skin art

Permanent body decoration

Skin art is tattooing or body modification as an artistic practice.

The term emphasizes the aesthetic and creative dimensions of tattoos, piercings, scarification, and similar work: The convention featured skin art from artists around the world.

A skin artist is a tattoo artist.

Related

tribal tattoos · tribal · ink · design · artistry · cultural symbols · inkwork · sleeve tattoos · counterculture · portrait · cover up · dermis · flash · parlor · needle work · studio · permanent · pigment

Opposites
body modification type

skin artpiercing

Penetrating or very sharp

body piercing · scarification · branding · subdermal implants · tongue splitting

permanence of body decoration

skin arttemporary tattoo

Impermanent skin decoration

henna · body paint · face paint · mehndi · makeup

natural vs. modified skin

skin artuntattooed

Without permanent skin designs

Family

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG