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Tattoo artwork shared by Yeonjae Tattoo — Betta fish tattoo 🐟✨

Betta fish tattoo 🐟✨

A colorful available design inspired by the beautiful flowing fins and vivid colors of betta fish. Each color can be customized to your preference. Available design 🤍 DM for inquiries. l

연재타투가 공개한 타투 작업 사진 — 등에 첫타투로 나비와 달 새겨드렸습니다!

등에 첫타투로 나비와 달 새겨드렸습니다!

찾아주셔서 감사합니다🦋

연재타투가 공개한 타투 작업 사진 — 예약 가능한 도안들입니다~ 문의주세요!

예약 가능한 도안들입니다~ 문의주세요!

연재타투가 인스타그램에 올린 사진과 설명, 해시태그 원문입니다.

Black uppercase NEVERMIND lettering sits in one line on the ribs beneath black lace clothing. Pointed stroke ends and uneven thickness create a rough brush-like appearance.

Lettering tattoos in Hongdae: Choosing Words, Texture, and Placement

2026-05-24 · BTS Jimin Nevermind Tattoo / This client visited Korea for the BTS concert and brought in the iconic Nevermind lettering inspired by Jimin

A side view of the same NEVERMIND tattoo shows the lettering following the rib line, with its right end partly covered by the clothing edge.

Lettering tattoos in Hongdae: Choosing Words, Texture, and Placement

2026-05-24 · BTS Jimin Nevermind Tattoo / This client visited Korea for the BTS concert and brought in the iconic Nevermind lettering inspired by Jimin

Two lines of Korean handwriting sit on the back of the shoulder, with a small clock-like circle, a heart, dots, a bird-like shape, and colored underlining.

Lettering tattoos in Hongdae: Choosing Words, Texture, and Placement

2026-05-24 · BTS Jimin Nevermind Tattoo / This client visited Korea for the BTS concert and brought in the iconic Nevermind lettering inspired by Jimin

A three-image collage shows the same shoulder lettering from close and more distant viewpoints, allowing its scale along the shoulder line to be compared.

Lettering tattoos in Hongdae: Choosing Words, Texture, and Placement

2026-05-24 · BTS Jimin Nevermind Tattoo / This client visited Korea for the BTS concert and brought in the iconic Nevermind lettering inspired by Jimin

Fine black handwriting runs down the arm in several lines, reading “every little piece of you...” above the Korean text “사랑해요,” with a heart and dots.

Lettering tattoos in Hongdae: Choosing Words, Texture, and Placement

2026-05-24 · BTS Jimin Nevermind Tattoo / This client visited Korea for the BTS concert and brought in the iconic Nevermind lettering inspired by Jimin

English and Korean handwriting appears on paper in black pen-like strokes: “every little piece of you...” above “사랑해요,” accompanied by a heart and dots.

Lettering tattoos in Hongdae: Choosing Words, Texture, and Placement

2026-05-24 · BTS Jimin Nevermind Tattoo / This client visited Korea for the BTS concert and brought in the iconic Nevermind lettering inspired by Jimin

The cursive English phrase “You only live once” crosses the arm diagonally, with contrasting thin and thick strokes following the arm line.

Lettering tattoos in Hongdae: Choosing Words, Texture, and Placement

2026-05-24 · BTS Jimin Nevermind Tattoo / This client visited Korea for the BTS concert and brought in the iconic Nevermind lettering inspired by Jimin

A Japanese sentence extends in one line across the upper arm. The clean lettering has even stroke thickness, with angle brackets visible within the sentence.

Lettering tattoos in Hongdae: Choosing Words, Texture, and Placement

2026-05-24 · BTS Jimin Nevermind Tattoo / This client visited Korea for the BTS concert and brought in the iconic Nevermind lettering inspired by Jimin

Snake winding between flowers and leaves on the upper arm; the snake and leaves are black and grey stippled shading and only the petals are red.

Color Tattoo: Fill It All or Add One Accent?

2026-02-19 · Lion & Roses — Strength and elegance in one forearm piece

Forearm with a black-and-grey lion face and three pink roses stacked below it; the leaves are grey shading.

