Simple doesn’t always mean easy! With only a single line and no shading, there is no room for error on these tattoos. Subject matter varies widely, from human forms and boquets of flowers, to a simple heart icon.

Japanese, Neo-Traditional, and American; all encompass the same general themes: bold lines and pops of color, often follows a long line of traditional imagery like roses and skulls, but can cover a wide variety of subject matter.

Tattoos with color as the main focal point and portray a wide variety of subject matter. Florals and nature-inspired tattoos really shine in this catagory

This style of tattooing is pretty versatile in subject matter and utilizes a variety of techniques to achieve an overall artistic look.

Whether it’s your grandma’s handwriting or your favorite book quote, script tattoos can be done in a font of your choosing and can be placed in a lot of locations around the body.

This style often includes mandala motifs within geometric patterns, and is most often achieved with only using black and grey inks.

Shapes and textures only, achieved with both color and black and grey, abstract tattoos can be free-handed directly onto the skin, or created ahead of time, but often are designed to compliment the natural shape of the body.

Anime tattoos offers a way for fans to express their love and appreciation for the vibrant world of Japanese animation. These tattoos can feature anything from iconic characters and symbolic imagery to memorable scenes and abstract interpretations, often done with fine-linework.

Illustrative tattoos come from both traditionalism and realism. They typically use black outlines (often fine-line), and can be done in color or be only black. What differentiates these tattoos from traditional ones is that it aims to look drawn or animated instead of photo-realistic.

Any design made up of solely black ink without the addition of color or grey shading can be classified as a Blackwork piece.

Tribal tattoos make up a large portion of the Blackwork style, however illustrative and graphic art, etching or engraving style, and even lettering or calligraphic scripts have been considered to be within the vein of blackwork tattooing when only black ink is used.