'Etching Tattoos' The Art of Ink (Season 2) Digital Exclusive | Paramount Network

[@vacant-state]

I think this is the first style that made me go 'wow that's really beautiful, I want that on my body'

[@victorstriga]

I just found out that this style is called etching/engraving and I'm really excited about it for some reason😅. I always loved medieval looking drawings, tarot cards...gonna give this style a shot!

[@IGarrettI]

Exactly the same! I shall practice it

[@deniseelias-wu4973]

Brucius did mine 6 years ago, still looking good. He’s a genius.

[@FinnJohnson]

didn't know how to describe the art style that I've been interested in, but now I know!

[@pandafrog7936]

when etching and tattoo collided,it made a special and a very vintage style of art in the tattoo world that I like.maybe my next piece will be a etch piece.

[@melbow__8701]

Amazing craftmanship in these tattoos damnnnn

[@chinthulhu9129]

Incredible! I'd want my first tattoo in this style.

[@pyttipanna]

This is absurdingly beautiful

[@paganwolf5951]

You people tattooists are absolutely GREAT!!🤘🤘🤘

[@koonsickgreen6272]

My very favorite style

[@princecalypse9609]

Holy shit.... this is how i do my art.. cool. Beautiful work and wonderful artists.

[@rosehill9537]

Etching is stunning

[@cameronlmg]

Great segment on an underrated style. Rob Banks lol 😏

[@ShyClam]

ah I come back here from times to times, it's one my dreams to have a tattoo in this style, are there any tattoo artists in eastern canada doing those?

[@adrianbenedictmendoza6818]

Rachel Hauer is my dream girl

[@thrashtilldeath9406]

I fucking love this style

[@claudiaarevalo2904]

I wish I could afford an art piece like this on my body

[@brock1120]

Claudia Arevalo save your money and only buy the necessities!

[@claudiaarevalo2904]

Art is a Necessity

[@andreacab1312]

baudnach's work is fucking awesome i love him

[@thantminsett9714]

Wow you were not lying. Checked his insta and goddamn he might be my favorite artist.

[@1989Anarquia]

It looks amazing, but, won't those thin and close together lines be a problem in some time?

[@229axb7]

1989Anarquia in definitely isn't going to age well at all. Too bad. They should focus on having a permanently beautiful tattoo rather than looking at it like a drawing on skin that's going to look awful in a couple of years

[@VisionaryTattoos]

229 axb your stupid lol.....show me a tattoo u did ten years ago....

[@michaelr.4878]

I want to see some in these in 15 years. I haven't seen enough to figure out if they will age poorly like a lot of water colored stuff..or blur out like a blown out tattoo. A lot of those lines are awfully close together..

[@Roxor54]

Since the lines are so thin and close together, they will definitely start to blend together over time, but that shouldn't affect the quality of the tattoo or the look of it, since it will start to look a little more like a shaded tattoo than before, but still have the etched vibe. The same is true for dotwork.

[@joshjarrett8896]

They showed a.couple images of one where it was just a cluster of so many lines so close together covering the entire upper arm and all I could think was that's gonna be a blurry gray mass of unidentifiable ink in like 15 20 yrs if not b4 then

[@mmikaojONE]

@@joshjarrett8896 Agree. That's going to look like shit

[@rrenatabp]

I think it depends on how close together and how thin the lines are. I have a couple of these tattoos and they're about 6 years old now and still going strong, very well defined etc. Some of the ones shown on the video did seem like the lines were a bit too close and too thin, but I'm no expert.

[@ironrangerw6r1]

Thats what I wonder too. They look fantastic when done as most tats do.

[@y.cortez657]

AWESOMENESS..!!! GREAT VIDEO..!!!

[@dommoore4688]

Finally found my style

[@SamLewis6]

I wouldn’t mind an etching tattoo but all mine are traditional Americana and idk if any etching would fit right with them

[@kristiemartin5669]

My fiance has one sleeve old school traditional/ nautical traditional and wanted etching so I'm helping him plan his out so far it looks really cool ! Plus it's all about what you like anyways (:

[@ludvigeh]

“@robbanksofamerica”😅😅

[@siembacon]

These are so dope

[@kimwaddell4218]

This is very new to me

[@ALLTHESAVED]

So beautiful but from what I hear, these don’t age well at all

[@nic5264]

What about solid black lining doesn't age well? I have multiple tattoos made out of only lining, and dimension created from cross-hatching and line clusters has lasted FAR longer than any smooth, am-traditionalesque black to gray shading has on my body. Good artists know to avoid microthin lines and create these pieces out of really boldly applied lining. IME best lasting tattoos I have.

[@flybeep1661]

@@nic5264 This is NOT solid black line, far from it.

[@davidtrejo6087]

Idk really, lines are great, lines that close make me nervous. Ink blows out overtime I think the worst thing could happen is line shading(cross hatching) turns into regular shading haha

[@leigh7507]

These age quite well as well, unlike watercolour and fine line tattoos

[@kristianjezzergonzales7258]

Try to look for "Robert Borbas AKA Grindesign" God of etching tattoo.

