ornamental tattoo artists
in los angeles
decorative, jewelry-like patterns that follow the body — filigree, lace, and ornamental linework designed to adorn.
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sandra price
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melanie benoit
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jian liang
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otaybeatdown
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shelby bianco
Y2K-inspired lower back piece: a heart lettered 'Juicy' framed by spiky red and black flourishes and dangling beaded charms.
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vince espinoza
Swirling ornamental filigree tapers down the shin, woven with small five-petal flowers and finished in a pointed diamond tip.
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dylan aiello
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josue bravo
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zealous
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samantha wilks
Two swans curve their necks into a heart within a baroque pearl-edged frame, set against a rich stippled black background.
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hannah
A lotus with a beaded drop sits over the sternum above a thorny, wing-shaped ornamental blackwork piece spanning the chest.
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humilde tattoos
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nj tattooz
A lotus in red ink centered between the shoulder blades, with airy petal shading and a small ornamental flourish beneath.
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emily
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anoetic.designs.ultd
A black and grey owl with an ornamental patterned crown perched above a finely lined dreamcatcher on the upper arm.
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zitronxus
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travis ross
An ornamental blackwork motif in a henna-inspired layout, finished with dotwork accents on the inner upper arm.
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mr._folks
A serene-faced sun anchors this ornamental thigh piece, framed in lace-like mandala patterning and delicate florals.
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edgar armas rodriguez
An archangel raises his sword before a gothic rose window, shaded in detailed black and grey down the forearm.
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imindisoul
An owl rendered like carved stone, built from layered ornamental patterns and dense stipple shading down the forearm.
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vladimir kozachenko
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inkedby_g
Full-back ornamental blackwork combining lace-inspired drapery across the shoulders, bold peonies and a detailed mandala at the lower back.
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gloria.shi.ink
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about ornamental tattooing in los angeles
ornamental tattooing borrows from jewelry, architecture and textile pattern: filigree, lace, chandelier and garland forms, beading and drop details, designed to sit on the body like something worn rather than something drawn on. the defining idea is that the design follows the anatomy — it traces a collarbone, wraps a bicep, drapes across a sternum — instead of being placed on top of it as a flat image.
because it's built around the body, this work is usually designed in place rather than printed from a flat drawing, and it's one of the styles where the artist's placement instinct matters as much as their linework. it also scales unusually well: the same design language works as a small delicate piece or as a full sleeve of connected pattern, and it's often used to link separate existing tattoos into something that reads as one composition.
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