A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Negative Space Snowflake

This great chestpiece is by Noon in France — check out his portfolio for a lot more great work.

Comments

29 responses to “Negative Space Snowflake”

  1. Sar Avatar
    Sar

    Fantastic portfolio.

  2. Xalia Avatar

    very interesting… I’ve never seen anything like it before.

  3. Rhiannon Avatar
    Rhiannon

    I love the aum tattoo on the fourth page – I have an aum, but it’s very traditional. I love it, but it’s neat seeing a very artisitic take on the symbol.

  4. Fredex Avatar
    Fredex

    Really interesting portfolio, never seen anything like that before, quite abstract.

  5. Louie Avatar

    That is brilliant!

  6. cuntcumber Avatar

    Neat concept, but it came out rather wonky. (perhaps intentional?)

  7. James Avatar
    James

    thats rediculously awesome

  8. Rhiannon Avatar
    Rhiannon

    I love his portfolio – you can tell that he has his own very distinct style.

  9. Indebted Avatar
    Indebted

    Great negative space tat! And check the squeeky clean lines – how fantastic!

  10. Rus Avatar
    Rus

    That’s fucking killer!

  11. Southern Belle Avatar

    God… I would have stabbed out my eyes if I had to stencil that up and tattoo it. But it looks awesome. Props 🙂

  12. snaps Avatar
    snaps

    amazing talent! anyone would be lucky to have such a unique style on them

  13. Jacques Avatar
    Jacques

    great i want this cat to do me somthing…

  14. veronica Avatar
    veronica

    i love french artists 🙂

  15. Hanargh Avatar

    That is brilliant. In a way, it does kind of look like he’s been run over. In a good way though.

  16. Hanargh Avatar

    … if being run over can ever be done in a good way?

    Doh. I know what I meant.

  17. Fredex Avatar
    Fredex

    In response to post 6- I thought that at first glance too but I think its meant to give it some perspective, as if you were viewing the snowflake from a slight angle, rather than straight on. Gives it a nice feel, rather than it just being flat, something I was trying to acheive in designing my next tattoo… something that I failed at.

  18. Viking In LaFleche Avatar

    Whoa, way cool. I’m impressed with the imagination some people have for the tattoos they get. I wish I was that creative.

  19. nk Avatar

    Lionel, Yann and Noon: so, so good.

  20. Fallen Angel Eyes Avatar

    I really like that a lot. I’d love to see more tattoos that use negative space like that.

  21. MaidenDisaster Avatar

    that’s wonderful!

  22. Phalaeo Avatar
    Phalaeo

    OMG! It’s lines!

  23. Polonious Avatar

    what a nightmare

  24. Felicia Avatar

    I wish I had enough money to travel to Europe AND get tattooed! Some of the work coming out of there is amazing.

  25. Eric Avatar

    I’m crazy fond of this style

  26. deerheart Avatar

    100% frenchstyle
    very unique and quite smart ideas.
    def. one artist on top of my personel wishlist.

  27. aivi Avatar
    aivi

    I love how many french artists have such unique styles. Lucky I live near, and might go and get tattooed later on by one of them (if I decide getting some modern design) :>.

  28. zak brannigan Avatar

    In response to number 11, he just draws on you and then tattoos over it all. So there are not any stencils to get get annoyed with. He is nicknamed the butcher for a reason though. He goes over the lines many times.

  29. dutchweirdo Avatar
    dutchweirdo

    It’s brilliant. I’m very happy to see that new original styles are emerging

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