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.

Los Angeles

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

Feather Tattoo — Feather Tattoo
Feather and Script

Rossi Tattoo — Valentino Rossi Tattoo
The Doctor.

Bangers — Bangers
Small tattoos and bangers most welcome

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.

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"

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.

Freehand Pheonix Tattoo

Tribute — Tribute
A Special Tattoo

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

For Nan — For Nan
A healed vase of flowers

Christ

Floral Shoulder Cap

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

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

Ankle Anchor

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

Ying and Yang — Ying and Yang
Done in Angel feathers

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

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

Lioness and flowers

Ship Wreck

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

Popular on the Isle of Man

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

Healed — Healed
Racing Car Sleeve

A challenging tattoo for anyone

Skull and Crossbones

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

Coil Tattooing — Coil Tattooing
Busy working with coil tattoo machines

Ballet — Ballet
Healed Ballerina Tattoo

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

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

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

Skellybob

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Tribal — Tribal
Tribal sword tattoo

Black and Grey — Black and Grey
Some Shading

fineline — fineline
Fine line Tattooing available

From the album one more brick in the wall

Tribal Dragon

Jewels Tattoo — Jewels Tattoo
This Sternum Tattoo features hanging jewels

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!

Owl Tattoo — Owl Tattoo
A Wise choice

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

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

Elbow Tattoos — Elbow Tattoos
Not as bad as you think

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

Pocket Watch

A different take on a floral design

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

Ribcage — Ribcage
crazy Sessions in Asia

Dragon Head — Dragon Head
Never underestimate a crafty Dragon

Tears — Tears
Tears tattooed have different meanings in different cultures

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

Boxer Potrait

Dragon Tattoo — Dragon Tattoo
outline

Angel — Angel
Angel Tattoo

Greek Inspired

Buddha Tattoos — Buddha Tattoos
Thai inspired Buddha Tattoo

Another freehand tattoo

Manchester

Owl Tattoo — Owl Tattoo
Owl in flight

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

Portrait — Portrait
The man out of the Transformers

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
One eight Seven

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

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.

koi — koi
Black and grey Koi

Hess Tattoo

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

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

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

Stars and Stripes

Push Tattoo — Push Tattoo
Pray Until something Happens

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.

Lotus

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

Love

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.

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.

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

Wrist Mendhi

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

Traditional Dragon

Angel Wings

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.

Angel Tattoo

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

Praying Hands

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.

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

Sleeve — Sleeve
Black and Grey sleeve Tattoo

Tiger — Tiger
tiger tattoo on the ribs

Custom design from On The Road Tattoo

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

Lizard Tattoo — Lizard Tattoo
A portrait of the customers pet

Rose — Rose
Rose with a geometric background

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

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

Linework — Linework
Solid black line work for this dark art

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.

Bentley — Bentley
Blackwork

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.

Goalkeeper Tattoo

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.

Simple outline

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.

Sleeve Outline

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

Vincent Price — Vincent Price
Witchfinder general

From a local breed

biomechanical

Traditional Style

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

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

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

Polynesian Tattoo — Polynesian Tattoo
three quarter sleeve

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

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

Cross Tattoo — Cross Tattoo
Winged Cross Tattoo

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

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

Half Back

Ribcage

For a father and son

Lucky — Lucky
Nine

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

Crown Tattoo

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

Winged Heart

Hammer — Hammer
Possibly belonged to Thor

Abandoned — Abandoned
Left to the elements

Sternum Tattoo — Sternum Tattoo
Fineline Sternum Tattoo

angel

Taken from flash

Race Tattoo — Race Tattoo
Car racing

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.

Straight Blackwork

Sleeve Tattoo — Sleeve Tattoo
Black and Grey Healed Sleeve

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

A traditional Manx saying

Scissors Tattoo

Sternum Tattoo — Sternum Tattoo
sternum tattoo in black and grey

Roman Tattoo — Roman Tattoo
Roman Centurion Tattoo

Tree Tattoo — Tree Tattoo
To represent family

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.

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

Pin Up Outline

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

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

Skull — Skull
The sands of time wait for no man

Fallen Angel

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

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.

Butterfly Tattoo

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

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

Gamer portrait tattoo

Sleeve — Sleeve
Black and Grey tattoo sleeve

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

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
Roman Numerals

Death Tattoo

Hand Banger — Hand Banger
Another coverup this time lettering

Healed Tattoo — Healed Tattoo
Healed black and Grey

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

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

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.

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

Motorhead Tattoo — Motorhead Tattoo
War Pig

Viking Tattoo

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.

