Tattoo Artists You Really Should Get to Know: Maxime Buchi

Maxime Buchi makes pristine geometric tattoos as well as top-notch illustrative black and grey. Beyond that, he also intermingles the two styles periodically to create lovely ornamented figures that have a Medieval air to them. Check out this awesome array of his work that shows what an astounding tattooist he is.

The artist himself, Maxime Buchi @mxmttt


A pair of badass illustrative and geometric leg sleeves by Maxime Buchi


A highly ornamental black and grey chest-piece Maxime Buchi


It's lovely how this sun pattern rings the neck of Maxime Buchi


An awesome patchwork sleeve of black and grey illustrations by Maxime Buchi


Beautiful symmetry in this illustrative and geometric chest-piece by Maxime Buchi

Buchi's illustrative work is wonderful. He renders traditional iconography such as ravens, skulls, and roses in incredible detail. His aesthetic has a gothic flare to it as well, which makes it ideal for darker imagery, and is also great for rendering Medieval stylized work. As demonstrated by some of his sleeves, his take on the black and grey style looks particularly good in large-scale.

A bold cross-hatched depiction of the Last Supper by Maxime Buchi


Medieval black and grey depiction of a knight slaying a dragon Maxime Buchi

His illustrative approach is particularly ideal for depicting traditional Christian imagery like his crosshatched torso-piece of the Last Supper and the knight slaying a dragon. His style gives these images a feeling of antiquity as well as authenticity.

Minimalist yet complex geometry from Maxime Buchi


There are a number of line-work techniques put into this complex spread of geometric figures by Maxime Buchi


Mesmerizing minimalist geometry in these sleeves by Maxime Buchi


Minimalist geometric is misleadingly simple by Maxime Buchi


Mind-bending minimalist geometric back-piece via Maxime Buchi


The spiral effect in this piece by Maxime Buchi

Buchi uses a variety of thicknesses in his line-work to create wonderful pieces of blackwork geometry. His minimalist technique produces lovely and complex interlinking and overlapping series of vectors and circles that are pleasurably distracting to the eye.

A simply exquisite minimalist geometric back-piece by Maxime Buchi

We hope you enjoyed this showcase of Buchi's amazing body art. If you want to see more of his work, follow him on Instagram @mxmttt. Also he tattoos at Sang Bleu in Zurich, Switzerland, so if you're in that part of Europe and want some geometric blackwork or a great spread of black and grey illustration, reach out to him for a consultation.