Stunning! This Tattoo Artist Uses Real Flowers To Create The Most Beautiful And Realistic Tattoos

The decision to get a tattoo is not one to be taken lightly and deciding on a tattooist that’s up to the job of permanently marking your skin with a design you’re going to love for life is perhaps an even more tricky one.

But if true-to-life, full colour floral designs are your thing, then Ukrainian tattoo artist Rita should definitely been on your radar.

You may have stumbled upon her increasingly popular Instagram account (she’s currently got 320,000 followers and counting…) where she shares her technique for creating the most realistic etchings.

The process is super smart. Rita uses a real flower to get the most life-like design and applies ink directly to it, before pressing it on to the skin to create a stencil. Then she simply tattoos over it to create a tatt that’s true to nature.

And the results are simply stunning. Look:

#liveleaftattoo process with water jasmine from Bangkok ?? #tattoovideo #botanical #botanicaltattoo #flowertattoo #tattrx #ritkit #ritkittattoo

A video posted by ?tattoo and Illustration? (@rit.kit.tattoo) on Dec 28, 2016 at 1:59pm PST

начало венка из мальвы, клевера и полевых трав ??? the beginning of flower wreath with mallows, clover and wild herbs #botanical #botanicaltattoo #flowertattoo #mallows #mallowtattoo #watercolortattoo #herbs #tattrx #tattooersubmission #ritkit #ritkittattoo

A photo posted by ?tattoo and Illustration? (@rit.kit.tattoo) on Aug 16, 2016 at 2:29pm PDT

fern tattoo ? #liveleaftattoo #fern #ferntattoo #botanicaltattoo #floraltattoo #flowertattoo #tattrx #tattooersubmission #tattoo #dsfloral #ritkit #ritkittattoo

A photo posted by ?tattoo and Illustration? (@rit.kit.tattoo) on Aug 12, 2016 at 6:34am PDT

#liveleaftattoo process with pansy flower ? #tattoovideo #flowertattoo #dsfloral #botanical #botanicaltattoo #pansy #pansytattoo #tattrx #ritkit #ritkittattoo

A video posted by ?tattoo and Illustration? (@rit.kit.tattoo) on Jan 3, 2017 at 7:02am PST

цикламены, которые растут в Милане на каждом окне. я давно хотела сделать этот цветок, думаю это лучшее время и место для них) Карина принесла цветы из своего сада, и как оказалось – она тоже из Донецка. это класс ? cyclamen flowers from my customer’s garden ? #liveleaftattoo #botanical #botanicaltattoo #cyclamen #cyclamentattoo #tattrx #ritkit #ritkittattoo

A photo posted by ?tattoo and Illustration? (@rit.kit.tattoo) on Dec 11, 2016 at 12:44am PST

one of the most interesting and lovely projects during my stay in Milan is strelitzia, or “bird of paradise”☀️I have never seen this flower in Ukraine and I love it soo much. It’s a wonderful plant. As usual – no sketches and preparations, only #liveleaftattoo and a little freehand with a steam, cause it’s too big ?стрелиция или “райская птица”, или оранжево-синее существо, которое ну никак не похоже на цветок) я так была рада, когда мне написали насчёт этой работы ?#liveleaftattoo #botanicaltattoo #strelitzia #strelitziatattoo #flowertattoo #dsfloral #tattrx #tattooersubmission #ritkit #ritkittattoo

A photo posted by ?tattoo and Illustration? (@rit.kit.tattoo) on Dec 15, 2016 at 2:05am PST

альстремерия, фуксия и маленькие хризантемы. композицию выбирали на сеансе, как обычно – никаких эскизов и подготовок, только живые цветы, их отпечатки и срисовывание с натуры?alstroemeria, fuchsia and chrysanthemum. composition was chosen on the rsession, as usual – no sketches and preparations, just real fresh flowers, stencils from it and making tattoo from nature plants ? #liveleaftattoo #flowertattoo #botanical #botanicaltattoo #dsfloral #floraltattoo #fuchsia #tattrx #tattooersubmission #equilattera #ritkit #ritkittattoo

A photo posted by ?tattoo and Illustration? (@rit.kit.tattoo) on Sep 2, 2016 at 1:05am PDT

We don’t know about you but we really, really want one!

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