Color Tattoo: Fill It All or Add One Accent?

2026-02-19 · Lion & Roses — Strength and elegance in one forearm piece

Tilted rectangular frame on the upper arm: a red field with a pale circle on top, grey wave lines below, and a black border.

Color Tattoo: Fill It All or Add One Accent?

2026-02-19 · Lion & Roses — Strength and elegance in one forearm piece

Black rectangular ground on the upper arm with small blue, purple and pink flowers and a purple butterfly placed on it.

Color Tattoo: Fill It All or Add One Accent?

2026-02-19 · Lion & Roses — Strength and elegance in one forearm piece

Forearm piece with a long upright object wrapped by green vines and yellow, blue, orange, pink and red flowers.

Color Tattoo: Fill It All or Add One Accent?

2026-02-19 · Lion & Roses — Strength and elegance in one forearm piece

Green ribbon bow in the middle of the forearm, drawn with darker and lighter parts of a single green family.

Color Tattoo: Fill It All or Add One Accent?

2026-02-19 · Lion & Roses — Strength and elegance in one forearm piece

Forearm with two pink flowers with ruffled petal edges, small drooping buds and green leaves in thin black outlines.

Color Tattoo: Fill It All or Add One Accent?

2026-02-19 · Lion & Roses — Strength and elegance in one forearm piece

Design image, not a tattoo photo: a teal-and-blue betta fish and a betta fish mixing red, pink and purple, side by side on white.

Color Tattoo: Fill It All or Add One Accent?

2026-02-19 · Lion & Roses — Strength and elegance in one forearm piece

A rectangular tattoo on an arm showing a blue sky with pink-tinged clouds, a tall tree left of center, a pale house with warm light in its windows, dark trees on both sides, reflections in water, and a thin blue line below.

Painting Tattoo: Magritte Frame vs Matisse Dance

2026-06-01 · Title: René Magritte Painting Tattoo / One of my returning clients came back with a painting by their favorite artist, René Magritte

The same rectangular scene photographed from another angle on an arm in a black short sleeve: sky, clouds, tree, house, and water inside the frame, with a thin blue line running across the arm below it.

Painting Tattoo: Magritte Frame vs Matisse Dance

2026-06-01 · Title: René Magritte Painting Tattoo / One of my returning clients came back with a painting by their favorite artist, René Magritte

Two black silhouettes of figures tattooed on an arm: the upper-right one stretched with its legs lifted, the lower-left one curved and bent, with short strokes of pink, yellow, purple, blue, and orange spreading between them.

Painting Tattoo: Magritte Frame vs Matisse Dance

2026-06-01 · Title: René Magritte Painting Tattoo / One of my returning clients came back with a painting by their favorite artist, René Magritte

A wider shot of an arm with a light knit sleeve pushed up, where the same two silhouettes and color strokes sit small on the skin with plenty of bare skin around them.

Painting Tattoo: Magritte Frame vs Matisse Dance

2026-06-01 · Title: René Magritte Painting Tattoo / One of my returning clients came back with a painting by their favorite artist, René Magritte

A bent arm with two black figure silhouettes outlined in white laid over the skin, which looks like an image used to try out the placement, with faint reddish marks visible on the skin.

Painting Tattoo: Magritte Frame vs Matisse Dance

2026-06-01 · Title: René Magritte Painting Tattoo / One of my returning clients came back with a painting by their favorite artist, René Magritte

A before-work photo of a bent arm resting indoors, with a red circle drawn around the inner arm area and faint marks visible on the skin inside the circle.

Painting Tattoo: Magritte Frame vs Matisse Dance

2026-06-01 · Title: René Magritte Painting Tattoo / One of my returning clients came back with a painting by their favorite artist, René Magritte

A norigae-shaped tattoo on an upper arm: a round line-drawn medallion with knots above and below, a tassel, and a pink mugunghwa with falling petals beside it.

Norigae Tattoo: What to Keep When Going Small

2026-07-01 · Title: Korean Norigae & Mugunghwa Tattoo / A custom tattoo inspired by Korea's traditional norigae and the national flower, Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)

A vertical tattoo behind the ear running down the side of the neck: a small flower-shaped ornament, beads, a five-petal flower, and a tassel of fine lines.

