# Tattoo styles

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- **Fine line** (0 listed): Thin, precise linework, often with a single needle. Delicate florals, script and small detailed pieces.
- **American traditional** (0 listed): Bold black outlines, a limited palette and classic flash motifs: roses, daggers, eagles, swallows.
- **Neo-traditional** (0 listed): Traditional’s bold lines with a wider palette, more depth and more ornate detail.
- **Realism** (0 listed): Pieces that look like photographs or paintings, built from careful shading and contrast.
- **Blackwork** (0 listed): Solid black ink used boldly: heavy fills, patterns, ornamental and graphic designs.
- **Japanese** (0 listed): Irezumi tradition: koi, dragons, waves and flowers, often planned as large flowing pieces.
- **Black and grey** (0 listed): Black ink diluted to soft greys for smooth shading, portraits and realism.
- **Color** (0 listed): Full-color work, from saturated traditional palettes to soft blended tones.
- **Lettering and script** (0 listed): Script, calligraphy and type: names, dates and words, where the lettering is the design.
- **Geometric** (0 listed): Lines, shapes and symmetry: mandalas, dotwork patterns and sacred geometry.
- **Watercolor** (0 listed): Soft washes and bleeds of color that imitate watercolor painting, with or without outlines.
- **Portraits** (0 listed): Likenesses of people and pets, usually in realism or black and grey.