Which Bali tattoo artists make the best portrait tattoos?

“Best” can mean a lot of things. When describing tattooed portraits, ones which are the most recognizable, most attractive or most realistic (or all of those things) will likely be considered the bests.

How To: Choose a Tattoo Artist for a Realistic Portrait

To figure out which Bali tattoo artist you might fancy most for portraits, look at tattoos of celebrities.

Here’s why:

2. When a celebrity portrait is easy to recognize, so are any imperfections.
   
   If you’re very familiar with a certain face or figure, then it’s obvious if the nose is too big or the eyes are too small or the colors are odd. Maybe you’ll see that there’s just something not quite right about it, even if you can’t pinpoint what part exactly could be better.

3. If the art is really good, it should invoke the same emotional response from you as would a photograph or encounter with that person.
   
   Are you happy to see them? Turned on? Inspired to turn on their music or watch a movie they’re in? You should be.

If you’re interested in getting a portrait tattoo (of a celebrity or someone else) because you know who you’d like to have, although haven’t yet decided what the design would be, then you’ll benefit from browsing tattoos of celebrities in several different tattoo styles from photorealistic to caricature portraits.

Celebrity Portrait Tattoos

Jesus, Good 2Pac Tattoos & More from Bali

Tattoos of Musicians

Musicians, movie stars (and actors in character) and athletes seem to be the most popular subjects of celebrity tattoo portraits that we see in Bali.

Tattoos of Rappers

American rappers seem to be the most popular subject for portrait tattoos in Bali.

The meaning of a portrait tattoo is often admiration and #RESPECT.

We think each solo artist deserves a dedicated tattoo gallery on our blog. What you see here is just an introduction to our growing photo archives of rapper tattoos done in Bali.

Tattoos of Tupac

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Tattoos of Lil Wayne

Tattoos of Ice Cube

No, he doesn’t melt in Bali. He looks good.

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Tattoos of Wiz Khalifa

Tattoos of The Game

Tattoos of Athletes

Fictional Characters and Caricatures

Tattoo portraits that exaggerate facial features like cartoons help with recognition and adds personality to the artwork.

Batman’s Joker Tattoos

Color Portrait Tattoos 

Full color designs are suited to modern celebs, athletes and action heroes who are most easily identified by their signature style, team colors or kick-ass costume.

Sabian Ink opened in Kuta, Bali in 2017 headed by tattoo artist/studio co-founder Ata Ink from Palu whose color tattoos received recognition within the local community and at tattoo expos abroad rocket-launching the studio to the top of its game. 

This color tattoo portrait collection was made by Ebie Scrow at Goldfinger Tattoo Studio in Bali, Indonesia over a course of years (prior to 2017).

Black and Grey Portraits 

A realistic grayscale portrait is the preferred style for a tattoo of an early Hollywood star.

Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe

 

Jesus Tattoos

Black and grey portraiture not only brings to mind iconic 1950’s imagery, but is also suited to basically any era before color photography and TV. We’ll put Roman Catholic, Classic Art and Greek Mythology in a separate blog post.

 

Tattoos of Historic Figures

Last update: 12 November 2018.

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