Resident artist
Jarrat Tattoo
Old myths. Cult panels. Bold skin.
Japanese · Manga · Anime · Illustrative
ARGUS TATTOO · ANTWERP Jarrat works where Japanese folklore, tattoo tradition and contemporary image culture meet.
Dragons coil. Oni glare. Yokai misbehave. Snakes, peonies and masks move through compositions built to follow the body rather than sit on top of it. Alongside these Japanese-inspired subjects, Jarrat translates manga and anime imagery into tattoos that preserve the attitude of the source while becoming strong pieces in their own right.
His visual language is bold and illustrative, with confident contours, deliberate movement and colour that knows when to shout. Blackwork can carry the same force. The scale shifts from a compact character to a larger arm, leg or back piece, but the image always gets enough room to breathe.
The ideas that do not fit neatly inside a tattoo portfolio escape through Jarrat Lab. It is his artistic side mission: an experimental bench for drawings, objects and visual detours. Not a separate world so much as the back room of the same imagination.
This is work for collectors who want more than a copied frame. Bring the character, creature or story. Jarrat will find the composition that belongs on skin.
Bring Jarrat a world, not just a screenshot
A favourite character, panel, myth, yokai or traditional Japanese subject. Add the mood and moments that matter to you. Jarrat is a strong match for Japanese-inspired tattoos, manga and anime pieces, dragons, oni, snakes, peonies and larger narrative compositions.
Send the subject, placement, approximate size, colour preference and relevant references. Faithful is welcome. Thoughtless copying is not.
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Send the subject, placement, approximate size, colour preference and a few useful references. Enough to begin; not a complete Pinterest archive.
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