Hauntingly Beautiful Black Tattoos by Ilja Hummel
These illustrative black ink tattoos are as dark as they are exquisite.
If you enjoy illustrative black tattoos, then Ilja Hummel is your man. Not only is his work incredibly refined, but it also frequently connotes deep meaning through some of its referential figures. Check out this awesome array of inky and beautiful tattoos by him, featuring critters, literary figures, surreal objects, and skulls.
Ilja Hummel's rendition of Erasmus Finx's cover image of Der Höllische Proteus.
A very dark bust of a vampire bat
A rather surreal eye in a Victorian
An eerie candlelit lantern
A wonderful blackwork portrait of Ophelia from Hamlet
An exquisite hand with very fine handwriting
A raven perched before the full moon
An incredible depictions of a stag beetle
Hummel's illustrations of animals look wonderful in this style. We also adore how allusive his work is. His ravens even seem to caw out "Nevermore," just the way Poe would have liked. His more surreal tattoos, like the mirrored eye and candlelit lantern, are equally astounding as well as mystifying.
A small black bird alighting on a human skull body of work.
A deathly skull
One of Ilja Hummel's
Some of our favorite tattoos from Hummel's corpus are his elegant skulls. Whether heavily shaded or crosshatched, each one of these skeletal illustrations have an eerie gothic air to them. It's also quite charming how he adorns them with flora and creatures like the crow above. The one in Victorian garb reminds us of William Faulkner's short story "A Rose For Emily," in which a wealthy woman's decayed corpse is found laying next to that of her lover's after townsfolk notice a rancid odor from her house.
Is this lady skeleton
We hope you enjoyed perusing Hummel's dark yet breathtaking tattoos. If you want to see more of his portfolio, check it out on Instagram @iljahummel. He will be working at Blaube Libe Hoffnung Tattoo in Germany at the beginning of next year, so reach out to him at ilja@glaubeliebehoffnung.com if you want to schedule a session.
Ilja Hummel's rendition of Erasmus Finx's cover image of Der Höllische Proteus.
A very dark bust of a vampire bat
A rather surreal eye in a Victorian
An eerie candlelit lantern
A wonderful blackwork portrait of Ophelia from Hamlet
An exquisite hand with very fine handwriting
A raven perched before the full moon
An incredible depictions of a stag beetle
Hummel's illustrations of animals look wonderful in this style. We also adore how allusive his work is. His ravens even seem to caw out "Nevermore," just the way Poe would have liked. His more surreal tattoos, like the mirrored eye and candlelit lantern, are equally astounding as well as mystifying.
A small black bird alighting on a human skull body of work.
A deathly skull
One of Ilja Hummel's
Some of our favorite tattoos from Hummel's corpus are his elegant skulls. Whether heavily shaded or crosshatched, each one of these skeletal illustrations have an eerie gothic air to them. It's also quite charming how he adorns them with flora and creatures like the crow above. The one in Victorian garb reminds us of William Faulkner's short story "A Rose For Emily," in which a wealthy woman's decayed corpse is found laying next to that of her lover's after townsfolk notice a rancid odor from her house.
Is this lady skeleton
We hope you enjoyed perusing Hummel's dark yet breathtaking tattoos. If you want to see more of his portfolio, check it out on Instagram @iljahummel. He will be working at Blaube Libe Hoffnung Tattoo in Germany at the beginning of next year, so reach out to him at ilja@glaubeliebehoffnung.com if you want to schedule a session.
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