Beyond the Skin

Art

Away from the machine, Tony Raz draws. These are original black-and-grey works on paper that reflect the same high-contrast, portrait-focused eye behind his tattoo work — the hand and the patience that shape every piece he tattoos in the Renton studio.

Studying form, light, and texture on paper feeds the tattoo work directly: the same control over gradients and contrast that makes a portrait read on skin starts here, in the drawing.