A style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East Los Angeles' Chicano culture. It moved from penal institutions, to the barrios, to high-end tattoo shops around the world.

Quinten Harper, who operates Bloodline Dynasty in Detroit, demonstrates mastery in expansive black and gray tattoos while ...

Freddy Negrete applies a black-and-gray style tattoo to Louie Perez III inside the tattoo parlor set up at the Natural History Museum. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Advertisement.

Get one of their Friday the 13th designs as an approximately 4-square-inch tattoo in black and grey or color. Arms and legs only. Flash sale tattoos are $130, and they're open from noon to 8 p.m.

A popular style of tattooing called "black and gray realism" has its roots in East LA's Chicano culture. It moved from California prisons in the 1970s to high-end tattoo shops worldwide.

Although the American traditional tattoo style has had a longer presence in Southern California, the region is more synonymous for its fine-line black-and-gray tradition. That’s part of what ...

Born and raised in Wilmington, DE, Eric Marcinizyn is a rising star in black and gray tattoo. Tattooing for just three and a half years, he mixes West Coast styles with East Coast reference point.