RetrINK Tattoo Artist Tony in Saltash

About me

I've always had a huge love for nostalgia and retro gaming and love sharing this with my daughter.

I originally started out airbrushing crash helmets and illustrating and creating the odd tattoo design for friends. I was then encouraged into tattooing by friends and never looked back.

You will never catch me using AI to generate my artwork. I'm old school and believe in real human talent.

I never watch the news or get involved with anything that is designed to cause negativity. I like to remain positive and hang around with like minded positive people.

I enjoy training 5 days a week, slinging weights and helping others achieve their goals in the gym with advice or spotting.

Tattooing has become an exciting challenge for me and I am very fond of new creative challenges. It really is a great honour to be entrusted to create living works of art and to play a part in enhancing someone's identity

Cant wait for the day when someone asks me to tattoo either HE-MAN or Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. Both are great memories from the 80s-90s and are 2 of my favourite characters.

mY STYLES

Heres a collection of the styles and techniques MR T practices and offers his customers.

REALISM

A realism tattoo is exactly how it sounds - a piece of artwork that looks so realistic you almost believe it's a photo! It is full of intricate details with high amounts of shading, and generally takes the most amount of time to complete.

TRADITIONAL

These types of tattoos have distinguishing features, which include: Bold and clean black outlines in a 2D finish (looks like a drawing) Highly saturated colours of red, green, yellow, and lots of black.

BLACK AND GREY

Black and gray is a tattooing style that uses varying shades of black ink. Black and gray tattoos can also be realistic, with lifelike portraits, movie scenes, or other subjects.

ABSTRACT

Abstract tattoos are designs that look like pieces of art themselves. Other types of tattoos are a form of art, but in this case, it's something more. These tattoos do not try to imitate or picture anything real but capture an emotion or a feeling.

LINEWORK

Linework tattoos are tattoos that are primarily made up of lines, rather than shading or color. They can be simple or complex, and can be created in a variety of styles, including geometric shapes, florals, illustrations, and symbols.

WATERCOLOUR

These are bright, vivid designs made up of a number of subtle colour gradients that create a more gradual colour fade-out. Intended to mimic the characteristics of a classic water colour painting.