Ditch black and white tattoos, as watercolor ink is the new standard of excellence in the tattoo industry. Robson Carvalho, a talented tattoo artist based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is noted for his graphic approach described with a wide range of adjectives and adverbs, including “sloppy,” “free,” “watercolor,” and “pastel.” His tattoos look like they came straight out of one of his sketchbooks, and in most cases, that’s exactly what happened. Carvalho’s tattoos capture that free pen stroke technique. His skill gives the impression that, instead of using a tattoo machine, he was tracing a doodle with a marker and a brush. Imperfection is what gives his work its immaculate quality: some lines are blurred, some colors fade, and some of the ink splatters as if the nib had slipped and fallen.
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