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Symmetry is beautiful. For thousands of years, we have been drawn to regularity, proportion and repetition. We see it in the structure of organisms, minerals, plants, snowflakes and planetary systems. It seems that nature is constantly trying to approach perfection, yet never quite reaches it. It is perfect simply because it exists. Just as the human face is almost symmetrical, but never a perfect mirror image. The same applies to the entire body. We strive for symmetry, but we never achieve it completely.


Perfect doesn't always mean perfection
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On a computer screen, a design can be symmetrical down to a single pixel. After it is printed, transferred onto tracing paper, placed on the skin and tattooed, the image changes. Ultimately, a design that looked like a perfectly symmetrical construction on screen becomes part of a body that is itself imperfectly symmetrical.
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Asymmetry as a form of growth
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Asymmetry offers possibility — it allows a form to grow freely in any direction. With organic blackwork, I don't have to enclose a design within defined boundaries. A form can spread across the body, change direction, narrow and expand. It can resemble growing branches, roots searching for their way, or water flowing across a surface. Organic blackwork works well together with geometry. On one side, we have mathematical order and mirror symmetry. On the other, a form that feels alive.


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‍Geometry is the language of the universe
Blackwork/blackout tattoo — calmness
Tattoo sleeve. The journey is the goal
‍Geometric tattoo vs organic blackwork
‍Dotwork — rhythm written in dots
‍Tattoo design and artificial intelligence
‍Symmetry and asymmetry in tattooing
‍What to avoid before and after a tattoo session
‍Tattoo and pain that passes
‍Medical aspects of tattooing

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