tattoo artists

Permanent body decorators

Tattoo artists are practitioners who create permanent designs on skin by injecting ink beneath the surface.

The term emphasizes the craft as art rather than mere trade.

Tattoo artists typically work in studios called parlors or shops, building portfolios and often specializing in particular styles: She's one of the best tattoo artists in the city for Japanese traditional work.

Opposites
permanence of body art

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Professionals who apply cosmetics

creation vs. removal of body art

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Physicians specializing in skin

plastic surgeons · estheticians · cosmetic surgeons

modification vs. preservation of natural body

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G