ILSON

ILSON is a tattoo artist at Nico Tattoo. I followed one session from the first drawing to the needle, and I shot, edited and graded it myself.

The design is a large neo-traditional tiger with a crown, made for a leg. It starts as a drawing on a tablet and becomes a paper stencil. Red marks go along its edge, the paper is peeled back to leave the outline on the skin, a cartridge is chosen, and the needle goes in.

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Client
ILSON
Studio
Nico Tattoo
Role
Photography and Film · Editing · Colour Grading