Portraits

Black-and-Grey Portrait Tattoos in Bend, Oregon

Portraits — of family, of icons, of the people you carry with you — are some of the most personal pieces a tattoo artist gets asked to do. Davi treats them that way.

Portrait work is built on shading, not outlines. The black-and-grey tradition reads tone for tone — the way a photograph would. That makes likeness everything: the eye line, the highlight on the cheekbone, the shadow under the jaw. Davi's portrait sessions start with a real conversation about who you're carrying and how you want them rendered. Bring a clean reference photo (good lighting, no filter), and we'll talk through scale, placement, and how the piece will age.