[@TheAcenightcreeper]

It’s the same problem that happens in watercolor and realist tattoo, aging. Human body is constantly attacking the ink to break down. The thin light lines will disappear within a year. They look good new, but let’s see it in 2+ years

[@freerider8737]

Michael takes way longer then a couple years lol

[@Fiorwestcoast]

Not within a year. I have a piece like this and two years in it looks just like the first day

[@robwestern7702]

So very cool

[@dwaynecoombs]

Dope

[@izzy6062]

Nice✌🏼️

[@caponekingpinking9917]

I have full sleeves

[@luisperez1545]

Solo una cosa no me gusta de este estilo. es que normalmente los tattoos con el tiempo expande sus lineas. y puede que en 10 o 15 años no se entienda tan bien. y todas las lineas se fusionarian. el estilo de etching se ve perfecto pero con los años no lo se...

[@connortyler4477]

Robert banks 👌

[@fitzmanansala8899]

I wonder how these would age

[@Thirdfish]

They will age well as it's carbon and we are carbon life forms ;)

[@firefox12702]

whys that guy got a tooth pick through his nose

[@patriciangan101]

Eddie Lee septum tusk

[@zoedrossinou9703]

He lost his septum ring

[@sarahforbear9978]

Hes stolen it from Oliver Pecks mouth

[@pernilladomander7648]

Must hurt alot lines do usually.

[@shadowx8853]

Yooooo

[@luv3z2p00p]

dude got a toothpick in his nose

[@whatttbailly]

luv3z2p00p that’s what I was thinking 😂🧐

[@lolshadoow]

Ya ya ya but what the fuck is that nose pierce????

[@sambridges4670]

Hatching*

[@alexandregirard8391]

Evan Akamien no it’s etching

[@sambridges4670]

@@alexandregirard8391 No. They may be physically "etching" a line into the skin but you could say that about every tattoo. The type of shading technique they're using is called hatching, if you ask any artist they know this, it isn't anything new.

[@lameduck1690]

@@sambridges4670 The style is called etching because it's derived from ~18th century lithographic art which so happened to use hatching. Hatching isn't the only thing which defines this style.

[@sambridges4670]

@@lameduck1690 I did some research just now. Lithography is a form of printmaking predicated on the natural repulsion between oil and water while etching is actually an older 17th century method that used black wax or acid resistant varnish so that when a page is dipped in acid it leaves behind dark marks known as a "bite". This actually relates to its origins as a German word that meant: cause to eat. My understanding is that these artists are etching only in the literal sense of injecting ink into to the body. In the drawing community this technique is referred to as hatching- a series of tightly placed lines. The only thing of note here is that they are actually using contour lines to define the form more than just plainly shading.

[@flybeep1661]

These types of tattoos seem like the worst to get if you're looking for something that holds up over time.

[@MrBraun-kq5qf]

That would be watercolour or anything without black

[@meaning1875]

does that guy have a toothpick in his nose?

[@sleepswithnopillow8413]

Get that spaghetti out ur nose brucius

[@bruciusxylander3464]

HAHA! It's 24K gold Septum Spike Bar buddy..;)

[@RustyNickels]

Hipsters.

[@Thirdfish]

Troll.

[@13MrKieran]

Bloody Hipsters

[@beardedbutcher5333]

This is basically the same way prison tattoos are done... after 15 years your body just looks like it's turning gray, trust me, I know.... if you want tattoos that last, get traditional !!!

[@shadowx8853]

First

[@alexandregirard8391]

shadow x no one cares loser

[@sadgothboy3203]

Yeah this won't age well bad tattoo all of them

[@Nobs606]

Are there any pics of this? I can't find any

[@GASowner]

why? can you explain ?

[@connorhoward9084]

Hello there I wouldn’t say they are bad tattoos buy it is true they probably won’t age well generally past the 10 to 15 years plus but maybe longer with good care. This is just due to the natural ageing of the skin as well as that big bold lines in tattoos generally hold better over time than the thinner ones against blurring.

[@Nobs606]

Connor Howard makes sense. I would have thought the thinner lines would age into one another to create shading. But maybe that's just hopeful thinking

[@oskarvavtar4880]

Connor Howard how about more modern etching inspired pieces with bolders lines and shading lines not so close to each other

[@b0ys0l09]

This is not even art.

[@TheRisingIcarus]

Define art?

[@b0ys0l09]

@@TheRisingIcarus Ask the guy who got inked.

[@elinabanita]

All of those tattoos are really bad.. how can you call your self a tattoo artist with such weak skills;( I feel sorry for the clients who get this on their body

[@valentindellagiacoma7875]

only because you don't like the style it doesn't mean they are bad (just get yourself a micky mouse tattoo and call it a good one)

[@chinthulhu9129]

Are you blind, these are amazing.

[@mmikaojONE]

More than anything they are going to age really badly. Except for the guy at East River, he keeps it bold and simple enough. The rest will look like mush. Sorry... you need to think at least 15 years ahead in time, anything else is not fair to the client.

[@mitchxedge]

Rachel is out of east river as well.

[@zerosurvs6949]

Good thing your opinion doesn't matter.