Norigae Tattoo: What to Keep When Going Small

2026-07-01 · Title: Korean Norigae & Mugunghwa Tattoo / A custom tattoo inspired by Korea's traditional norigae and the national flower, Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)

A design image, not a tattoo photo: a pin, blue butterfly wings, a red gem, a teal knot, a heart pendant and a blue-gray tassel stacked vertically.

Norigae Tattoo: What to Keep When Going Small

2026-07-01 · Title: Korean Norigae & Mugunghwa Tattoo / A custom tattoo inspired by Korea's traditional norigae and the national flower, Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)

Close view of a mugunghwa tattoo on the upper arm, with two large flowers, leaves and buds drawn in black lines and soft gray shading.

Norigae Tattoo: What to Keep When Going Small

2026-07-01 · Title: Korean Norigae & Mugunghwa Tattoo / A custom tattoo inspired by Korea's traditional norigae and the national flower, Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)

The same mugunghwa tattoo seen from the side of the arm, with the cluster of flowers placed vertically on the upper arm.

Norigae Tattoo: What to Keep When Going Small

2026-07-01 · Title: Korean Norigae & Mugunghwa Tattoo / A custom tattoo inspired by Korea's traditional norigae and the national flower, Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)

The mugunghwa tattoo from another angle: a small flower at the top and a larger flower below, joined by leaves as if on one branch.

Norigae Tattoo: What to Keep When Going Small

2026-07-01 · Title: Korean Norigae & Mugunghwa Tattoo / A custom tattoo inspired by Korea's traditional norigae and the national flower, Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)

Hongdae tattoo work: a plum blossom branch starting as a thick black trunk near the wrist, rising diagonally along the forearm and thinning into twigs, with pink blossoms along it

Hongdae Plum Blossom Tattoo Case: How the Branch Direction and Blossom Placement Were Set from Wrist to Forearm

2026-09-16 · A plum blossom branch designed to gently cover the scar around the wrist

Close view of the middle of the forearm, with a black plum blossom branch crossing the arm and turning toward its side, pink blossoms of different sizes and small buds along the branch

Hongdae Plum Blossom Tattoo Case: How the Branch Direction and Blossom Placement Were Set from Wrist to Forearm

2026-09-16 · A plum blossom branch designed to gently cover the scar around the wrist

Composite announcement image with text: the plum blossom branch tattoo from wrist to forearm with the text Plum blossom tree cover-up and a Korean caption laid over it, and a close-up of the forearm inset on the right

Hongdae Plum Blossom Tattoo Case: How the Branch Direction and Blossom Placement Were Set from Wrist to Forearm

2026-09-16 · A plum blossom branch designed to gently cover the scar around the wrist

A different piece on a similar theme: before-and-after comparison, with a light brown patch on skin on the left (Before) and a pink cherry blossom branch with two falling petals in the same spot on the right (After)

Hongdae Plum Blossom Tattoo Case: How the Branch Direction and Blossom Placement Were Set from Wrist to Forearm

2026-09-16 · A plum blossom branch designed to gently cover the scar around the wrist

A different piece on a similar theme: a colour flower tattoo on the upper arm, with three pink roses and green and black leaves gathered together and a black butterfly above

Hongdae Plum Blossom Tattoo Case: How the Branch Direction and Blossom Placement Were Set from Wrist to Forearm

2026-09-16 · A plum blossom branch designed to gently cover the scar around the wrist

Design sheet (not a tattoo photo): about twenty small colour symbols on textured paper, including hearts, a crescent moon, sparkles, a sun, cherries, butterflies, paw prints and a rainbow, with the artist signature at lower right

Hongdae Mini Tattoo Symbol Examples: How We Prepared Candidates for a First Tattoo

2026-02-25 · minitattoo series

Design sheet (not a tattoo photo): the same symbol sheet in black line and black fill only, showing hearts, a crescent moon, lightning, paw prints and a snake

