These nine Black tattoo artists are masterful around the concept of skin as canvas, demonstrating that brown skin and deeper ...

The obvious solution is for tattoo parlors to do a better job of hiring Black and POC artists, but also for them to educate themselves on the key things they should know about tattooing darker skin.

What to Know About Color Tattoos on Dark Skin For Layne, the most important difference all comes down to design. "It's similar to drawing on a brown piece of paper versus a white one," she says.

Darker colors — such as royal blues, dark reds, greens, and black — may show more clearly than lighter colors on dark skin. However, tattoo artists can still incorporate lighter colors to ...

Pretty tattoos on dark skin tones From Jourdan Dunn's positivity mantra to Amber Rose's bold portraits, here is some cool ink-spiration on beautiful black skin By Bridget March Published: 09 March ...

The owner of Black Ink uses only one name: Storm. He views tattoos as wholly life-changing. “When they come here, they come and change their life,” he says firmly. “Because we change their skin.

Tattoo magazines, media and TV shows perpetuate the narrative that white skin is ideal for tattooing, said Tyrone Cooley, a Black tattoo artist and owner of Tri-Cities Tattoo Company in Atlanta.

“Fortunately, in Baltimore, we work on a lot of dark skin so we have a lot of experience,” said Carter. “All my artists can tattoo Black skin and they do it well.” ...