Kate Darling

@kate.a.darling · Tattoo artist

Tattoo Artist and Owner of @thistleandthorn.ink BOOKS CLOSED until Aug NO DMS~ Email the studio for appointment info!✨ thistleandthornink@gmail.com

Kate Darling is a tattoo artist in Chesterfield whose work centres on realism. Realism leads (120 of the 255 pieces on Perspectiv), with dotwork on another 42. Roughly 80% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often coral, teal and burgundy. Flowers, woman, leaves and skull come up again and again. The forearm and the shoulder are the usual placements. There are 201 healed pieces in the set, not just fresh work. Portfolio last updated September 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 20% of pieces, measured across 255 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: coral, teal and burgundy.

What they tattoo

Subjects: flowers, woman, leaves, skull, roses and butterfly.

Usually on the forearm, the shoulder and the upper arm.

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Work

Hercules wearing the Nemean lion skin surrealism tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingWoman with hookah realism tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingCat portrait in ornate frame realism tattoo on the calf by Kate DarlingWoman in hood realism tattoo on the upper arm by Kate DarlingCastle realism tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingSnake and rose realism tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingFloral bouquet dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingPeony bouquet black and grey tattoo on the upper arm by Kate DarlingOwl and floral American traditional tattoo on the calf by Kate DarlingClan crest black and grey tattoo on the upper arm by Kate DarlingFlowers and knitting realism tattoo on the shoulder by Kate DarlingWoman with horns dotwork tattoo on the thigh by Kate DarlingRoses black and grey tattoo on the shoulder by Kate DarlingFlowers and monogram black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingWoman realism tattoo on the shoulder by Kate DarlingFloral arrangement realism tattoo on the shoulder by Kate DarlingWoman with skull and flowers realism tattoo on the upper arm by Kate DarlingButterfly and flowers new school tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingDragon realism tattoo on the back by Kate DarlingBuddha head dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingFloral bouquet with birds realism tattoo on the shoulder by Kate DarlingFloral bouquet black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Kate DarlingFloral and bird realism tattoo on the upper arm by Kate DarlingBird and flowers realism tattoo on the forearm by Kate Darling