Looking to get a shark tattoo? Traditional shark tattoos often represent protection, courage, and guidance, especially among seamen. But there are plenty of other reasons to get a shark tattoo.

When a client asked whether a realistic patch might ... Saad Aziz’s patch tattoo is a Polynesian-style yin and yang formation of a shark and a whale, inspired by his time in Bali.

“The shading and shadowing on a photo-realistic butterfly tattoo, for instance, will have you think it will start fluttering off the shoulder blade any second,” says tattoo artist Swapnil Gawd ...