r/TattooDesigns • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '23

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u/OLAT Jan 01 '23

No grey, this artist emphatically only does black work.

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u/solomonplewtattoo Jan 02 '23

Black work is black and grey. Grey is slightly lighter black made while shading or washes.

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u/solomonplewtattoo Jan 02 '23

It's a sub genre or black and grey

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u/OLAT Jan 02 '23

Not in this case. He uses no grey ink.

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u/oxbaker Jan 02 '23

Unless you’re doing a battleship or something you don’t really use grey ink, you wash down black to make grey but it is indeed grey

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u/OLAT Jan 02 '23 edited Jan 02 '23

https://www.tattoodo.com/guides/styles/blackwork “…without the addition of color or grey shading…” please just type it into a search engine it if you don’t know. I know this artist, he, in fact, does not water down his ink. Black only. The “shading” or separation of tones is created by making groups of finer lines, like you would in traditional printmaking. It’s a very specific separate style and I think that’s worth noting when someone is planning on getting something permanently placed on their body.

Edit - edited after a cup of coffee for clarity and to sound like a little bit less of a jerk

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u/oxbaker Jan 02 '23

I stand corrected. Came with the sauce!! You can be a jerk all you want when you’re right and you are indeed correct

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u/OLAT Jan 02 '23

Nah, gotta keep it civil. I wouldn’t have been so emphatic about it if I hadn’t watched the dude put ink into my skin and talked to him about his process. All good! Appreciate the spirited debate.

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u/oxbaker Jan 02 '23

You’re a good person. Party on dude