Traditional Tiger Tattoo

Shaded in soft grays like a pencil portrait, this tiger looks straight out from the sheet with calm, heavy-lidded eyes. Its ears stand up, dark stripes run across the forehead and cheeks, and the fur of the neck and chest loosens into light strokes that fade away at the bottom of the design.

A realistic black and gray portrait

Black and gray realism is a tattoo style of its own, built on gradual shading instead of bold outlines or flat color. Here it gives the face real depth, from the pale muzzle to the shadows under the brow. Because the portrait has no frame and no hard edge, it blends into the skin around it, which suits an upper arm, the chest, the back or a thigh. The tiger has long been a favorite subject in tattooing, and our article on what a tiger tattoo means traces the ideas behind it. Our tiger temporary tattoo collection holds more faces and full-body designs.

Size and application

The design comes on a 15x21cm sheet and is applied with a moistened sponge. The ingredient list from the supplier includes acrylates copolymer, propylene glycol, petrolatum, linseed oil, soybean oil, mineral oil, iron oxides, titanium dioxide and color pigments.