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Surrealism Tattoos
Surrealismtattoo work from artists across the TattooNOW network. Each image links to the artist’s portfolio.
About Surrealism Tattoos
Surrealism brings the dreamlike and impossible to life — melting forms, objects becoming other objects, scenes from the subconscious. Inspired by Dalí and Magritte, it prizes imagination and the uncanny, often rendered realistically to make the impossible believable.
- Deeply personal and conceptual — pieces can mean something only to the wearer
- Often executed in polished realism to ground the fantasy; others lean illustrative
- The artist is a true creative collaborator, so imagination matters as much as technique
- Look for inventive concepts and seamless blending of disparate elements
- Suits placements with room for a scene — arm, thigh, chest, back, full sleeves
Last updated June 2026
Colorwork surreal abstract sleeve
Forest Bear
Unbelievable the kind of sitting people will do when they…
Biomechanical back piece in color
Progress on Todd’s coverup sleeve. Page back to previous…
Progress we made on Carlos last week. Great start to an epic…
Today’s time lapse on Carlos
Amazing visit starting this backpiece on Alvin who is a…
Stoked about Visit 2 with Anthony, today’s gonna be epic!…
Photo dump from a couple weeks back when was visiting. He…
Progress today on Joseph’s back. More tomorrow. Working with
Today’s jams on Adam. Working with
Before/after of today’s session on Adam. About 7 hours. The…
Last night’s progress on Austin. Going to try to wrap up…
Nice healed&hairy shot of Jason’s back. We started this a…
Victory lap on DeShawn’s coverup sleeve. This is…
Today’s session on working alongside epic pieces by…
A 360° tour of the two sessions done on Gordon this past…
Today’s session on Joseph. Massive 4th gen coverup…
Yesterday’s session on Austin, day 1 of our second 2-day…
Today’s progress on Adam.
Another fun day of coverup on DeShawn
Yesterdays progress on Gordon. Left side happening today,…
Closeup of a collab coverup I’m doing with
Some still shots of yesterday’s rendering session on…
Rolling on Casey’s ribs, going to try to crush the rest of…
Day 1 on Doyle’s rib panel coverup. We’ll be laying out the…
Couple epic days inking …can’t wait to continue this journey…
More shots of Seb’s chest from yesterday. 3 sessions, maybe…
An unbelievable couple days working with on Dustin. This was…
Progress today on Michael. More tomorrow, stay tuned! Made…
Some nice next day shots of Bryan’s sleeve. This was a…
Full day drilling on Bryan. Working with
Great day doing saturation and detail on Ryan’s leg. Made…
Detail and saturation on Ryan’s leg today. Working with
Major coverup action today on Ryan. This is actually a…
Gratifying session on Korey yesterday. Mech and water…
Todays progress on Joseph’s massive bio coverup backpiece.…
Yesterday’s progress on Jared’s bio coverup sleeve. More…
Today’s jams on Jared. I’ll have some nice next-day photos…
Video flyby of Seb’s chest from this past weekend. Second…
Detail and saturation on Anthony. We also did some rework on…
Got some solid ground covered on Casey, about 16” square of…
Session today on Dexter’s coverup. This is covering old 90s…
Today’s progress on Adam collaborating with …day 2 of 3.…
Today’s project on Doug, covering some old bio. Swipe to see…
Continuing on Sandy. Doing that final pass rendering thing,…
Today’s session on Michael. More on this arm tomorrow! Made…