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.

The Witch

Fallen Angel

Skull — Skull
The sands of time wait for no man

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

Linework — Linework
Solid black line work for this dark art

This tattoo was freehand from start to finish

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

Tribute Tattoo — Tribute Tattoo
Scrolls and Roses

Nice and simple flames with skulls, mostly freehand

Ankle Elephant

Ribcage — Ribcage
crazy Sessions in Asia

Traditional Dragon

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.

To a friend who went too soon

Taken from flash

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.

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

Another freehand tattoo

Rocket — Rocket
Rocket Man Tattoo in black and grey healed

Roses Tattoo — Roses Tattoo
Bunch of Rose Tattoo

Freehand Pheonix Tattoo

Motorhead Tattoo — Motorhead Tattoo
War Pig

Polynesian Tattoo — Polynesian Tattoo
three quarter sleeve

Interlocking Hearts

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

Ribcage

Dragon Tattoo — Dragon Tattoo
outline

Dove tattoo — Dove tattoo
Is it a job stopper?

Hess Tattoo

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

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

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

Push Tattoo — Push Tattoo
Pray Until something Happens

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.

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

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

Dot work Tattoo — Dot work Tattoo
Geometric dot work tattoo

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

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

Coil Tattooing — Coil Tattooing
Busy working with coil tattoo machines

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

Elbow Tattoos — Elbow Tattoos
Not as bad as you think

nice placement that extends slightly onto the hand

Battle Royale

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

Racing skull

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

Healed Tattoo — Healed Tattoo
Healed black and Grey

Pin Up Outline

Collarbone 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

Floral Shoulder Cap

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.

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.

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

Wings

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

Angel — Angel
Angel Tattoo

Horse Tattoo

Gamer portrait 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.

Winged Cross Tattoo — Winged Cross Tattoo
in black and grey

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.

Until Death — Until Death
Until death do you part

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

biomechanical

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

Tears — Tears
Tears tattooed have different meanings in different cultures

Lucky Tattoo

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

Wrist Mendhi

Piecer

Roman Tattoo — Roman Tattoo
Roman Centurion Tattoo

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

Skull — Skull
Black and grey in black and white

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.

Los Angeles

collarbone tattoo — collarbone tattoo
script

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

Race Tattoo — Race Tattoo
Car racing

Ballet — Ballet
Healed Ballerina Tattoo

Koi

Warrior — Warrior
This warrior headdress makes the 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

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

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

A challenging tattoo for anyone

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

Black needs to be solid

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

Grandad Tattoo — Grandad Tattoo
A tribute to grandad

Tribute — Tribute
A Special Tattoo

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

Geisha

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

Faith

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

Sternum Tattoo — Sternum Tattoo
sternum tattoo in black and grey

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

Ankle Anchor

Lotus Sleeve — Lotus Sleeve
Black and Grey Healed

Ying and Yang — Ying and Yang
Done in Angel feathers

SONY DSC

Straight Blackwork

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"

Swallow Tattoo — Swallow Tattoo
old school swallow filler

Shotgun Tattoo — Shotgun Tattoo
sawn Off

Sleeve Tattoo — Sleeve Tattoo
Black and Grey Healed Sleeve

Simple outline

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

Sleeve Outline

Tiger — Tiger
tiger tattoo on the ribs

Rossi Tattoo — Valentino Rossi Tattoo
The Doctor.

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.

A different take on a floral design

Winged Heart

Kanji

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

Viking Tattoo

Orchid Tattoo

Rose

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

Proposal Tattoo — Proposal Tattoo
Thats one way to do it

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.

Humbug — Humbug
Healed humbug tribute tattoo

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.

Vincent Price — Vincent Price
Witchfinder general

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

Peace Tattoo — Peace Tattoo
Peace out

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

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

Eye — Eye
Eye tattoo in the elbow ditch

Time Tattoo — Time Tattoo
A very unusual old clock

owl

Popular on the Isle of Man

Dragon Head — Dragon Head
Never underestimate a crafty Dragon

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.

Hammer — Hammer
Possibly belonged to Thor

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

Drinkers Pocketwatch

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

Healed Angel

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

Only Human — Only Human
After All

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

7
Lucky number seven

Lion Tattoo — Lion Tattoo
My take on the three lions

fineline — fineline
Fine line Tattooing available

Lotus — Lotus
Black and Grey

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.

Praying Hands

Healed — Healed
Winged Skull

Goalkeeper Tattoo

Swallow Tattoo — Swallow Tattoo
Neck Swallow

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

Greek Inspired

Native American Brave

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.

