old School

Ankle Elephant

The reaper rides what he wants

Half Back

Dove tattoo — Dove tattoo
Is it a job stopper?

work in progress — Vintage Racing Tattoo
Taken from the works of a famous automotive artist, with permission. This is an ongoing piece that hopefully I will get to finish shortly. looking forward to it as its great artwork.

Nice and simple flames with skulls, mostly freehand

Feathers Tattoo — Feathers Tattoo
Feathers have always been a popular choice of tattoo

Love

Motorhead Tattoo — Motorhead Tattoo
War Pig

Crown Tattoo

22
Guess Who

A nice wrist design

Pig and Chicken — Pig and Chicken
A favourite with old sailors to stop them drowning in shipwrecks

jobstopper — Jobstopper Tattoo
They are so called because they stop you getting a job. Although now days that does not seem to be the case its still a really cool name for a tattoo. Need a Job-stopper? I know a guy.

Pocket Watch Tattoo — Pocket Watch Tattoo
I have done many pocket watches, this one was a fun one to do

Tribute Tattoo — Tribute Tattoo
Scrolls and Roses

Piecer

Koi Tattoo — Koi Tattoo
A couple of black and grey kois

Healed Cherub

Linework — Linework
Solid black line work for this dark art

angel

Trad Tattoo — Traditional Tattoo
Traditional old school black and grey tattoo. I can do this style of work all day every day if asked. Feel free to ask.

Dog Portrait

Keys — Keys
I am sure there was a padlock that went with this hand tattoo

3 Wise Monkeys

Skellybob

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owl

Sternum Tattoo — Sternum Tattoo
Fineline Sternum Tattoo

Race Tattoo — Race Tattoo
Car racing

Tribute — Tribute
A Special Tattoo

Peace Tattoo — Peace Tattoo
Peace out

Microphone Tattoo — Microphone Tattoo
The old school microphone tattoo

Sleeve Tattoo — Sleeve Tattoo
Black and Grey Healed Sleeve

Vincent Price — Vincent Price
Witchfinder general

Warrior — Warrior
This warrior headdress makes the tattoo

Racing skull

Roses Tattoo — Roses Tattoo
Bunch of Rose Tattoo

A traditional Manx saying

Hand Tattoo — Fineline Tattoo
A few yoga symbols added to some previous work that I have done for this customer. Just visible is a wing that stretches up the arm and has been healed for some time now.

Heart Tattoo — Heart Tattoo
Another inspirational tattoo

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Wolf Head Tattoo — Wolf Head Tattoo
Black and Grey all day, I enjoy doing animals so any wildlife tattoos are most welcome

group tattoo of three roses — Group bookings welcome
Tattoos group bookings welcome. Pictured are the hands of two sons holding the mothers arm tattooed on each are a rose in a simple black outline.

Lion Tattoo — Lion Tattoo
Any form of wildlife is my favourite subject matter

Wolf Tattoo — Wolf Tattoo
this time in a traditional old school style

Pin Doll Tattoo — Pin Doll Tattoo
Suffer in Silence this is without doubt one of my favourites

Handcuffs — Handcuffs
I have tattooed some interesting characters over the years

collarbone tattoo — collarbone tattoo
script

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