Travis Thorpe • Black & Grey and Color Realism • PDX

@tattoosbytravis · Tattoo artist

•Black & Grey and Color realism tattoos for those who see beauty in the macabre ☠️ •Want to chat about your next tattoo? Shoot me a DM! 💬

Travis Thorpe is a tattoo artist in Portland, OR whose work centres on realism. The 86 pieces on Perspectiv lean realism (76%) with a steady watercolor thread. Roughly 32% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often coral, burgundy and dark red. Skull, woman, mask and rose come up again and again. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the shoulder. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly colour, black and grey in 32% of pieces, measured across 83 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: coral, burgundy, dark red and red.

What they tattoo

Subjects: skull, woman, mask, rose, gorilla and horror.

Usually on the forearm, the shoulder and the chest.

Find Travis Thorpe in local searches

Artists with similar work

View Travis Thorpe on Perspectiv · Instagram

Work

Barn owl with abstract elements realism tattoo by Travis ThorpeViking woman dark realism tattoo by Travis ThorpeWoman and rose dark realism tattoo by Travis ThorpeMultiple faces collage realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeRed dice realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeCat realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeSpider and rose realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeMust go faster realism tattoo on the shoulder by Travis ThorpePennywise realism tattoo on the chest by Travis ThorpeRed rose American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeSkull realism tattoo on the shoulder by Travis ThorpeHorror face realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeAbstract faces realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpePortrait with tree realism tattoo on the shoulder by Travis ThorpeWoman with violin realism tattoo on the upper arm by Travis ThorpeSkull and bat wings dark realism tattoo by Travis ThorpeRabbit realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeSkull with moth and cross realism tattoo by Travis ThorpeChucky doll realism tattoo on the shoulder by Travis ThorpeSkull and bat dark realism tattoo by Travis ThorpeGorilla realism tattoo on the thigh by Travis ThorpeSkull with horns realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeVampire mouth realism tattoo on the forearm by Travis ThorpeDog and text realism tattoo on the back by Travis Thorpe