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Sleeves and large scale

Sleeves, chest pieces, leg sleeves and torso work, designed as one composition and tattooed over several full days. Large-scale work is where realism has room to breathe.

Top End billabong back piece with a water buffalo, red-tailed black cockatoo, barramundi and saltwater crocodile

Top End billabong

Black and grey · back

Full back piece of Eminem with a boombox and city scenes, black and grey realism

Eminem back piece

Black and grey · back

Back piece of a mountain ranch with a barn, horses and a bear, black and grey realism

The ranch

Black and grey · back

Back piece of a horse and a Native American chief in a feathered headdress

Horse and the chief

Black and grey · back

Leg sleeve of a deep-sea monster rising above a sinking ship

Leviathan

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Leg sleeve of an octopus wrapping a shark and a skull, black and grey realism

Octopus and the shark

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Leg sleeve of drifting jellyfish and coral, black and grey realism

Jellyfish drift

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Full sleeve of an owl inside a lightning storm over a pine forest

Storm owl

Black and grey · sleeve

Full sleeve of a hooded skull, skeleton hand and a pile of skulls

Skull and bones

Black and grey · sleeve

Full sleeve of a sinister clown with horror details, black and grey realism

The clown

Black and grey · sleeve

Spiral galaxy and star field half sleeve on the upper arm

Spiral galaxy

Black and grey · half sleeve

Weathered old fisherman portrait across the full back, with a lone figure fishing from a boat below

The old fisherman

Black and grey · back

Hooded reaper rising between two breaking waves with an eagle overhead, full back piece

Reaper and the waves

Black and grey · back

Colour back piece of an old bush homestead under the Milky Way, with magpies and a wombat

Homestead under the Milky Way

Colour realism · back

Spiral galaxy over a forest waterfall, with a lone figure in the water below, on the thigh

Galaxy falls

Black and grey · thigh

Snow-capped mountain and pine forest with two children walking the road towards it, full back

The road to the mountain

Black and grey · back

Great white shark rising out of the deep towards a diver, on the thigh

Great white rising

Black and grey · thigh

Cracked skull with a spider crawling across it, full back piece

Skull and spider

Black and grey · back

Jaguar stalking through the jungle above an ancient temple, full sleeve

Jaguar and the temple

Black and grey · sleeve

Lion beneath a waterfall on the upper arm, flowing into a full sleeve

Lion and falls

Black and grey · sleeve

Bandaged mummy with an ankh and scarab, full sleeve

The mummy

Black and grey · sleeve

Dragon with a glowing red eye beneath a dark castle, on the thigh

Dragon and the castle

Black and grey · thigh

Fly fisherman casting beneath a waterfall with a trout below, full sleeve

The fly fisherman

Black and grey · sleeve

Bear catching salmon in a river below jagged mountain peaks, full leg sleeve

Bear and the river

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Owl above misty mountains and pine forest, full sleeve

Owl and the mountains

Black and grey · sleeve

Green aurora over a snowy mountain and pine forest, full sleeve

Aurora

Colour realism · sleeve

Snarling clown with a carnival tent and ferris wheel, full back piece

The carnival

Black and grey · back

Great white shark and a glowing anglerfish in the deep, on the leg

Shark and anglerfish

Black and grey · leg

Monstrous deep-sea anglerfish above a sunken wreck, full leg sleeve

Deep sea

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Alien looming over the pyramids and a lone figure, full leg sleeve

Alien and the pyramids

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Alien face emerging from textured skin and planets, full sleeve

The visitor

Black and grey · sleeve

Classic slasher film villains in black and grey, full leg sleeve

Horror icons

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Skull and smoke beneath a hooded reaper, full sleeve

Skull and the reaper

Black and grey · sleeve

Railway line and a hand holding a photograph, flowing into a full sleeve

Railway memories

Black and grey · sleeve

Woman standing beneath a tropical waterfall with palms above, leg sleeve

The waterfall

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Colour realism marlin breaking through a swell across the chest

Marlin and swell

Colour realism · chest

Shark jaws framing a tall ship and octopus across the torso

Jaws and the wreck

Black and grey · torso

Black and grey tiger stalking down the upper arm

Tiger

Black and grey · sleeve

Octopus and moray eel wrapping a full leg

Octopus and moray

Black and grey · leg sleeve

Colour realism sleeve of a breaking wave at sunset over a reef

Sunset swell

Colour realism · sleeve

Black and grey great white shark sleeve

White shark sleeve

Black and grey · sleeve

Chained panther roaring through a forest across the chest

Chained panther

Black and grey · chest

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New Zealand fly fishing sleeve

A New Zealand fly fishing scene, tattooed over two days and around 14 hours.

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About sleeves and large scale tattoos

Large-scale realism is designed as one composition from the start, so every element flows around the arm, leg or torso. Sleeves and back pieces usually take several full days, booked a few weeks apart so the skin can heal between sessions. Start with an idea and a placement, and Dylan will design the rest. [Dylan: add typical days for a sleeve.]

More from the portfolio

Fish and marine

Great whites, old fishermen, tall ships and the creatures of the deep.

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Wildlife

Lions, jaguars, bears, owls and Australian natives in black and grey realism.

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Sea and shore

Breaking waves, palms, beaches at first light and faces in the water.

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