Hongdae Mini Tattoo Symbol Examples: How We Prepared Candidates for a First Tattoo

2026-02-25 · minitattoo series

Design sheet (not a tattoo photo): a sheet of very small symbols in thin colour lines, including a little heart, a droplet, a fish, an apple, a sprout, music notes, a cat face, a ribbon, a butterfly and a crown, each with one brown dot

Hongdae Mini Tattoo Symbol Examples: How We Prepared Candidates for a First Tattoo

2026-02-25 · minitattoo series

Design sheet (not a tattoo photo): nine numbered hearts of the same shape, each painted in a different colour with a brush-stroke texture

Hongdae Mini Tattoo Symbol Examples: How We Prepared Candidates for a First Tattoo

2026-02-25 · minitattoo series

Other work on the same theme: a small tattoo on the upper arm of one green three-leaf clover with a thin curved tail ending in two dots

Hongdae Mini Tattoo Symbol Examples: How We Prepared Candidates for a First Tattoo

2026-02-25 · minitattoo series

Other work on the same theme: a tattoo of three overlapping hearts drawn in thin black line between the collarbone and shoulder

Hongdae Mini Tattoo Symbol Examples: How We Prepared Candidates for a First Tattoo

2026-02-25 · minitattoo series

Other work on the same theme: a small tattoo of two sparkle stars of different sizes near the shoulder, with a similar small star tattoo visible on the hand in front

Hongdae Mini Tattoo Symbol Examples: How We Prepared Candidates for a First Tattoo

2026-02-25 · minitattoo series

Design sheet (not a tattoo photo): eight fine-line designs in pastel rainbow colours on white, in three rows, butterflies with flowers, a crescent moon, stars, cats, ribbons and a key, with the artist signature on the right

Hongdae Tattoo Design Sheet Example: How We Prepared a Butterfly and Little Things Collection

2026-10-02 · Butterfly & Little Things Collection: delicate linework with butterflies paired with flowers, crescent moons, stars, little cats, ribbons, tiny charms

Design sheet (not a tattoo photo): the same eight butterfly and small-charm designs drawn in black line, including a butterfly with a flower sprig and ribbon, a crescent moon, a key and cats

Hongdae Tattoo Design Sheet Example: How We Prepared a Butterfly and Little Things Collection

2026-10-02 · Butterfly & Little Things Collection: delicate linework with butterflies paired with flowers, crescent moons, stars, little cats, ribbons, tiny charms

Design image (not a tattoo photo): a realistic illustration of an owl in a black top hat with a feather, perched on two worn antique books beside an ink bottle with a quill, with the design title at the top

Hongdae Tattoo Design Sheet Example: How We Prepared a Butterfly and Little Things Collection

2026-10-02 · Butterfly & Little Things Collection: delicate linework with butterflies paired with flowers, crescent moons, stars, little cats, ribbons, tiny charms

Design image (not a tattoo photo): a symmetrical ornament on textured paper, a central star with crescent moons on either side, leaf branches and small stars and dots above and below

Hongdae Tattoo Design Sheet Example: How We Prepared a Butterfly and Little Things Collection

2026-10-02 · Butterfly & Little Things Collection: delicate linework with butterflies paired with flowers, crescent moons, stars, little cats, ribbons, tiny charms

Other work on the same theme: five small colour butterflies and a few sparkles scattered from collarbone toward shoulder, with a line of blue cursive English on the left

Hongdae Tattoo Design Sheet Example: How We Prepared a Butterfly and Little Things Collection

2026-10-02 · Butterfly & Little Things Collection: delicate linework with butterflies paired with flowers, crescent moons, stars, little cats, ribbons, tiny charms

Other work on the same theme: a tattoo on the arm of a ribbon bow with a chain hanging down to a red heart-shaped lock, with part of another black tattoo at the lower right

Hongdae Tattoo Design Sheet Example: How We Prepared a Butterfly and Little Things Collection

2026-10-02 · Butterfly & Little Things Collection: delicate linework with butterflies paired with flowers, crescent moons, stars, little cats, ribbons, tiny charms

