Black and Grey tattoos are very popular in the industry and are favored by a lot of people over colored tattoos because they tend to last longer. Black and Grey aren't really using the color grey, this refers to the term that there is no color being used in the pieces. The reason why black & grey tattoos last longer is because generally the color in some color tattoos fade after a while, caused by sunlight UV radiation, soaps and other harsh chemicals which drain color, and simply the passage of time. Paul Booth is a popular artist who specializes in black & grey tattoos, this style of tattooing is tough as well because you have to make 3D looking images with the absence of color. Paul Booth has a fully covered body consisting of black and grey tattoos which look like a giant work of art.
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He attended a Catholic school in the 12th grade in New Jersey and caught the teacher's attention because of his constant doodling and sketching of skeletons and monsters, this turned into the art in which he specializes in today; black & grey monster and abstract dark imagery of monsters and supernatural. Artists recognized Paul at a tattoo convention where he was recognized for a demon piece he had done. Paul takes his patients through an experience when he is doing work on them. After Paul opened a shop with other artists with similar skills, he chose to design the tattoo parlor like no other. The name of his shop is "Last Rites Tattoos". In this parlor, Paul wanted to satisfy the imagination of his clients by making a dungeon like parlor, with little lighting, skulls and heavy metal in the background. Since his art style is demonic, dark and gritty, he wanted to make the surrounding environment accompany his style and he did this in a smart and successful way. In other words, the studio somewhat looks like a creepy haunted house, in a cool artistic way. Paul Booth usually charges $400 an hour but he goes beyond drawing something on somebody with a needle. He wants to understand your fears and what drives you to get such tattoos, this is used to help him decide the depth and complexity of the final piece. His style is strictly dark, bloody and haunting, Paul will refuse your offer of rainbows and cute bird tattoos.
Paul Booth has many honors such tattooing metal bands which correlate to his art, such bands as Slipknot, Slayer, and Lamb of God and in 2002 Paul was nominated the "King of rock tattoos" by Rolling Stone Magazine. Along with the privilege to do his great tattoo work on such bands he has also had appearances on public television on networks like CNN, Discovery, MTV, TLC and more. Black and grey tattooing is preferred when trying to accomplish a dark and gritty look which is favored by a lot of heavy metal musicians and dark imagery enthusiasts.
See more of Paul Booth's art here.
Have a tour of his abstract studio here.
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