Tattoo Styles, Wellington

Blackwork, fine lines, colour, and traditional. My work tends to fall into these styles, and I tattoo from Whitetail Tattoo in central Wellington. Pick the style that fits the idea you have in mind, or send me a message and let's chat.

Blackwork

Blackwork tattoos in Wellington. Bold shapes, dense fills, and graphic compositions built to read clearly for decades.

Solid black wolf head with bared teeth tattooed across the centre of

Bold blackwork lady head ringed by tongues of flame

Snarling panther head in solid black ink with bared fangs

Black ink crocodile head with textured scales and bared teeth running

Line & Dots

Fine line and dotwork tattoos in Wellington. Single-needle precision, soft stippled gradients, and loads details.

Fine-line horse, dagger and small four-petal tattoos

Two matching fine-line panda head cameo tattoos in oval frames

Two king penguin head portraits with long beaks tattooed on the back of two adjacent

Detailed black and grey native bird with a curved beak perched in ferns and small flowers

Colour

Colour tattoos in Wellington. Saturated, intentional palettes built for legibility and longevity.

Black panther head tattoo with bright red flames and tongue

Colour full coverage tattoo with a roaring tiger, frog, lotus flowers and a goat

Pink canvas painting of a striped vase with a tiger face and blue flowers

Traditional

Traditional tattoos in Wellington. Bold outlines, classic motifs, and the kind of saturated colour built to last a lifetime.

Disembodied holding a rose with a diving swallow below on the outer

Three hooded reapers holding scythes around a cracked red moon across the upper back