Realism tattooing is a style that focuses on creating tattoos that closely resemble real-life images, often with a high level of detail, depth, and accuracy. This can be done as either black and grey or color realism. This style strives to replicate photographs, portraits, animals, landscapes, or other lifelike subjects as closely as possible, using techniques like shading, highlighting, and fine line work to create a three-dimensional appearance.

Realism tattoos often involve intricate shading and blending to mimic natural textures and lighting, making the tattoos look almost photographic. Artists skilled in realism tattooing typically have a strong understanding of anatomy, lighting, and perspective to ensure that their work looks as realistic as possible. The style can be done in both black and grey or full color, depending on the subject matter and the desired effect