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#art history #landscapes #miniature #tattoos #Vincent van Gogh
Perfectly Round Tattoos by Eva Encompass Miniature Worlds Inspired by Art History
Turkish tattoo artist Havva Karabudak (who goes by Eva in the U.S.) creates incredibly detailed illustrations on clients’ limbs, all carefully rendered within the confines of perfect circles. The artist, who splits her times between residencies in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, has been honing her craft for almost nine years. Previously, Eva worked as an art teacher and muralist; she got into tattooing through a friend who worked in the industry.
Using almost impossibly small lines, Eva inks interpretations of famed paintings by Matisse, van Gogh, and Klimt, as well as Hokusai’s The Great Wave woodblock print and Maurice Sendak’s illustrations in Where The Wild Things Are. The artist also specializes in water scenes and evening skies, giving a suggestion of infinite depth to her petite tattoos.
Eva is currently booked through November, but you can see more of her recent illustrative tattoos on Instagram.
#art history #landscapes #miniature #tattoos #Vincent van Gogh
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