Stephen Taylor
Location:
- Stephen Taylor Tattoos
- Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Specialty : I lean toward Realism and Illustrative designs, though I do a lot of Portraits and pieces with landscape elements. I especially enjoy the dark and macabre or the surreal. I do either color or black and gray, and try to apply what I feel will work best for the concept. I prefer drawing and designing the tattoo from my head rather than copying photos (hence the Illitrator aspect).
Greatest Influences : Nearly every artist I have ever come across or viewed their work has influenced me. Here is a list of some of my favorite artists, or people who directly or indirectly taught me alot: Leonardo Da Vinci (and contemporaries); Salvador Dali; M C Escher; H R Giger; Mark Ryden, Danato Giancola, Bart and Pepper Andrews, Guy Aitchison (his book is very informative), and a vast number of other tattooers and artists of various mediums.