Realism tattooing is the fashionable new force for body art’s future. 

Realistic tattoo keeps getting more insane by the hour, and ink aficionados can reap incredibly aesthetic rewards from replicating 3D graphics on their skin. 

For those looking to get bona fide 21st century ink, realistic tattoo offers lifelike reproduction of portraiture, spot on landscapes, or eye-catching reproductions. 

Realism tattoos unlock serious potential, showing that ink is for everyone now. Beautiful realism tattoo designs are finally hitting the world of fine art. Here’ll you’ll find 103 of the best examples to help you choose your next tattoo using black and gray and color realism. 

1. Innovative Black and Gray Realism Tattoos

2. Realistic Chest Tattoo Ideas

Realism tattoos are popular for the chest as they provide a large, consistent surface of skin allowing for larger pieces. Large sections of scripture and literature go well on the chest and can be accompanied by other images as well. 

These examples show that a range of designs coming close to full scale portrait tattoo or iconography – you can get full length or width with chest realism. The Classical style pieces offer the sense of eye-catching scope and scale, and tremendously detailed shading platform of black and grayscale ink.

3. Under the Sea Realism

The capacity to show a full realized underwater scene in color or black and gray make the realism tattooing skills of each tattoo artist stand out. Each example above is detailed brilliantly, particularly in the use of space and bright blue color/grayscale to provide the necessary underwater perspective needed to stand out powerfully.  

While there are a variety of concepts being incorporated into these tattoos, they are done with impressive commitment to exacting detail, whether it’s the jagged teeth of a Great White Shark or the shadows of fish circling at different depths.