But if you watered it down, it turned gray. Rather than the thick black outlines and bright colors of traditional-style tattoos, black and gray tattoos have finer lines and subtle shading.

A popular style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East LA's Chicano culture. It moved from California prisons in the 1970s to high-end tattoo shops worldwide.

“Whereas [traditional-style tattoos] were happening in the brick-and-mortar parlors,” Baker adds, nodding at the apartment installation, “a lot of the black-and-gray style was happening in ...

Ahead, Metz-Caporusso talks about her practice, including how she developed her unique tattoo style ... Most shops are all traditional shops, but we have black and gray, watercolor, traditional ...

Now not only do you have to decide between a flower or a bird or a special landmark, but you have to decide in what unique ... in shades of black and grey. Similar to watercolor tattoos, color ...

jumping into the chaos that the tattoo industry can be wasn’t much of a problem for Molina. Now that his unique blend of fine line black and gray and painterly colors has covered skin all over ...