Tattoo shading styles

Trying to find the perfect tattoo design? Here's how you go about getting a custom tattoo design - a guide by tattoo designers!

#rose #ink #tattoo

Tattoo To Practice, Beginner Friendly Tattoo Designs, Graffiti Practice Sheet, Flash Tattoo On Skin, Beginner Tattoo Shading, Small Tattoo Practice, Tattoos To Practice Shading, Good Beginner Tattoos, Beginner Shading Tattoo Ideas #InkedMen #TattooInspiration #BadassTattoos #TattooedGuys #TattooGoals

Tattoo background shading comes in all types of styles and colors. Here are a few genius tips & fun ideas for your next ink shading session.

Pereira, Colombia-born artist Velco stipples black-and-white tattoos that are patchwork compositions of dots.

Hand drawn vintage flash, available to be tattooed. Happy to shade these more traditionally or with dot shading like you see here. DM to book, I have time on Thursday or a week from now . . . #sandiegotattooartist #sandiegotattoo #sandiegotattoos #sandiegotattooshop #sandiegotattooartists

In a black and grey style, @kristylynneart designed and tattooed this lily. She used negative space and very little amounts of white ink for the highlights in the petals and leaves, which contrast the grey stipple shading.

Reverse shading/inverted tattoo

Tattooing this Rose Design helps improve your line work and allows you to practice different shading techniques depending on your skill and preference. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 ✴️For this design, I used a 5RL needle and did #stipple and #whipshading 🩶Feel free to drop any questions in the comments! #shadingtattoo #stippletattoo #whipshaded #tattoodesign #tattootips #tattoorealistic #tattooflower #3rl #3rlonly #tattooneedles #tattooshop #tattoomachine

@zlasher__ in instagram