Here, have tattoos been written into the skin. Narratives adorned on bodies, carried on throughout time.

Neoromantic neotraditional floral rose hip body adorning tattoo
Woodcut inkblot medieval blackwork linework folk art moon tattoo with stars
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a raven holding a branch of bleeding hearts and a start tucked between its wings
drifting swamp siren tattoo with floating hair. illustrative and painterly style in deep teal and greens
dotwork tattoo of a photo of story ocean water. text from a song underneath
dotwork tattoo of scissors with teeth instead of blades
dotwork tattoo of a collection of mushtrooms, slugs, leaves, fauna, wildlife and plants circles around a knee
dotwork tattoo of the blade of anduril from lord of the rings broken sword
fineline illustrative peony floral tattoo with butterflies on the bicep
large thigh black and grey dotwork tattoo of a reaper holding onto a fawn deer and arrow, theres a diamond in the reapers eye and he looks sadenned
linocut inkblot medieval blackwork linework tattoo of a flail, witch kings flail mace from lord of the rings
linocut inkblot medieval blackwork linework tattoo of a hand holding a flail morningstar
blackwork dotwork illustrative siren with flowy hair and tail with pearls draped around her. large full thigh tattoo
dotwork illustrative decorative sword with star and ornamental decor on a back
black and grey illustrative dotwork tattoo blackberry berry branch cluster with leaves on elbow
linocut inkblot medieval blackwork linework tattoo moon with face and stars
blackwork illustrative dotwork tattoo of a broken shattered antique mirror
knee tattoo of a spiderweb with a heart in the center, dotwork texture
minimalistic ornamental tattoo on side of arm