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

Horse Tattoo

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.

Freehand — Freehand
Freehand Skkull Tattoo

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

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

Skull Tattoo — Skull Tattoo
Ornate Skull Tattoo

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

Hand Banger or Job Stopper

3 Wise Monkeys

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

It was a nightmare before Christmas

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

hammerhead Shark

Flaming Heart Tattoo

Roses Tattoo — Roses Tattoo
Bunch of Rose Tattoo

Shotgun Tattoo — Shotgun Tattoo
sawn Off

Winged Cross Tattoo — Winged Cross Tattoo
in black and grey

collarbone tattoo — collarbone tattoo
script

Dot work Tattoo — Dot work Tattoo
Geometric dot work tattoo

owl

A design supplied by the customer which was fun to do

Heart Tattoo — Heart Tattoo
Another inspirational tattoo

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

Always a crowd pleaser

Old School

Rose

Ink

Racing Skull

A simple stand alone crow

Lucky Tattoo

Ankle and foot tattoo

bear

Tribal Tattoo

Wings

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

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.

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.

Cherub Tattoo — Cherub Tattoo
Or is it Cupid?

Praying Cherub

Racing — Racing
and Crashing

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

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
Inspiration comes in many forms

Tribute Tattoo — Tribute Tattoo
Scrolls and Roses

Microphone Tattoo — Microphone Tattoo
The old school microphone tattoo

Until Death — Until Death
Until death do you part

Crucifix

Healed Tattoo — Healed Tattoo
The Healed Tattoo

Lotus — Lotus
Black and Grey

Swallow Tattoo — Swallow Tattoo
old school swallow filler

7
Lucky number seven

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.

Proposal Tattoo — Proposal Tattoo
Thats one way to do it

Sometimes simple can be quite effective

Interlocking Hearts

Dove tattoo — Dove tattoo
Is it a job stopper?

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

Pocket Watch — Pocket Watch
And Cherubs

Rope Tattoo

Time Tattoo — Time Tattoo
A very unusual old clock

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

Classic Tattoo — Classic Tattoo
Laugh now Cry later

Snowflakes

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

aqua — Aqua Girl
part of an ongoing underwater sleeve.

Skull — Skull
Black and grey in black and white

Black needs to be solid

Runes Tattoo — Runes Tattoo
Celtic markings

Humbug — Humbug
Healed humbug tribute tattoo

Grandad Tattoo — Grandad Tattoo
A tribute to grandad

Fallen Angel

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.

For a big Oasis fan

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

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

Healed Angel

Barber Tattoo

Healed Cherub

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

Collarbone Script

Racing skull

Warrior — Warrior
This warrior headdress makes the tattoo

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

Plane Tattoo — Plane Tattoo
For an adventurer

Kanji

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

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

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

This was a big cover up

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.

Bugs Bunny — Bugs Bunny
Gambling Tattoo

A nice wrist design

Done in an old school style

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.

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

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

nice placement that extends slightly onto the hand

Native American Brave

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

This tattoo was freehand from start to finish

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

Lotus Sleeve — Lotus Sleeve
Black and Grey Healed

To a friend who went too soon

The Witch

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

Lion Tattoo — Lion Tattoo
My take on the three lions

Only Human — Only Human
After All

Swallow Tattoo — Swallow Tattoo
Neck Swallow

Mehndi — Mehndi
Mehndi Tattoos are becoming increasingly popular

Orchid Tattoo

Chest

Nice and simple flames with skulls, mostly freehand

Faith

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

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

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

Chains — Chains
A cross made from parts of a chain

Ankle Elephant

Star Tattoo

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

Part of an ongoing sleeve

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

22
Guess Who

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

Drinkers Pocketwatch

Big Script

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.

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

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.

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

Battle Royale

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Peace Tattoo — Peace Tattoo
Peace out

Black Work — Black Work
Black work tattoo nordic symbol

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.

The Delorean from the movie Back to the Future

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

Not as bad as you would think

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.

Koi

Healed — Healed
Winged Skull

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

Piecer

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.

SONY DSC

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

Rocket — Rocket
Rocket Man Tattoo in black and grey healed

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.

Moon Tattoo — Moon Tattoo
A pair of moon Tattoos

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

Magpie Tattoo — Magpie Tattoo
A pair of healed Magpies

Eye — Eye
Eye tattoo in the elbow ditch

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

Dog Portrait

The reaper rides what he wants

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

Geisha

He sits and he waits.

Healed Old School

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

Spider Tattoo — Spider Tattoo
Solid Black spider logo tattoo

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