Traditional alligator tattoo

With tattoo trends changing almost as often as the trends on social media, some tattoo styles still defy time, gaining immunity to any and all passing-by trends. Want to guess which tattoos we are talking about?

Illusions and tattoos were destined to go hand-in-hand. Optical illusion tattoos are pieces of art that do as the name says — mess with the eyes. Though at first, it might seem like a simple work of ink on the skin, in reality, tattoos like these are some of the most creative things ever. A brilliant optical illusion tattoo is clever in its deception.

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All of the Alligator and Crocodile tattoos often have different meanings for those people who often put them in their body.

Austin native, Ben Fiedler has been tattooing for 10 years. Ben's style consists of more modern Traditional American Folk based imagery, and large-scale Traditional Japanese style with a strong western influence.