A colour tattoo on the inner wrist: a crescent moon with a flower and two small stars, the moon shading from blue into purple and pink, and a stem running from yellow to green with a small knot at the end

Hongdae Tattoo Retouch or a New Design: Examples of New Designs Placed Over Small Tattoos

2026-09-08 · Mini moon cover-up tattoo: a small moon tattoo on the wrist was transformed by adding a flower, stars, and soft rainbow colors

The same wrist tattoo photographed with the arm raised, a flower opening over the moon, two stars and a yellow-to-green stem, with the wrist creases and a white sleeve in view

Hongdae Tattoo Retouch or a New Design: Examples of New Designs Placed Over Small Tattoos

2026-09-08 · Mini moon cover-up tattoo: a small moon tattoo on the wrist was transformed by adding a flower, stars, and soft rainbow colors

Two photos side by side of a ribbon-bow tattoo on the back of the hand, the left with blurred, soft lines and the right with crisp, tidy lines

Hongdae Tattoo Retouch or a New Design: Examples of New Designs Placed Over Small Tattoos

2026-09-08 · Mini moon cover-up tattoo: a small moon tattoo on the wrist was transformed by adding a flower, stars, and soft rainbow colors

A before and after photo: on the left a thin, blurred small cross on an arm, and on the right a pair of cherries with leaves in deep colour on the same spot, with the words Before and After visible

Hongdae Tattoo Retouch or a New Design: Examples of New Designs Placed Over Small Tattoos

2026-09-08 · Mini moon cover-up tattoo: a small moon tattoo on the wrist was transformed by adding a flower, stars, and soft rainbow colors

A single line of thin cursive along the collarbone with two black and grey flowers and a stem joined at the left end

Hongdae Tattoo Retouch or a New Design: Examples of New Designs Placed Over Small Tattoos

2026-09-08 · Mini moon cover-up tattoo: a small moon tattoo on the wrist was transformed by adding a flower, stars, and soft rainbow colors

A tattoo on an arm of a fairy with stained-glass-style wings, a golden figure with one arm raised and teal and red wings

Hongdae Tattoo Retouch or a New Design: Examples of New Designs Placed Over Small Tattoos

2026-09-08 · Mini moon cover-up tattoo: a small moon tattoo on the wrist was transformed by adding a flower, stars, and soft rainbow colors

Upper arm tattoo of a cursive name crossed by a purple arrow, with a sunburst-style circle ornament behind the letters

Hongdae Name Tattoo: An Arrow and Sunburst Upper Arm Band, and How Each Part Was Decided

2026-08-24 · Lettering tattoo featuring the name Violet with an arrow piercing through it. A simple design with a delicate point and meaningful detail.

Side view of the same name and arrow band on the upper arm, with the arrow fletching and tip running around the arm and the sunburst circle in the middle

Hongdae Name Tattoo: An Arrow and Sunburst Upper Arm Band, and How Each Part Was Decided

2026-08-24 · Lettering tattoo featuring the name Violet with an arrow piercing through it. A simple design with a delicate point and meaningful detail.

Another angle of the name, arrow and sunburst band on the upper arm just below a white short sleeve, seen from the side

Hongdae Name Tattoo: An Arrow and Sunburst Upper Arm Band, and How Each Part Was Decided

2026-08-24 · Lettering tattoo featuring the name Violet with an arrow piercing through it. A simple design with a delicate point and meaningful detail.

Upper arm below a black short sleeve with one line of thin cursive English following a gentle curve, small sparkle stars scattered around it

Hongdae Name Tattoo: An Arrow and Sunburst Upper Arm Band, and How Each Part Was Decided

2026-08-24 · Lettering tattoo featuring the name Violet with an arrow piercing through it. A simple design with a delicate point and meaningful detail.

Black-and-grey fine-line dinosaur skull, Roman numerals and one line of capital-letter name wrapping around the upper arm like a band

Hongdae Name Tattoo: An Arrow and Sunburst Upper Arm Band, and How Each Part Was Decided

2026-08-24 · Lettering tattoo featuring the name Violet with an arrow piercing through it. A simple design with a delicate point and meaningful detail.

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