Classic Tattoo — Classic Tattoo
Laugh now Cry later

Heart Tattoo — Heart Tattoo
Another inspirational tattoo

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.

SONY DSC

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.

For a big Oasis fan

Pocket Watch

From the album one more brick in the wall

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.

Runes Tattoo — Runes Tattoo
Celtic markings

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

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

Cherub Tattoo — Cherub Tattoo
Or is it Cupid?

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

Lotus

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
One eight Seven

Custom design from On The Road Tattoo

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

The Delorean from the movie Back to the Future

The reaper rides what he wants

Portrait — Portrait
The man out of the Transformers

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

Tribal Tattoo

Black Work — Black Work
Black work tattoo nordic symbol

A traditional Manx saying

Scissors Tattoo

Owl Tattoo — Owl Tattoo
A Wise choice

A nice wrist design

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

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

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

Ship Wreck

A design supplied by the customer which was fun to do

Sternum Tattoo — Sternum Tattoo
Fineline Sternum Tattoo

Feather Tattoo — Feather Tattoo
Feather and Script

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Healed Tattoo — Healed Tattoo
The Healed Tattoo

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.

Freehand — Freehand
Freehand Skkull Tattoo

3 Wise Monkeys

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.

Christ

Plane Tattoo — Plane Tattoo
For an adventurer

hammerhead Shark

Abandoned — Abandoned
Left to the elements

Healed — Healed
Racing Car Sleeve

Big Script

Angel Tattoo

Old School

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!

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.

Sometimes simple can be quite effective

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

Skull Tattoo — Skull Tattoo
Ornate Skull Tattoo

Tribal — Tribal
Tribal sword tattoo

bear

Manchester

Lucky — Lucky
Nine

Barber Tattoo

Skull and Crossbones

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

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.

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

Sleeve — Sleeve
Black and Grey sleeve Tattoo

Bugs Bunny — Bugs Bunny
Gambling Tattoo

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.

Dog Portrait

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

Cross Tattoo — Cross Tattoo
Winged Cross Tattoo

SONY DSC

Magpie Tattoo — Magpie Tattoo
A pair of healed Magpies

Pocket Watch — Pocket Watch
And Cherubs

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

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

Crucifix

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

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.

He sits and he waits.

koi — koi
Black and grey Koi

Spider Tattoo — Spider Tattoo
Solid Black spider logo tattoo

Chest

For a father and son

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

Ankle and foot tattoo

Black and Grey — Black and Grey
Some Shading

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
Inspiration comes in many forms

Death Tattoo

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.

Healed Old School

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

Mehndi — Mehndi
Mehndi Tattoos are becoming increasingly popular

Not as bad as you would think

Star Tattoo

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

Half Back

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Owl Tattoo — Owl Tattoo
Owl in flight

Chains — Chains
A cross made from parts of a chain

Rope Tattoo

Part of an ongoing sleeve

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

Fallen Angel

Racing — Racing
and Crashing

Script Tattoo — Script Tattoo
Roman Numerals

Flaming Heart Tattoo

aqua — Aqua Girl
part of an ongoing underwater sleeve.

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

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.

It was a nightmare before Christmas

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

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

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

Bangers — Bangers
Small tattoos and bangers most welcome

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

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.

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

Stars and Stripes

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.

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.

Bentley — Bentley
Blackwork

Tribal Dragon

Love

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

Hand Banger — Hand Banger
Another coverup this time lettering

Hand Banger or Job Stopper

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

Buddha Tattoos — Buddha Tattoos
Thai inspired Buddha Tattoo

A simple stand alone crow

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

Lizard Tattoo — Lizard Tattoo
A portrait of the customers pet

Sleeve — Sleeve
Black and Grey tattoo sleeve

Snowflakes

For Nan — For Nan
A healed vase of flowers

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

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

Done in an old school style

Racing Skull

Butterfly Tattoo

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.

Crown Tattoo

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

Traditional Style

Healed Cherub

This was a big cover up

Always a crowd pleaser

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

Skellybob

Angel Wings

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

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

angel

Lioness and flowers

Jewels Tattoo — Jewels Tattoo
This Sternum Tattoo features hanging jewels

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

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

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

Boxer Potrait

Ink

Tree Tattoo — Tree Tattoo
To represent family

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

22
Guess Who

Praying Cherub

Microphone Tattoo — Microphone Tattoo
The old school microphone tattoo

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

Rose — Rose
Rose with a geometric background

Moon Tattoo — Moon Tattoo
A pair of moon Tattoos

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

From a local breed

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

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

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