Tattoo style
Gothic
Gothic tattooing draws on medieval and gothic imagery: pointed architecture, blackletter, ornament and dark romantic motifs.
Overview
About Gothic
Visual markers to recognise Gothic.
Work is mostly black, with strong contrast and dense detail. Cathedral forms, tracery, blackletter script and symbols of mortality are common.
Medieval references
Arches, tracery and blackletter forms.
Black and contrast
Mostly black ink with deep shadow.
Dark romantic motifs
Mortality, ornament and nocturnal imagery.
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