Don’t you hate it when someone is not only lucky to have one talent but these lucky ones have 2 or more talents that the rest of us regular folk drool and envy over. Chris Garcia is one of those people. Not only has the man proven himself as a talented tattoo artist, his original career was spent working on the space program for NASA. His life began in the Philippines were his pursuit of an apprenticeship ended in failure – but as fate would have it – his family eventually landed in Virginia. Chris’s tattooing career began in earnest. You can see from these two examples of his work, that Chris has a knack for realism and portrait work – probably the most difficult of styles. The ironic and sad thing is Garcia has a heart condition that prevents him from being tattooed. But before being diagnosed, he and his four brothers got a memorial tattoo for their Mom. See more of Chris’s work on his myspace page – http://www.myspace.com/chrisgarciatattoos . Garcia now works full time at Club Tattoo. Related posts: Artist – Chris Blinston Chris Garver – Les Paul Guitar Design Tattoo Artist – Tim Orth.
It almost seems like Tom Renshaw has made a pact with the devil. How else can a tattoo artist create such realism? I don’t think anyone can touch Renshaw when it comes to the photo realism category of tattoos. His ability holds true whether his subject is an animal or human. They say many of his clients are fellow tattoo artists. That’s probably because they can appreciate his talent even more than an average ink collector. In this piece he’s able to capture the likeness of Marley, the creases and texture of the denim in his jeans and even the background area can be appreciated for it’s quality. His site and his myspace page have lots of pictures of his work. A few years back he completely stopped using color and now only works on photo realism pieces and only in black and gray. Hands down he is my favorite artist. I can appreciate the styles others have but to achieve photo realism do the degree that this man does with needle and ink seems magical to me. Related posts: Realism in a Tattoo Painting Realism in Tattoos Realism – Carlos Canal
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