Around 2014, after years of tattooing and learning from a wide range of styles, I started wanting to find my own way of doing things. All tattooing is beautiful, but I wanted to create a style that felt more like me.
Surreal & Illustrative Tattoos by Nick Whybrow
Over more than 20 years of tattooing, I've been lucky enough to work alongside incredible artists and learn from everything from Japanese and traditional tattooing to black and grey, fine line and illustrative work.
All of that has influenced the way I tattoo today.
My work is primarily surreal, illustrative and graphic, often using clean linework, crosshatching and etching-inspired texture. I'm particularly interested in taking ideas that don't obviously belong together and finding a way to make them work as one tattoo.
Nude figures, animals, nature, space, scenery and strange or personal ideas often find their way into my work, sometimes alongside influences from traditional or Japanese tattooing.
Every tattoo is different, but the goal is always the same: to create something personal, unusual and built around the person wearing it.
If you've got an idea you'd like to turn into a tattoo, feel free to get in touch.
I'm based at The Good Fight Tattoo in Camden, North London, where I work alongside a team of artists specialising in a wide range of tattoo styles.
