Baptiste Tareal · Tattoo Artist
The art of detail.
I am Baptiste Tareal, a tattoo artist specializing in black and grey hyperrealism. Passionate about art since childhood, I discovered tattooing thanks to a friend who encouraged me to turn this passion into a profession.
Since 2015, I have been perfecting my technique with a constant pursuit of precision, realism and excellence.
My preference naturally goes to faces and portraits, where every gaze, every expression and every detail helps bring the piece to life. My goal is to get as close as possible to the rendering of a photograph, while preserving the emotion and power of the tattoo.
Each project is personally designed or reworked according to my vision, my feeling and my technique. Understanding the story and meaning of your project allows me to convey its emotion, while adapting the composition to the material and shape.
A perfectionist, patient and particularly attentive to detail, I strive above all for excellence in my work. Today, collectors from all over France, and sometimes from abroad, trust me with their most personal projects.
“An image captures a moment. My work is to give it a second life on skin.”
02 · Journey
A passion turned profession.
Drawing has always held a central place in my journey. Tattooing became the natural extension of this passion: a living, demanding and deeply personal medium.
The beginning of my professional tattooing practice.
Custom realistic projects created in a private studio in Orléans.
03 · Philosophy
Technique only has value if it serves emotion.
I don't just seek to reproduce an image. I seek to understand what it represents, why it matters, and how it can become a strong, balanced and lasting piece.
Understand
Your story, your references and your intentions guide the entire composition.
Adapt
The design is thought out for the morphology, placement and volumes of the body.
Refine
Textures, transitions, contrasts and depth are worked with patience.
04 · Working method
From the first exchange to the last shade.
Exchange
Your idea, the placement, the dimensions and your references.
Study
Analysis of the feasibility and integration of the project on the body.
Creation
A composition developed and refined to preserve strength and balance.
Tattoo
A session carried out in a private setting with the necessary time.
05 · Specialty
Portraiture, beyond resemblance.
A successful portrait is not limited to anatomical precision. It must retain a presence, a gaze and an intensity. This is the dimension I seek in every face.
Black and grey allows for a great depth of values while remaining timeless, elegant and particularly suited to realistic portraits.
06 · Your project
Your story deserves a piece that resembles it.
Describe your project, its intention and your references to me. Each request is reviewed personally.
Submit my project